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November 21, 2025 9:35 PM

Bihar Cabinet expansion: Portfolios distributed a day after oath-taking ceremony

A day after taking oath as Bihar Chief Minister for the tenth time, Nitish Kumar on Friday allocated cabinet portfolios, handing over the Home Department to ally Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). For the first time since assuming office in 2005, Nitish ...

November 21, 2025 8:04 PM

IWAI inks MoUs worth ₹3,000 crore to boost inland waterways and logistics in Northeast

The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) on Friday signed a series of major agreements valued at about ₹3,000 crore to boost cargo movement, passenger transport and river-based tourism in the Northeast. The MoUs were inked during India Mariti...

November 21, 2025 6:51 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in South Africa to attend G20 Leaders’ Summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Johannesburg on Friday to participate in the G20 Leaders’ Summit, scheduled from November 21 to 23. He was accorded a ceremonial welcome upon landing. The 2025 summit marks the first time the G20 is being ho...

November 21, 2025 5:26 PM

Centre moves to streamline MGNREGA processes with Aadhaar-based e-KYC integration

The Ministry of Rural Development on Friday said that 99.67 per cent of active workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) have been Aadhaar-seeded. The Ministry stated that Aadhaar-based e-KYC will now be used ...

November 21, 2025 5:31 PM

PM Modi congratulates winners and participants of Kashi MP Sports Competition

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday congratulated the winners and participants of the Kashi MP Sports Competition, commending the enthusiasm and energy displayed by young athletes from the region. In a post on X, the Prime Minister said, “My he...

November 21, 2025 4:29 PM

Pemmasani reviews measures to curb revenue leakage in Department of Posts

Union Minister of State for Communications and Rural Development, Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar, chaired a high-level review meeting on Friday to assess revenue leakage issues within the Department of Posts (DoP). He urged officials to adopt stronger oper...

November 21, 2025 5:39 PM

Four Labour Codes come into force from today, reforming 29 existing laws

The Centre on Friday announced the implementation of the four Labour Codes - the Code on Wages (2019), Industrial Relations Code (2020), Code on Social Security (2020), and Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (OSHWC) Code (2020). The C...

November 21, 2025 3:55 PM

L Murugan inaugurates Masterclass Series at 56th IFFI; spotlight on AI, sustainability and women-led cinema

Union Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs Loganathan Murugan inaugurated the Masterclass Series at the 56th International Film Festival of India (IFFI 2025) at the Kala Academy on Friday. The Masterclass Se...

November 21, 2025 3:50 PM

Kyiv says work continues on technical level between teams to study US proposals

Ukraine called on its partners to respect its position as work continues on the technical level to study a U.S.-backed plan to end the war, a senior Ukrainian official said on Friday. Rustem Umerov, the secretary of the National Security and Defence...

November 21, 2025 1:46 PM

President Droupadi Murmu offers prayers at Tirumala temple

President Droupadi Murmu on Friday offered prayers at the Sri Venkateswara Temple atop Tirumala hill near Tirupati. Murmu left the Padmavati Guest House in the morning and, following tradition, first visited the Sri Bhu Varahaswamy Temple. From ther...

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