National , Top News
Union Budget introduces Rs 64,180 cr scheme to upgrade healthcare infrastructure
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday announced a new Centre-sponsored scheme with an outlay of Rs 64,180 crore to boost healthcare infrastructure across the country amid ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Tabling the Union Budget 2021-22, she said the Prime Minister Atmanirbhar Swasthya Bharat Yojana will develop the capacity for primary, secondary, and tertiary care health systems […]
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Economy , National , Top News
India within striking distance of attaining positive growth: RBI
India’s GDP is within the striking distance of attaining positive growth, the Reserve Bank said observing that the letter “V” in the V-shaped recovery stands for the vaccine. The Indian government launched the world’s biggest vaccination drive on January 16 to protect people from COVID-19. “What will 2021 look like? The shape of the recovery […]
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Arunachal Pradesh , Top News
Arunachal seeks central fund to improve connectivity, border area infra
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu has sought the Centre’s assistance for the improvement of road connectivity and development of border areas, an official release said on Tuesday. The chief minister who called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Monday submitted a detailed representation to him on the development needs of the state, […]
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Meghalaya , Top News
Meghalaya CM launches first phase of COVID-19 vaccination drive
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Saturday launched the COVID-19 vaccination program in the state at a government medical facility, where 100 health workers were administered the shots. Another 732 people, mostly health workers and doctors, will receive the jabs in different districts of Meghalaya, including East Khasi Hills and West Garo Hills, officials […]
4 years ago
National , Top News
India remained vigilant round the clock against COVID-19, took right decisions at right time: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the country remained vigilant round the clock against the coronavirus and asserted that the Central government took the right decisions at the right time. Speaking at the launch of the nationwide vaccination drive against the novel coronavirus via video conferencing, PM Modi said that a high-level committee had […]
4 years ago
International , Top News
Biden announces USD 1.9 trillion stimulus COVID-19 ‘American Rescue Plan’
US President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday (local time) announced a USD 1.9 trillion plan to revive the country’s economy and combat the coronavirus. “We have no time to waste when it comes to getting this virus under control and building our economy back better,” the incoming president said. Tweeting ahead of his remarks Biden said: […]
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Assam , Top News
Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal, Himanta Biswa Sarma extends Bhogali Bihu greetings
Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal and health, finance, education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma conveyed their greetings to the people of the state on the occasion of Bhogali Bihu. Sonowal in a video statement urged people to celebrate Bihu with peace and amity. He also thanked the farmers for their hard work in strengthening the State […]
4 years ago
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Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal takes part in Brahmaputra Aamantran Abhiyan
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday participated in the ‘Brahmaputra Aamantran Abhiyan’, a river rafting expedition and a public outreach programme organised by the Brahmaputra Board at Majuli. The Union Jalshkati Ministry under the supervision of the Brahmaputra Board has launched this expedition on 23rd December from Gelling in Arunachal Pradesh with a view […]
4 years ago
National , Top News
PM Modi to release PM-KISAN installment on Vajpayee’s birth anniversary to over 9 crore farmers
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release Rs 18,000 crore in the accounts of over nine crore farmers through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) under PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme on the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee, which is celebrated as Sushashan […]
4 years ago
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India will be among top 3 economies in the world in coming decades: Mukesh Ambani
Business magnate Mukesh Ambani on Tuesday said India will grow to be among the top three economies in the world in the next two decades and per capita income would more than double. At a fireside chat with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Ambani said India’s middle-class, which is about 50 percent of the nation’s total […]
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