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Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from the State. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma daud that cabinet has taken historic decision and made a recommendation to the Central Government to withdraw Disturbed Areas Act and Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from the State. AFSPA has been there for long time now. Sarma recently met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and pleaded for complete withdrawal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from the State. Sarma and Union Home Minister Shah discussed threadbare the roadmap for complete withdrawal of AFSPA from Assam. The Chief Minister cited the significant improvement in the law and order situation, surrendering of scores of underground cadres of extremist outfits with huge cache of arms and ammunition following signing of several peace accords and drastic fall in deaths of security personnel and civilians as reasons for complete lifting of AFSPA from Assam. The Union Home Minister put forth some suggestions to the Chief Minister to pave the way for complete withdrawal of AFSPA from Assam.

New Delhi: The central government on Friday notified the third phase of mandatory hallmarking of gold jewellery and artefacts, which will cover an additional 55 districts, taking the total number of districts covered under mandatory hallmarking at 343 across the country. "The third phase of the mandatory hallmarking will cover additional 55 new districts under the mandatory hallmarking system, wherein a hallmarking centre has been setup post implementation of the second phase of the mandatory hallmarking order thereby making the total number of districts covered under mandatory hallmarking as 343," Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution said in a statement.

Google is opening a new visitor centre at its headquarters in Mountain View, California with new public spaces, a pop-up shop featuring local businesses and a Google Store on October 12, as the tech giant celebrates its 25th anniversary this month. The new destination will give people a chance to experience Google and its hometown community from a public cafe and a Google Store to an events space and pop-up shop featuring local businesses.

NEW DELHI : The Finance Ministry has lowered the basic customs duty on select items such as apples, almonds, lentils and chikpeas imported from the US, showed an official order. As per the order, customs duty on lentils imported from the US has now been fully exempted. Earlier it was at 20%.

Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC) has taken a significant step towards advancing the long-awaited East-West Metro's Sector V-Haldiram extension project. KMRC has applied to the railway ministry, requesting full funding amounting to Rs 2,265 crore for this critical undertaking. Over the years, the progress of this 6.6km extension has been impeded due to disagreements between the state government and the railway ministry concerning cost-sharing.

medical education reported PTI. This reservation policy has been put into immediate effect and is set to benefit students who have successfully cleared the NEET examination and have completed their education from government schools starting from standard one.

India's name change rumors. He called it the first step toward changing the Constitution of the country. This came amid the speculation that the Cente is planning to bring a proposal to rename the country from India to ‘Bharat’.

Manipur Human Rights Commission (MHRC), Manipur government has taken steps to depute specialist doctors and other health workers at the Foreigners Detention Centre, Sajiwa (Imphal) where 136 foreigners, mostly Myanmarese, have been lodged. MHRC Chairperson Justice (Retd) Utpalendu Bikas Saha recently visited the place. After the visit to the Superintendent Manipur Central Jail, Sajiwa requested the Director of Manipur Health Services to depute two medical officers, one gynaecologist, two male and two female nurses, a pharmacist and a medical attendant at Foreigners Detention Centre, Sajiwa. The Foreigners Detention Centre, Sajiwa was set up on February 16 this year and presently 136 foreigners, mostly Myanmar nationals, including 24 women and 6 minors are lodged in the Centre. The Central Jail Superintendent in his letter to the Health Director said that recently, the Chairperson of MHRC on his visit to this Detention Centre expressed his dissatisfaction with the health care facilities being provided to the inmates at the Detention Centre, specially unavailability specialist Gynaecologist. Presently, two lady medical officers and one lady staff nurse are posted at the center.

ALSO READ: From India to ‘Bharat’? Govt likely to bring a proposal to change country's name in Parliament special session He wrote, "So the news is indeed true. Rashtrapati Bhawan has sent out an invite for a G20 dinner on Sept 9th in the name of 'President of Bharat' instead of the usual 'President of India'". He alleged, "Now, Article 1 of the Constitution can read: ‘Bharat, that was India, shall be a Union of States.

Coherent Corp, a Pennsylvania (US) based manufacturer of electronics, and instrumentation devices, on Tuesday said it has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Guidance Tamil Nadu and IIT Madras Research Park (IITMRP) to start its first global centre of excellence (COE) in Taramani, Chennai. The centre will be located on the IITMRP campus and focus on research and development (R&D) of products and services used in lasers, optical networking components and systems, EV batteries, and compound semiconductor devices for the markets supported by mobile, intelligent, and electric applications.

real estate developer Anant Raj Limited plans to develop 300 MW data centre buildings with a total investment of ₹10,000 crore in the next few years, said its managing director Amit Sarin. Having previously constructed three IT buildings in Manesar, Rai and Panchkula in Haryana, the company is presently in the process of transforming these structures into data centres, he told ET. «The three projects possess the potential to accommodate 300 MW of data, and we benefit from having pre-existing structures that simply need to be adapted to meet the specifications essential for a data centre. The initial phase of Manesar Park is ready with a 21 MW capacity, and the complete project is designed for a total capacity of 50 MW,» said Sarin. Industry experts have projected a demand for about 20 million square feet of data centre space across key cities in the next four-five years. Anant Raj holds 1.2 million square feet in Manesar on a 10-acre site, 2.1 million square feet on a 25-acre plot in Rai (with the possibility of doubling capacity) and 500,000 square feet on a 10-acre land in Panchkula (with expansion options). «In Manesar, we have the potential to reach 50 MW, while Rai can accommodate a 200 MW data centre.

railway projects including 15 new railway lines in Telangana with a total outlay of Rs 83,543 crore, Union Tourism and Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy said on Sunday. Speaking to reporters, the Union Minister alleged that due to the «non-cooperation» of the ruling BRS government, works on laying over 700 km railway tracks have been stalled. «We (the Centre) have asked the state government to speed up the land acquisition for railway projects.

P Chidambaram on Sunday alleged that «ethnic cleansing is complete» in Manipur's Imphal Valley and said there can be nothing more «shameful» than this development. The former home minister cited a media report which claimed that the last five Kuki families in Imphal were «forcibly removed» from their homes by the authorities. «This means that 'ethnic cleansing' is complete in the Imphal Valley that is dominated by the Meitei people,» he said in a post on X «A state government presides over 'ethnic cleansing' and the central government claims that the government of the state is being carried on in accordance with the Constitution,» Chidambaram said. There can be nothing more shameful than this development, he said. «It marks a new low in India's descent into lawlessness,» Chidambaram said. More than 160 people lost their lives and several hundreds were injured since the ethnic clashes broke out in Manipur in early May after a Tribal Solidarity March was organised in the hill districts to protest against the Meitei community's demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.Meiteis account for about 53 per cent of Manipur's population and live mostly in the Imphal Valley.

basic chemicals for the promotion of the overall chemical sector, Union minister Mansukh Mandaviya said here on Saturday. Mandaviya also said that his ministry has been working on an «international-standard» drugs and cosmetic bill which will be introduced in the Cabinet in a month's time before being passed in Parliament.

Mint takes a close look Incomes of corporations and individuals show divergent trends. Data from the Controller General of Accounts (CGA) show that Centre’s revenue from corporate tax collection remains a tad weak so far this fiscal compared to what was collected in the same time a year ago. At the end of July, corporate tax collection of ₹1.76 trillion lagged behind what was collected in the same time a year ago by over 10%.

Rahul Gandhi on Saturday accused the BJP-led Centre of working for the welfare of 2-3 billionaires of the country and said states governed by his party will have the «government of the poor» and not the 'government of Adani.' Addressing a convention of Rajiv Yuva Mitan Club at Mela Sthal in poll-bound Chhattisgarh's Nava Raipur, Gandhi said the country cannot progress with hatred and violence.

ISRO's Aditya L1 was launched from the Satish Dhaw... moreISRO's Aditya L1 was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on Saturday. Data from Aditya L1 is expected start coming from next February or March next year

₹6,700 per tonne. For the past two weeks, the levy was at ₹7,100 per tonne after it was increased on 14 August. However, the ministry has raised the Special Additional Excise Duty (SAED) on the export of diesel to ₹6 per litre from ₹5.50 a litre.

AI). This technological advancement has innovated business practices and is changing the way we work. Businesses are increasingly turning to AI to solve problems and perform tasks that have traditionally required human intelligence. Across different industries and occupations, AI is being used to detect patterns, make predictions and even create content. However, the rapid rate of AI adoption is putting workplaces at risk of overlooking its potentially adverse impacts, particularly those that could impact the health and well-being of workers.

Ayush, through strategic disinvestment where the government will give up its ownership and transfer management control to a private company. The department of investment and public asset management (DIPAM) issued an information memorandum where the government intends to sell its holding of 98.11% and the Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam Limited, an Uttarakhand government unit, holding the rest, at the price found through bidding. As per the conditions, the government has sought interest from parties that have minimum Net Worth§ of Rs.

green projects in 2022-23, higher than its mop-up of ₹16,000 crore through sovereign green bonds when it had floated such papers for the first time, a senior official said citing the latest estimate. According to the expenditure plan prepared by the finance ministry for the current financial year, the funds raised through such bonds will be used to finance green projects worth ₹23,764 crore, he said. Given that the funds raised will have to be used strictly for green projects, the spending will be kept higher than the actual borrowing to assuage any apprehensions about potential misuse of such funds, officials had told ET earlier. The government could borrow ₹20,000-22,000 crore through such green bonds in this financial year, they had said. To be sure, the government's overall annual budgetary spending on green projects cutting across sectors would be way above this level. But such expenditures are not strictly segregated and classified on the basis of the environment-friendly nature of the projects. However, since the government raised funds via green bonds last fiscal, it had to formally identify certain green projects to be funded by such proceeds.