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Protesting farmers say PM Narendra Modi’s agricultural reforms will remove state support and allow the billionaires to enter farming – which they deny The protests have revived the debate on the cosy relationship between Modi and the tycoons, whose combined fortunes rose by US$41 billion last year Topic |   India E3B1C256-BFCB-4CEF-88A6-1DCCD7666635…

In a good news for the 50 lakh Central government employees and over 60 lakh pensioners, the Narendra Modi government is likely to unfreeze the Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) this month. If the government unfreezes the DA, the Central government employees will get it at the current…

NEW DELHI: Recalling India ’s fight against Covid-19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the decision to go in for a nationwide lockdown in March 2020 was not easy as the government had assessed its impact on the economy and people’s livelihood and worked to devise welfare nets. “A lockdown…

VIJAYAWADA: Many in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana were taken by surprise on Saturday when PM Narendra Modi quoted famous Telugu poet and reformist Gurajada Apparao in his address to the nation while launching the Covid-19 vaccination drive. Modi, while emphasising the need for working for the general good of all,…

For Quick Alerts Subscribe Now   For Quick Alerts ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS   | Updated: Saturday, January 16, 2021, 23:14 New Delhi, Jan 16: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced the launch of Rs 1,000-crore 'Startup India Seed Fund' to support startups and help budding entrepreneurs pursue innovative ideas. Prime…

Bhutan Prime Minister and Sri Lankan premier congratulated their Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for the landmark launch of the world's largest Covid-19 vaccination drive Topics Coronavirus | Coronavirus Vaccine | Narendra Modi Bhutan Prime Minister Lotay Tshering and Sri Lankan premier Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday congratulated their Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for the landmark…

NEW DELHI: Over 1.90 lakh beneficiaries were inoculated with COVID-19 jabs at 3,352 session sites across the country on Saturday and no case of post-inoculation hospitalisation has been reported so far, the government said on the first day of India's massive vaccination drive against the virus. The COVID-19 vaccination drive…

A group of 100 former civil servants wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday raising questions over transparency in the PM-CARES Fund. They said it is necessary that, for reasons of probity and adherence to standards of public accountability, the financial details of receipts and expenditures…

World Sanitation worker Manish Kumar receives Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine, called COVAXIN, during the COVID-19 vaccination campaign at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) hospital in New Delhi on Jan 16, 2021. (Photo: Reuters/Adnan Abidi) 16 Jan 2021 07:56AM(Updated: 16 Jan 2021 06:22PM) NEW DELHI: Sanitation worker Manish Kumar became the first person in…

Published January 16, 2021 11:44am NEW DELHI - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the "world's largest" vaccination campaign on Saturday as the populous nation tries to bring the COVID-19 pandemic under control starting with two locally-manufactured shots. Modi will address healthcare workers through video conferencing but will not…