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27Apr By Ankita SinghNo Comments

INDIA

Big Economy Boost- Indian PM Flags Off First Flight Under UDAN Scheme

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated the maiden Shimla-New Delhi flight under a government scheme called UDAN or "Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik" to boost regional air connectivity. The flight is being operated by Alliance Air, a subsidiary of Air India. The airline has deployed its 42-seater ATR plane on this sector. The prime minister also simultaneously flagged off regional connectivity scheme (RCS) flights on the Kadapa, Hyderabad and Nanded-Hyderabad sectors through video- conferencing. With the RCS scheme, the government aims at connecting 45 unserved and under-served airports and make flying affordable by capping fares at Rs 2500 per seat/ hour. Five airlines were awarded 128 routes under the scheme last month after a bidding process. Under t...

Now Earn Rs 10 For Every Person You Refer to The BHIM App

14Apr By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

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Now Earn Rs 10 For Every Person You Refer to The BHIM App

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday suggested an easy way for youngsters to make a quick buck this summer vacation. He said for every person you introduce to the BHIM app, you will get a cash back of Rs 10. "If you refer a mere 20 people a day to the app, you can earn Rs 200," he said. Notably, the PM had recently expressed gratitude to the people saying over the last few months the country had witnessed an atmosphere in which people in large numbers participated in the digital payment, the 'Digidhan' movement. Pushing for a less-cash economy, PM Narendra Modi said the government's 'DigiDhan' movement for digital payment is a step towards curbing the menace of corruption. While paying rich tributes to Dr B R Ambedkar on his 126th birth anniversary at the Deekshabhoomi here, ...

13Apr By PriyankaNo Comments

INDIA

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Most Followed World Leader on Instagram

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emerged as the most followed world leader on photo-sharing app Instagram with a whopping 6.9 million followers, surpassing US President Donald Trump. Modi, who has put out 101 posts till date, is also the most "effective world leader" on the platform, a conclusion that was reached based on the comments and likes that his posts garner. The findings are part of a global study, "World Leaders on Instagram", that analysed the activity of around 325 Instagram accounts of heads of state and government and foreign ministers over the last one year. Trump, who occupies the second spot, has 6.3 million followers while Pope Francis is in third place with 3.7 million followers, ahead of the White House account with 3.4 million followers. The study, undertak...

Woman Entrepreneur Writes to PM Modi Against Stayzilla Fraud

3Apr By AdityaNo Comments

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Woman Entrepreneur Writes to PM Modi Against Stayzilla Fraud

The woman proprietor of Chennai-based advertising Jigsaw Solutions, which was allegedly defrauded of Rs 1.69 crore by Stayzilla, today urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government to address issues of funding and transparent business models at the earliest. Radha Shekhar, in a letter to Modi, said this was needed to avoid any suffering women entrepreneurs like her face at the hands of a few 'unscrupulous businessmen' posing as startups. Jigsaw had alleged Stayzilla had defrauded it of about Rs 1.68 crore for services it rendered since last year. Yogendra Vasupal, co-founder of Stayzilla, an online hotel and homestay booking company, was arrested on March 14 for alleged cheating and criminal intimidation. He has twice been denied bail. Radha also wrote to IT Minister Ravi ...

Modi Privately Took Amazon to Task Over Insulting Flag Doormat

31Mar By reutersNo Comments

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Modi Privately Took Amazon to Task Over Insulting Flag Doormat

India's reaction to an Amazon.com website selling doormats resembling the country's flag involved an unprecedented public and private offensive against the US company by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, a document shows. Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj publicly threatened in January to rescind visas of Amazon employees if the doormats were not removed from its Canadian website. But a document seen by Reuters shows the government went even further in private, asking its US and Canadian embassies to raise the matter "strongly" with Amazon's senior leadership. India also escalated the matter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and prompted a global audit by the company to "ensure that such products are not listed on any of its other" websites around the world, according to the docu...

17Mar By NitishNo Comments

INDIA

Following Prime Minister Footsteps, This Indian State Head (CM) Comes Out With His Own Mobile App

Apparently taking a cue from the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today launched his own mobile app. Launching `Mobile App Shivraj Singh Chouhan, he said use of technology was crucial for a better administration. "This is an important step in a bid to offer an efficient administration and would prove to be a strong digital medium to connect with the public. This will enable the people to connect (with him) in a short time and they can share their suggestions and problems as well," he said. The app will help in speedy redressal of peoples grievances, Chouhan said. S K Mishra, Principal Secretary, Public Relations, said the app was available for download on Google Playstore. News related to the Chief Minister, his programs, audio a...

UP Assembly Polls: BJP Ahead in 305 Seats, Leaders Credit ‘Modi wave’

11Mar By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

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UP Assembly Polls: BJP Ahead in 305 Seats, Leaders Credit ‘Modi wave’

The BJP and its allies marched ahead in 305 Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh as per trends from all the 403 seats, which showed the SP-Congress coalition leading in 68 places and BSP in only 20. Trends available till midday showed that the saffron party and its allies Apna Dal (Soneylal Patel) and Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) were way ahead, relegating rivals SP-Congress combine and the BSP to the second and third slots. The fledgling SP-Congress coalition was ahead in 70 seats (SP in 59 and Congress in 11), while BSP trailed far behind with leads in only 18 places. Gayatri Prajapati, who is absconding after the UP Police booked him in an alleged gangrape case and attempt to rape a minor, was trailing in Amethi, where Garima Singh (BJP), the first wife of Congress leader...

Reliance Jio, Paytm Apologise For Using PM’s Photo in Print Ads

11Mar By PriyankaNo Comments

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Reliance Jio, Paytm Apologise For Using PM’s Photo in Print Ads

Reliance Jio and Paytm have apologised for their "inadvertent mistake" in using Prime Minister Narendra Modi's photograph in their advertisements without permission, the government today informed Parliament. The Ministry of Consumer Affairs had sent notices to both the companies under the Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act of 1950, which bars use of Prime Minister's name and picture for commercial use. "Clarifications were sought by the Department of Consumer Affairs from Paytm and Reliance Jio wherein they have apologised for their inadvertent mistake," Minister of State for Consumer Affairs C R Chaudhary said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha. The two companies used the photograph of the Prime Minister in their respective full page advertisements contraven...

Indian Government Made No Provision to Allocate Funds to Startups Under Startup India Initiative

14Feb By AnkitaNo Comments

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Indian Government Made No Provision to Allocate Funds to Startups Under Startup India Initiative

The government has made no provision for its ambitious India Aspiration Fund, part of StartUp India initiative, for the next financial year and has reduced the allocation to Rs 100 crore from Rs 600 crore made earlier for the current fiscal. In order to provide support to startups through Fund of Fund operations, IAF, with a corpus of Rs 2,000 crore, was launched by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in August 2015 to enhance the equity availability to MSMEs. LIC was also made partner and co-investor in the India Aspiration Fund managed by SIDBI. As per the Budget 2017-18 document, the government had made allocation of Rs 500 crore for 2015-16 when the fund was launched. In the following year, a provision of Rs 600 crore was made but reduced significantly to Rs 100 crore as per the ...

Indian PM Modi Led Cabinet Approved 2351 Crore For Digital Saksharta Abhiyan

10Feb By PriyankaNo Comments

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Indian PM Modi Led Cabinet Approved 2351 Crore For Digital Saksharta Abhiyan

The Cabinet today approved 'Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan' with an outlay of Rs 2,351.38 crore to make 6 crore rural households digitally literate by March 2019. "The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved 'Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan' (PMGDISHA) to make 6 crore rural households digitally literate. The outlay for this project is Rs 2,351.38 crore to usher in digital literacy in rural India by March 2019," an official statement said. This is in line with the announcement made by the Finance Minister in the Union Budget 2017, it added. "PMGDISHA is expected to be one of the largest digital literacy programmes in the world," the statement said. Under the scheme, 25 lakh candidates will be trained in the fiscal year ...

26Dec By AdityaNo Comments

INDIA

Prime Minister Unveiled 2 Lucky Draw Schemes To Promote Cashless India Vision

With an eye on cashless economy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today unveiled two schemes "Lucky Grahak Yojana and Digi Dhan Vyapaar Yojana" for customers and traders alike to promote mobile banking and e-payments. Making his last monthly address this year in his Mann ki Baat programme, he said there is "an atmosphere of curiosity" in the country as to what is cashless, how cashless business can take place and how one can make purchases without using cash. "To encourage this trend, strengthen mobile banking and inculcate the habit of making e-payments, the government is launching from today encouragement schemes for consumers as well as traders. To encourage customers, the scheme is Lucky Grahak Yojana and to encourage traders, the scheme is Digi Dhan Vyapaar Yojana," he said. Modi...

Facebook Gets Over 6,000 Data Requests From India

24Dec By NitishNo Comments

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Facebook Gets Over 6,000 Data Requests From India

Social networking giant Facebook received 6,324 requests from Indian government agencies for 8,290 users/accounts in the first half of 2016. This is the second highest after the US, which made 23,854 requests for 38,951 users/accounts during January-June 2016, according to Facebook's Government Requests Report. Requests from India have increased, a trend seen globally as well from the previous period. Indian agencies had made 5,561 requests for 7,018 users/accounts in July-December 2015 period. Facebook said it was able to produce "some data" in 53.59 per cent of the cases in the first half of 2016, compared to just over 50 per cent in the July-December 2015 period. Government requests for account data increased by 27 per cent globally compared to the last half of 2015, increasing ...