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• Feb 02, 2022 11:54 AM IST

  Budget focused on modernising agriculture, development in villages

  The budget also focused on modernizing Indian agriculture with a focus on organic farming. This will make farming more lucrative. Kisan drones and other machinery will be made available to the farmers at reasonable prices.

  The budget also focused on the development of villages at the border. NCC Centres will be brought in at schools situated at the border, the Prime Minister said. Read more

• Feb 02, 2022 11:30 AM IST

  Budget has provisions to take India in direction of modernity: PM Modi

  “It is very important for us to make a self-reliant & modern India. This Budget has several important provisions to take India forward in the direction of modernity. India’s economy is expanding continuously due to the decisions taken in the last 7 years,” says PM Modi.

• Feb 02, 2022 11:23 AM IST

  PM Modi addresses BJP workers day after Budget, says India will observe a new world order in post-Covid society

  There is a possibility of a new world order post-COVID pandemic. Today, the world’s perspective of looking at India has changed a lot. Now, the world wants to see a stronger India, says PM Narendra Modi while speaking on Union Budget 2022.

• Feb 02, 2022 10:40 AM IST

  Watch: Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya rides bicycle to Parliament

• Feb 02, 2022 10:18 AM IST

  Rajya Sabha observes silence to pay tribute to those who lost lives in Malaysia, Tonga

  Rajya Sabha Members observe silence in the memory of the people who lost their lives in heavy rainfall in Malaysia and volcanic eruption in Tonga.

• Feb 02, 2022 09:59 AM IST

  Zydus begins supply of its 3-dose Covid vaccine ZyCov-D to Centre

  Zydus has started supplies of its three-dose COVID-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D to Govt of India. The pharmaceutical company is also planning to make the vaccine available in the private market, the company issued a statement.

• Feb 02, 2022 09:21 AM IST

  India logs 1,61,386 new Covid-19 cases, positivity drops under 10%

  India recorded a total of 1,61,386 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. Active case count dropped to 3.90 per cent, while the daily positivity rate stood at 9.26 per cent.

  The number of deaths due to Covid-19 mounted to 1,733.

• Feb 02, 2022 09:03 AM IST

  CPI(M) Rajya Sabha floor leader Elamaram Kareem gives notice, demands discussion on Pegasus

  CPI(M) floor leader in Rajya Sabha Elamaram Kareem has given notice under rule 267 to suspend the business and discuss the Pegasus issue amid recent reports revealing Government of India’s engagement with Israeli firm NSO and purchase of the spyware.

• Feb 02, 2022 09:00 AM IST

  CPI MP Binoy Viswam gives suspension of business notice in Rajya Sabha

  CPI Rajya Sabha MP Binoy Viswam has given suspension of business notice under rule 267 demanding discussion on Pegasus spyware, reports news agency ANI.

• Feb 02, 2022 08:59 AM IST

  Parliament Budget session: Rahul Gandhi to be first to speak after President’s address

  Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is likely to be the first speaker in the debate on motion of thanks to the President’s address on Wednesday in Lok Sabha.

  According to ANI sources, 12 hours have been allotted to opposition parties to express their reply to the Presidential address during the motion of thanks in Lok Sabha. Congress has been allotted one hour out of the total 12 hours of opposition parties.

• Feb 02, 2022 08:42 AM IST

  Jinnah Tower in Andhra Pradesh’s Guntur district painted in Tricolour

  

  The Jinnah Tower in Andhra Pradesh’s Guntur has been painted in tricolour and arrangements will be made to hoist the national flag near it. The decision came after a controversy over its name. On January 26, Hindu Vahini activists tried to unfurl the national flag on the tower.

  “On the request of various groups, it was decided to decorate the tower with the tricolour and to construct a pole to hoist the national flag near the tower,” said Guntur East MLA Mohammed Musthafa, speaking to news agency ANI.

• Feb 02, 2022 08:19 AM IST

  Delhi air quality remains ‘very poor’, overall AQI 343

  Air quality in Delhi remains in ‘very poor’ category with overall AQI at 343, in Noida (UP) in ‘very poor’ category with overall AQI at 358 & in Gurugram (Haryana) in ‘very poor’ category with overall AQI at 313, as per System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR).

• Feb 02, 2022 07:06 AM IST

  ‘More like a manifesto’: Aaditya Thackeray on Union Budget

  “This budget looks more like a manifesto, In this budget mostly announcements are made & it will be important to see the outcome. Many cities are announced to be built as smart cities but no timeline has been given,” says Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray on the Union Budget 2022.

• Feb 02, 2022 07:04 AM IST

  ‘Unconditional apology’: Hindustani Bhau in court over student riots

  “We have tendered an unconditional apology in court. Our cause was right, we had come to support the students. Unfortunately, it was misused and it turned into a riot. We will cooperate in the police investigation,” said Mahesh Mulya, advocate of Vikas Fhatak alias Hindustani Bhau.

  Phatak has been sent to police custody by the court till February 4. 

  Dharavi Police arrested one more accused, Iqrar Khan Vakhar Khan. FIR under IPC Sec 353, 332 (Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from duty), 427, 109, 114(Abettor present when offence committed), 143(unlawful assembly), 145, 146 (rioting), 149, 188, 269, 270.

• Feb 02, 2022 06:24 AM IST

  UP polls: PM Modi to address BJP workers of 403 assemblies today

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually address Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers of all 403 assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh on “Atmanirbhar” (self-reliant) economy at 11am today.

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