On Sunday (3rd March), Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with the Council of Ministers held an 8-hour-long meeting to brainstorm on the vision document ‘Viksit Bharat 2047’. The Council of Ministers also reportedly held deliberations on a detailed action plan for the next five years, news agency ANI reported citing sources. Notably, Council of Ministers include … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled various development projects worth Rs 7,200 crore at Sangareddy, Telangana on Tuesday. The projects are related to multiple key sectors such as road, rail, petroleum and natural gas. The PM inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for three National Highway projects. The two National Highway projects inaugurated by the Prime … Read more
Elon Musk, the entrepreneur behind companies like SpaceX and Tesla, has taken aim at Google’s chatbot, Gemini, accusing artificial intelligence (AI) of mirroring the biases and mistakes of its creators. In a recent tweet, Musk lambasted Google’s AI efforts, suggesting that the technology’s flaws were evident in Gemini’s generation of biased and unreliable data and … Read more
India has now officially eliminated ‘extreme poverty’, which can be seen through the sharp decline in headcount poverty ratio and stark increase in household consumption, American think tank Brookings said in a report. The report, authored by Surjit Bhalla and Karan Bhasin, states that this has been a result of the government’s strong policy thrust … Read more
The Adani Group will invest Rs 75,000 crore in Madhya Pradesh, furthering its investments in the state, Pranav Adani, the director of Adani Enterprises Ltd. said on Friday. Pranav Adani, while speaking at the inaugural session of the Regional Industry Conclave in Ujjain said that the Adani group intends to double its investments in the … Read more
On Sunday (3rd March), Prime Minister Narendra Modi presided over the Union Council of Ministers’ last formal meeting before the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, which included a brainstorming session on the vision document for ‘Viksit Bharat 2047’. As the name suggests, the 25-year plan envisions India as a developed nation that leads the world in technology and innovation. In … Read more
A seven-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Monday (4th March) ruled that an MP or MLA cannot claim immunity from prosecution on a charge of bribery in connection with the vote or speech in the Parliament or Legislative Assembly. In a unanimous view, the SC’s Constitution Bench overruled the 1998 judgement in the PV Narasimha … Read more
In a major initiative in fulfilling the Narendra Modi government’s ambition to turn India into a semiconductor manufacturing hub, the Central government on Thursday (29th February), approved the proposal for setting up three semiconductor plants in India. Two of these plants will be established in Gujarat while one in Assam. The construction of these plants will commence in … Read more
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, 29 February, approved the establishment of International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) with headquarters in India with a one-time budgetary support of Rs.150 crore for a period of five years from 2023-24 to 2027-28. Acknowledging India’s leading role in conserving tigers, other big cats and many of … Read more
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) recently advised all the states and the Union Territories (UTs) against the practice of “segregating prisoners and assigning tasks based on their caste”, urging them to remove such “discriminatory” provisions from their manuals or legislation and to halt the allocation of work in prisons based on caste. The direction … Read more