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WHO Chief applauds PM Modi on decade of India's Swachh Bharat Mission

WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, praised India's Swachh Bharat Mission on its 10th anniversary. The mission, initiated in 2014, aimed to make India Open Defecation Free and has built over 100 million individual household toilets.

Oct 2, 2024

Swachh Bharat Mission: A Decade of Transformative Change

The Swachh Bharat Mission celebrated its 10th anniversary, marking a decade of significant transformation in India's sanitation landscape.

Oct 2, 2024

Rahul Gandhi to hold two poll rallies in J&K today

Rahul Gandhi Pays Tribute To Mahatma, Highlights His Lessons on Living Without Fear

The Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday paid floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti. Recalling Bapu's ideals, he called everyone to lead a life without fear.

Oct 2, 2024

Revolutionary shift: FM Sitharaman hails rise in credit-driven consumption in rural India

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has lauded the meteoric rise in credit-driven consumption in small cities and towns, calling it a "revolutionary shift" that has been made possible due to the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY).

Oct 2, 2024

PM Modi participates in Swachhata, urges citizens to contribute to the cause

PM Modi Joins Swachhata Initiative, Calls on Citizens to Support the Cause

Marking the occasion of the 155th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to India's founding father and emphasised afresh some of his cherished ideals.

Oct 2, 2024

Returning of MUDA sites by CM Siddaramaiah's wife will be strong evidence, says petitioner Krishna

Return of MUDA sites by CM Siddaramaiah's wife will be strong proof: Petitioner Krishna (IANS Interview)

Snehamayi Krishna, one of the petitioners who brought attention to the alleged irregularities in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), leading to a political storm in Karnataka, says his objective is to reclaim thousands of sites worth Rs 5,000 crore that were illegally allocated by the authority.

Oct 2, 2024

The state government's move comes days after the opposition parties and retired police officers, including former cop JF Ribeiro, strongly criticised the encounter questioning its timing.

Judicial Inquiry Launched into Akshay Shinde's Death in Badlapur Encounter

Amid the controversy over the encounter of Akshay Shinde, the main accused in the sexual abuse of two four-year-old girls in a Badlapur's reputed school, the Maharashtra government has formed a single-member judicial commission headed by retired justice Dilip Bhosale to probe the case.

Oct 2, 2024

Middle East Tensions Escalate: Iran's Missile Attack Disrupts Air Traffic

The international community has reacted with alarm, with the Israeli embassy in Australia calling for sanctions against Iran.

Oct 2, 2024

Civilian backlash against military dominance in Pakistan

Stung by violence in country, Pakistan Parliament summons Army and ISI chief for in-camera briefing

As violence grips several parts of Pakistan Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has summoned the joint session of the National Assembly (lower house) and the Senate of Pakistan (upper house) where the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir and heads of various intelligence agencies will give an in-camera briefing on various matters of national security.

Oct 1, 2024

J&K assembly polls conclude; marks dawn of a new chapter

Erstwhile terrorism-infested regions celebrate democracy; rebuff boycotts and violence with overwhelming turnout.

Oct 1, 2024

Shigeru Ishiba formally elected Japan's PM

Shigeru Ishiba, the leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), has been elected as the country's next Prime Minister in a parliamentary vote on Tuesday. He will succeed Fumio Kishida.

Oct 1, 2024

India and France intensify strategic partnership as NSA Doval calls on French President Macron in Paris

National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Tuesday called on French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, reiterating India's commitment to implement the Horizon 2047 roadmap between the two long-standing strategic partners in the Indo-Pacific.

Oct 1, 2024

Voter enthusiasm in J&K polls third makes turnout outstrip earlier rounds, crosses 65 per cent

The 'festival of democracy' was at the height of its fervour in the third and final phase of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections on Tuesday as the turnout, at 65.46 per cent, crossed the figures of the earlier two rounds, even with an hour still to go before the close of polling.

Oct 1, 2024

'Job creation powerhouse': FM Sitharaman credits PM Modi for manufacturing sector boost

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the recently reported remarkable surge in manufacturing jobs and wages for workers in FY 23, where they have risen by 7.6 per cent and 5.5 per cent, respectively, saying under his leadership, the sector has "not only rebounded but is now thriving".

Oct 1, 2024

Demolition of illegal houses begins in Musi riverbed

Authorities in Hyderabad on Tuesday began demolition of vacated houses that had been built illegally along the Musi Riverbed for the Musi Riverfront Development Project.

Oct 1, 2024

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WHO Chief applauds PM Modi on decade of India's Swachh Bharat Mission

Swachh Bharat Mission: A Decade of Transformative Change

Rahul Gandhi Pays Tribute To Mahatma, Highlights His Lessons on Living Without Fear

Revolutionary shift: FM Sitharaman hails rise in credit-driven consumption in rural India

PM Modi Joins Swachhata Initiative, Calls on Citizens to Support the Cause

Return of MUDA sites by CM Siddaramaiah's wife will be strong proof: Petitioner Krishna (IANS Interview)

Judicial Inquiry Launched into Akshay Shinde's Death in Badlapur Encounter

Middle East Tensions Escalate: Iran's Missile Attack Disrupts Air Traffic

Stung by violence in country, Pakistan Parliament summons Army and ISI chief for in-camera briefing

J&K assembly polls conclude; marks dawn of a new chapter

Shigeru Ishiba formally elected Japan's PM

India and France intensify strategic partnership as NSA Doval calls on French President Macron in Paris

Voter enthusiasm in J&K polls third makes turnout outstrip earlier rounds, crosses 65 per cent

'Job creation powerhouse': FM Sitharaman credits PM Modi for manufacturing sector boost

Demolition of illegal houses begins in Musi riverbed

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