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Modi took extraordinary pride in his government's anti-plastic drive. “This has not been done by Narendra Modi alone. The people of India has taken it upon themselves to make India free of plastics. These are extraordinary times and we should not leave any opportunity to transform our action,” the Prime Minister said. … [Read more...] about ‘Will we?’ to ‘we will’ is new India, says PM Modi at Manorama News Conclave 2019

The showing of Bloomberg, the owner of the news and financial service company that bears his name and a former New York mayor, against Trump in the national poll is a surprise as he is at the third place in the polls for Democratic Party nomination and hasn`t participated in party elections so far. But he is climbing fast, reaching 14.2 percent on Thursday from 10 percent on Sunday, while former Vice President Joe Biden, the centrist and one-time front-runner, has been steadily falling from 23.9 percent to 19.2 percent during the same period, according to RCP averages. … [Read more...] about Donald Trump soars in job approval ratings, but Democrats ahead in polls

We haven’t even discussed the colossal file of opposition research waiting for Mr Sanders in the general election - decades of zany policy positions, quotes defending the Soviet Union, praise for dictators like Fidel Castro, and whatever else is lurking in his past. … [Read more...] about The Sanders delusion: How the Democratic Party could sabotage its own chances against Donald Trump

WASHINGTON: The "enhanced strategic partnership" announced by President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is a major development in the collaboration between the two countries in energy and sustainable development, the US has said. "Our partnership is robust, reliable, enduring and expanding. We can together build a clean sustainable future that President Obama and Prime Minister Modi are committed to," US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said in his address yesterday to the 5th US-India Energy Partnership Summit organised here by The Energy Research Institute (TERI) in association with Yale University. Highly appreciate of the steps being taken by Modi in this area, Moniz said the Prime Minister "is providing a new momentum". In the area of finding low-carbon energy solutions for India's ambitious plans, Moniz said nuclear energy is an area where we need to step up collaboration. Moniz pointed out four areas "we have a strong base to build on" namely, new US-India … [Read more...] about India, US can work together to build sustainable future: Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz

When oil prices slumped in the second half of 2014 and 2015, the government hiked excise duty on petrol and diesel nine times to mop up additional revenues that helped it meet revenue and fiscal deficit targets. In all, it raised excise duty on petrol by Rs 11.77 a litre and that on diesel by Rs 13.47 a litre. … [Read more...] about Bluster is not substitute of statistics: Jaitley hits back at Rahul