Category: India This Week

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Novmeber 15 took stock of Delhi’s COVID-19 situation in the wake of recent spike in cases in the national capital, officials said. Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Anil Baijal, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain and senior officers of … Read more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to tribal leader Birsa Munda on his birth anniversary on Sunday and said his contribution to the freedom movement and social harmony will always inspire the countrymen. In a tweet, Modi said Munda was a true messiah for the poor and always fought for … Read more

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday imposed a total ban on sale or use of all kinds of firecrackers in the National Capital Region (NCR) from the midnight of November 9 to the midnight of November 30. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel clarified that … Read more

BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was announced as the winner of the Bihar Assembly election in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Boosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s several rallies, the NDA hit the majority mark of 122 at 2.57 AM. According to data on the Election Commission’s website, the … Read more

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday said that India has scaled an unprecedented peak with active coronavirus cases dropping below the 5-lakh mark for the first time after 106 days. In a tweet today morning, the Health Ministry said, it assumes significance in the context of many … Read more

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said increased digitisation will help in making a better assessment of the country’s economic growth and nudged tax practitioners to suggest their clients shift towards digital modes of payments. She said the government, irrespective of the party in power, tries to widen the tax … Read more

Patna: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has done what US President Donald Trump failed to do and “saved the country” from the novel coronavirus, BJP President JP Nadda declared Thursday at an election rally in Bihar’s Darbhanga, which goes to the polls on Saturday in the final phase of voting. Praising … Read more

The national capital’s air quality slipped back into the very poor category again after recording a marginal improvement over the last 24 hours. Officials at the India Meteorological Department said the air quality had improved on Monday with high wind speed aiding dispersion of pollutants. However, stagnant night-time conditions led … Read more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a Virtual Global Investor Roundtable with leaders of top Pension and Sovereign Wealth Funds and domestic business leaders on Thursday. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, financial sector regulators and top government officials will also be present in the meeting. While the Roundtable meeting will be … Read more

Voicing concern over reports of attack on minority Hindu community in some parts of Bangladesh, Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday urged the Centre to take up the issue immediately with the neighbouring country. He referred to recent media reports that temples were attacked and Hindu … Read more