INDIA
Visas of stranded foreign nationals valid till August 31: MHA
Accordingly, these foreign nationals will not be required to submit any application to the FRRO/FRO concerned for the extension of their visa till that period or until further orders. The MHA said that due to the non-functioning of normal commercial flight operations on account of the pandemic since March 2020, a number of foreign nationals, who came to India prior to March 2020 on valid Indian visa, have got stranded in India.
Administration not allowing me to get bullet-proof vehicle: Lone
"Just saying. M not complaining. So much about security u talk after someone dies. We know how u use security as a tool. I am supposed to b Z plus category. Have bought a private vehicle, bullet proofed it. It is lying at the factory in Chandigarh. Y because clearance not given," Lone said on his Twitter handle today.
Purchase of indigenous air defence guns, ammo worth Rs 6K cr cleared
The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), in its meeting chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, has approved proposals concerning capital acquisitions of various equipment for modernisation and operational needs of the armed forces amounting to approx Rs 6,000 crore.
RBI's big surplus transfer to Centre due to shrinking balance sheet size by fourth in 2020-21
Now it has justified the transfer suggesting that it was made possible due to lower risk capital provisioning by the central bank this year as it balance sheet size shrunk by a fourth. "This allowed lower risk capital provisioning this year allowing for generation of higher surplus," Sankar said.
Choksi slips away from India's clutch again
The next hearing has been adjourned in the matter to June 14. According to agencies sources, the private Qatar jet left from Dominica on Thursday along with the eight member team of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Enforcement Directorate, Ministry of External Affairs officials and two CRPF commandos. The team of Indian officials had landed in Dominica on Saturday with a set of documents relating to the case of Choksi.
Over 24 crore vaccine doses provided to states, UTs so far: Centre
It also said that 1.93 crore Covid vaccine doses are still available with the states and UTs to be administered. The Centre has so far provided, both through the free of cost category and through direct state procurement category, more than 24 crore vaccine doses (24,21,29,250) to the states and Union Territories.Of this, the total consumption, including wastages is 22,27,33,963 doses (as per data available at 8 am on Friday)
Defence Ministry clears Navy's mega deal for submarine procurement
Two Indian companies and five foreign Original Equipment Manufacturers had already been shortlisted earlier. The mega deal was approved during the DAC meet on Friday led by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. The mega submarine project for building of indigenous submarines for the Navy got the final clearance wherein two Indian companies that can work in collaboration with a foreign manufacturer.
India records 1.32L cases, 2,713 Covid deaths
On June 1, India reported 1,27,510 cases lowest since April 8. On April 8, India had recorded 1,31,968 cases while on April 7, the country witnessed 1,26,789 fresh cases. Tamil Nadu was the largest contributor with almost 25,000 cases while in the metros the count in the last 24 hours was 487 in Delhi, 961 Mumbai, 3,533 in Bengaluru, 976 in Kolkata and 2,062 in Chennai.
Wheat procurement up by 5.44% over last year: Government
Food and Public Distribution Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey said that during current RMS, procurement of wheat is continuing smoothly in the procuring states of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, and Jammu and Kashmir at MSP, and upto June 2, a quantity of over 411.12 lakh metric tons (LMT) has been procured against the last year's total purchase of 389.92 LMT.
Alapan Bandyopadhyay replies to Centre's show-cause letter
The letter was sent to Bandyopadhyay, presently the Chief Advisor to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on May 31, the last day before his retirement. Though the full content of Bandyopadhyay's letter is not known yet, sources close to him said that the former Chief Secretary has defended his action of leaving the review meeting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi early along with Banerjee on May 28.
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