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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has been upgraded from the 'Y' category to 'Z', official sources said on Thursday. The Union home ministry has asked the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) to take the charge of his security, currently provided by the Delhi Police, they said.

Hamas and Israel, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has written to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar seeking intervention to ensure the safety of Indian citizens in Israel. «A good number of people around 7000 are from the state of Kerala. The continuing hostilities are putting these civilians to extreme hardship and their family members are in a state of extreme anxiety,» Vijayan said in the October 9 dated letter to the Union Minister Jaishankar. «I request your good self to intervene in every possible manner to ensure the safety of our citizens in Israel,» the Kerala chief minister wrote. A woman from Kerala working as a caregiver in Israel was injured in the conflict on Saturday. On Monday, the CPI-M Kerala Secretariat in a statement had urged the central government to take steps to ensure the safety of the Keralites stuck in Israel.

AFSPA) from Assam however the Government of India after its assessment has kept it in four districts. Sarma on Monday said that the Assam government had recommended withdrawal of AFSPA from the remaining eight districts of the state. “ The Government of India withdrew it from the four districts, Jorhat, Golaghat, Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao with effect from October 1". He said now AFSPA is in four districts of Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Sivasagar and Charaideo, “ In next six months the government of India will do further assessment and this will lead to complete withdrawal of the army." Sarma said, “ Centre wants to be a bit cautious and they are going in a phased manner.

The chief executive of the Lindsay Fox-owned Avalon Airport Tony Brun says the government should give it the same generous support as that being pumped into Western Sydney, as well as co-invest in rail infrastructure needed to drive traffic.

New Delhi: The implementation of 28% goods and service tax (GST) on online gaming, horse racing and casinos will informally figure in discussions at Saturday’s GST Council meeting as the Centre is keen to see the new regime takes effect without hassles, said a person informed about Centre-state discussions. The idea is to see how far states have put their legislative changes in place for the contentious tax regime change which had dragged for several months before a divided GST Council cleared the new regime at its meeting on 2 August.

child sexual abuse online, the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MEITY) on Friday issued notices to social media intermediaries X, Youtube and Telegram, warning them to remove Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) from their platforms in India. The Ministry also warned the three social media intermediaries that any delay in complying with the notices will result in the withdrawal of their safe harbor protection under Section 79 of the IT Act, which currently shields them from legal liability. According to IT minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, “We have sent notices to X, Youtube and Telegram to ensure there are no Child Sexual Abuse Material that exist on their platforms. The Government is determined to build a safe and trusted internet under the IT rules.

Sikkim after the flood water recedes, the Ministry of Power said on Thursday. The state-owned hydro power giant NHPC is taking all possible measures to get the hydropower projects operational at the earliest, the ministry said, adding that the Ministry of Power is continuously monitoring the situation arising out of flash floods in Teesta Basin in Sikkim. According to the statement, Union Power Secretary Pankaj Agrawal held an emergency meeting on Wednesday with NHPC, wherein senior officers of the ministry and Central Electricity Authority were also present.

Union Rural Development Ministry on Thursday said there was no constraint of funds for the rural job scheme MGNREGA and reiterated that funds for West Bengal were not released due to non-compliance of central directives. In a statement, the ministry said, «Funds of State of West Bengal have been stopped from March 9, 2022 as per provision of Section 27 of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 due to non-compliance of directives of Central Government.» The statement came on a day West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress conducted a march to the Raj Bhavan in Kolkata to protest against the Centre over MGNREGA dues.

NEW DELHI : The Union cabinet on Wednesday raised cooking gas subsidy from ₹200 to ₹300 per cylinder for about 96 million low-income households, a move coinciding with upcoming assembly elections in five states and next year’s national polls. Offering additional subsidies aimed at benefiting rural women comes barely a month after the government approved the expansion of the PM Ujjwala Yojana scheme to 7.5 million women to take the number of total beneficiaries to 103.5 million over the next three years.

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. The government’s action comes after the National Company Law Tribunal ruling in Go First’s case which put a moratorium on lessors to repossess aircraft. However, government officials told ET that the notification will not impact the Go First case, as it cannot be applied retrospectively. Lessors are stuck in long court battles as they try to recover their aircraft even though the bankrupt carrier now has the protection of law not to return them despite payment defaults.

DNA on 4 October. As per details, the approval of the decision to hike dearness allowance is expected during a cabinet meeting conducted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Gehlot on Monday said the Centre will have to implement the Old Pension Scheme for employees across the country as done by his government in the state. Sharing the video of a protest held in Delhi on Sunday demanding the implementation of Old Pension Scheme (OPS), Gehlot wrote on X, «OPS was implemented for the first time in Rajasthan on humanitarian ground.

Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM), an autonomous body tasked with improving the air quality in Delhi and its adjoining areas, made crucial changes to the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) last year and again in July. The new changes include strict restrictions on the plying of overage vehicles and a complete ban on the use of coal and firewood in eateries, restaurants and hotels when the Air Quality Index (AQI) breaches the 200-mark.

Delhi and the adjoining areas, had made changes to the GRAP last year and again in July 2023 in order to keep up with the changing circumstances. The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM), a statutory body formed under an Act in 2021, had amended the GRAP in July last year to ensure proactive implementation of anti-air pollution steps based on forecasts up to three days in advance.

dedicated 9 new Vande Bharat Express to the nation, taking the total number of high-tech trains to 34. The trains are already known for their accuracy in departure and arrival and the new “14-minute miracle" initiative will further help them to maintain that accuracy.

NIPER) at Gandhinagar. «The Union government has taken a holistic approach and begun the process for the development of a cost-effective, sustainable and affordable process for 16 APIs (active pharmaceutical ingredient) and two KSMs (key starting material),» he said.

(Reuters) — Ukraine's air force shot down 30 out of 40 Iranian-made «Shahed» drones launched by Russia in an overnight attack on central and southern regions, regional and military officials said on Saturday.

Delhi High Court has asked the Centre and the AAP government to streamline the process for availing medical facilities under various health welfare schemes, while taking note of the constraints faced by people from economically weaker sections wanting to enjoy such benefits. The high court constituted a seven-member committee headed by Delhi chief secretary to iron out the defects in the current system.

LONDON (Reuters) — New York has easily remained the world's top financial centre with London still second and gaining some ground, but also facing a tougher fight with Singapore and Hong Kong, the Global Financial Centres index showed on Thursday.

Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered a common compilation of submissions be filed by both the parties in a petition by Delhi government challenging the central government's law establishing pre-eminence of the lieutenant governor over the elected AAP dispensation in controlling services in the national capital. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was urged by senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, appearing for the Delhi government, that the matter be listed before a five-judge Constitution bench for urgent hearing. «I can't express the agony of the (Delhi) administration,» the senior lawyer said.

₹5,206 crores at Chhota Udepur in Gujarat including village Wi-Fi facilities in 22 districts on Wednesday. The Gujarat government, in a statement on Monday, said PM Modi will visit Gujarat on September 27 and inaugurate projects worth ₹4,505 crore under the Mission Schools of Excellence.