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December 13, 2025 12:15 PM December 13, 2025 12:15 PM

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EC Appoints Special Roll Observers to Oversee SIR

The Election Commission has appointed Special Roll Observers (SROs) to oversee the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the Electoral Rolls in eight major states. The observers have been assigned to West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan. T...

December 13, 2025 7:58 AM December 13, 2025 7:58 AM

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Govt Approves ‘CoalSETU’ Policy for Coal Linkage Auctions

The government has approved the 'CoalSETU' policy, creating a new window for the auction of coal linkages for diverse industrial uses and exports to ensure fair access and optimal utilisation of the resource.   The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi yes...

December 13, 2025 7:53 AM December 13, 2025 7:53 AM

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Communications Ministry, BSE Partner to Train Postal Staff as Mutual Fund Distributors

The Ministry of Communications and Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in New Delhi yesterday to train and certify postal employees as mutual fund distributors. The select postal workers will provide investor services and facilitate mutual fund transactions through...

December 13, 2025 7:39 AM December 13, 2025 7:39 AM

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Self-Reliance Key to Meet Defence Challenges: Sanjeev Kumar

Secretary (Defence Production) in Ministry of Defence, Sanjeev Kumar has stressed on the need to achieve self-reliance in defence manufacturing to deal with conventional and unconventional challenges of today. Mr Kumar said this while delivering a lecture organised by the Comptroller and Auditor Gen...

December 13, 2025 7:28 AM December 13, 2025 7:28 AM

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CoalSETU Policy to Boost Energy Security, Says PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said, the approval of the CoalSETU policy by the Union Cabinet is an important step towards strengthening India's energy security and accelerating growth. In a social media post yesterday, Mr Modi said, the CoalSETU policy will create a new window to enable seamless,...

December 13, 2025 7:59 AM December 13, 2025 7:59 AM

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PM Modi to Embark on Three-Nation Visit to Jordan, Ethiopia, Oman

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a three-nation visit to Jordan, Ethiopia, and Oman beginning on Monday. Briefing the media in New Delhi last evening, Secretary (South) in the Ministry of External Affairs, Dr. Neena Malhotra, said the Prime Minister will visit Jordan from the 15th to the ...

December 12, 2025 10:26 PM December 12, 2025 10:26 PM

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India’s Retail Inflation Rises to 0.71% in November

India’s retail inflation rose to 0.71 per cent in November this year on an annual basis, up from a record low of 0.25 per cent recorded in October. According to data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, inflation in rural areas edged up to 0.1 per cent, and to 1.4 per...

December 12, 2025 10:21 PM December 12, 2025 10:21 PM

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Calcutta High Court Allows Over-Aged SSC Candidates to Appear for Interviews

Calcutta High Court today directed the School Service Commission to call for an interview to the over-aged candidates who were waitlisted in the School Service Commission (SSC) examination of 2016, and who successfully cleared the re-examination this year. Justice Amrita Sinha pronounced the order a...

December 12, 2025 10:16 PM December 12, 2025 10:16 PM

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Sudha Murty Inaugurates ‘Craftkatha 2025’ to Celebrate India’s Handicraft Heritage

Rajya Sabha MP, Sudha Murty, today inaugurated “Craftkatha - 2025”, an exhibition showcasing artisans from across India, as part of the National Handicrafts and Heritage Week 2025 celebrations in New Delhi. The Ministry of Textiles said that this exhibition aims to celebrate the country's artistic h...