Category: national
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Jal Shakti Ministry plans network of groundwater sensors to monitor quality, contamination levels
A centralised network would help “provide groundwater forecasts to farmers that would be useful for sowing, and updated advisories can influence groundwater extraction policies”, says a Department of Water Resources official
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354 infra projects show cost overruns of ₹4.55 lakh crore
The expenditure incurred on these projects till March 2023, is ₹13,90,736.58 crore, which is 55.07% of the anticipated cost of the projects
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Civil Aviation Ministry launches UDAN 5.0 to further enhance connectivity to remote areas
The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) initiated the process of inviting bids from airlines for various routes under this fifth round of bidding for its regional connectivity scheme UDAN
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Union govt must reduce number of central schemes to ease financial burden on states: Bihar Finance Minister
Vijay Kumar Choudhary emphasised the need for restructuring the Centre-state fiscal relations and granting financial autonomy to the States
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Supreme Court asks CBI not to continue probe into charges that BJP conspired to poach BRS legislators
The Telangana government has argued in the Supreme Court that transferring the case to the CBI would prove ineffective as it was ‘controlled by the BJP’.
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EPF Board meet pushed to March 27-28
The Board is expected to finalise the EPF rate to be paid on crores of formal sector workers’ retirement savings in its custody for 2022-23
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CAG Murmu calls for auditing frameworks on AI and “Blue Economy”
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Morning Digest | India abstains in U.N. vote on Ukraine; Gandhis likely to stay away from Congress steering committee meeting, and more
Here’s a select list of stories to read before you start your day.
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C.R. Kesavan, grandson of C. Rajagopalachari, quits Congress; says no longer ‘concur with what the party stands for’
C.R. Kesavan, the great-grandson of India’s first Indian Governor-General, C. Rajagopalachari, resigned from Congress party on Thursday due to ideological rift
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Congress to be decimated after 2024: Amit Shah
Addressing an election rally at Mon in Nagaland, Union Home Minister says the Centre accords top priority to the Naga peace process