'Lifting of lockdown should be very gradual. Some facilities should remain closed through the month of May like schools, colleges, malls, cinema halls, religious places and markets'
'While all would agree on the need to be ready to launch cross-border strikes on terror camps, there is sharp disagreement on how best to do it.' 'Through IAF fighters, or surface-to-surface missiles?' 'Or should army Special Forces be created to do the job?' 'If air strikes are the agreed priority, additional funding must be made available for the purchase of fighters and missiles.' 'If it is to be Special Forces, the army must be facilitated in raising a Special Forces Command,' notes Ajai Shukla.
The Congress has conceded the plum Finance portfolio to its junior partner, resolving a thorny issue, after its president Rahul Gandhi intervened and spoke to Kumaraswamy.
Among the Indian carriers, Air India, Air India Express, IndiGo, and SpiceJet operate flights to Saudi Arabia while Saudi Arabian Airlines and Flynas are the two carriers operating in India.
Drones are being used for carrying out a host of tasks like surveillance to ensure that people are maintaining social distancing, spreading awareness about COVID-19 in densely populated areas, spraying disinfectants and checking people's temperature
This has been done to meet the constitutional obligation that the ministry's size should not exceed 10 per cent of the assembly's strength. The Tamil Nadu assembly has 234 members.
The government is likely to take a 'favourable' decision on enhancing the interest rate on Employees Provident Fund and the ministries of labour and finance are holding discussions on how to mobilise resources for it, Lok Sabha was informed on Monday
Similarities between NDA and UPA on some key policy issues are now becoming too stark to be ignored, says A K Bhattacharya.
The NITI Aayog's vice-chairman's charge holds ground.
Job-oriented sectors such as tea, cashew, apparel, carpets, leather, textiles and handicrafts continue to face weak demand in traditional markets such as Europe and the US.
The workers of a cleaning company in Dubai are running from pillar to post to claim their dues and have approached the Indian consulate and the UAE Ministry of Labour, which has proved to be of little help. The company is already blacklisted by the ministry for not following the countrys labour rules. Indian social workers here said the company asked the workers to go home or fight it out in court.
The top court did some tough-talking and had warned that the administration at large will be made accountable even if there is a single incident of stubble burning henceforth.
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