March 08, 2023 / 02:57 PM IST

Delhi Excise Policy Case: Manish Sisodia saved in Tihar jail with different dreaded criminals, says AAP’s Saurabh Bharadwaj

-Aam Aadmi Party MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj launched an assault on the BJP-led central authorities over the arrest of former Delhi deputy chief minister and social gathering veteran Manish Sisodia and alleged that the latter was refused the ‘vipassana cell’ and lodged with different dreaded criminals in Tihar Jail.
-He alleged that Sisodia’s arrest within the alleged Liqour Scam case was a part of a significant conspiracy. “He (Sisodia) has been kept under Jail No.1 of Tihar, while such first trial people are not kept there. Jail no.1 is home to some of the most dreaded criminals and murderers,” he mentioned.

March 08, 2023 / 02:47 PM IST

Work on Jalandhar-Hoshiarpur-Chintpurni highway to begin from April 1

-Punjab Revenue Minister Bram Shanker Jimpa mentioned that the development work on Jalandhar-Hoshiarpur-Chintpurni highway will start from April 1.
-Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has sanctioned Rs 13.74 crore for the challenge. Tenders have additionally been floated for the development of the highway.

March 08, 2023 / 02:38 PM IST

Women’s Day 2023: Air India says 15% of its whole 1,825 pilots are feminine pilots

-Air India introduced on March 8 that 15 percentof its 1,825 pilots are girls pilots, making it an airline with the most important variety of feminine pilots. To mark International Women’s Day, the Tata Group-owned Air India, together with Air India Express and AirAsia India, has scheduled greater than 90 all-women crew flights, and the carriers have been working these all-women crew flights on worldwide and home routes since March 1.

March 08, 2023 / 02:29 PM IST

Snapshot: ED summons BRS MLC Ok. Kavitha

March 08, 2023 / 02:22 PM IST

Maharashtra economic system anticipated to develop by 6.8% in 2022-23: Economic Survey

-Maharashtra’s economic system is predicted to develop by 6.8 per cent in FY23 as in opposition to the projected development of the Indian economic system by 7 %, as per the Economic Survey 2022-23 tabled within the state Legislative Assembly on March 8.
-The agriculture and allied actions sector will develop by 10.2 % within the state, as per the survey tabled by state finance minister Devendra Fadnavis within the Assembly on the eve of the presentation of the Budget. The business sector is predicted to develop by 6.1 per cent and the companies sector by 6.4 per cent.

March 08, 2023 / 02:13 PM IST

Kerala’s Athira Murali wins Indian Rally Championship

-29-year-old Athira Murali, an automotive influencer wins Indian Rally Championship. ”I began driving on the age of 15. I began using my father’s bike after which drove jeep, vans, bus and so forth”, mentionedAthira Murali.
-”I did BCAandDiploma in Mechanical Engineering. I received India Book of Records &Universal Record for youngest feminine with probably the most variety of licences at age of 21. I gained Lady’s class at Indian National Rally Championship & gained a category in INRC,” added Murali.

March 08, 2023 / 02:07 PM IST

Indian Navy chopper makes emergency touchdown throughout routine sortie, crew members rescued

-An Indian Navy Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) on a routine flying mission off Mumbai skilled a sudden lack of energy and fast lack of peak. Pilot carried out managed ditching over water. All three aircrew exited the helicopter safely andwere recovered as a part of a swift Rescue Operation, in line with Indian Navy spokesperson. A probe has been ordered to analyze the incident.

March 08, 2023 / 01:57 PM IST

Karnataka Congress withdraws upcoming state-wide bandh attributable to class 12 exams

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The Karnataka unit of the Congress has determined to withdraw the two-hour-long bandh it had known as on March 9, as a part of its struggle in opposition to alleged corruption by the ruling BJP, within the wake of second yr Pre-University (class 12) and different faculty and faculty exams within the state.
-The Congress has determined to withdraw the symbolic Karnataka bandhdue to the strain from college students and fogeys within the wake of college and faculty examinations, together with the second PUC examination, mentioned social gathering’s state unit President D Ok Shivakumar.

March 08, 2023 / 01:47 PM IST

MVA Meeting:

Maharashtra| Uddhav Thackeray arrives at Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai. A gathering of leaders of Maha Vikas Aghadi(MVA) is scheduled to be held on March 8. Hearrivedat the Vidhan Sabhafor the primary time after the graduation of this Budget session.

March 08, 2023 / 01:40 PM IST

Maharashtra Economic Survey 2022-23: 

-During 2022-23, the Agriculture & allied actions sector is predicted to develop by 10.2 %, Industry sector is predicted to develop by 6.1 % and Services sector is predicted to develop by 6.4 % for the state.
-As per the advance estimates, throughout 2022-23 the state economic system is predicted to develop by 6.8 % and the Indian economic system is predicted to develop by 7.0 %.Fiscal Deficit is predicted to be at 2.5 percentin FY2022-23.

March 08, 2023 / 01:31 PM IST

YSRTP chief YS Sharmila taken into preventive custody by police

-Hyderabad, Telangana: YSRTP chief YS Sharmila taken into preventive custody by Police after she staged a protest at Tank Bund in opposition to state govt on atrocities in opposition to girls. She was initially shifted to Bollaram police station and is now being shifted to her residence in Lotus Pond.

March 08, 2023 / 01:24 PM IST

Border Gavaskar Trophy 2023:

-Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel inspects Narendra Modi Stadium at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Sports Complex in Ahmedabad forward of the fourth andfinal take a look at match of Border Gavaskar Trophy. PM ModiandAustralian PM Anthony Albanese will watch the primary day of the match that begins on March 9.

March 08, 2023 / 01:15 PM IST

Unseasonal rains destroyed standing crops on 13,729 hectares in 8 districts: Devendra Fadnavis in Maha meeting

-Recent unseasonal rains broken standing crops on 13,729 hectares in eight districts of Maharashtra and orders have been issued to supply instant reduction, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis mentioned within the state meeting.
-He mentioned the premature showers affected crops like mango, wheat and harbhara or Bengal gram.Orders to launch instant reduction and monetary help have been issued,mentioned Fadnavis.
-The most injury has been reported from Palghar, Nashik, Ahmednagar, Jalgaon, Nandurbar, Dhule, Buldhana and Washim districts, added Fadnavis.

March 08, 2023 / 01:08 PM IST

Priyanka Gandhi’s aide booked for misbehaving, threatening Congress member and Big Boss fame Archana Gautam

-An FIR has been registered right here in opposition to Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s private assistant on a grievance from social gathering member and actor Archana Gautam’s father who alleged that his daughter was threatened with demise, mentioned the police.
-On a grievance from Gautam’s father, Sandeep Singh has been booked below Indian Penal Code sections 504 (intentional insult), 506 (prison intimidation) and 509 (phrase, gesture or act supposed to insult modesty of a girl), mentioned Meerut Senior Superintendent of Police Rohit Singh Sajwan.

March 08, 2023 / 01:02 PM IST

Riasina Dialogue ‘Ideas Pod’:

-India helped us greater than some other nation, mentioned Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Ali Sabry at Raisina ‘Ideas Pod.He also said that the Indian government took some bold decisions during Sri Lanka’s disaster interval. Not simply the federal government, however the Indian public additionally got here ahead to help Sri Lanka, he mentioned.

March 08, 2023 / 12:55 PM IST

Tripura Elections 2023: 

-Ratan Lal Nath, Pranajit Singha Roy, Santana Chakma and Sushanta Chowdhury tookoath as Tripura Ministers, in Agartala.
-Tinku Roy, Bikash Debbarma, Sudhangshu Das and Sukla Charan Noatia tookoath as Tripura Ministers, in Agartala.

March 08, 2023 / 12:40 PM IST

Women’s Day 2023: Gender Equality 300 years away, says UN Chief Antonio Guterres

-United Nations Secretary-General AntonioGuterresmentioned that the progress towards gender equality is “vanishing before our eyes,” and it’ll take 300 years to bridge that hole, in line with the official launch from the United Nations.
-While addressing the UN session of the Commission on the Status of Women, Guterres mentioned, “It takes on even greater significance at a time when women’s rights are being abused, threatened, and violated around the world. Progress won over decades is vanishing before our eyes.”

March 08, 2023 / 12:34 PM IST

Renewable subsidies, greater tariffs on coal to lead to decrease emissions in India by 2030

-Combining renewable subsidies and better tariffs on coal would decrease the emissions by almost one-third in India by 2030 in comparison with the present insurance policies, in line with a examine carried out by two IMF economists.
-The examine, performed by Margaux MacDonald and John Spray, notes that the 2 steps would additionally lower coal imports by 14 per cent by 2030 -increasing resilience to world adjustments in vitality costs and enhancing vitality safety.
-The examine observes that India has made vital progress in direction of assembly its emissions discount targets below the Paris Agreement, however with present insurance policies whole greenhouse gasemissions wouldincrease by over 40 % by 2030.

March 08, 2023 / 12:25 PM IST

Alert:

Maharashtra Economic Survey for the yr 2023-24 tabled within the State Assembly by State Finance Minister and Deputy CM Devendra Fadanvis.

March 08, 2023 / 12:23 PM IST

LIFE Mission Scam Case:

Kerala | CM Raveendran, Additional Private Secretary of Kerala CM, arrives on the ED workplace for interrogation within the LIFE Mission rip-off case, for the second consecutive day.

March 08, 2023 / 12:19 PM IST

India, US are pure, strategic allies: Commerce minister Piyush Goyal

-US and India are pure allies. We have a whole lot of good partnerships & coalitions that we’re creating. The agenda is stuffed with potentialities and we’re working collectively for a secure, safe Indo-Pacific, he mentioned.
-We’re working collectively to safe resilient provide chains, to make sure vital minerals and semiconductors can be found for international locations who’re trusted companions of one another. US-India are strategic allies. We’re increasing our relationship as 2 buddies, trusted companions, added Goyal.

March 08, 2023 / 12:05 PM IST

Government directs companies to obtain onion from farmers as its costs crash

-The authorities has directed its procurement companies to right away intervene out there for the acquisition of Kharif pink onion and for simultaneous dispatch and sale to the consumption centres within the wake of stories of their falling costs within the mandis.
-It directed the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Limited (NAFED) and the National Consumers Cooperative Federation of India Limited (NCCF) to obtain onions from farmers.

March 08, 2023 / 12:02 PM IST

News Alert: 

Indian Navy ALH, on a routine sortie off Mumbai, met with an accident near the coast. Immediate search and rescue ensured the secure restoration of a crew of three by Naval patrol craft. An inquiry to analyze the incident has been ordered: Indian Navy

March 08, 2023 / 11:57 AM IST

Tripura Elections 2023:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at Swami Vivekananda Maidan in Agartala for the swearing-in ceremony of Tripura CM-designate Manik Saha.BJP’s Prof.(Dr.) Manik Saha takes oath because the Chief Minister of Tripura, in Agartala for second time period.

March 08, 2023 / 11:50 AM IST

“Tactics of intimidation…” by Centre, says Ok Kavitha on ED summons in Delhi excise coverage case

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Bharatiya Rashtriya Samiti (BRS) MLC Ok Kavitha on Wednesday mentioned that she has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate to look on March 9 within the nationwide capital, in reference to a cash laundering case linked to alleged irregularities within the Delhi excise coverage.
-Terming the summons as “tactics of intimidation” by the Centre, in opposition to the Telangana chief minister Ok Chadrashekar Rao and the BRS social gathering, Kavitha said she and the social gathering will proceed to struggle to reveal the Centre’s failures and can increase voice for a brighter and higher future for India.

March 08, 2023 / 10:57 AM IST

Tripura elections 2023: PM Modi leaves for Tripura to attend swearing-in ceremony of BJP-led govt

– Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday left for Tripura the place he’s scheduled to attend the oath-taking ceremony of the Manik Saha-led BJP authorities.

March 08, 2023 / 10:49 AM IST

Kejriwal pays tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at Raj Ghat

– Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on the Rajghat.

– He had introduced yesterday that he’ll meditate as we speak and never have fun Holi in wake of the arrests of social gathering’s leaders Satyendar Jain and Manish Sisodia.

March 08, 2023 / 10:40 AM IST

Coronavirus Update: Active instances cross 3,000-mark after 67 days in India

– India noticed a single-day rise of 326 recent Covid 19 instances, whereas the energetic instances crossed the three,000-mark after 67 days, in line with the Union well being ministry knowledge up to date on Wednesday.

– The energetic instances now comprise 0.01 per cent of the overall infections, whereas the nationwide COVID-19 restoration charge has been recorded at 98.80 per cent, in line with the well being ministry web site.

March 08, 2023 / 10:30 AM IST

Mild tremor of three.3 magnitude recorded in Kutch

– A tremor of three.3 magnitude was recorded in Gujarat’s Kutch district within the wee hours on Wednesday, in line with the Institute of Seismological Research (ISR).

– The tremor was recorded at 3:42 am with its epicentre situated at round 10 km north-northeast (NNE) from Bhachau metropolis within the Kutch district at a depth of 24.6 km, as per the replace shared by the Gandhinagar-based ISR on its web site.

March 08, 2023 / 10:20 AM IST

Holi 2023

Delhi | US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo arrives on the residence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to take part in #Holi celebrations. pic.twitter.com/otO4nRmsSn

— ANI (@ANI) March 8, 2023

March 08, 2023 / 10:10 AM IST

Weather replace: Maximum temperature in Delhi more likely to be round 31 levels celsius

– Delhi logged a minimal temperature of 15.4 levels Celsius and the utmost temperature is more likely to settle round 31 levels Celsius on Wednesday.

– The common most temperature in Delhi for the month of February this yr was pegged at 27.7 levels Celsius, the third highest within the final 63 years.

March 08, 2023 / 10:00 AM IST

PM Modi on International Women’s Day: Govt will maintain working to additional girls’s empowerment

– Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday lauded the position of ladies in India’s progress and mentioned his authorities will maintain working to additional girls’s empowerment.

– “On International Women’s Day, a tribute to the achievements of our Nari Shakti. We greatly cherish the role of women in India’s progress,” PM Modi mentioned in a tweet.

March 08, 2023 / 09:50 AM IST

India at UNSC: Violence in opposition to girls, ladies perpetrated by terrorists stays rampant

– India has informed the UN Security Council that violence perpetrated by terrorists in opposition to girls and ladies stays rampant and must be strongly condemned.

– India’ is Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj mentioned on Tuesday that Member States should present a conducive setting for the participation and inclusion of ladies in political processes and decision-making.

March 08, 2023 / 09:40 AM IST

State govt should come ahead to help and compensate the farmers: Maharashtra LoP Ajit Pawar

– Ajit Pawar, whereas addressing media, mentioned that Maharashtra’s farmers have suffered loads prior to now 3 days attributable to unseasonal rains. Opposition will increase the difficulty of compensation to farmers in Assembly as we speak. Today onward State govt should come ahead to help and compensate the farmers

– He additional added that there was a forecast of rain for these 3 days in all places. Now, Govt ought to concentrate on making certain the materialisation of the farm insurance coverage claims.

March 08, 2023 / 09:30 AM IST

ISRO efficiently carries out ‘extraordinarily difficult’ managed re-entry experiment of aged satellite tv for pc

– The Indian Space Research Organisation mentioned it efficiently carried out an “extremely challenging” managed re-entry experiment of the decommissioned orbiting Megha-Tropiques-1 (MT-1) satellite tv for pc.

– “The satellite re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere and would have disintegrated over the Pacific Ocean”, the Bengaluru-headquartered nationwide house company mentioned on Twitter.

March 08, 2023 / 09:20 AM IST

News Alert

– At least six Palestinians have been killed within the West Bank in an Israeli raid geared toward arresting a suspect concerned within the killing of two Israeli brothers the earlier week, Palestinian and Israeli officers mentioned.

March 08, 2023 / 09:10 AM IST

Gujarat BJP MLA to maneuver decision in Assembly searching for motion in opposition to BBC on 2002 riots documentary

– Gujarat BJP MLA Vipul Patel will on March 10 transfer a decision within the Assembly searching for “strong action” in opposition to the “concocted” findings proven in a BBC documentary, which he alleged “once again attempts to blame the then state government” for the 2002 post-Godhra riots.

– As per PTI, the proposed decision will probably say the BBC documentary was a “low-level attempt” to tarnish India’s world picture.

March 08, 2023 / 09:01 AM IST

2 killed, a number of injured after practice derails in Egypt

– At least two folks have been killed and 16 injured after a practice derailed in Qalyub, a metropolis within the Qalyubia Governorate about 23 km north of Egypt’s capital Cairo.

March 08, 2023 / 08:51 AM IST

IMF welcomes progress made by Sri Lankan authorities

– The International Monetary Fund welcomed the progress made by Sri Lanka in taking some decisive coverage actions to deal with its financial woes and acquiring financing assurances from all their main collectors, together with China, India and the Paris Club.

– Krishna Srinivasan, Director of Asia and Pacific Department of IMF, mentioned Sri Lanka has now acquired financing assurances from all main bilateral collectors.

– This paves the way in which for consideration by the IMF’s Board on March 20 the approval of the Staff Level Agreement reached on September 1, 2022 for financing below an Extended Fund Facility.

March 08, 2023 / 08:43 AM IST

Delhi liquor rip-off: ED summons Ok Kavitha, daughter of Telangana CM on March 9

– According to information company ANI, Enforcement Directorate has summoned Ok Kavitha, BRS MLC and daughter of Telangana Chief Minister Ok Chandrasekhar Rao in Delhi liquor rip-off.

– She has been known as tomorrow for questioning

March 08, 2023 / 08:35 AM IST

Manik Saha to take oath as Tripura CM for 2nd consecutive time period

– Manik Saha to take oath as CM of Tripura for the second consecutive time period in Agartala as we speak.

– Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP chief JP Nadda will attend the ceremony.

March 08, 2023 / 08:25 AM IST

China see temperatures hit file excessive for early March

– More than a dozen main Chinese cities noticed temperatures hit file seasonal highs this week, with central China’s Wuhan and Zhengzhou at greater than 10 levels Celsius (18F) greater than regular for early March, official knowledge confirmed.

– Wuhan, situated on the center reaches of the Yangtze river, registered temperatures of 26 Celsius on Monday, 12 levels greater than the long-term early March common, whereas Beijing and surrounding cities additionally noticed temperatures attain 22-25 Celsius earlier this week, as per Reuters.

March 08, 2023 / 08:16 AM IST

Australian PM Anthony Albanese to fulfill Joe Biden in US after India journey

– Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese mentioned he’ll go to the United States for a bilateral assembly with President Joe Biden after his journey to India this week.

– “I look forward to the continuing engagement that I have with the U.S. administration,” Albanese informed reporters earlier than leaving for India.

– Albanese is predicted to signal a long-awaited pact to construct a fleet of nuclear submarines throughout his U.S. go to subsequent week, the Sydney Morning Herald reported on Tuesday.

March 08, 2023 / 08:05 AM IST

Trade with India presents Australian companies & staff with super alternatives for development: Australian PM

– “Today I’m bringing a delegation of ministers & business leaders to India…At the kind invitation of PM Narendra Modi, we’ll be visiting Ahmedabad, Mumbai & New Delhi. Trade with India presents Australian businesses & workers with tremendous opportunities for growth,” tweets Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

March 08, 2023 / 07:55 AM IST

US to calm down COVID testing guidelines for vacationers from China

– The Biden administration is getting ready to calm down COVID-19 testing restrictions for vacationers from China as quickly as Friday, in line with a report by Associated Press.

– The report mentioned that the Biden administration has determined to roll again the testing necessities as instances, hospitalizations and deaths are declining in China and the U.S. has gathered higher details about the surge.

March 08, 2023 / 07:45 AM IST

Arun Subramanian to be US District Judge for the Southern District of New York

– Indian American Arun Subramanian to be the subsequent United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York.

– He can also be the primary South Asian decide to serve on this bench, mentioned Senate Judiciary Committee.

– He graduated summa cum laude from Case Western Reserve University in 2001 with a bachelor’s diploma in pc science and English. Three years later, he earned his regulation diploma from Columbia Law School as a James Kent & Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. He additionally served as government articles editor for the Columbia Law Review.

March 08, 2023 / 07:35 AM IST

Australian regulator to watch fast development in digital platforms sector

– The Australian competitors regulator mentioned that it might probe the nation’s fast-evolving ecosystem of digital platform service suppliers as a part of a five-year inquiry into the sector.

– The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) mentioned, as per Reuters, that buyers and companies have gotten more and more depending on services and products provided by digital platforms reminiscent of Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta and Microsoft, and it is essential to look at how these giants are increasing their attain within the nation.

March 08, 2023 / 07:25 AM IST

Canada repeals legal guidelines concentrating on girls, LGBTQ neighborhood

– Canada has repealed historic indecency and anti-abortion legal guidelines concentrating on girls and the LGBTQ neighborhood, the federal government mentioned on Tuesday. This will now permit folks convicted below such offences to clear their data.

– “Canadians deserve non-discriminatory policies that put their safety first,” Marci Ien, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth mentioned within the assertion.

March 08, 2023 / 07:23 AM IST

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