Last Updated: August 11, 2024, 09:14 IST During his distinguished career, Singh wore many hats, and for his service to the nation, the former external affairs minister was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1984. (@SureshNain35252/X) Singh was India’s External Affairs Minister for the period 2004-05 during the UPA-I government led by the then Prime Minister …
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be presenting the Union Budget 2024-25 on July 23, 2024. It will be a record seventh consecutive Budget presentation for Ms. Sitharaman. Also read: Budget 2024 LIVE News, highlights: 23 July Previously, Morarji Desai presented the Union Budget for six times consecutively. Interestingly, Morarji Desai presented budgets for …
Deputy National Security Advisor (NSA) Vikram Misri was named the next Foreign Secretary on June 28. Misri, a 1989 batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, will be appointed as India’s new Foreign Secretary with effect from July 15 succeeding the incumbent Vinay Kwatra. Misri’s appointment comes as India looks to navigate various foreign policy challenges …
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. | Photo Credit: AP Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “lowering the dignity of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) with hate speeches”, his predecessor Dr. Manmohan Singh denied that he ever singled out a community for special treatment. “I have been keenly following the political discourse during this election campaign. …
Former PM Manmohan Singh also served as a Rajya Sabha MP (File). New Delhi: Ex-Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, 91, has made an emotional appeal to Punjab voters before voting Saturday in the final phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha election – to make the most of a “final chance to ensure our democracy and …
Former prime minister Manmohan Singh is likely to retire from public life after a five-decade-long storied career, people aware of the matter said on Thursday, adding that the 91-year-old leader’s frail health had rendered discharging his duties as a parliamentarian very difficult. Former prime minister Manmohan Singh. (AFP File Photo) Singh, who has been a …
New Delhi: The UPA government had “inherited a healthy economy but made it non-performing in 10 years,” the Centre said in its comparative White Paper on the 10 years of the UPA and the decade under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In an all-out attack on the Congress ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the Centre …
In 2014, as UPA II struggled to control the damage emanating from the various scam allegations against it, the BJP — in a hope to strike back under Narendra Modi — used this card to accuse the Manmohan Singh government of not doing enough to ensure lives of the common man improved, even as ministers …
Sharmistha Mukherjee, the daughter of late former President and Congress veteran Pranab Mukherjee, said her father was upset about the way party leader Rahul Gandhi trashed an ordinance that was brought in by the then UPA government in 2013 to save convicted leaders like RJD supremo Lalu Yadav from disqualification. In an exclusive interview with …
Curated By: Nibandh Vinod Last Updated: August 14, 2023, 08:51 IST An image of Independence Day 2022 programme at the Red Fort posted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on microblogging site X, formerly known as Twitter. (Image: @narendramodi/X) Independence Day 2023: From Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s speech on August 15, 1947, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s …