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PM launches Rs 1 trn Agri-Infra Fund, sends Rs 17,100 cr to 85 mn farmers

Modi releases the sixth installment of Rs 17,100 crore to more than 85.5 million farmer beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: PM launches week-long drive to free India of garbage

The week-long campaign to free India of garbage will be till August 15

IMA says 196 doctors succumbed to Covid-19, requests PM to pay attention

While an increasing number of doctors are getting infected and losing their lives every day, substantial number of them have been found to be general practitioners

Agri Infra fund: PM to launch financing facility of Rs 1 trillion tomorrow

He will also release the sixth instalment of funds of Rs 17,000 crore to 85 million farmers under the PM-KISAN scheme

Air India plane accident at Kozhikode leaves 17 dead, over 100 injured

There were 184 passengers including 10 infants, 2 pilots and 4 cabin crew on board the aircraft

Shekhar Gupta: Shrine for secularism

Indian secularism didn't die with the Ram Mandir bhoomi pujan. It is enshrined in the basic structure of our Constitution and is still worth fighting for and preserving

Rollback time: What didn't work for govts earlier will not work even now

Long discarded policies like deficit monetisation, loan restructuring, higher tariffs and import licensing had not yielded great results even the first time around, points out T N Ninan

Unique ID, data privacy give strength to Centre's digital health mission

Digitised health records could help collate and analyse data in a more comprehensive and 'real time' manner for policymaking

Air India plane tragedy: President, PM express grief, condole loss of lives

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and enquired about the situation

NEP implementation a 'mahayagya' for building India's present, future: PM

PM Modi said the new NEP is not just a circular and its implementation will be like a "mahayagya" which will need strong determination and collective efforts from all stakeholders

10 Key things PM Modi said about the New Education Policy

In his inaugural address on 'Transformational Reforms in Higher Education under National Education Policy', Modi said that the new National Education policy will be the foundation of a new India

Educationist Prof Pradeep Kumar Joshi appointed as next UPSC chairman

Joshi, who was the chairman of both Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commissions, joined the UPSC as member in May 2015

PM Modi lauds efforts of local artisans in preserving indigenous crafts

August 7 was chosen as National Handloom Day to commemorate the Swadeshi Movement which was launched on this day in 1905 in the Calcutta Town hall to protest against the partition of Bengal

Assure if omission of 80 mn in Ayodhya speech is inadvertent: Tharoor to PM

'A correction would be reassuring,' says Congress MP about PM congratulating '1.3 billion Indians'

Jaishankar, Pompeo discuss Covid-19, 'destabilising actions' in Ladakh

India and the US have explored ways to boost cooperation in the resource-rich Indo-Pacific region where China has been trying to spread its influence

Playing into China's hands in Ladakh

Indians expect accountability for the security lapses that the government has now acknowledged

Several India-Russia meetings scheduled; Putin likely to visit in Oct: MEA

"The new dates will be decided depending on the Covid situation in the participating countries," Srivastava said

India will play big role in post-Covid global economic recovery: Minister

Addressing an event, he said that India has set the tone for global collaboration to deal with the pandemic under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Rohtang tunnel expected to be inaugurated in Sept: Jai Ram Thakur

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to inaugurate the 8.8-km-long Rohtang tunnel, being built on the Leh-Manali highway, in the last week of September, Himachal Pradesh CM Jai Ram Thakur said

Rahul accuses PM Modi of lying about Chinese incursion, cites media report

Congress leader Gandhi raised the issue, especially since the Galwan valley clash which led to 20 Indian Army personnel losing their lives in a face-off with Chinese troops.