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Health expert believes 6 months gap between COVID vaccine and precautionar
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): As the Central government allowed the administration of booster doses after a gap of nine months after the doses of COVID vaccines, the top health expert believes that the gap between the second dose of vaccine and the precautionary dose should be at lea
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Delhi staring at power outage, urges Centre to ensure adequate coal supply
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): The Delhi government has expressed its concern over the possible shortage of coal in power plants that supply electricity to the national capital and has written a letter to the Central Government urging it to ensure adequate coal supply.
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Hindi is our national language but BJP will promote regional languages too
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): Reacting to the ongoing language controversy, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy on Thursday said that the Central government led by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) gives full respect to all languages and assured that the government will support and take forward al
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Centre firm on not burdening farmers despite impact on supply, production
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): The central government has decided to provide more funds to meet the rising cost of fertilisers due to higher import prices and not pass the burden to farmers. The subsidy bill of the government on fertilizers is likely to be Rs 2.5 lakh crore this fiscal,
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West Bengal govt announces plan to accommodate Ukraine-returned students i
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 28 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced to accommodate students from the state who had to leave their studies in Ukraine due to the Russia-Ukraine war while blaming the Central government for not taking any responsibilit
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CPI(M) opposes LIC IPO, calls it step towards 'destruction' of firm's publ
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has firmly opposed the manner in which the Central Government has initiated the Initial Public Offer (IPO) of the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) saying that it is a step towards the destruction of
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Centre cancels FCRA licence of two Odisha-based NGOs
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): The Central government has cancelled the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) registration of two Odisha-based NGOs for violating various provisions linked to the law, sources said on Thursday.
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KTR slams Centre over fuel price hike, demands to scrap Cess on petrol, di
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 28 (ANI): Lashing out at the Centre for asking the States to reduce VAT (value-added tax) on fuel, Telangana Industry and Commerce Minister KT Rama Rao on Wednesday demanded the central government to scrap the Cess on petrol and diesel across the count
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PM Street Vendor's AtmaNirbhar Nidhi scheme to continue till December 2024
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 27 (ANI): The Central Government on Wednesday approved the continuation of the Prime Minister Street Vendor's AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) scheme till December 2024.
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Delhi HC issues notice to Centre on plea seeking issuance of OCI card to a
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 25 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to the central government on a plea moved by a minor girl seeking the issuance of an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card.
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Delhi High Court seeks Centre's response on plea challenging provisions of
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 25 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday issued a notice to the Central Government on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the constitutional validity of cash transfer under PM Garib Kalyan Yojana till March 26, 2020, in view of the financial hardships bein
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PM Modi in 'Mann ki Baat' says water conservation social, spiritual duty o
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 24 (ANI): Hailing the Amrit Sarovar scheme of the Central government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday while quoting from ancient scriptures said water conservation is a social and spiritual duty of every person.
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