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PM Modi seeks public's feedback on progress achieved by India in 10 years

The 'Jan Man Survey' seeks people's responses on various aspects of governance and leadership and its questions include both central-level development and specifics related to constituencies

Nearly 97% Rs 2,000 notes returned, Rs 9,330 cr still with public: RBI

"The total value of Rs 2,000 bank notes in circulation, which amounted to Rs 3.56 lakh crore...on May 19, 2023, when the withdrawal of Rs 2,000 bank notes was announced," RBI said

Asian Paints gets GST demand notice of Rs 13.83 crore from TN's tax dept

The demand is for the financial year 2017-18 over mismatch on input tax credit (ITC), the leading paints maker said in a regulatory filing

More stringent international student visa norms come into force in UK

The UK Home Office said the changes are aimed at clamping down on people using the student visa as a backdoor route to work in the UK and will see an estimated 140,000 fewer people come to the UK

Committed to 'managing' China-US ties 'responsibly': Biden to Xi Jinping

The two presidents met on the sidelines of the APEC summit in San Francisco in November and agreed to cool down the raging tensions between the top two economies of the world

BSP leader Yakub's benami property worth Rs 31 cr seized under Gangster Act

Yakub Qureshi is a two-time MLA and a former state minister. The seized properties include a hospital building at Meerut's Bhavani Nagar in Nauchandi and two luxury cars

PV sales touch record high in 2023 at 4.1 mn, SUVs continue strong growth

The record sales have been achieved despite an increase in the average price of vehicles to Rs 11.5 lakh last year as compared to Rs 10.58 lakh in 2022

Centre revokes restrictions set under Stage-III of Grap in Delhi-NCR

The sub-committee of CAQM revoked the Stage-III of GRAP in view of the forecasts by the IMD/IITM for meteorological conditions and air quality index of Delhi, officials said

Honda Cars India domestic sales rise 12% to 7,902 units in December

Exports stood at 3,749 units last month as against 1,388 units in December 2022, Honda Cars India Ltd (HCIL) said in a statement

Domestic steel sector still in recovery mode post-Covid: Tata Steel CEO

This (2023) has been good year for the steel sector in India, even though it was a challenging period globally, Tata Steel CEO and MD TV Narendran said here

Leh makes masks compulsory in public places amid surge in Covid cases

"In view of rising COVID-19 cases in the district, precautionary measures to contain the spread of COVID-19... are hereby ordered to be followed strictly

Sale of 30th tranche of electoral bonds will start from January 2

Electoral bonds are encashed by an eligible political party only through a bank account with the authorised bank. SBI is the only authorised bank to issue electoral bonds

Over 2.5 mn vehicles registered in Maharashtra in '23; 7.91% rise in a year

Interestingly, the data revealed that among the new vehicles registered last year, nearly 17.61 lakh were two-wheelers

Himachal govt issues notification to grant ST status to Hatti community

Members of the community, who reside in 154 panchayats of Sirmaur district, had been demonstrating against the state govt over not implementing the Constitution (ST) Order (Second Amendment) Act, 2023

Petition filed in SC against new criminal laws passed by Parliament

President Droupadi Murmu gave her assent to the bills on December 25

Gangster Goldy Brar designated terrorist under anti-terror law UAPA: Govt

Union Home Ministry said that Satwinder Singh alias Satinderjit Singh alias Goldy Brar has also been associated with banned terrorist group Babbar Khalsa International

Govt procures 25,000 tonnes of kharif onion so far for buffer stock

The government is procuring onion to maintain a buffer stock and use it for market intervention to boost domestic availability and keep prices in check

Printing 'date of mfg', 'sale price' on packaged items mandatory from Jan 1

Earlier, companies were given the option to either print the 'date of manufacturing' or 'date of import' or date of packaging on the packaged commodities

Meat shops, religious places to be at least 100 metres apart, says MCD

According to the revised proposal, the fee charged for the renewal of the licence for a meat shop has been slashed to Rs 5,000 from Rs 7,000 proposed earlier

Supporting regulatory framework needed to harness benefits of AI: RBI DG

Given its transformative nature and potential, he said, if realised, generative AI could have a deep impact, on productivity, jobs, and income distribution