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The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre for pricing details of the 36 Rafale fighter jets India is buying from France in a sealed cover within 10 days but agreed that “strategic and confidential” information need not be disclosed. In its order, a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, gave some more leeway to the government which ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated an imposing 182-metre statue of Sardar Vallabhai Patel, the world’s tallest, and said it will serve as a reminder about his courage to thwart conspiracy to disintegrate India. He used the occasion to slam those criticising the decision to build the monument, questioning whether any crime had been committed by ...

There area reports of a Naxal attack on the media workers in Aranpur in Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The naxalities attacked on the media team of Doordarshan, on Tuesday morning, in which a cameraman died. Two of the soldiers engaged in their security were also martyred. According to the information received, the youth were trapped in the encounter from both sides in ...

The Executive Committee (EC) of the National Mission for Clean Ganga approved 12 projects worth Rs. 929 Crore under the Namami Gange programme in its 16th meeting yesterday. Two Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) have been sanctioned for Delhi for creating 340 MLD waste treatment capacity at a cost of Rs 580 Crore. The first is an STP of 318 MLD ...

“CSIR scientists have developed Less Polluting Firecrackers which are not only environment friendly but 15-20 % cheaper than the conventional ones”, said Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences, Environment, Forest & Climate Change at a press conference here, today. These crackers have been named as safe water releaser (SWAS), safe minimal aluminium (SAFAL) and safe ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand signed a mutual transport agreement at the residence of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister at Lucknow on Monday. It was a historic agreement after the formation of the state of Uttarakhand in past 18 years. In the presence of Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat and Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath, Uttar Pradesh Principal Secretary ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Apex court has adjourns Ayodhya case hearing till January 2019.

Kailasavadivoo Sivan, Head of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), said that under the Digital India Mission launched by the Prime Minister, ISRO is trying to provide high speed data of 100 Gbps for rural and remote areas. For this, four communication satellites are being set up in space. One of them has been established this year, while three others will ...

The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions is an institutional member of Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management (CAPAM) which is a non-profit association representing an international network of over 1100 senior public servants, Heads of Government, leading academics and researchers located in over 50 different countries across the Commonwealth. ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Alok Verma will remain CBI Director and his deputy Rakesh Asthana stays Special Director, the investigating agency said a day before the Supreme Court takes up its chief’s petition challenging a government decision to take away his powers and send him on forced leave. In events that unfolded well after midnight on Tuesday, Alok Verma was stripped ...