India will implement a GPS-based toll collection system and do away with all toll booths within a year, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari informed the Lok Sabha on Thursday. He also shared the details of the vehicle scouring policy, which was first announced in the Union Budget for 2021-22, according to which the automobile industry in India will generate a turnover of ₹ 4.5 lakh crore to ₹ 10 lakh crore.
Chief Justice of India Sharad A. Bobde on Thursday agreed with advocate Prashant Bhushan to hear a plea by the NGO Association for Democratic Reforms to ban the sale of a new electoral bond on April 1 ahead of assembly elections in important states of the West. Bengal and Tamil Nadu.
Top US and Chinese officials offered different views of the world on 18 March as the two sides were face to face after President Joe Biden took office for the first time. In remarks unusually pointed to a tainted diplomatic meeting, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the Chinese Communist Party’s head of foreign affairs Yang Jiechi took note of each other’s policies at the start of two days of talks in Alaska.
The EU drug watchdog said on 18 March that it was still convinced of the benefits of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine after reports of an investigation into blood disorders at risk that made more than a dozen countries suspect its use Inspired to do.
The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the Insurance Amendment Bill 2021, which allowed the maximum foreign investment in an insurance company to be increased from 49% to 74% amid criticism from opposition parties over a clause enabling “control and ownership” by foreign investors. is.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday prohibited judges from making sexual remarks such as “good women are sexually weak”, women who drink and smoke, “ask” for sex and assume that That a sexually active woman agrees to rape in a sexual offense case.
Union Communications and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Thursday that the arrest of climate activist Disha Ravi was based on law and order and is under judicial process. He said that the House should “misuse social media internationally to discredit some people to promote separatism”.
A few days after the exit of noted columnist and political commentator Pratap Bhanu Mehta, former Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) Arvind Subramanian resigned from Ashoka University on Thursday. Dr. Subramanian said in his resignation letter that he was “devastated” two days ago by including “resignation of Professor Pratap Bhanu Mehta”.
In a major embarrassment to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), two candidates announced by the party on Thursday for assembly elections from Kolkata refused to contest on a party ticket.
The Supreme Court on Thursday prohibited the administration of COVID-19 vaccine from prosecuting before the Delhi High Court and transferred the case itself. Chief Justice of India Sharad A. A bench headed by Bobde said a similar case was already pending in the Supreme Court in connection with the vaccination campaign, and the Delhi High Court case could be heard along with it.
The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to an urgent hearing on a plea to release and protect 150 Rohingya refugees allegedly “in custody” in Jammu. Chief Justice of India SA Bobde agreed to hear the application submitted by advocate Prashant Bhushan and Cheryl D’Souza by Mohammed Salimullah, a member of the Rohingya community, on 25 April (Thursday). Mr. Bhushan made oral mention before the CJI for the preliminary hearing.
The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed a supplementary demand for grants (second batch for 2020-21), but not before the government’s disinvestment and asset monetization schemes and significant concerns raised by opposition leaders over rising fuel prices.
If Ishan Kishan was unfortunate to be ruled out of the fourth T20I due to injury, Lady Luck had a smile on her fate Suryakumar Yadav. The Mumbai cricketer, after not facing a single ball off his first ball in the second T20I, fell for the last outing, caught the opportunity and counted it.
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