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Narendra Modi said on Saturday that greed for power overrode national interest during the UPA government, wreaking havoc on the banking sector, but his dispensation has nursed it back to good financial health. Addressing a Rozgar Mela, Modi took an apparent swipe at the Gandhi family, saying a few powerful politicians close to a particular family would get loans of thousands of crores of rupees to their favourites by calling up banks and those loans were never meant to be returned.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hit out at the previous regime under the United Progressive Alliance government, saying while it destroyed the banking sector with “scams" his dispensation has restored good financial health, with India now known for the sector’s strength. Addressing a Rozgar Mela after giving appointment letters to over 70,000 recruits virtually, PM Modi said a large number of them have been employed in the banking sector as he highlighted how it was “destroyed“ under the previous dispensation before his government took corrective measures. “Today, India is among the countries whose banking sector is considered to be the strongest," said he said while recalling the journey of the last nine years.

New Delhi: In a significant move towards green energy growth and transition, India is set to achieve 50 percent non-fossil installed capacity by 2030, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday. Virtually addressing the G20 energy ministers via meeting, PM Modi highlighted the importance of energy in shaping the future, sustainability, growth, and development of both individuals and nations. He expressed that despite different realities and pathways for energy transition, the ultimate goal of every country remains the same.

viral video case. The fifth accused has been identified as a 19-year-old, police said. “Another arrest has been made in the Manipur viral video case.

crime against women days after the saffron party received massive backlash for remaining silent on the Manipur situation, where the party is in power at present. A video of two women being paraded naked and sexually assaulted in Manipur surfaced online this week which has jolted the country. The conflict in Manipur erupted in May this year and since then opposition parties have regularly slammed the Centre-run BJP for remaining silent on such a critical issue.

Ashok Gehlot, on Saturday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of refraining from visiting violence-hit Manipur. «For the first time, I have seen that a Prime Minister is visiting Karnataka, Rajasthan and other places for elections, but not Manipur. It is his government in Manipur, just imagine what would he have said if it was a Congress government there,» CM Gehlot said while speaking to the media at his residence in Jaipur.

Joe Biden, Arati Prabhakar on Friday said that the United States and like-minded countries including India need to work together for shaping the course of artificial intelligence.  This came after the US administration roped in several IT giants like Google and Microsoft to ensure that it is not misused and is being used for the public good.  Speaking to PTI, Indian-American Prabhakar said, “The work that we are doing includes working with companies to hold them accountable and there's some important progress on that today." "We're also working on executive actions that we can take within existing law, and the President is considering an executive order that we think can really boost our ability to deal with AI's harms and also start using it for good," she said.  She further stated, “That's what we can do from the executive branch. We'll also continue to work with Congress on bipartisan legislation as they start putting legislation forward.

Manipur government has not done enough to control the violent situation or protest people, according to a report published by NDTV.  The woman's traumatized mother, who was unable to even speak for a few minutes, said that her husband along with their son were killed by the mob in Manipur before her daughter was brutally attacked on camera.  “I have lost my youngest son and my husband. After facing difficulties, I sent him to school for good education. And my elder son also does not have any job.

Manipur Violence LIVE News Updates: Tension escalated in Manipur's hills as a video of May 4 emerged on social media, showing men from one community parading two women naked from the opposing side.On of the survivor, who luckily escaped, said. “When we resisted, they told me: ‘If you don’t take off your clothes, we will kill you’, Then as she obeyed them to “protect herself", the men allegedly slapped and punched her.She added that the men dragged to a paddy field near the road and asked her to “lie down" there.

Sri Lanka and India have signed a slew of energy, development and trade agreements, signaling the growing economic ties between the two neighboring countries

NEW DELHI : A group of 30 Indian and foreign investors, including marquee names such as Indian venture capital firms Kalaari Capital, Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia India and South-East Asia) and Lumikai, and US firms Tiger Global Management and Tribe Capital, on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking a meeting to elucidate the impact of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council’s recommendation to tax the online gaming sector at 28% of the gross revenue earned by companies in this sector. The letter claimed that the new recommended tax for the sector could lead to an increase of up to 1,100%, based on the present interpretation of the GST Council’s recommendation to tax real-money online gaming companies at 28% of the “full face value" of their earnings.

Lok Sabha elections, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Friday gave a clarion call to oust the BJP from the Centre under the newly formed opposition platform — INDIA (Indian National Developmental, Inclusive Alliance). Banerjee claimed that if the BJP government comes to power again, democracy will cease to exist in the country. «In 2024, a new India will be born for development, unity, harmony and oneness and to save democracy,» she said during a mega public rally in Kolkata on Martyr's Day.

India and Sri Lanka will conduct feasibility studies on petroleum line and land bridge connectivity between the countries in what could boost sub-regional integration in the Indian Ocean Region, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday after holding talks with visiting Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe. The two sides announced five pacts, including a memorandum of cooperation for economic development projects in Trincomalee district of Sri Lanka and memorandum of understanding on renewable energy.

Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that opposition parties may have chosen a name for their alliance, but they are just a group of people with severe mutual contradictions who have the single-point agenda of abusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The one thing that is common and for which they think the people of India will reward them is to constantly hate and use abusive language against the Prime Minister, she said.

With a vision to develop Trincomalee as a regional hub, India and Sri Lanka are determined to deepen their ties through trade, digitalization, and people-to-people engagement. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Ranil Wickremesinghe during talks addressed the economic crisis faced by Sri Lanka, leading to various agreements and declarations of intent that signal growing economic collaboration between the two neighboring nations.A Common Vision for Enhanced Connectivity

apples, walnuts, and lentils, will not result in a loss to the country, Parliament was informed on Friday. India had imposed these duties on 28 US products in retaliation to America's move to increase import duty on certain steel and aluminium goods. During Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent visit to Washington, both sides decided to resolve six trade disputes at the World Trade Organisation.

Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday said that he believes that India's growth will be beneficial to the neighbourhood and the Indian Ocean region (IOR). Wickremesinghe today held delegation-level bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi following which India and Sri Lanka adopted a vision statement to significantly expand their economic partnership.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said India is well placed to be one of the largest providers of skilled workers globally while calling for rapid universalization of social security benefits for workers. The prime minister said that the world is at the threshold of some of the greatest changes in the employment sector and stressed on the need to prepare responsive and effective strategies to address these rapid transitions. In this era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the prime minister said, technology has become and will remain the core driver for employment.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually distribute more than 70,000 appointment letters to newly-inducted recruits on 22 July, the prime minister’s office said on Friday. The Rozgar Mela will be held at 44 locations across the country.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will distribute more than 70,000 appointment letters to newly-inducted recruits on Saturday and address them via video conferencing, his office said. The Rozgar Mela will be held at 44 locations across the country. The recruitments are taking place across central government departments as well as state governments and Union Territories supporting this initiative, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said in a statement. Prime Minister Modi will distribute more than 70,000 appointment letters to newly-inducted recruits on July 22 at 10:30 am via video conferencing, the PMO said. He will also address these appointees on the occasion. The new recruits, selected from across the country will be joining the government in various ministries and departments, including the Department of Revenue, Department of Financial Services, Department of Posts, Department of School Education, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Central Public Sector Undertakings, Department of Water Resources, Department of Personnel and Training and the Ministry of Home Affairs, among others. The Rozgar Mela is a step towards the fulfilment of the commitment of the prime minister to accord the highest priority to employment generation, the statement said.

foreign exchange reserves, which made it challenging for the country to finance essential imports, including fuel and medicine. Speaking on the India-Sri Lanka ties, PM Modi said, “Sri Lanka faced many challenges last year but like a close friend we stood shoulder to shoulder with the people of Sri Lanka in the time of crisis." Meanwhile, Prime Minister Modi said that the agreement signed to launch UPI in Sri Lanka will increase Fintech connectivity.