More than 4 lakh jobs backlog for SC, ST, OBC filled since 2016: Centre

More than 4 lakh jobs backlog for SC, ST, OBC filled since 2016: Centre

New Delhi: More than four lakh backlog vacancies in government jobs reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Other Backward Class (OBC) candidates have been filled since 2016, the Parliament was informed. “Occurrence and filling of vacancies, including the backlog reserved vacancies, is a continuous process,” Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh … Read more

Pawan Kalyan: Andhra floods: Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan criticises past govts, says ‘they failed to curb encroachments’ – The Economic Times Video

Pawan Kalyan: Andhra floods: Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan criticises past govts, says ‘they failed to curb encroachments’ – The Economic Times Video

While speaking on the flood situation in parts of the state, Andhra Pradesh Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan said that a review meeting was done. He also assured that the Central government would do whatever is needed for the state if the situation arises. He further said, “I did a review meeting today. If you look … Read more

India’s fiscal deficit for April-July stands at 17.2 pc of full-year target

India’s fiscal deficit for April-July stands at 17.2 pc of full-year target

New Delhi: The Central government’s fiscal deficit in the first four months (April-July) of the current financial year stands at Rs 2.77 lakh crore which works out to 17.2 per cent of the full-year target and is lower than the corresponding figure of 33.9 per cent in the same period last year, according to official … Read more

UPS could shake up NPS

UPS could shake up NPS

The new pension scheme announced by the government on Saturday could substantially impact the National Pension System (NPS) if most central government employees shift to the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) as expected. However, this may not be the case if the NPS is mandated to manage the individual pension fund, one of the two funds … Read more

SC refuses to entertain plea against govt decision to cancel UGC-NET exam

SC refuses to entertain plea against govt decision to cancel UGC-NET exam

New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a fresh plea filed by some examinees challenging the government’s decision to cancel the UGC-NET examination following alleged question paper leak, saying that entertaining it at this stage will create “chaos”. SC refuses to entertain plea against govt decision to cancel UGC-NET exam A bench … Read more

National Space Day: ‘Bharat’s Space Launch Arsenal’: Isro shares special video ahead of National Space Day | India News

National Space Day: ‘Bharat’s Space Launch Arsenal’: Isro shares special video ahead of National Space Day | India News

NEW DELHI: Isro on Saturday released a video for the upcoming National Space Day just as the Central government also announced a slew of activities ahead of the first celebration to honour the success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission that helped India go down in history as the first country to land on the south pole … Read more

INDIA bloc protests on 18 percent GST on health and life insurance

INDIA bloc protests on 18 percent GST on health and life insurance

The INDIA alliance leaders held a protest against the Central government outside the Makar Dwar in the Parliament on Tuesday, demanding to roll back GST on health and life insurance. Meanwhile, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also joined the protest. Congress MP Jebi Mather spoke on this and said that no GST should be applied to … Read more

‘RSS has always tried to destroy Waqf Board…’ allages AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi – The Economic Times Video

‘RSS has always tried to destroy Waqf Board…’ allages AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi – The Economic Times Video

AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi on August 04 held a press conference where he lambasted Centre over recently surfaced media reports that claim that central government will bring bill to curb the powers of Waqf Board over assets. Addressing the press, Owaisi blamed BJP led government and RSS and accused them of trying to destroy Waqf … Read more

Took centre 5 decades, says MP HC

Took centre 5 decades, says MP HC

Indore: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has said that it took the Centre nearly five decades to realise that an “internationally renowned” organisation like Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh was wrongly placed on the list of organisations banned for government employees. The HC’s remark came on Thursday while a bench of Justices Sushruta Arvind Dharmadhikari and Gajendra … Read more

Scrapping NEET-UG not rational: Centre asks SC not to jeopardise med exam | India News

Scrapping NEET-UG not rational: Centre asks SC not to jeopardise med exam | India News

New Delhi: Activists protest against the National Testing Agency over the alleged irregularities in NEET-UG exams 2024, at Janter Manter, in New Delhi, Thursday, July 4, 2024. (Photo: PTI) 3 min read Last Updated : Jul 05 2024 | 4:58 PM IST The central government on Friday informed the Supreme Court that scrapping the … Read more