The Hindu Morning Digest: February 29, 2024

The Hindu Morning Digest: February 29, 2024

India is a consensus builder in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) by playing a key role in the process, but some countries are breaking that, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said. File | Photo Credit: ANI India is consensus builder at WTO, but certain nations are breaking that on certain issues, says Goyal India … Read more

Congress, IUML complete seat-sharing discussion, announcement on February 27

Congress, IUML complete seat-sharing discussion, announcement on February 27

UDF Leaders P.K. Kunjalikutty, V.D. Satheesan. File. | Photo Credit: S. MAHINSHA The Congress and the Indian Union Muslim League on February 25 concluded crucial seat-sharing discussion ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. Though the Congress and the League leaders who took part in the deliberations termed the discussion as satisfactory, they refused to divulge … Read more

The Hindu Morning Digest: February 25, 2024

The Hindu Morning Digest: February 25, 2024

People walk past a residential building damaged as a result of shelling in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, on February 24, 2024, amid the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict. | Photo Credit: AFP Indian ‘helper’ dies in Russian war zone Hemil Ashvinbhai Mangukiya, a 23-year-old man from Gujarat who was hired as a security helper by the Russian Army, … Read more

Priyanka Gandhi to join Rahul-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in U.P.’s Moradabad on February 24

Priyanka Gandhi to join Rahul-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in U.P.’s Moradabad on February 24

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra at AICC headquarters in New Delhi. FILE | Photo Credit: PTI Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will join the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Moradabad on Saturday and will be part of the campaign for the remainder of the Uttar Pradesh leg over the weekend in the districts of … Read more

The Hindu Morning Digest: February 22, 2024

The Hindu Morning Digest: February 22, 2024

Farmers engaged in harvesting and loading of sugarcane in Belagavi district of Karnataka. File photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu Centre increases Fair and Remunerative Price of sugarcane The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, met here on Wednesday, approved ₹ 340/quintal as the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) of sugarcane for Sugar Season 2024-25 at … Read more

PM Modi to launch projects worth ₹30,500 crore in Jammu and Kashmir on February 20

PM Modi to launch projects worth ₹30,500 crore in Jammu and Kashmir on February 20

A file photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi | Photo Credit: PTI All eyes in J&K are on the upcoming public rally in Jammu to be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 20. He is likely to inaugurate and announce projects worth ₹30,500 crore and formally kick off the party’s campaign for the Lok … Read more

Nitin Gadkari to visit Shivamogga to inaugurate, lay foundation stone for road works on February 22

Nitin Gadkari to visit Shivamogga to inaugurate, lay foundation stone for road works on February 22

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari will be visiting Shivamogga on February 22, Thursday, to inaugurate roads and lay foundation stones for works involving a total expense of ₹6,168.41 crores. Shivamogga Lok Sabha member B.Y. Raghavendra, in a press conference in Shivamogga on Monday, said the programme would be held at Nehru … Read more

The Hindu Morning Digest, February 18, 2024

The Hindu Morning Digest, February 18, 2024

West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights (WBCPCR) Chairperson Tulika Das arrives in Khulna, Sandeshkhali to meet the woman whose child was snatched and thrown away by unknown persons, in North 24 Parganas on February 17, 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI 10 dead in blast at fireworks unit in Tamil Nadu’s Sattur Ten workers … Read more

Farmers’ protest 2024 Updates: Centre-farmers to hold fourth round of meeting on February 18

Farmers’ protest 2024 Updates: Centre-farmers to hold fourth round of meeting on February 18

“We appeal to PM again… not a question of Punjab or Haryana alone”: Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher Amid a third round of talks with the central government ending in a stalemate, the General Secretary of Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, Sarwan Singh Pandher on Friday urged an intervention on part of Prime Minister Narendra … Read more

Farmers, Union Ministers to hold talks for third time on February 15

Farmers, Union Ministers to hold talks for third time on February 15

Farmers walk towards Delhi as part of their ‘Delhi Chalo’ protest near the Shambhu Barrier in Punjab on February 14, 2024. | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP Even as protesting farmers from Punjab continue to camp near different locations on the boundary with Haryana, farmer representatives and Union Ministers will hold another set of talks … Read more