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The National Statistics Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) is organizing a “Conference of State Government Ministers on Strengthening of Statistical Systems” on 5th April, 2025 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.    The main objective of the conference is to highlight the importance of producing relevant, accurate, and timely statistics at both the national and sub-national levels, with a particular emphasis on the need for sub-national estimates for various socio-economic indicators. The discussion will also focus on emphasizing the key areas where deeper collaboration and partnership between the Centre and the States are not only desirable but crucial

Fundamentally wrong, was how Germany's outgoing chancellor, Olaf Scholz, described the new Trump tariffs.A unilateral attack - that was the view of Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.French President Emmanuel Macron called them brutal, unfounded and certain to have a "massive impact" on the European economy.He convened an emergency meeting with representatives of French businesses most affected by the newly announced 20% tariffs on EU goods sold to the US and issued a call to arms to European business "not to invest in America for some time until we have clarified things"."What message would we send by having major European players

In a significant blow to the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government in Kerala, the Union Ministry of Corporate Affairs has approved prosecution proceedings against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s daughter, T Veena, in a case involving alleged illegal payments from Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited (CMRL).The clearance came after the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) submitted its charge sheet before the Special Court for Economic Offences in Kochi.According to the SFIO’s findings, Veena and her firm, Exalogic Solutions, received Rs 2.73 crore from CMRL without providing any IT services in return. The SFIO stated that a formal agreement had been signed

New Delhi: The BJP has demanded an apology from Congress leader Sonia Gandhi over her remarks on the Waqf Bill. Mrs Gandhi termed the Waqf Bill a "brazen assault" on the Constitution, accusing the BJP of seeking to keep society in a state of "permanent polarisation."The Lok Sabha passed the Waqf amendment bill late on Thursday, leading to strong reactions from both the ruling party and the opposition.Speaking at a Congress Parliamentary Party meeting in Samvidhan Sadan, Mrs Gandhi claimed that the Bill was "bulldozed" through the lower house. She also criticised the proposed One Nation, One Election Bill, calling

The Army Commanders’ Conference, an apex level biannual event, is being held in New Delhi from 01st Apr to 04th April 2025.  During the event, Indian Army's apex leadership comprehensively deliberated upon all aspects of existing security scenarios, situation along the borders, in the hinterland and challenges for the present security apparatus. In addition, the conference also focused on issues pertaining to organisational restructuring, logistics, administration, human resource management, modernisation through indigenisation, induction of Niche technologies and assessment of impact of the various existing global situations. The main highlight of the third day of the conference was the address by