NEW DELHI: Bringing significant benefits to 23 lakh central govt employees, the central government on Saturday announced an overhaul of the 20-year-old National Pension System, including a higher contribution by govt for a guaranteed payout of 50% of the average basic pay drawn during the last 12 months of service. With the Unified Pension Scheme…
NEW DELHI: Union Cabinet on Saturday approved a biotech policy for high-performance biomanufacturing – BioE3 – that will accelerate innovation-driven support to bio-economy and green growth, and cleared a proposal of continuation of the three schemes on institutional and human capacity building, R&D, and technology deployment as a unified central scheme named ‘Vigyan Dhara‘.BioE3 will…
NEW DELHI: As senior BJP politicians hailed the govt decision to introduce the UPS, home minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the move was a reiteration of the Modi government‘s commitment for the welfare and security of its employees.Shah said in a post on X: “Congratulations to our central govt employees on the approval of…
NEW DELHI: Pakistan has invited PM Modi along with other Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) leaders for the council of heads of govt (CHG) in-person meeting it will host in October. While there is no question of Modi travelling to Islamabad, it will be interesting to see if he deputes a minister to represent India at…
DINDIGUL: The Dravidian model of governance has never been a barrier to different faiths and is benevolent to all religions, Tamil Nadu chief ministerM K Stalin said on Saturday.DMK govt was focusing on the overall development of the state, including social and other sectors; and religious places of worship should be free from any discrimination,…
NEW DELHI: A new report highlights that nearly 61% of 543 MPs in the 18th Lok Sabha possess assets valued at Rs 5 crores or more and nearly 32% of members have a dynastic background, indicating entrenched familial ties in politics. Of these dynasts, 20.9% are first-generation, 72.1% are second-generation, and 6.4% are multi-generational politicians.This…
The Islamic State group on Saturday (local time) claimed responsibility for a knife attack in Solingen, Germany, which killed three people and injured eight others, according to their Amaq news site. The group stated that the attacker, whom they referred to as a “soldier of the Islamic State,” targeted Christians in retaliation for the treatment…
NEW DELHI: A day after the country celebrated the first National Space Day, Tamil Nadu-based startup Space Zone India launched India’s first reusable hybrid rocket, Mission RHUMI-2024, on board a mobile platform from the TTDC Ground in Thiruvidandhai, East Coast Road, Chennai on Saturday. RHUMI-1 rocket launched three Cube satellites and 50 PICO satellites to…
SRINAGAR: BJP has positioned itself to defend the “rights granted to marginalised communities in J&K”, as a joint manifesto by the Congress-National Conference (NC) alliance for the assembly polls promised revisions and rollback of the reservation policy for ST/SC and other backward classes (OBC) instituted after the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of the…
SRINAGAR: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti vowed Saturday to “completely support” the National Conference (NC)-Congress alliance in the J&K assembly polls if the partners accept her party’s agenda, primarily resolution of the Kashmir issue.Mehbooba was speaking while releasing PDP’s manifesto, which promised among other things to revoke the ban on Jamaat-e-Islami and take…
