Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Finance minister With regard to reduction...
Category:
Policy
Latest
Govt to constitute task force for next-generation reforms: PM
"We have decided to constitute a task force for next-generation...
GST rates to ‘substantially’ reduce by Diwali: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the nation on 79th...
Pakistan-allied hackers launched 15 lakh cyber attacks on Indian websites; only 150 successful
In a report titled "Road of Sindoor", prepared under the military operation launched by the Indian armed forces under the same name against terrorists, the state's nodal cyber agency has detailed the cyber warfare launched by Pakistan-allied hacking groups. According...
Implement cashless scheme for road accident victims in true letter and spirit: SC to Centre
A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan directed the Centre to file an affidavit by end of August 2025 setting out the implementation of the scheme giving details such as the number of beneficiaries who received cashless treatment under the scheme New...
PM Modi warns Pakistan of more strikes if there is a ‘terrorist attack’
Narendra Modi, Prime Minister Modi's first public comments since Indian armed forces launched strikes on what New Delhi said were "terrorist camps" across the border last week indicated a hardening of India's position on ties with its neighbour, which were icy even...
Google to pay Texas $1.4 billion in data privacy settlement
The agreement settles several claims Texas made against the search giant in 2022 related to geolocation, incognito searches and biometric data. The state argued Google was "unlawfully tracking and collecting users' private data." Google will pay $1.4 billion to Texas...
Govt to hold pre-emption right over oil, gas in national emergency: Draft rules
A pre-emption right (or preemptive right) is the legal right of a party - often a government or existing shareholder - to purchase or claim a product, asset, or resource before it is offered to others. New Delhi: The government will hold pre-emption rights over all...
Future terror acts to be considered an “act of war” against India
With this decision, the government headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks to draw red lines against terror incidents and makes clear its intention to firmly respond to the perpetrators and conspirators, in what is seen as a message to Pakistan -- a country...
32 airports shut till May 15 as tensions escalate between India-Pakistan
All civil flight activities at these airports will remain suspended during this period. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has also extended the temporary closure of 25 segments of Air Traffic Service (ATS) routes within the Delhi and Mumbai Flight Information...
IPL suspended indefinitely as India-Pak clashes soar
"It does not look nice that cricket goes on while the country is at war," a BCCI official told PTI, confirming the suspension of the league, which was to wind up on May 25 in Kolkata Mumbai: The Indian Premier League (IPL) was on Friday suspended indefinitely due to...
PMJJBY’s cumulative enrollments surge to 23.64 cr till Apr,25: Centre
“PMJJBY cumulative enrolments surged by 699 per cent, from 2.96 Cr (March 2016) to 23.64 Cr (April 2025), securing millions of lives under the Jansuraksha umbrella,” the Ministry of Finance said in a post on social media platform X. New Delhi: The cumulative...
UK names China as dominant threat to its national cybersecurity
Richard Horne, chief of Britain’s National Cyber Security Center “China remains the pacing threat in the cyber realm,” Richard Horne, the chief of Britain’s National Cyber Security Center, said in a rare speech on Wednesday. “The continued activity that we’re seeing...