Newdelhi:27/3/24:Nominations for the second Phase of General Elections 2024 to begin tomorrow. The Gazette notification for 88 Parliamentary Constituencies (PCs) across 12 States/UTs going for polls in the General Elections to Lok Sabha 2024 will be issued on 28.03.2024. The polling in these 88 PCs along with one part PC in Manipur (Outer Manipur) in Phase 2 will take place ...

Newdelhi:27Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi sworn in as judicial member, Lokpal . Justice A. M. Khanwilkar, Chairperson, Lokpal of India, administered the oath. Shri Pankaj Kumar and Shri Ajay Tirkey took oath as members, of Lokpal. The oath ceremony was organised today at Lokpal of India office in New Delhi. The new appointments took place as two existing Judicial Members namely ...

Newdelhi:26/3/24:Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has today released recommendations on ‘Usage of Embedded SIM for Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Communications’. Department of Telecommunications (DoT), through its letter dated 09.11.2021, sought TRAI’s recommendations under the TRAI Act, 1997 on the usage of embedded SIM for M2M communications. In this regard, TRAI issued a Consultation Paper on ‘Embedded SIM for M2M Communications’ on ...

Newdelhi:25/3/24:EPFO’s provisional payroll data released on 24th March 2024 highlights that EPFO has added 16.02 lakh net members in January 2024. The data indicates that around 8.08 lakh new members have enrolled during January 2024. A noticeable aspect of the data is the dominance of the 18-25 age group, constituting a significant 56.41% of the total new members added in ...

Bhutan:22/3/24:Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi was conferred the Order of the Druk Gyalpo, Bhutan’s highest civilian decoration, by His Majesty the King of Bhutan in a public ceremony at the Tendrelthang, Thimphu. Prime Minister Modi is the first foreign leader to be given this prestigious award. His Majesty the King of Bhutan announced the conferment of the award during Bhutan’s ...

Newdelhi:22/3/24:Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) organised a consultative workshop in New Delhi today on the Blue Economy Pathways study report status. Experts from the World Bank, various line Ministries like the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Niti Aayog, Ministry of Port Shipping and Waterways, Ministry ...

Newdelhi:21/3/24:Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has today advised all endorsers and influencers on social media to refrain from promoting or advertising, including surrogate advertisements, of offshore online betting and gambling platforms. The Ministry has said that these advertisements have significant financial and socio-economic implications of online betting and gambling on consumers, particularly the youth. The Ministry has further advised the ...

Newdelhi:21/3/24:Taking forward its commitment for a level playing field in the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections 2024, the Election Commission of India (ECI) today has issued transfer orders for non-cadre officers who are posted at leadership positions as District Magistrate (DM) and Superintendent of Police (SP) in four states namely Gujarat, Punjab, Odisha, and West Bengal. Post of DM and SP ...

Newdelhi:21/3/24; In compliance of Hon’ble Supreme Court’s directions, contained in its order dated Feb 15, March 11, 2024 and March 18, 2024 (in the matter of WPC NO.880 of 2017), the State Bank of India (SBI) has provided the data about the electoral bonds to the Election Commission of India (ECI) today ie March 21, 2024. The Election Commission of ...

Newdelhi:20/3/24:The All-India Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Laborers and Rural Laborers (Base: 1986-87=100) remained steady in February 2024, with figures of 1258 and 1269, respectively. There was a varied pattern observed in the indices of constituent States. In the case of CPI-AL, eight states experienced a decline, while for CPI-RL, this downward trend was observed in seven states. Additionally, two ...