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So-called Earth Overshoot Day — the date when humanity has used all the biological resources that Earth can renew annually — has crept steadily earlier since the 1970s, according to the Global Footprint Network. The group calculates the point will be reached on August 22, compared to July 29 in ... Read More »

The Washington-based development lender previously estimated that 60 million people would fall into extreme poverty due to COVID-19, but the new estimate puts the deterioration at 70 to 100 million, and he said “that number could go higher” if the pandemic worsens or drags on. The situation makes it “imperative” ... Read More »

Rebel soldiers seized power on Tuesday, detaining President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, Prime Minister Boubou Cisse and other officials in a fresh setback for a country battling chronic instability and revolt. “We are going to set in place a transitional council, with a transitional president who is going to be either ... Read More »

Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers  Shri. D.V. Sadananda Gowda  has said that his Department of Pharmaceuticals has taken several measures to create suitable environment for development of domestic capacity in the pharma sector . He said  Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi has recently said that ‘India’s Pharma Industry is ... Read More »

The Vice President, M Venkaiah Naidu today cautioned that development challenges will become more difficult to resolve as the population size increases. He was addressing the gathering virtually after releasing two reports; ‘Status of Sex Ratio at Birth in India’ and ‘Elderly Population in India: Status and Support Systems’, brought ... Read More »

The Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has said that all our medical fraternity have made the nation proud and shown to the world that India can be a trusted partner when it comes to global engagement & trade. Speaking at the inauguration of CII’s 12th MedTech Global Summit here today, ... Read More »

Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and Road Transport & Highways has said that our target is to make our country a manufacturing hub of construction equipments in the world. He was addressing a webinar ‘CII’s Virtual Exhibition on ‘Construction Equipment, Technology, Components and Aggregates’ ... Read More »

They paid floral tributes to the leader on his second death anniversary. President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday unveiled the portrait of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his second death anniversary, at the headquarters of Indian Council for Cultural Relations in Delhi.  Speaking on the occasion, President Kovind said, ... Read More »

He said, for a country so vast and diverse with high population density, effective management and containment of the corona virus required super-human efforts. President Kovind said this, while addressing the nation, on the eve of the 74th Independence Day on Friday.   He remembered the freedom fighters and martyrs ... Read More »

He greeted the nation on the occasion of Independence Day and said people breathe in Independent India today because of the sacrifice of thousands of heroes.  The Prime Minister said in the midst of the Corona pandemic, 130 crore Indians have pledged to build an Atma Nirbhar Bharat. PM Modi ... Read More »

Under the agreement, Israel would suspend its plans to annex parts of the West Bank. Making the announcement in the Oval Office, US President, said, the deal is a significant step towards building a more peaceful, secure, and prosperous Middle East.   President Trump said, the UAE and Israel plan ... Read More »

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a platform for “Transparent Taxation – Honouring the Honest” today through video conferencing. Speaking on the occasion he said that the process of Structural Reforms in the country has reached new heights today. The Prime Minister said the platform of  “Transparent Taxation – Honouring the ... Read More »

Launching Transparent Taxation – Honoring the Honest platform through video conferencing in New Delhi today, PM Modi said, tax administration should solve problems instead of confusing the tax-payer and everything from technology to rules should be simple. He said, identities of the tax-payer and tax-officer should not matter at all. ... Read More »

Speaking on the occasion PM Modi said that the process of Structural Reforms in the country has reached new heights today. The Prime Minister said the platform of  “Transparent Taxation – Honouring the Honest, has been launched to meet the requirements of the 21st century taxation system. He elaborated that ... Read More »

The Prime Minister also unveiled the next phase of direct tax reforms aimed at easing compliance and rewarding honest taxpayers in a bid to rebuild Indian economy.   PM Modi said, effort is to make the tax system seamless, painless and faceless. The Prime Minister said, amidst all the reforms ... Read More »

Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and MSMEs Nitin Gadkari has called for increased investment by international institutions and bodies in the Indian Highways and MSME sectors. He said, automobile and MSME are the two growth engines of Indian economy. Addressing the Indo-Australian Chamber of Commerce and Womennovator on Trade ... Read More »

The players had been asked to assemble at the campus on August 4. SAI said that the decision was made after having “detailed discussions with all stakeholders, including the chief coaches and core probables of both the teams and after giving the utmost priority to the safety and well-being of ... Read More »

Led by a record plunge in self-employed workers, there were 220,000 less people employed in the second quarter, the Office for National Statistics said. Separate tax data for July showed that the number of staff on company payrolls had fallen by 730,000 since March, sounding the alarm about a potentially ... Read More »

Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh launched the initiatives of a number of modernisation and up-gradation of facilities as also new infrastructure creation by Defence PSUs and OFB, through digital link here today, as part of the Atma Nirbhar Week celebration of the Ministry of Defence. Raksha Rajya Mantri Shripad Y Naik, ... Read More »

Piyush Goyal, Ministry of Commerce & Industry today inaugurated first edition of five day long   virtual FMCG Supply Chain EXPO,2020 Speaking on the occasion, Goyal said that we have to accept the post COVID-19 pandemic reality. World has changed. World will learn and unlearn out of this Covid experience. “We’ll learn ... Read More »