Strict Punishment for Meting Out Misleading Advertisements: The government will come out with a new consumer protection law, and strict punishment will be meted out to entities which put out misleading advertisements, Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said on Tuesday. Strict Punishment for Meting Out Misleading Advertisements While acknowledging that some false and misleading advertisements come […]

Major Rohit Suri Awarded Kirti Chakra for PoK Surgical Strikes: Major Rohit Suri, who led the army team that carried out a surgical strike in PoK last year, was today presented the second highest peacetime gallantry award Kirti Chakra by President Pranab Mukherjee. Major Rohit Suri Awarded Kirti Chakra for PoK Surgical Strikes Corporal Gursevak Singh of Indian Air Force has posthumously conferred the Saurya Chakra […]

Sensex Falls 250 Points, Nifty Struggles Around 9050: Indian shares fell sharply on Wednesday with the Sensex falling nearly 250 points and the Nifty struggling around 9,050 levels. Weak Asian markets, following a 1 per cent fall on Wall Street, hurt the sentiment. Sensex Falls 250 Points, Nifty Struggles Around 9050 Selling pressure was seen in […]

National is Sole Bidder to Insure Tea Crop: National Insurance Company has emerged as the sole bidder for the proposed crop insurance scheme for small tea growers for which expression of interest (EoI) was invited by the Tea Board. National is Sole Bidder to Insure Tea Crop The Tea Board had relaxed some terms in the […]

Sushma Swaraj Steps into Rescue Indian Women Facing Domestic abuse in Pakistan: As the Hyderabad woman’s passport had expired last year, Swaraj asked the Indian High Commission to renew her Indian passport and facilitate her return to India. Sushma Swaraj Steps into Rescue Indian Women Facing Domestic abuse in Pakistan External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj directed […]

Union Government Designated 14 Olympians as National Observers: New Delhi, Mar 20 (UNI) In a bid to prepare and implement the long term development plan in sports, The Union Sports Ministry today (March 20) designated 14 Olympians as National Observers for 12 disciplines. Union Government Designated 14 Olympians as National Observers “The National Observers will assist […]

Union Cabinet Clears Four GST Supplementary Legislations: The GST legislations were the only agenda in the Union Cabinet meeting, which was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Union Cabinet Clears Four GST Supplementary Legislations The Union Cabinet on Monday approved four supporting Goods and Services Tax (GST) legislations in its bid. And to introduce them before […]

US Begins the Process to Revoke Citizenship of Pakistani-American: In a rare move, the US has initiated the process to revoke the citizenship of a Pakistani-American who was involved in militancy in Kashmir and is serving a 20-year prison term on terrorism charges. US Begins the Process to Revoke Citizenship of Pakistani-American Iyman Faris, who became […]

Mobile payment platform Chillr to launch UPI: India’s first multi-bank mobile payment platform Chillr is all set to launch its Unified Payments Interface (UPI) facility by March-end, which will enable customers of nearly 45 banks to make payments on a single platform. Mobile Payment Platform Chillr to Launch UPI Chillr is a multi-bank mobile banking app […]

Six Decades of European Community Evolution: On March 25, 1957, the Treaty of Rome establishes the European Economic Community. From the Treaty of Rome to the migration crisis and Brexit, here is a look at 60 years of ups and downs in the making of the European Union. Six Decades of European Community Evolution On […]