Aravalli, April 17 (IANS) Gujarat is the highest employment-generating state in the country, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel said on Friday while addressing a campaign meeting in Aravalli district ahead of the local self-government elections. Speaking at a ‘Vikas Sankalp Sabha’ in Sathamba village of Bayad taluka, Patel said, “If there is any state in the entire country that provides the highest employment, it is Gujarat,” attributing this to sustained development policies and infrastructu…
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Lucknow, March 30 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday announced that the state has set a target to recruit over 5,000 Anganwadi workers and more than 60,000 helpers this year, adding that the process has already begun.Speaking at a programme at Lok Bhawan here after inaugurating various Anganwadi projects, the Chief Minister said steps have also been taken to strengthen social security for frontline workers engaged in child care.He said Anganwadi workers and helpers hav…
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged the state governments to recognise that, regardless of the severity of the crisis, it is “our collective responsibility” to sustain India’s rapid growth.He stated that this moment also presents a significant opportunity for state governments and serves as a “major test for Team India”.Briefing the Rajya Sabha on the evolving situation in West Asia, the Prime Minister said, “In the coming times, this crisis will pose a major…
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged state governments to establish dedicated monitoring mechanisms for migrant workers and vulnerable sections, cautioning that the ongoing West Asia conflict could pose a significant challenge for the country in the coming months.Briefing the Rajya Sabha on the evolving situation in West Asia, the Prime Minister said, “In the coming times, this crisis will pose a major test for our country. To overcome this challenge, the coop…
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the Indian economy’s fundamentals are “strong” and the Centre is making “continuous efforts” to ensure the West Asia conflict has minimal effect on the country. Speaking in the Rajya Sabha on the West Asia conflict, PM Modi said, “This present problem has shaken the economy of the entire world. It will take a lot of time for the world to recover from the loss in West Asia. Continuous efforts are underway to ensure that …
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urged the nation to stand ready, united and alert as the difficult circumstances created around the world due to the ongoing conflict in West Asia are expected to last a long time. “The effects of these difficult circumstances around the world due to this ongoing conflict are expected to last a long time. Therefore, we have to stay ready, we have to stay united. We stood united and faced such circumstances during Covid pandemic al…
New York, March 8 (IANS) Indian-American scientist Vinay Prasad, who oversees the approval process for vaccines and new therapies, is stepping down amid controversies over his decisions to tighten certain regulations. His departure for the second time from the post of director of the Food and Drug Administration’s Centre for Biologics Evaluation and Research within a year was announced on Friday by the agency’s head, Marty Makary.Prasad had quit his job in July, less than two months after ta…
Kathmandu, March 5 (IANS) As Nepal voted to determine its people’s representatives in a high-stake election held on Thursday, an entrepreneur and social media enthusiast ploughed a unique furrow to prove election campaign need not be expensive to win a favourable mandate. “Election campaign can be done cheap; I’ve proved that by keeping the total expenses limited to around Rs 5 lakh Nepalese rupees (about 3.1 lakh Indian rupees),” Asheem Man Singh Basnyat claimed, an independent candidate from K…
Ranchi, Feb 21 (IANS) Jharkhand’s per capita income has crossed the Rs 1 lakh mark for the first time, according to the Economic Survey 2025-26 tabled in the Assembly on Saturday.Presenting the pre-Budget Economic Survey in the House, Finance Minister Radha Krishna Kishore said the state’s economy has witnessed sustained growth over the past decade, alongside a significant decline in poverty.As per the report, per capita income at current prices has risen from around Rs 60,000 in 2016-17 to …
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Pakistan’s economy has been in a state of crisis for many years while India, a frequent point of comparison in Pakistani discourse, in sharp contrast, has surged far ahead to become the fastest growing major economy in the world, according to a new report.An article in media outlet Amu.TV states that after the Covid pandemic, the two neighbouring economies move in different directions. In 2022, Pakistan saw a decent rebound with around 6 per cent GDP growth, but this pr…