Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Feb 26 (ANI): To address the basic needs of slums dwellers and ensure holistic growth of urban areas in the State, the Punjab Cabinet led by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday approved 'The Punjab Slum Dwellers (Proprietary Rights) Act, 2020.
New Delhi [India], Feb 26 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved major changes to surrogacy bill which entail that a "willing" woman can be a surrogate mother and a widow or divorced woman will also have a right to surrogacy apart from infertile Indian couples.
New Delhi [India], Feb 26 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved three MoUs for cooperation between India and Myanmar on combating timber trafficking, conservation of tigers and other wildlife and in the fields of petroleum products and communications.
New Delhi [India], Feb 26 (ANI): The union cabinet on Wednesday approved amendment of the Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands Land Revenue and Tenancy Regulation, 1965 to confer occupancy rights to the Scheduled Tribe (ST) population in the union territory.
New Delhi [India], Feb 26 (ANI): The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday approved setting up a national technical textiles mission with a total outlay of Rs 1,480 crore.
Manila [Philippines], Feb 26 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a further two million dollars to help developing countries in Asia and the Pacific contain the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and improve resilience to this and other communicable diseases.
New Delhi [India], Feb 26 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal for issuing orders for adaptation of central laws under concurrent list to Jammu and Kashmir and 37 central laws which were not applicable to the Union territory will now be applicable.
New Delhi [India], Feb 26 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2020 to provide effective regulation of surrogacy, prohibit commercial surrogacy and allow altruistic surrogacy.
New Delhi [India], Feb 25 (ANI): India and the US approved a major defence deal to equip Indian armed forces with advanced helicopters during two-day visit of President Donald Trump with the visiting leader reflecting New Delhi's concerns on cross-border terrorism while also stating that
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Feb 24 (ANI): In the view of 2nd PUC exams from March 4, the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has approved free travel for students from home to exam centre on Monday.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 24 (ANI): The board of directors at FMCG major Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) on Monday approved a proposal to form a new 100 per cent subsidiary.
New Delhi [India], Feb 24 (ANI): The Commonwealth Archery and Shooting Championships are set to take place in India in 2022 after a proposal to stage the event was approved by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) Executive Board.