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Rajnath Singh urges the ASEAN Defence Ministers to fight threats of bio-terrorism in the region

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh directed the ASEAN Defence Ministers to continue to address threats of bio terrorism on Thursday when he indirectly broached about China. While addressing the ASEAN Defence Minister’s Meeting Plus (ADMM Plus) he said, “We also need to continue our efforts to address the threats of bio-terrorism, transnational trafficking and pandemic diseases….

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India has a faster recovery than estimated; ADB updates forecast with 8 % GDP growth in FY21

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) updated its predictions regarding Indian economy, anticipating 8 per cent contraction for 2020-21, in contrast to earlier forecast of 9 per cent degrowth, which indicates a faster recovery for India than estimated. As the Indian economy is stabilizing now, the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) Supplement stated the second quarter contraction…

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PM Modi laid foundation stone to commence the construction of a new Parliament building

Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone to commence the construction of the new Parliament building in New Delhi on Thursday. The Prime Minister performed a ground breaking ceremony for the new Parliament building. It is anticipated that the building construction would be completed by 2022 at an estimated cost of Rs 971 crore….

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Nitin Gadkari: Will increase the turnover of village industry in 2 years to Rs 5 lakh crore

Union Minister for MSME, Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday has assured that the village industry will have an increase in turnover from Rs 80,000 crores to Rs 5 lakh crores in a time period of two years. While addressing at the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Global MSME Business summit, Nitin Gadkari said, “Presently, the turnover…

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More than 2 million UK families reach poverty scale amid Coronavirus crisis

As the novel Coronavirus pandemic induced lockdown has hit the United Kingdom, it has added further recession and financial crisis to the already more than one million UK families includes over 2.4 million people who have experienced destitution, according to the study by Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) stated on Wednesday. The JRF Research stated, “This…

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Yediyurappa appeals to the farmers to pull out from protests

With the rising protests by the farmers associations over the contentious farm bills in Bengaluru city, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa appealed to the farmers to pull out from the demonstrations and protests and invited them for further talks with the government. While addressing the reporters at Vidhana Soudha, Yediyurappa stated that repeated protests will not…

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