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After census, Muslim population of India will likely be same as Indonesia: Kiren RijijuUnion Minister Kiren Rijiju stated that India's Muslim population is projected to equal Indonesia's following the upcoming census. He empha...
Expanding ties: India’s Minority Affairs Minister & MoS MEA visit historic MadinahThe delegation visited the perimeter of the Prophet's Mosque (Al Masjid Al Nabwi) in the Markazia area of Madinah. This was followed by a v...
Prez accepts resignations of Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, RCP Singh; Smriti Irani given charge of Minority Affairs MinistryAccording to the Rashtrapati Bhavan statement, "...as advised by the Prime Minister, the President has directed that Smriti Zubin Irani, Ca...
Govt in process to get Cabinet nod for mega textile park scheme, Parliament toldTextiles minister Smriti Zubin Irani also told Rajya Sabha that the proposal for closure of British India Corporation Ltd. (BICL) is in the...
New Textile Policy at draft stage, government tells Parliament“The New Textile Policy is being formulated by holding widespread consultations with various associations, industry bodies, State Governmen...
WCD, AYUSH ministries sign MoU for integration of AYUSH systems with ongoing nutrition interventionsThe AYUSH Ministry will provide support to beneficiaries of the umbrella Integrated Child Development Services programme of the women and c...
Weavers’ service centres upgradation, new scheme to connect weavers with market on anvil: Textiles ministry"There are 28 Weaver Service Centres in India. We had asked students of NIFT to upgrade them with respect to marketing and research,” Irani...
Overall global slowdown impacted textiles but no report on decline in industry: Smriti Irani“Overall global growth slowdown no doubt impacted the growth of most of the domestic sectors including textiles and subsequent improved dem...
Textile exports up 6.3% post-GSTBesides, Bangladesh and Vietnam have the benefit of scale in apparel manufacturing and a large and productive labour force. In a separate r...
Apparel exports up 5% post Generalised System of Preferences withdrawal: Smriti Irani“Post-withdrawal of GSP, imports of apparel will be subject to higher tariff. As per provisional data, exports of apparel (post withdrawal ...
VisionNxt initiative to help handloom sector make products as per market requirement: Textiles MinisterTextiles Minister Smriti Zubin Irani Tuesday launched three projects of National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) including VisionNXT...
Allow inspection of Smriti Irani's board record: CIC to CBSEThe office of Union Minister of Textiles and the Holy Child Auxilium School, Delhi, from where she claimed to have passed out, have also in...
Smriti Irani: Stunning rise and a sudden demotionHer aggression over contentious issues, most notably the one over the confrontation in JNU, and combativeness towards leading members of th...
Jorhat MP and tea association seek inclusion of tea in school curriculumLok Sabha MP from Jorhat, Kamakhya Tassa, has also put his weight behind the proposal made out by North Eastern Tea Association (NETA).
HRD ministry sets up committee to institutionalize teacher education internship programmesThe Committee on internship includes State Education Secretaries of Rajasthan, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Tripura and representatives of NCTE ...
IIT Guwahati to train 10,000 teachers in AssamUnion human resource development minister Smriti Zubin Irani also announced a cash incentive of Rs one lakh for the faculty member who deve...
Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das urges Centre to take steps for setting up an IIIT on PPP modeIn his letter to the Union Minister, Das said the IIIT would play an important part in meeting the requirements of Digital India and the in...
Former Plan Panel secretary Sindhushree Khullar appointed NITI Aayog's CEOBibek Debroy & ex-DRDO chief V K Saraswat have already been appointed as full-time members by PM Narendra Modi who is the Chairman of the b...
People's suggestions to be taken for New Education Policy: Smriti IraniThe government would use all the media -- print, electronic and Internet -- for engaging the society in the process, Irani said.
Narendra Modi introduces ministers in Lok SabhaOthers introduced by the Prime Minister included Social Justice and Empowerment Minister T C Gehlot and HRD Minister Smriti Zubin Irani.