Thu, 11 Feb 2021 18:48:05
With the petrol and diesel prices surging to new highs on Thursday, people across cities have raised the demand to the government to find out ways to reduce the prices.
"Today there is 70 per cent tax on petrol and diesel in the form of cess, excise, and value-added tax (VAT). I urge govt to reduce excise duty on petrol, diesel and also reduce some VAT to make diesel and petrol prices reduce ac
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Thu, 11 Feb 2021 18:45:23
Medical students should get vaccinated against COVID-19 and lead the drive as its ambassadors, said Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Wednesday.
"Medical students in the state should lead the COVID-19 vaccine drive as its ambassadors by getting vaccinated. If medical students take the vaccine, other staff will be inspired by the students to receive vaccine shots," said Sudhakar after t
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Thu, 11 Feb 2021 18:38:21
The cap on the number of domestic flights that Indian airlines are permitted to operate will remain at 80 per cent of their pre-COVID levels till March 31 or till the summer schedule begins, said the Civil Aviation Ministry on Thursday.
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Thu, 11 Feb 2021 18:34:14
The Centre on Thursday categorically said in the Rajya Sabha that action will be taken against Social Media platforms if fake news and violence is spread through it.
“There is freedom of speech but Article 19A says that this is subject to reasonable restrictions,” said Communications, Electronics & Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.
“We respect social media a lot, it has em
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Thu, 11 Feb 2021 18:32:25
Branding West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee a “failed administrator”, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said the upcoming Assembly elections in the state will be a contest between Narendra Modi’s “development model” and her “destruction model”.
He said the BJP’s ‘Parivartan Yatra’ is not for changing a chief minister, MLA or minister but ending infiltration and transforming West
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Thu, 11 Feb 2021 18:27:53
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asserted that the BJP does not believe in political untouchability and values consensus in politics, as he noted that his government has bestowed state honours on even the ruling party's political rivals to acknowledge their service to the nation.
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Thu, 11 Feb 2021 18:25:30
Senior wicketkeeper-batsmen Jos Buttler and Jonny Bairstow were on Thursday named in a 16-member England squad for the five T20 International matches against India, scheduled in Ahmedabad between March 12 to 20.
Buttler has gone back home after the opening Test against India, which the visitors won by 227 runs, while Bairstow has been rested for the first two five-day games of the four-match se
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Thu, 11 Feb 2021 18:22:13
The Opposition slammed the government in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday for ignoring the "aam admi" and showing insensitivity towards agitating farmers in the budget proposals for 2021-22, which were unveiled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman earlier this month.
"The aam aadmi has been let down totally in the last seven years...and the budget has betrayed his most fundamental aspirations," Con
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Thu, 11 Feb 2021 18:20:02
Several MPs cutting across party lines on Wednesday demanded restoration of the Member of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD) scheme suspended last year.
Under the scheme, MPs can recommend development programmes involving expenditure of Rs 5 crore every year in their constituencies.
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