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Maharashtra Govt Will Plan Film City Between Mumbai And Thane: CM Eknaath Shinde
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Maharashtra Govt Will Plan Film City Between Mumbai And Thane: CM Eknaath Shinde

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 platform to artists, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has said 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 There is a lot of shooting happening in Thane too,” he said, adding that a film city will be planned between Mumbai and Thane. Thane is Located 23 km from the State Capital. S...
Govt may not take up cryptocurrency Bill in ongoing Parliament session
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Govt may not take up cryptocurrency Bill in ongoing Parliament session

By Administrator_India Capital Sands The government had listed the Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill 2021 for tabling and passage in this session A Union Cabinet meeting on Wednesday did not discuss a Bill regulating cryptocurrencies, which means that Parliament’s Winter Session ending on December 23 is unlikely to take up the legislation. The government had listed the Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill 2021 for tabling and passage in this session. While the written listing had said that the Bill would prohibit all private cryptocurrencies in India, it was later clarified that the descriptor had been carried over from the listing of the Budget Session of Parliament. The Bill had not been introduced then and was not listed ...
New UP Cabinet members assigned portfolios, Jitin Prasada gets technical education ministry
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New UP Cabinet members assigned portfolios, Jitin Prasada gets technical education ministry

By Administrator_India Capital Sands The seven newly inducted Cabinet members in Uttar Pradesh were assigned portfolios on September 27, with former Congress leader Jitin Prasada being allotted the technical education ministry. Prasada, a top Brahmin leader in the state who joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in June this year, was the only minister to be sworn-in on September 26 as part of the Cabinet expansion exercise. Six others, all of them BJP legislators, were inducted as ministers of state (MoS). As per a statement issued by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Twitter, MoS Paltu Ram has been assigned soldier welfare, homeguard and PAC charge; Sangita Balwant gets cooperative, Dharmvir Prajapati gets industrial development department, Chhatrapal Singh Gangwar gets reve...
West Bengal Election 2021: No NRC in WB if BJP comes to power, says Kailash Vijayvargiya
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West Bengal Election 2021: No NRC in WB if BJP comes to power, says Kailash Vijayvargiya

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. He, however, stated that the party intends to implement the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and provide rights to refugees who fled religious persecution in neighbouring countries and moved to India. "We are only looking forward to implementing the CAA after the elections, as promised in the manifesto. It is an important issue for us, as we strive to grant citizenship to the persecuted refugees. We do not hav...
This time the UN session will be virtual, PM Modi’s address on September 26
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This time the UN session will be virtual, PM Modi’s address on September 26

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 will not be seen in New York. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also give his address in this session virtually. According to the list of speakers released by the United Nations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address on 26 September. Speeches will begin on this day only with the address of PM Narendra Modi. The United Nations is completing 75 years of its formation, so this session is going to be special. But due to corona crisis there will not be a Mahajashn...
Hong Kong legislature passes controversial China national anthem bill
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Hong Kong legislature passes controversial China national anthem bill

By Administrator_India Capital Sands   Hong Kong’s Legislative Council passed a controversial national anthem bill on Thursday that would make disrespecting China’s national anthem a criminal offence, a move critics see as the latest sign of Beijing’s tightening grip on the city. The ruling could stoke further protests just as people in Hong Kong are set to commemorate the bloody 1989 crackdown by Chinese troops in and around Tiananmen Square by lighting candles across the city.
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Fed, BoE push deeper into uncharted territory in face of coronavirus slump

By Administrator_India Capital Sands The U.S. Federal Reserve and the Bank of England ramped up their emergency responses to the world’s escalating coronavirus recession on Thursday as they pushed deeper into territory once considered fraught with risk for central bankers. The Fed, in its boldest move to date to soften the historic shutdown of much of the U.S. economy, pledged $2.3 trillion to help local governments on the front lines of the health crisis and to prop up small and mid-sized businesses. In London, the BoE said it would allow Britain’s government to run up an unlimited overdraft as the state promises to pay wages to millions of people laid off during shutdown, cut taxes for businesses and expand its welfare system. With central banks around the world trying to...
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Trump thanks India for decision on anti-malaria drug

By Administrator_India Capital Sands President Donald Trump on Wednesday thanked India for its decision to increase exports of the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, an unproven treatment that Trump has promoted in the fight against the novel coronavirus. India said on Tuesday it will allow some exports of hydroxychloroquine after Trump urged New Delhi to release supplies of the drug seen as a possible treatment for COVID-19. “Extraordinary times require even closer cooperation between friends. Thank you India and the Indian people for the decision on HCQ. Will not be forgotten! Thank you Prime Minister @NarendraModi for your strong leadership in helping not just India, but humanity, in this fight!” Trump wrote on Twitter.
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COVID-19 cases and deaths rising, debt relief needed for poorest nations

By Administrator_India Capital Sands The head of the World Health Organization voiced deep concern on Wednesday about the rapid escalation and global spread of COVID-19 cases from the new coronavirus, which has now reached 205 countries and territories. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that his agency, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund backed debt relief to help developing countries cope with the pandemic’s social and economic consequences. “In the past five weeks there has been a near-exponential growth in the number of new cases and the number of deaths has more than doubled in the past week,” Tedros told a virtual news conference at the organisation’s Geneva headquarters. “In the next few days we will reach 1 million confirmed cases a...
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India and Pakistan crack down on Muslim group emerging as COVID-19 cluster

By Administrator_India Capital Sands India and Pakistan sealed off centers belonging to a Muslim missionary group on Tuesday and began investigating how many coronavirus cases were linked to its activities. Tablighi Jamaat is a Deobandi Sunni Muslim missionary movement that preaches worldwide. Every year, tens of thousands attend its congregations in the Pakistani city of Lahore and other parts of South Asia. India has so far registered 32 deaths from 1,251 confirmed infections, and Pakistan 20 from 1,914. The numbers are small compared with the United States, Italy or China but health officials say both countries have weak public health systems that could be overwhelmed by a surge in cases.New Delhi’s city administration has flagged a Muslim quarter where the 100-year-old ...