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Government considering giving TRAI authority to impose penalty

As per Telecom Ministry, the government is thinking taking away penalizing powers, which are used to punish service providers for not complying with rules and regulations, from the Department...

August 6, 2013

Rail Tariff Authority gets Cabinet’s approval

Union Cabinet has given nod to the set up Rail Tariff Authority (RTA) in order to improve the financial situation of the Railways forthwith without any delay. The...

August 6, 2013

CCEA approves dilution of safeguards for FDI in multi-brand retail

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has given its nod for the “dilution” of certain safeguards including relaxing the 30% sourcing norm and doing away with the...

August 4, 2013

Telangana sparks more Statehood demands across the country

With the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Coordination Committee giving nod to the divide Andhra Pradesh and create Telangana, demands for statehood from several regions of the country backed...

August 3, 2013

Union Govt. launches National Teeka Express

The National Teeka Express was launched by Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. It has been launched to protect children from life-threatening childhood diseases. What is the...

August 3, 2013

DD Direct Plus to telecast Australia's ABC International Channel

An agreement was signed between Prasar Bharati and Australian channel ABC International which will make available the ABC International channel to the viewers of Doordarshan’s Direct to Home...

August 3, 2013

Significant decline in percentage of poverty in Odisha and Bihar

As per the recent data, in Odisha the proportion of people below the poverty line (BPL) declined from 57.2% in 2004-05 to 32.6% in 2011-12 which resulted in...

July 31, 2013

10 Asian nations take initiative to ban smokeless tobacco products

10 South and Southeast Asian countries including India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka have come forward to ban smokeless tobacco products. Smokeless forms of tobacco including use...

July 31, 2013

Uttar Pradesh Plan for 2013-14 finalized by Planning Commission

The Planning Commission and the Uttar Pradesh govt together finalized Annual Plan for Uttar Pradesh of Rs 69200 crore for the financial year 2013-14. The Funding Process is...

July 24, 2013

Supreme Court issues notice to Centre, States on disaster management

After the devastating tragedy that struck upon Uttarakhand and which resulted in numerous deaths the Supreme Court issued notice to Uttarakhand and six other states for their alleged...

July 24, 2013

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