- Thursday, May 09, 2024
The government on Saturday raised fiscal deficit target to 3.8 per cent of the GDP from 3.3 per cent pegged earlier for 2019-20 due to revenue shortage. "We estimate a fiscal deficit of 3.8 per cent in RE (revised estimate) 2019-20 and 3.5 per cent for BE (budget estimate) 2020-21.…
Indian Army chief General Manoj Naravane on Saturday said the Army is playing its part in containing the novel Coronavirus epidemic which has achieved "global proportions" and become a "major threat" to the world. The Indian Army has set up a quarantine facility in Manesar near Delhi to keep those…
Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced cuts in personal income tax, extended tax benefits for affordable housing and gave relief to companies on payment of dividend in the Union Budget for 2020-21 as the government looked to boost consumption to bring the economy out of the worst slowdown…
SLAMMING the Union budget as "insipid" and lacking in stimulus for growth, the Congress on Saturday said it does not address the main issue of unemployment and describes the mindset of the government which is "all talk and nothing happening". The opposition party said the budget presented by Finance Minister…
The Election Commission on Wednesday ordered the removal of BJP leaders Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Verma from the party's list of star campaigners for Delhi polls over their controversial remarks. The order said the two leaders who made objectionable comments while campaigning during election rallies be removed from the list…
Last year saw a lot of dust being brushed off antique copies of the Indian Constitution. Orders for fresh prints were galore. And even the layman started referring with ease to the 117,369-word framework on which the Indian democracy thrives. The word ‘Constitution’ and its Hindi counterpart ‘Samvidhaan’ echoed across the…
As India prepares to airlift its citizens from Wuhan, the epicentre of the deadly coronavirus outbreak, China said on Wednesday that it would make all appropriate arrangements and provide necessary assistance if any country "insists" on evacuating its nationals. Besides India, several other countries including the US, France, Japan, South…
A joint motion, combining five different resolutions tabled by Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) against India's Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), has been placed on the final agenda for debate at the Plenary session in Brussels on Wednesday. The motion takes note of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human…
Reacting to three airlines banning him from flying for allegedly heckling television journalist Arnab Goswami aboard a flight, stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra on Wednesday said he was never "unruly or disruptive". He also said the flying suspension was not "shocking" for him. "The comedian was suspended from flying by IndiGo…
Accusing Pakistan of becoming the "architect and exporter" of terrorism, Minister of State for External affairs V Muraleedharan on Wednesday said India has made "abundantly clear" to its neighbours that it will no longer remain a silent witness to terror attacks on it and would take resolute steps. Without naming…
