Harikishan Sharma

While President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will formally inaugurate the TIIF on Wednesday, pre-opening sessions and a “Discover Uzbekistan's Industrial and Investment Potential” exhibition were held on Tuesday.

The announcement came amid concern over China's move to limit the exports of rare earth alloys and magnets.

After chairing a review meeting, held over video conference, with state agriculture ministers, senior officials and district collectors, Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that 315 districts across the country were likely to be affected due to low monsoon rainfall.

An investigation by The Indian Express has found that apart from Union Agriculture Minister Bhagirath Choudhary, three family members of Naresh Pal Gangwar, a senior IAS officer and Ministry Secretary, collectively claimed over ₹1.16 crore in NHB horticulture subsidies across five years. This is the second story of that investigation.

As MoS Agriculture, Bhagirath Choudhary is ex-officio Vice-President of the board that approved his Rajasthan project for horticulture scheme; his is one of only 467 approvals last year; his aide says details will be disclosed to government.

The scheme's purpose is to promote commercial farming (for profit) of horticultural crops on a large scale. Up to 50% of the project cost, capped at Rs 1 crore per family, is available as subsidy under it.

Each secretary will have a strict three-minute window to brief Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the actions taken and plans to implement the deregulation and reform agenda.

Most southern states see smaller hikes in wages under the VB-G RAM G Act in comparison to the prevailing MGNREGA rates.

The Ministry of External Affairs has shown interest in leasing at least one of the two floors owned by the National Institute of Open Schooling at NBCC's World Trade Center in Delhi.

Union Cooperation Minister Amit Shah rejected concerns about central interference, stating that even Opposition-led states haven't complained since the ministry's formation five years ago.