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2 min read Last Updated : Jan 10 2023 | 7:56 PM IST
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Underlining the contribution of non-resident Indians, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said remittances sent to the country by overseas Indians were about $100 billion for the year 2022, an increase of 12% in one year.
Speaking at a session during the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) convention in Madhya Pradesh's Indore city, she described NRIs as the "real ambassadors of India" and appealed to them to use made in India products and services as far as possible so that the country's individual brand can be promoted across the globe.
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The High Court of Karnataka has issued guidelines to political parties on how to communicate directions to its elected members.
Even after 35 years, the State has failed to frame rules under the Karnataka Local Authorities (Prohibition of Defection) Act, 1987. In a litigation involving elected members of the Town Municipal Council, Mahalingapura, the court deemed it fit to issue the guidelines till the State framed the necessary rules.
The guidelines issued by Justice NS Sanjay Gowda say a political party or the person authorised by it has to serve a copy of the direction to its members about acting in a particular manner at least 5 days before the meeting is convened. This holds good for whip issued by the parties on voting in a particular manner.
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The Kerala High Court has quashed a Left government order banning plastic carry bags below 60 GSM in the state.
Justice N Nagaresh said that the state government does not have authority to impose such a ban, adding that under the plastic waste management rules, only the Union government can impose such bans.
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As the Uttarakhand government prepared to demolish two hotels badly affected by land subsidence in Joshimath, the hotel owners opposed the "abrupt" move, saying they had no prior information about it. They said they came to know about it through newspapers and demanded a one-time settlement.
"I came to know about it through newspapers this morning. There was no prior notice. If the government demarcated my hotel as unsafe, it should have first come up with a one-time settlement plan before deciding to demolish it," Thakur Singh, one ofthe hotel owners told PTI.
Ranjit Sinha, secretary of the disaster management department has said the Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee, has been roped in for the demolition.
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At least 10 Naxalites, among them eight carrying cash rewards, surrendered before the police in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Dantewada district on Tuesday, an official said. The Naxalites quit the Maoist movement and surrendered under the Lon Varattu (return to your village) campaign run by the police, the official said.
The surrendered Naxalites were identified as militia platoon commander Bandi alias Kolla Madkam (30), militia members Sona Madkam (53), Hemant Kawasi (26), Dudwa Korram (30), Masa Mandavi (20), Lakhma Mandavi (31), Nanda Mandavi (33), Deva alias Deepak Kashyap (31), Masa Mandavi (30) and Budhra Kashyap (36).
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi visited the Golden Temple in Amritsar, a day before the Bharat Jodo Yatra begins its Punjab leg.
The Haryana leg of the march concluded on Tuesday in Ambala district.
Gandhi will spend few hours in the holy city of Amritsar before returning to Sirhind in Fatehgarh Sahib in Punjab this evening, Congress general secretary in-charge of communications Jairam Ramesh told reporters in Ambala.
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The famous Ajanta caves in Maharashtra's Aurangabad will soon have QR codes at the entrance to provide information to visitors about the paintings there, a senior Archaeological Survey of India official says.
The ASI is working to make the system available before the city hosts a G20-related event. The 'first inception meet' of Women 20 (W20) as part of India's presidency of G20 will be held in the city next month. The Women 20 was set up in 2015 to ensure gender considerations figure in G20 discussions.
The paintings in the fifth-century Ajanta caves illustrate the Jataka tales. They are in the dark area of caves where human eyes take time to get acclimatised.
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The Bombay High Court raps Maharashtra government for its uncertainty on framing a policy permitting bike taxis in the state, and said it has to clarify its stand one way or the other. A division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and S G Dige said the state government cannot keep the issue hanging over the fire and has to take a decision immediately.
The bench was hearing a petition filed by Roppen Transportation Services Private Limited, operator of Rapido bike taxi services in Pune and Mumbai, against a communication issued to it by the state government on December 29, 2022, refusing to allow them a bike taxi aggregator licence.
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The Mumbai Airport Customs has seized cocaine worth Rs 28.1 crore concealed by an Indian passenger in a cavity made in a duffle bag, officials say.
The passenger, who carried 2.81 kg of the contraband from Addis Ababa, was arrested following the seizure on Friday.
The cocaine was "ingeniously concealed in layers in a false cavity specially designed in the duffle bag," the Customs said in a statement, adding the accused was carrying the contraband to Delhi. He hailed from Nainital in Uttarakhand.
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that it will commence hearing on February 14 on pleas related to the Maharashtra political crisis triggered by the Shiv Sena's division.
A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud was told by senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the Uddhav Thackeray Shiv Sena, that he will will seek reference of the cases to a seven-judge bench to have a re-look of a 2016 judgment on powers of assembly speakers to deal with disqualification pleas.
We have filed the submissions on reference of matters to a seven-judge bench constitution bench. They (Chief Minister Eknath Shinde faction of Shiv Sena) have filed the response, Sibal told the bench which also comprised justices M R Shah, Krishna Murari, Hima Kohli and P S Narasimha.
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Nepal's newly-appointed Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' would seek a vote of confidence in the parliament on Tuesday, amid uncertainty over the support from his allies.
The 68-year-old CPN-Maoist Centre leader was sworn in as the Prime Minister for the third time on December 26 after he dramatically walked out of the pre-poll alliance led by the Nepali Congress and joined hands with opposition leader K P Sharma Oli.
Nepal's first Parliament session after the appointment of Prime Minister Prachanda began here on Monday.
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An under-construction metro pillar has collapsed in Bengaluru's Nagavara area.
The pillar was being constructed on the road from Kalyan Nagar to HRBR Layout. Initial reports say three people travelling on a bike were injured.
However, an India Today report said a woman and her two-and-a-half-year-old child died in the accident.
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Noting that peace is prevailing in Tripura under the BJP-led government, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma appealed to the voters not to let the "days of bloodshed" return to the northeastern state.
Addressing the Jan Vishwas Rally in Killa area of Gomati district on Monday, he said Tripura's "development speed" is at 100 kmph under the ruling BJP-led dispensation.
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First Published: Jan 10 2023 | 8:22 AM IST
