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Motor Vehicle Tax shouldn’t be levied if vehicle not used in ‘public place’: SC
Motor vehicle tax is compensatory in nature. It has a direct nexus...
India to become world’s third largest economy soon, says RBI Guv; hails PM Jan Dhan Yojana
Sanjay Malhotra, Governor, Reserve Bank of India The RBI governor...
UN chief appeals for greater support for small islands fighting climate change
“We must have stronger support from the international community - what we call climate justice - which means adequate financing at low cost, quickly decided, in order to allow for all these works that we have been seeing to protect the island against the sea, and...
Social media platforms need Govt nod to launch AI models in India
"It is reiterated that non-compliance to the provisions of the IT Act and/or IT Rules would result in potential penal consequences to the intermediaries or platforms or its users when identified, including but not limited to prosecution under IT Act and several other...
India eliminates extreme poverty: Brookings article
Report said India should now graduate to a higher poverty line, which would then provide an opportunity to redefine existing social protection programs in order to give greater support to the genuine poor New Delhi: India has now officially eliminated ‘extreme...
Strong GDP growth, weak monsoon drove up India’s energy-related carbon emissions in 2023: IEA
''In India, strong GDP growth drove up emissions by around 190 Mt. But a weak monsoon increased demand for electricity and cut hydro production, contributing around one-quarter of the increase in its total emissions in 2023. Per capita emissions in India remain far...
App delisting cannot be permitted: Minister Vaishnaw on Google-Indian startups row
"I have already called Google…I have already called the app developers who have been delisted, we will be meeting them next week. This cannot be permitted..This kind of delisting cannot be permitted," IT and Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw asserted New Delhi: Taking...
Telangana govt rejoins PM Fasal Bima Yojana scheme to safeguard farmers
A Revanth Reddy,Chief Minister, Telanngana ''The state government adopted the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) again to safeguard the farmers from the hardships in farming,'' a state government release said Friday night Hyderabad: The Telangana government has...
Govt shortlists 5 GMs for selecting a CMD of United India Insurance
The new head office of Chennai based United India Insurance, which was inaugurated by Union Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, virtually, on Friday The DFS now has prepared a new list of five general managers(GMs)- BS Rahul, Agriculture Insurance...
Meta targeted in privacy complaints by EU consumer groups
"Surveillance-based business models pose all kinds of problems under the GDPR and it's time for data protection authorities to stop Meta's unfair data processing and its infringing of people's fundamental rights," Ursula Pachl, deputy director general of the European...
US says to investigate national security data risks from Chinese vehicles
"China's policies could flood our market with its vehicles, posing risks to our national security," President Joe Biden said in a statement. "I'm not going to let that happen on my watch." The Commerce Department will seek comments for 60 days on the potential risks...
SC upholds Rajasthan’s 2-child norm for govt jobs
“This court held that the classification, which disqualifies candidates for having more than two living children, was non-discriminatory and intra-vires the Constitution, since the objective behind the provision was to promote family planning,” the bench, also...