Cabinet gives nod to integrated e-filing project for faster ITR processing

The Union Cabinet today approved expenditure sanction of over 4200  crore rupees for Integrated E-filing and Centralized Processing Centre 2.0 Project. Union Minister Piyush Goyal said, it will help in improving tax payers' awareness and education through continuous engagement. It will help in faster processing of returns and issue of refunds to the tax payers' bank account directly.

Jitendra Singh inaugurates ISRO's UNNATI programme

Minister of State in Department of Space Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurated UNNATI programme of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in Bengaluru on 17.01.2019. UNNATI is an acronym for Unispace Nanosatellite Assembly and Training programme launched by ISRO as part of initiative by United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs that is commemorating the 50th anniversary of the first United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space. 

The first batch of this programme was launched today with 30 participants from 17 countries from Algeria, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bhutan, Brazil, Chile, Egypt, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Oman, Panama and Portugal. They will be imparted two months training. These participants were selected from 87 applications from 34 countries.

NITI Aayog to release SDG India Index - Baseline Report 2018

NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar, CEO Amitabh Kant and UN Resident Coordinator Yuri Afanasiev will release the Sustainable Development Goal, SDG India Index: Baseline Report 2018 in New Delhi on 21.122018. In exercise of these roles, NITI Aayog has developed the SDG India Index, a comprehensive Index to measure the progress of States and Union Territories, through a single measurable Index and the First Baseline Report for 2018, prepared with the support of Global Green Growth Institute and UN in India.

India, China hold high level meet on people-to-people ties

Representational Pic Putting people to people ties at the centre, the 1st meeting of India-China High-Level Mechanism is now being co-chaired by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi

PM Modi attends annual conference of DGPs, IGPs in Gujarat 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is now attending the annual conference of DGPs and IGPs at Kevadia colony of Narmada district. The venue for the conference is a Tent city set up nearer to the statue of unity. The Prime Minister arrived in Gujarat today on a two-day visit to the state

India is Afghanistan's most reliable regional partner: US

NSD Logo The US has praised New Delhi's contributions to the peaceful development of the war-torn Afghanistan and said India is a most reliable regional partner of the war-torn country.

UN General Assembly adopts global framework on International migration

The UN General Assembly has adopted the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, the first-ever negotiated global framework on a common approach to international migration in all its dimensions.

WV Raman appointed India women's team coach

Former India opener, W. V. Raman has been appointed the new coach of the Indian women's cricket team

Virat Kohli retains top spot in ICC Test rankings

India skipper Virat Kohli maintains his top spot, while young wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant and pacer Jasprit Bumrah attained their career-best positions in the latest ICC Test rankings. 

BWF Rankings: PV Sindhu jumps three spots

Olympic silver medalist PV Sindhu has climbed 3 spots to Number 3 in the latest world badminton rankings released on 20.12.2018. Saina Nehwal remains at the ninth position. Kidambi Srikanth is still eighth position.

AP’s new assembly to be taller than Statue of Unity

Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu’s stated that the proposed Andhra Pradesh Assembly building at Amaravati will be taller than the Statue of Unity by 68 metres. Once completed, this will be the tallest structure in the country. The Statue of Unity stands at 182 metres. Naidu has almost finalised the design with minor changes and the blueprint will be submitted to the state government by UK-based architects Norma Fosters. The new assembly will be constructed with three floors and a tower spiralling 250 metres into the sky.

Effective implementation of schemes helps TN to outperform other states

For thelastthreedecades,TamilNadu has registered the strongest and sustained economic growth. The state has also outperformed most of the states on various spheres and exhibited better performance in education, health and human development index than thecountry’s average,TamilNadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami said.

Sri Sathya Sai Award For Human Excellence 2018 Will Be Presented On Nov 23

Celebrating such undying spirit to make a difference to society, Sri Sathya Sai Award for Human Excellence 2018 comes with inspiring stories of people from the emerging world – India, South Asia, South-East Asia, West Asia, Africa and Latin America. The award has been instituted by the Prashanthi Balamandira Trust.Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu will give away the awards on November 23 at Muddenahalli in Chikkaballapura district, 60km from Bengaluru.

India to buy plane to study impact of air pollution

India will procure a dedicated aircraft to carryout all airborne atmospheric research that will help it not only in strengthening and improving the country’s weather forecast capabilities but also in assessing air pollution and its associated impacts on health, visibility, climate and water resources.

Termites have been building a Britain-sized colony for 4,000 years

A termite super-colony which spans an area the size of Great Britain has been under construction since the time of the pyramids in ancient Egypt, scientists have found. Researchers studying the vast landscape of 200 million coneshaped mounds in northeast Brazil sampled soil from 11 locations and found that some began construction around 3,820 years ago.

Fiscal deficit of states at new high in H1 FY19

The aggregate fiscal deficit of 18 states, which have published their data up to September, amounted to 23.1% of budget estimates (BEs) in the second quarter (Q2) of 2018-19 (FY19), translating into 36.7% of BE in the first half (H1) of the fiscal, the worst in the past eight years