[ad_1] In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s push for “local” and “atmanirbhar Bharat (self-sufficient India)”, Interior Minister Amit Shah announced on Wednesday that soup kitchens by central paramilitary forces will only sell indigenous products from June 1. Shah also called on the public to take full advantage of “swadeshi …
Read More »
[ad_1] For an India that is largely ignorant of history, and perhaps not interested, and more in tune with mythology, Narendra Modi’s use of the phrase “aatma-nirbhar (self-sufficient) “will gain admiration and praise. They will not know that self-sufficiency was the Jawaharlal Nehru mantra and that he invoked it at …
Read More »
[ad_1] By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: May 13, 2020 4:58:15 pm Medics outside a government hospital in New Delhi. (Express Photo by Amit Mehra) Coronavirus India Updates: The number of casualties due to coronavirus rose to 2,415 on Wednesday, with the total number of infections crossing …
Read More »
[ad_1] A crowd gathers to greet Jain monks in Banda town in Sagar district. (ANI Photo) SAGAR: Defying the social distancing guidelines for preventing spread of Covid-19, a crowd gathered to welcome a monk and his group when they arrived at a town in Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar district. Police have …
Read More »
[ad_1] Latest updates from the stock market: Sensex rises 637 points, Nifty above 9,350; Axis Bank increases more than 7%, Ultra Cement among the best winners NY: Asian stocks were expected to pull back on Wednesday as growing concerns about coronavirus infections and the timing of a vaccine outweighed rising …
Read More »
[ad_1] Photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It was the phrase ‘Atmanirbhar’ (self-sufficient) that tickled Twitter and netizens presented all kinds of possibilities about what all ‘atmanirbhar’ could mean in the closing. News18.com Last update: May 13, 2020, 12:25 p.m. IST In his speech on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi …
Read More »
[ad_1] Mumbai: From the Rs 20-lakh-crore package that PM Modi announced to defend the economy against coronavirus disruptions, the new support may be only around 60 percent of supply, as it features the first financial stimulus and support from liquidity that the Reserve Bank has already given, and will overload …
Read More »
[ad_1] PM Modi has finally begun to give effect to the rescue plan that takes over a month to prepare. Yesterday afternoon, in his speech to the nation, he released a stimulus the size of around Rs 20 lakh crore (including previously announced steps), or about 10% of the country’s …
Read More »
[ad_1] PANAJI : Goa, which is already a designated green zone with no active COVID-19 case, is ready to welcome tourists, but considering the situation in many parts of the country re-starting tourism activities will take some time, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Tuesday . In his live interaction …
Read More »
[ad_1] New Delhi: Congressman P Chidambaram taunted the prime minister’s announcement of a Rs 20 lakh crore financial package as “headline and blank page” on Wednesday, saying he expected the finance minister to fill in the blank page. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced new massive financial incentives on Tuesday in …
Read More »