The North News Chandigarh, September 3 All government, aided, recognised and private schools, colleges, universities and polytechnics in Punjab will remain closed till September 7 due to severe flooding across the state. Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains said the order was issued on the direction of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann to ensure the safety […]
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New Delhi, September 3 Communication and connectivity issues are major challenges being faced by humanitarian aid workers in the earthquake-hit provinces of Afghanistan, according to the United Nations. Meanwhile, members of the Hindu and Sikh communities from Afghanistan have pooled in their resources to send relief material for the earthquake-affected victims in the eastern provinces […]
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The North News Ferozepur, September 2 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann has urged the Government of India to revise its compensation norms for natural disasters, calling the current provisions “grossly inadequate” for the scale of destruction caused by the recent floods. Touring flood-hit areas of Ferozepur district by boat, Mann said more than 1,300 […]
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Yog Raj Sharma The North News Shimla, September 2 The Himachal Pradesh Assembly on Tuesday concluded its 12-day monsoon session, one of the state’s longest, with a resolution urging the Centre to declare the state’s recent devastation as a national disaster and provide a special relief package. The session, which ran for 59 hours with […]
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The North News New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, September 2 Senior Congress Lok Sabha member Shashi Tharoor has welcomed the latest round of diplomatic talks between India and China, describing them as a timely and necessary step by the Central government. Tharoor, a former top UN official, said on Tuesday the move could help India navigate the growing […]
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The North News New Delhi, September 2 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that “chips are digital diamonds” as he inaugurated Semicon India 2025 in New Delhi, vowing to make India a major player in the trillion-dollar global semiconductor market. Addressing industry leaders, start-ups, students, and representatives from more than 40 countries, Modi said […]
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New Delhi, September 2 States will remain net gainers from GST collections in FY26 even under the proposed rate rationalisation and are expected to receive at least Rs 10 lakh crore in SGST plus Rs 4.1 lakh crore through devolution, an SBI Research report said on Tuesday. This is because of the unique revenue-sharing architecture […]
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New Delhi, September 2 In a significant feat for the country to become a global semiconductor hub, Union Minister for Electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday presented the first made-in-India processor, along with test chips from four approved projects, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi here. The first fully indigenous 32-bit microprocessor, called ‘Vikram,’ has […]
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New Delhi, September 2 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the world now trusts India and is ready to build the future of the semiconductor industry with it, adding that the government will soon launch next generation of reforms in the field of semiconductors. Inaugurating the ‘Semicon India 2025’ here, PM Modi underlined […]
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Washington, September 2 John Mearsheimer, a leading American international relations expert and Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, has termed the Trump administration’s India policy a “colossal blunder” and asserted that secondary tariffs on India for buying Russian oil “won’t work.” “This is a colossal blunder on our part. It’s hard to […]
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