Speaking at an event on Sunday where noted Marathi theatre actor Prashant Damle was felicitated for the 12,500th show of his play ‘Eka Lagnachi Gosht’, Shinde said the state government will support Marathi theatre and cinema The Maharashtra government will work on planning a film city between Mumbai and Thane cities to provide a wider …
Out of 584 candidates contesting in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly polls in phase two, about 147 candidates (25 per cent) have criminal cases registered against themselves, the Association for Democratic Reforms said on Wednesday. The Uttar Pradesh Election Watch and the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self sworn affidavits of 584 …
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Lok Sabha passed the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill on Monday which contains the provision of linking Aadhaar to an electoral roll to churn out fake voters, said Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju, adding that linking Aadhar is optional, not mandatory. Kiren Rijiju told ANI that the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill would …
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Countering opposition claims that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), if voted to power in West Bengal, will update the National Register of Citizens (NRC), thereby “taking away the citizenship rights of people”, Kailash Vijayvargiya, the saffron camp’s national general secretary, on April 4 reaffirmed that no such plan is on the radar. …
By Administrator_India Capital Sands The catastrophe of the corona virus has completely changed the way the world works. This is the reason that this time the session of the United Nations General Assembly is also going to be held in a virtual way. That is, this time a gathering of veteran leaders from all over the world …
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Equity benchmark indices on Wednesday (March 25) closed in the green amid expectations of fiscal measures being announced by the government. The Sensex was up 1,861.75 points or 6.98% at 28535.78, while the broader Nifty ended up 516.80 points or 6.62% at 8317.85. Major gainers on the Nifty were Reliance Industries, …
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Asian stocks rallied on Tuesday as the U.S. Federal Reserve’s sweeping pledge to spend whatever it took to stabilise the financial system eased debt market pressures, even if it could not offset the immediate economic hit of the coronavirus. While Wall Street seemed unimpressed, investors in Asia were encouraged enough to …
By Administrator_India, Capital Sands The world’s richest nations poured unprecedented aid into the global economy on Thursday as coronavirus cases ballooned in the new epicentre Europe, with the number of deaths in Italy outstripping those in mainland China, where the virus originated. With over 242,000 infections and nearly 10,000 deaths, the epidemic has stunned the …
By Administrator_India, Capital Sands The Trump administration pressed on Tuesday for enactment of a $1 trillion stimulus package, possibly to include $1,000 direct payments to individual Americans, to blunt the economic pain from a coronavirus outbreak that has killed over 100 people in the country. With cases of the respiratory illness reported in all 50 …
By Administrator_India, Capital Sands Most Asian shares fell on Tuesday a day after Wall Street’s historic market rout, with fleeting initial gains evaporating as the coronavirus remained a major risk to economic growth. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS gave up early gains to trade 0.43% lower. Japan’s Nikkei stock index .N225 slid 2.79% …
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