For the ninth consecutive year, billionaire Mukesh Ambani, the Chairman of Reliance Industries (RIL) has backed the top position in the IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2020. Ambani has won with a net worth of Rs 6,58,400 crore. Following Ambani, the next in line is Hinduja brothers in the list with the net worth…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched six mega projects in Uttarakhand with respect to the Namami Gange Mission. In the virtual conference Modi also introduced and inaugurated the logo of Jal Jeevan Mission. The six projects comprise of constructing a 68 MLD sewage treatment plant (STP), further upgrading the present 27 MLD plant at Jagjeetpur…
President Ram Nath Kovind has given his assent and approved the three contentious farm bills on Sunday which the opposition parties termed as ‘anti-farmer’ and ‘corporate friendly’. The government has notified the information stating that these legislations will support the farmers in terms of making them self-reliant. This move comes even after a dozen opposition…
Kerala’s Health Minister KK Shailaja has been awarded as the winner of the World’s Top 50 Thinkers of Covid-19 Age by UK-based Prospect Magazine. Shailaja has won over Jacinda Arden, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, who won the second place. Her relentless efforts for fighting and restricting the contagion of the novel Coronavirus in…
Violent protests happened in Dungarpur district of Rajasthan by the youth over the escalated matter of teacher recruitment examination, as a result of which, Internet has been suspended and Section 144 is imposed in the four tribal districts of Southern Rajasthan. The protests began on Thursday when hundreds of tribal youth gathered around National Highway…
Vodafone group has finally won countering India in an international arbitration case with respect to the $2 billion tax dispute according to the report of sources by Reuters. It was ruled out by an international tribunal in the Hague that the taxes and liabilities along with the interests and penalties that India has imposed on…
Former leader of Jawaharlal Nehru University, Umar Khalid who was arrested under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for the Delhi communal riots violence will be held in judicial custody till October 22. As the police custody terminated, Umar Khalid was presented virtually before Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat. He has been arrested from September 13. Khalid…
Assam Police has confined three nationals belonging to Nigeria from Karimganj district on the grounds of entering India without any valid documents. The Karimganj district police was on the routine inspection, when they halted a vehicle traveling from Tripura side on National Highway 8 on Wednesday evening. When the three Nigerian nationals could not produce…
US motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson declared on Thursday its decision to exit India, thereby ceasing the sales and manufacturing operations in the country. The company further announced that it expects to report $75 million with respect the add-on restructuring charges for “The Rewire”. The official company statement quoted, “Between August 6, 2020 and September 23, 2020,…
The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday has granted approval for three key Bills that eliminate strict conditions on winding up of the companies and relaxing the restrictions on removing the employees in a strength of 100 – 300 without government sanction. RSS-affiliated BMS strongly criticized the passing of the Bill, stated that the Codes were “tilted…
