Union Health Ministry launches nationwide 'Sarva Dawa Sevan' campaign to eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis by 2027
Union Health Ministry launches nationwide 'Sarva Dawa Sevan' campaign to eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis by 2027
Over 10,000 children are living on the streets with their families, the Women and Child Development Ministry told in Parliament.
As per data enumerated by the Bal Swaraj portal, there are 19,546 children in street situations in India, out of which 10,401 children are living with their families on the streets, while 8,263 children stay on the streets in the day and are back home in the night with their families who reside in nearby slums.
The Karnataka High Court has stayed till Feb 24vthe CBI probe State Congress chief DK Shivakumar in a corruption case against him for allegedly possessing Rs 74.93 crore of assets disproportionate to his known sources of income between 2013 and 2018, when he was serving as a cabinet minister.
Syria's government has approved humanitarian aid delivery across the frontlines of the country's 12-year-old civil war, state media said on Friday, a move that could speed up the arrival of help for millions of people affected by Monday's deadly quake. Aid distribution will take place in cooperation with the United Nations, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, state media said, to "guarantee the arrival of this aid to those who need it".
Laws are the same for both men and women and Congress leaders accepted that their party MP violated rules, Union minister and senior BJP leader Smriti Irani on Friday, after Rajani Ashokrao Patil was suspended from the Rajya Sabha for the remainder of the ongoing Budget Session for filming House proceedings. Law was violated, rule was violated and this was accepted by the Congress party in the House, Irani told reporters outside Parliament.
The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the Bar Council of India's power to hold the All India Bar Examination (AIBE), a test that a lawyer has to qualify to practise law in the courts of the country. "These are adequate powers with the Bar Council of India (BCI) under the said Act (Advocates Act) to provide for such norms and rules. The effect would be that it is left to the BCI as to at what stage the AIBE is to be held -- pre or post-enrolment," said a five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice SK Kaul.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in Parliament: “Rs 10.09 lakh crore loans written off in last five years, not waived off; borrowers continue to be liable.”
Canara Bank to hike lending rates by 5-15 bps across tenures with effect from February 12
Home Minister Amit Shah said at the Global Investors Summit in Lucknow on February 10: “If we want to bring investment in a state and turn it into a production hub, five factors are key: The law and order situation must be good, infrastructure must be good, govt must be transparent and implement policies properly, and the state must take quick calls.”
Explaining why Uttar Pradesh is ideal as an investment hub, Shah said: “The law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh has improved, the infrastructure has developed, and so many policies have been introduced to support industries. The UP govt is transparent under Yogi Adityanath’s leadership. For industry and investment, UP has become an ideal place.”
No particular gender has the right to violate the law. Law was violated, rules were violated - Congress accepted this in the House, Union Minister Smriti Irani said in response to being branded “anti-women” by Opposition MPs over the suspension of Congress MP Rajani Patil from Rajya Sabha.
However, SP MP Jaya Bachchan said the way this was done was “very humiliating”.
The actor/politician said: “I think it was done in a very humiliating manner. Shouldn't have happened. If they feel something wrong was done, they should've sent it to Committee. Don't know if they sent it. She wasn't given a chance to clarify.”
Union Budget 2023 balances very delicately the development objectives as much as keeping fiscal prudence, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said today in Rajya Sabha
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued a circular permitting travellers from G20 nations to use the mobile-based Unified Payments Interface (UPI) to make payments in India.
India’s industrial output remained robust in December, rising by 4.3% y/y, though moderating from the 7.1% growth in November, which came off a low base. In level terms, output was the highest since March 2022. On a rolling basis, though, IP still remains relatively weak.
Surprisingly, manufacturing output increased, though growth still slowed from November (Dec: 2.7% y/y, Nov: 6.1%). The data suggest that India’s manufacturing sector is still stronger than those seen in the rest of Asia, though a very gradual slowdown may start to be visible.
Of note was the sharp 10.4% contraction in consumer durables, partly driven by a high base, but also a sequential slowdown.
On a three-month rolling basis, IP remains relatively weak, in contrast to most high-frequency indicators, which remain generally resilient, despite global headwinds. This outperformance is also visible in PMI indicators, and most services sector indicators continue to hit new highs, especially in level terms.
