Rengarpali (Chhattisgarh), Feb 8 (UNI) In a major offensive against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, erstwhile Congress President Rahul Gandhi alleged on Thursday that the former was not born in the Other Backward Classes category as his Modh-Ghanchi caste was accorded OBC status by the Gujarat dispensation in the year 2000. Addressing a meeting after his…
Chennai, Feb 8 (UNI) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is gearing up for the launch of INSAT-3DS, a meteorological and disaster warning satellite, using its heaviest rocket Geo Synchronous Launch Vehicle (GSLV) from the spaceport of Sriharikota, SHAr-Range on February 17. The GSLV-F14/INSAT-3DS Mission will take of from the Second Launch Pad 1730 on…
New Delhi, Feb 8 (UNI) The Parliament on Thursday gave its nod to the Modi government’s interim Budget with Rajya Sabha returning the Finance Bill 2024 and related appropriation bills after discussion. The Jammu and Kashmir Appropriation Bill, 2024 was also returned. The Lok Sabha in its sitting on Wednesday approved the Finance Bill and…
Mumbai, Feb 8 (UNI) Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar instructed senior officials to construct high-quality, sophisticated facilities like bridges and buildings that last for 100 years at the ‘Deputy Chief Minister’s Project Monitoring Unit’ (PMU) meeting in Mantralya. The meeting of the ‘Deputy Chief Minister’s Project Control Room’ was held under the chairmanship of Deputy…
Mumbai, Feb 8 (UNI) As widely expected by markets and policy-watchers, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Thursday decided to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 6.50 per cent. “After a detailed assessment of the evolving macroeconomic and financial developments and the outlook, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided…
Hyderabad, Feb 8 (UNI) Telangana Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan on Thursday said the state government is contemplating to set up 10-12 pharma village clusters in between 1,000 and 3,000 acres. Addressing the Joint Session of Legislative assembly and Council on the opening day of the budget session here, Soundararajan said the government will continue to…
Washington, Feb 8 (UNI) The US Air Force is going to order nearly $140 million in special ammunition from Global Military Products and Northrop Grumman Systems, the Department of Defense announced in a press release. “Global Military Products [of] Tampa, Florida and Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation [of] Radford, Virginia will compete for each order of…
Kolkata, Feb 8 (UNI) TotalEnergies and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) have signed a cooperation agreement to carry out methane emissions detection and measurement campaigns using TotalEnergies’ pioneering AUSEA (Airborne Ultralight Spectrometer for Environmental Applications) technology. ONGC has been inviting international technology partners to help reduce its methane emissions in India by 2030, while…
Srinagar, Feb 8 (UNI) A man from Punjab who was critically injured in a terror attack in Srinagar Wednesday evening succumbed to his wounds on Thursday morning, pushing the death toll from the incident up to two. Officials said Rohit, who was critically wounded in the attack at Shaheed Gunj Srinagar, succumbed at the Sher-i-Kashmir…
Mumbai, Feb 8 (UNI) Snapping his 48-year-old ties with the Congress, former Maharashtra Minister Baba Siddique on Thursday announced his resignation from the party. Taking to his official account on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Siddique said, “I joined the Indian National Congress party as a young teenager and it has been a significant…
