India and Singapore on Monday agreed to create opportunities for lifelong learning, building a future-ready workforce, and making knowledge and skill development a key pillar of strategic partnership, according to the Ministry of Education. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan is on a three-day visit to Singapore to strengthen existing ties and to explore the possibility of widening the scope of bilateral engagement in education and skill development. Pradhan met various key ministers of the Singapore Government and visited Spectra Secondary School on Monday.
Ashok Gehlot, Sachin Pilot have left it to Congress high command to take decision: K C Venugopal amid leadership tussle in Rajasthan.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in ethnic strife-torn Manipur on Monday night to restore peace by hammering out a solution between the clashing communities, officials said. He reached the Bir Tikendrajit Imphal International Airport in Imphal aboard a special flight from Delhi, beginning his four-day visit to the state. Shah is expected to hold several rounds of meetings on Tuesday to assess the situation and plan steps to restore normalcy, sources said.
Union Forest Minister Bhupender Yadav on Monday said officials involved in the cheetah revival plan will be sent on study tours to Namibia and South Africa from where the big cats have been brought in and housed at the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh. During his meeting with MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan here, Yadav said he will be visiting KNP, in Sheopur district, on June 6.
Under this new law, now an appeal can be filed against the court decisions in cases under Article 184(3). The law now applies to past verdicts as well.Pakistan's President approved the new law on Friday. Legal experts said that now PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif and Jahangir Tareenwill also be able to exercise the right of appeal against their lifetime disqualifications within 60 days.
In Q4 FY 2022-23, MOIL produced 4.02 lakh tonnes of manganese ore, marking a 7% growth over the previous year. Sales improved to 3.91 lakh tonnes, a 3% increase. Electrolytic Manganese Dioxide (EMD) sales revenue surged by 48% YoY. FY'23 recorded the company's second-highest production ever.
B Sai Sudharsan slammed 96 in 47 balls as Gujarat Titans posted 214 for four against Chennai Super Kings in the final of the Indian Premier League here on Monday. Asked to bat first, GT were off to a flying start with their opening duo of Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill putting on 67 runs in seven overs at the packed Narendra Modi Stadium.
Hundreds of women from the Hmar, Kuki, Mizo, and Zomi tribes staged a protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on Monday, demanding a "fair intervention" by the central government to put an end to the prevailing tensions in Manipur.
The protesters gathered at the demonstration site holding posters and national flags and raised slogans demanding justice. They continued the protest even as it rained.
“The problem with Congress is that meetings are held in Delhi for Madhya Pradesh. The public is pleading that Delhi is very far away. We are confident that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will form its govt in MP with an absolute majority in the upcoming elections,” Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Rahul Gandhi's statement that Congress will get 150 seats in MP.
-- In a big boost to off-shore wind energy projects, the Government of India has given a complete waiver of ISTS charges for 25 years to projects commissioned on or before 31st December 2032.
-- The ISTS waiver of Green Hydrogen and Green Ammonia projects has been extended from June 30, 2025 to December 31, 2030.
Asserting that the NDA has provided a corruption-free government to the nation in the last nine years, Union minister G Kishan Reddy on Monday claimed that the inflation rate in India was lesser than many other countries including the United States, United Kingdom, and Germany.
Reddy, who visited Bhubaneswar on the occasion of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government completing nine years in power at the Centre, told reporters, "The inflation rate in India is lesser than many developed countries including the US, UK, Germany, and Japan. Even the fuel price in the country is lesser than many nations."
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly, Ajit Pawar, spoke in favour of the new parliament building and said that it was a necessity given the rapid increase in population.
He said: “Keeping the population of the country in mind which is crossing 135 crores, the people representing them will also increase. So, I personally feel this new Parliament building was needed. It was built in record time even during the COVID period. Now in this new building, everyone should work as per the Constitution and resolve the issues of common people, everyone should take part in it.”
