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- World
Former Afghan finance minister now drives Uber in Washington
Washington: Khalid Payenda, who was once Afghanistan’s finance minister, now makes a living in Washington as an Uber driver. A week before the Taliban seized Kabul, Payenda had resigned from his position…
- Telangana
Centre should fill up 15 lakh vacant posts, says Harish Rao
Hyderabad: Describing the decision to fill up 80,000 posts as ‘historic’, Finance minister T Harish Rao demanded that the Centre should do its job and fill up 15 lakhs vacant posts in…
- India
Chidambaram calls Centre no data available government
New Delhi: This is a no data available government’ said former finance minister P Chidambaram in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday over the ruling dispensation’s failure to have the record on oxygen shortage…
- Telangana
Union Budget: All key demands of Telangana ignored
Hyderabad: The Union Budget 2022-23 came as a big shock for Telangana as all its demands for additional funds and new projects were ignored. The budget speech of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman…
- India
Crypto not currencies as they are not issued by the central bank: Nirmala Sitharaman
New Delhi: Clarifying the Centre’s stance on crypto-currencies, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the government does not recognise such digital financial assets as they are not issued by the central…
- Technology
After mobile phones, India eyes smartwatches, earbuds manufacturing
New Delhi: After giving an impetus to mobile phones and laptop/tablet manufacturing locally, the government on Tuesday announced a new Phased Manufacturing Programme (PMP) for producing wrist wearable devices, hearable devices and…
- Business
Rs 45K cr for Ken-Betwa interlinking of rivers project
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced Rs 44,605 crore for the implementation of Ken-Betwa river link project which is necessary for irrigation of Bundelkhand region, prompting critical remarks from…
- India
Spectrum auctions to be conducted in 2022 to facilitate roll-out of 5G services: FM
New Delhi: The government will conduct a spectrum auction this year, which will facilitate the roll-out of 5G services by private telecom operators during the financial year 2022-23, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman…
