News: Central railways has started with the I.C.U facility on rails. Benefits: Train accident victims can expect faster treatment in case of accidents. The fully air-conditioned van offers all the facilities, including medical professionals and equipment, that one needs in an Intensive Care Unit. The van has an ambulance on ...
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No more service tax for dining in non-AC restaurants
News: Service Tax will not be levied on customers dining in restaurants without air conditioning facility or central heating. Even the restaurants that have ACs or central heating will levy service tax only on 40% of the total bill amount. Finance ministry also specified, “In case of air-conditioned or air-heated ...
Read More »No more chain pulling in trains
News: The railway ministry has decided to do away with these chains. An official said railways had incurred a loss of Rs 3000 crore because trains ran late with the indiscriminate chain-pulling for no good reason. The alternative arrangement for this, the mobile phone number of the driver and assistant ...
Read More »PM approves four laning National Highway for Madhya Pradesh
News: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has given its approval for development of the four laning of the Guna-Biaora and Biaora-Dewas section of National Highway – 3 in Madhya Pradesh with an estimate cost of Rs.2815.69 crore. The work will be under the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) Phase-IV. The approval ...
Read More »New measures to boost India’s infrastructure and agriculture
News: The government has approved a slew of measures to boost the agriculture, international highways and a beleaguered sugar industry. Approved Measures: Import of lentils in large quantities to boost supply. Pulses prices have risen by up to 64 per cent in the last one year so, the cabinet decided to ...
Read More »Mobile veterinary labs in Haryana
News: Haryana government will set up a mobile veterinary hospital and diagnostic lab in every districts of the state to provide medical facilities to livestock to animals. Benefits: The mobile units which will provide on-the-spot testing and medical facilities to livestock in each district. Each mobile unit will travel across the district to conduct test ...
Read More »Myanmar Surgical Strike: Geopolitical Aspects
Author: Pankaj Sharma Author is Expert on Public Policy, Geopolitical (China) and Economy The surgical operation by the Indian army’s elite 21 Para Regiment against NSCN (K) and Meiti militant groups who perpetrated one of the most deadly ambush, killing 18 Indian army soldiers has ushered a new phase for ...
Read More »Entry of Greenpeace activist restricted in India
News: A crisis response campaigner Aaron Gray-Block, with Greenpeace International was denied entry into India as its name is figured in a Home Ministry “black list”. Greenpeace India, which was under the government’s scanner for allegedly violating various provisions of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act . Gray-Block had earlier campaigned ...
Read More »20 insurgents killed in Manipur ambush
News: 20 insurgents were killed in the operation conducted by the Indian Army in pursuit of terrorists behind ambush and enters Myanmar. PM has ordered hot pursuit for these terrorists. The Manipur Ambush Two rebel camps belonging to Northeast insurgent groups who had ambushed a convoy of 6 Dogra Regiment ...
Read More »Swachh Vidyalaya Programme under review by PM
News: The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has reviewed the progress of the Swachh Vidyalaya Programme at a high level meeting comprising top officials from the Ministry of Human Resource Development, the NITI Aayog and the PMO. Earlier the current status of construction of toilets in schools across various states was ...
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