Last week, the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced key tax reforms and unveiled the new platform "Transparent Taxation - Honouring the Honest". This carries forward the journey of direct tax reforms in India, such as "faceless appeals" where taxpayers don't have to visit offices to rectify errors.
Read MoreIndependence Day Speech by the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Read MoreIndia’s Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan this month lauded the contribution of States in popularising eSanjeevani (www.esanjeevani.in). The eSanjeevani platform has enabled two types of telemedicine services - Doctor-to-Doctor (eSanjeevani) and Patient-to-Doctor (eSanjeevani OPD) Tele-consultations.
Read MoreIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to attend the public function on laying of the foundation stone of Shree Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir at Ayodhya on August 5. Prior to the function, Prime Minister will take part in pooja and darshan at Hanumangarhi.
Read MoreThis removed the special status of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, and bifurcated it into two Union Territories (UT) - Ladakh, and Jammu and Kashmir. Now ahead of the first anniversary of the move, the Government of India has released a list of achievements in the past one year.
Read MoreIt is celebrated on Shraavanapoornima, that is the Poornima day of the Shraavana month in the Hindu calendar. The Sanskrit organisation Samskrita Bharati is involved in promoting the day. In the year 2020, this day is celebrated on August 3.
Read More“Tiger is an incredible part of the nature and the increased number of the big cats in India reflects equilibrium in the nature.”, said India’s Union Environment Minister, Prakash Javadekar at the release of the detailed report of Tiger Census on the occasion of Global Tiger Day in New Delhi this week.
Read MoreThe Indian Government’s Ministry of Defence has issued the formal Government Sanction Letter for grant of Permanent Commission (PC) to Women Officers in the Indian Army, paving the way for empowering Women Officers to shoulder larger roles in the organisation.
Read MoreAfter nearly a month of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao launching his government’s year-long celebrations to mark the birth centenary of former prime minister PV Narasimha Rao, the Congress last week woke up to the legacy of the life-long Congressman. The event kicked off with another former PM Manmohan Singh remembering how 29 years ago, he presented the historic union budget which ushered in the era of globalisation and liberalisation in India.
Read MoreAmid prevailing tensions with China at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh, Indian warships – from Navy’s Eatern Fleet - have concluded an exercise with the US Navy’s nuclear-powered USS Nimitz — the world’s largest warship manned by around 6,000 personnel — off the coast of Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Monday and Tuesday, this week.
Read MoreThe former diplomat, and current Minister of External Affairs in the Government of India, S Jaishankar, is releasing his new book “The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World”, on September 7.
Read MoreWith the trials of COVID-19 vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University showing encouraging results, Serum Institute of India (SII) on Monday said it will apply for licence from the Indian regulator to start clinical trials of the shot in a week's time.
Read MoreThe Jammu and Kashmir government has cancelled this year’s Amarnath Yatra in wake of the coronavirus pandemic. At the 39th Board meeting of the shrine chaired by Lieutenant Governor Girish Chandra Murmu, it was decided to cancel the annual Hindu pilgrimage this year “in larger public interest”.
Read MoreUsually the older generation handle youth as some kind of disease that needs treatment. They do not need treatment. It is people who have gone away from life who need treatment. Those close to life just live.
Read MoreIn India, 180 tests per day per million are being done, which is more than the adequate testing rate of 140 tests per day per million population for a prolonged period, as specified in the World Health Organization’s guidance note.
Read MoreOn Monday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced a $10 billion Google for India Digitization Fund to help accelerate India’s digital economy.
Read MoreThe Indian Government’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology in partnership with Atal Innovation Mission – Niti Aayog has launched the Digital India AatmaNirbhar Bharat App Innovation Challenge to identify the best Indian apps that are already being used by citizens and have the potential to scale and become world class apps in eight categories.
Read MoreCarrying on the fight against COVID-19, Indian Railways’ production unit, Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala, has developed a Post-Covid coach to ensure safer journey for passengers.
Read MoreIn June, Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters announced David Pine as the new New Zealand High Commissioner to India. He then took the next available Vande Bharat Mission flight to New Delhi. Now, last week, he presented his credentials to the Indian President Ram Nath Kovind in a virtual ceremony.
Read MoreZydus an innovation-driven, global pharmaceutical company, announced that it’s plasmid DNA vaccine candidate for COVID-19 (ZyCoV-D) developed indigenously at its Vaccine Technology Centre in Ahmedabad, India, has successfully completed the preclinical phase and has now received permission from the Drug Controller General of India - Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) to initiate Phase I/II human clinical trials in India.
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