Welcoming Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s decision to hold the Bengal Global Business Summit once in every two years, Sitaram Sharma, president, Bharat Chamber of Commerce, commented, “This will provide the …
“BGBS – Once in Two Years- A Step in the Right Direction”: Bharat Chamber Read More
Defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday that due to an increase, pension for disabled army personnel has come under the tax net. Responding to Indian National Congress members in …
Uproar in Lok Sabha as pension to disabled ex-servicemen comes under tax net Read More
Maverick music composer Rahul Dev Burman, fondly known as R.D Burman, would have celebrated his 80th birthday on Thursday, had he been alive and the film fraternity believes the legendary …
West Bengal remembers maverick music composer R.D. Burman on his 80th birth anniversary Read More
The Delhi Commission for Women has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding an ammendment in the Triple Talaq bill to include sections against Nikah, Halala and Polygamy. DCW chief …
DCW writes to PM, demands law against Nikah Halala & Polygamy Read More
Samikhsya Bureau Expressing deep concern over the sad state of the country’s oldest language Sanskrit facing the threat of extinction, in Upper House on Thursday the Elders said that the …
National Policy needed to save Sanskrit lang from extinction, say Elders in RS Read More
While the prohibition of torture is “absolute, under all circumstances”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has bemoaned the fact that “this core principle is undermined every day” – in detention centres, …
International Day in Support of Victims of Torture: UNSG describes torture as vile and despicable Read More
The principal opposition Congress on Thursday lashed out at the Modi government for what he said trying to run an ‘Ordinance government’ and maintained that such a road map only …
Congress flays Govt for adopting Ordinance route to frame new laws Read More
The organisers of next year’s Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games are planning to allow spectators to take drinks in plastic bottles into venues as part of anti-heat measures, local media …
Tokyo Olympics organisers planning to allow plastic bottles in venues Read More
The Iran nuclear deal must “continue to work for all”, despite moves by both the United States and Iran, which have destabilised the “hard-won” 2015 agreement, the UN political affairs …
Peace in Gulf at critical juncture, ‘hard-won 2015 agreement’ be stabilised: DiCarlo Read More
More than 70 percent of French, German and UK citizens are supporting the idea of introducing an additional tax on IT giants such as Google, Amazon and Facebook, while in …
Over half of French, German, UK, US citizens support additional tax on IT giants – polls Read More
