Delay in convening Winter Session leaves Congress worried The Centre was questioned on Monday by the Congress party regarding the delay in convening the Winter Session of 2017. The Congress party leaders also questioned the BJP-NDA leaders about the reasons for delay for the same. The dates of the winter session have not been announced yet by the Centre. The winter session usually has to be convened by the third […]
31st ASEAN summit begins in Philippines The 31st ASEAN Summit has begun in Manila, Philippines where earlier today in the opening ceremony Honourable Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi was seen shaking hands with other leaders. Modi interacted with other world leaders including the US, China, Russia. The event’s gala dinner was attended by them all, hosted by President Rodrigo Duterte of Phillippines. Modi is planning to hold bilateral meeting […]
GST latest- Items tax slab slashed Here are the items on which tax slabs have been slashed after the lasted GST council meeting: 28% to 18% Wires, conductors, insulators, electrical plugs and switches, fuses, connectors Board and panels, Consoles Particle and fibreboards, Plywood Furniture and bedding mattress Vanity cases, trunks and suitcases, travelling bags and handbags Washing detergent Liquid detergent Shower gels and creams Shampoos and hair dyes Shaving cream, […]
Maitree Express aims to connect India and Bangladesh Honourable Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi along with the Bangladesh Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina are jointly launching a cross-country passenger train. The train will start ferrying the passengers from 16th November at 11 am (IST) from Kolkata. It will reach its desires location in 4 and a half hours. The Khulna-Kolkata train service aims at opening up two bridges on […]
Odd-Even scheme making a comeback After the recent news about how Delhi is turning hazardous for the people and how it is turning into a gas chamber, the Delhi Government faces major criticism yet again. For curbing the situation, the Delhi Government has decided to reimplement the Odd-Even scheme in the National capital from November 13-17, 2017. The scheme will be implemented for 5 days by the authorities and the […]
Two Indian American candidates have overcome bigoted propaganda to win local elections in New Jersey – one of them as the Mayor of Hoboken. Ravi Bhalla was elected in Tuesday’s elections as the first Sikh Mayor of the town that is a suburb of New York City. While campaigning for the mayoral race, the Indian-American born and raised in New Jersey was called a “terrorist” in targeted racist attacks. Anonymously […]
Indian sentenced in the US over Al-qaeda funding Yahya Farooq Mohammad, an Indian National, was sentenced for 27.5 years in prison by the US Supreme Court. He was sentenced after being found guilty for providing al-qaeda leaders with thousands of dollars. Moreover, he was also found to be soliciting the murder of the judge who was hearing the case. Mohammad is 39 in age, and an engineer from the Ohio […]
Tamil Nadu cartoonist G Bala arrested: for penning ‘controversial’ caricature A Tirunelveli Police team on Sunday picked up G. Bala (36), a cartoonist, who was charged with defaming the Chief Minister, the Tirunelveli Collector and the City Commissioner of Police by representing them in an obscene way. The cartoonist has been charged under Section 67 of the Information Technology Act. Against a backdrop of self-immolation deaths of four in a […]
7th Pay Commission Promises The Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, is vying to keep his promise of raising the minimum pay over 18,000 INR ( the amount which was actually recommended by the commission). The news has recently come out from the sources of the Ministry of Finance. It was said that the hike is likely to be announced in the minimum pay, beyond what was recommended by the 7th Pay […]
CIA Releases Vast Bin Laden Archive Seized In Compound As the CIA on Wednesday released at least 470,000 files from Osama Bin Laden’s computers which was seized during the May 2011 raid in his Abbottabad safehouse, the world got a major glimpse of his life. Amidst graphic videos of suicide bombings and beheading are Bollywood chartbuster songs sung by the likes of Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu and Alka Yagnik. The […]
