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Why 20 children who won Bravery Awards won't get Republic Day honours

The government broke off connections with the awards after the Delhi High Court ordered a probe into the NGO in charge of the awards.

Jan 19, 2019

Bill Gates praises Narendra Modi for flagship health scheme Ayushman Bharat

Dubbed as 'Modicare', Ayushman Bharat is the world's largest public healthcare scheme.

Jan 17, 2019

Jab We Met actor Kishore Pradhan passes away at 86

Popular Marathi writer and poet Chandrashekhar Gokhale shared the sad news of veteran actor Kishore Pradhan's demise with his fans on Facebook.

Jan 12, 2019

PM Modi launches projects worth Rs 4,500 crore in Odisha

The projects were unveiled during Modi's second visit to Odisha in less than a fortnight. He had unveiled some projects in Bhubaneswar and addressed a BJP rally near the historic Khurda town on December 24

Jan 5, 2019

CERT-In secures thousands of Aadhaar, PAN card details exposed to hackers

A major threat was averted by India CERT team when alerted about thousands of vulnerable PAN and Aadhaar cards stored online.

Jan 3, 2019

New Year cheer: Mass consumption items cheaper with GST cut

At its 31st meeting on December 22, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council chaired by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley agreed to cut tax rates on 23 goods and services.

Jan 1, 2019

Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launches 100 Ujjwala Sanitary Napkin units in Odisha

Under the novel initiative, which will cover 93 blocks in 30 districts of Odisha, oil marketing companies (OMC) will set up 100 manufacturing units at the Common Service Centres (CSC) at an estimated cost of Rs 2.94 crore, he said.

Dec 30, 2018

Govt plans to sanction 1 crore houses before 2020

Under Smart City Mission, 100 cities have been selected in four rounds based on an all India competition.

Dec 30, 2018

An Indian farmer packs onions for sale in market in a field

Centre mulls Rs 60,000 crore agricultural package to meet Congress loan waiver challenge

Hectic parleys target announcement of a programme with free crop insurance, credit schemes and relief measures before the 2019-2020 Union Budget.

Dec 28, 2018

Gopalpur port, which was hit by two cyclones in 2013-14, has commenced normal operations in December last year.

Indian Oil drops plan to buy Mundra LNG terminal stake

State-owned oil major had finished due diligence after receiving board approval last year for taking 50 per cent stake in GSPC LNG's Rs 5,000-crore project.

Dec 26, 2018

Aadhaar bail-out option will have limited utility for most

Deleting data on UIDAI servers will invalidate systems like PAN that are required for banking and financial transactions.

Dec 6, 2018

NDA govt policies led to improved farm output, quality of lives in rural areas: Arun Jaitley

Jaitley said with the current level of investment in the next two decades, the infrastructure in rural areas will come at par with that in the cities.

Dec 4, 2018

Government plans to sell 149 ONGC, OIL oil fields, forms 6 member panel

The committee is constituted after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting to review domestic production profile of oil and gas and the planform cutting import dependence by 10 percent by 2022.

Dec 3, 2018

Odisha shelter home sealed over sexual abuse allegations

The girls at the home had alleged that they were harassed sexually, physically and mentally by Nayak over the past two years.