Asian Development Bank to give $300 milion loan to India.
Facing severe attack in the wake of difficulties thrown up by demonetisation, the government on Thursday night extended till December 15 the facility of using old Rs 500 notes in public utilities
Modi deplored "the thinking of many political leaders" that projects like roads were not meant for the poor.
Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari puts them out of the ambit of Motor Vehicles Act; experts say some regulation, licensing and driver training will be necessary
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Monday said 28,252 cases of mucormycosis have so far been reported from 28 states/UTs in the country, of which 86 per cent cases have a history of COVID-19 and 62.3 per cent with a history of diabetes.
Modi also announced Rs 2 lakh aid to the kin of those who died in the deluge.
Of the cash outgo, Rs 64,598 crore is for enhanced expenditure on fertiliser subsidy under Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan 3.0 and Rs 20,466 crore for the capital outlay in defence services.
The PM hailed the armed forces in context of Kargil Vijay Divas and paid tributes to the fallen heroes.
Officials said protests took place at 17 places across the state, including Ballia, Aligarh, Gautam Buddh Nagar and Varanasi.
10 central trade unions have called a nationwide shutdown against 'anti-worker policies' of the central government. Apart from being successful in Bengal, Kerala and NE states, the bandh has also got support from Cong leader Rahul Gandhi and Shiv Sena in Maharashtra.
The San Francisco-based giant has acquired a Delhi-based company.
The officials said the scattered remains of the bus, reduced to blackened bare frames after the blast, does not reflect that an improvised explosive device (IED) was used to target it.
