The President of India Ram Nath Kovind gave inaugural address at the ‘Economic Democracy Conclave’ organised by Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini, Keshav Srushti, Uttan Village at Thane yesterday. The President emphasised upon self-employment and entrepreneurship, by imparting skills, creating conducive ecosystem and encouraging youth to aspire as job giver instead of job seeker. The President at […]
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Teen Murti Chowk is now Teen Murti Haifa Chowk
Teen Murti Chowk has been renamed as the ‘Teen Murti Haifa Chowk’ in memory of the supreme sacrifice by Indian soldiers to liberate Haifa in Israel in 1918. PM Narendra Modi and Israeli PM Netanhayu today laid a wreath at the Teen Murti memorial. Israeli PM Netanhayu today arrived for his first visit to India. It […]
Maldives to abide by ‘India First’ policy as China and Islamism come knocking
Dr. Mohamed Asim, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Special Envoy of the President of Maldives called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday afternoon. They discussed the ties between India and Maldives as close neighbours bound by shared history, culture and maritime interests in the Indian Ocean. Special Envoy Asim reiterated the commitment of Maldives to […]
Full statement from Finance Ministry on Bitcoin and other virtual currencies
The Ministry of Finance has issued the following statement on Virtual ‘Currencies’ like the Bitcoin on 29th December 2017. No major editing has been done on this note: “There has been a phenomenal increase in recent times in the price of Virtual ‘Currencies’ (VCs) including Bitcoin, in India and globally. The VCs don’t have any […]
Juvenile crimes are now in several thousands
As reported by National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB), the new cases of juveniles apprehended during the year 2014, 2015 and 2016 are 48228, 41385, 44171 respectively, showing a mixed trend with a decline of 14% in 2015 over 2014 and an increase of 6.73% in 2016 over 2015. The information was given by Minister of […]
India condemns terror attack in Kabul, Swamy calls for Indian intervention
India strongly condemned the suicide terror attack in Kabul calling it ‘cowardly’. The attack happened on 28 December at the media news agency and the cultural centre based in Kabul and resulted in the loss of more than 40 innocent lives and many injured . India and Afghanistan relations are based more on human rights […]
Virtual currencies like Bitcoin run on speculation, Finance Ministry cautions investors
After Singapore, it is India’s turn to warn consumers about the pitfalls of investing in virtual currencies like Bitcoin. Today, Finance Ministry has taken note of the surge in the prices of these virtual currencies and said that these virtual currencies don’t have intrinsic value and aren’t backed by any assets. It also said that […]
Bitcoin used by rogue CBI officials for illegal transactions
Bitcoin is already under scrutiny of the Indian government and now, the cases of cheating are sure to give sleepless nights to its supporters but what can one do when the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials themselves get involved? ANI News has reported that CBI has booked Ajay Garg, Asstistant Programmer of CBI and Anil […]
Battered by Saudi Arabia, Yemen seeks humanitarian aid from India
Forgotten by the world, Yemen is now depending on India for humanitarian assistance. The Government of India is providing medical assistance worth about US$ one million to Republic of Yemen in response to a request from the Yemeni government. In a token handing over ceremony held on 27 December in New Delhi, Minister of State […]
Why is India unhappy with Pakistan on Kulbhushan Jadhav? (Full Statement)
The Indian government is unhappy with the way Pakistan treated wife and mother of Kulbhushan Jadhav and also the way their meeting was conducted. Here are the points released by India which shows its displeasure in detail. No part of the below statement has been edited: As you are all aware, the mother and wife of […]