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Goyal to hold meetings with Italy, France leaders next week to boost trade

Goyal is also scheduled to meet with French business leaders across various sectors and will attend a CEOs roundtable

Consultations going on for change of rules on identifying fake news: Rijiju

Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday said amendments to the rules for determining fake news, false news and misrepresentation have been put through a consultation process

India's Russian crude oil imports double of Iraq at 1.64 mn barrels per day

India's imports of crude oil from Russia touched a new high of 1.64 mn barrels per day in March and is now double of the purchases from Iraq - the nation's traditional top oil supplier

Sugar rush: Ex-mill prices up nearly Rs 150-200 per quintal in a month

Concerns about low output behind the uptick; retail prices may remain flat

Another bid to resurrect Rs 10,000-crore Noida Film City project

Yogi 2.0 likely to sweeten incentives to woo investors

Telcom firms being mindful of service quality in 5G rollout, says COAI

Telecom regulator TRAI also called a meeting with telcos in February to discuss measures and action plan for improving service quality, review of norms, as also benchmarks for 5G services

Congress must take the lead and make electoral tweaks: Kapil Sibal

'The Opposition still stands united on the issue of misuse of central agencies like the ED, CBI, and NIA, in destabilising elected governments where the Opposition is in power'

After Budget session washout, Oppn is trying various strategies to unite

Congress could be veering around to the view that an attack on the government, based on charges of cronyism, may be neither lasting nor forceful enough to ensure buy-in from the rest of Opposition

Nationwide drill in hospitals on Mon, Tue to check Covid preparedness

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will visit AIIMS, Jhajjar on April 10 to oversee the mock drill, officials said on Sunday

Govt to ask wellness, health influencers to display qualification

Consumer affairs dept deploys advanced tech to ensure compliance

Diversity on the bench: Police, judiciary lack caste, gender multiplicity

The report tracks states' progress on justice delivery mechanisms - the judiciary, police, prisons, and legal aid.

Daily Covid-19 tests up 84% in a month, just shy of 140,000 mark: ICMR data

Technicians conducting over 60,000 more tests daily than a month ago; slight drop in number of positive cases at 5,357, though daily and weekly positivity rates are still above 3%

Unsold housing stock falls 12% in last 5 yrs to 627,000 units: Anarock

In its latest report, Anarock said unsold housing stocks have declined 12 per cent to 6,26,750 units at the end of January-March this year from 7,13,400 units as of March 31, 2018

Telangana CM asks officials to immediately open paddy procurement centres

Rao directed the Chief Secretary to hold a video conference with the Collectors of all districts on Monday and take action to make the necessary arrangements

India, US special forces carry out wargames to support fighter aircraft ops

The US Air Force is scheduled to bring in F-15 Strike Eagle fighter jets but there may be some change in the schedule of the drill which was planned to begin on April 10

Khalsa is a uniting and not a dividing force, says Ambassador Sandhu

In his speech, Sandhu shared with the Sikh diaspora the rise of India and some of the key accomplishments of the country in key sectors of economy, digitisation, health and entrepreneurship

Delhi adds 699 fresh Covid-19 cases, positivity rate of 21.15%: Govt data

Four people suffering from COVID-19 died in the city. However, the health bulletin stated that COVID-19 was the primary cause of death in just one case

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BJP leader Poonia slams Rajasthan government over crimes against women

The BJP leader claimed that the entire state is troubled by the increase in crimes due to the "broken" law-and-order situation

Making good citizen important than making children score good marks: Atishi

Speaking about the 'Happiness Curriculum', the minister said the programme has been successful and students have been trained to become a good human beings