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• NEW DELHI

India has the capability to become a trusted partner in a diversified semiconductor supply chain globally and the government will follow a predictable and stable policy regime, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday. 

The Centre on Tuesday announced several key changes to simplify approval processes for telecom licenses and wireless equipment, in its bid to further pursue structural reforms and ease of doing business in the telecom sector.

Dhankhar administered the oath to Tripura BJP President Rajib Bhattacharjee and former Assam MLA Mission Ranjan Das in Parliament House in New Delhi.

As Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi’s remarks on Sikhs, their turbans and kadas sparked a political storm, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday gave a strong rebuttal to the charges and also taunted the Congress leader over his ‘lack of knowledge’.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi over his "Sikh turban" remarks at an event in the United States and accused him of setting a "false and fabricated" narrative.

In a major effort to tackle cybercrime, Union Home Minister Amit Shah unveiled several key initiatives on Tuesday, including launching a Cyber Fraud Mitigation Centre, a web-based module as a comprehensive data repository and portal for sharing cybercrime information, and deploying 5,000 "cyber commandos".

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday hit out at the controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik for making an appeal to Indian Muslims to reject the Waqf Amendment Bill and also warned him against attempts to ‘mislead and misguide’ them from outside the country.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi raised the caste census issue during his US visit and said that the party will call for the scrapping of reservations only when "India is a fair place".

Official sources said that Rajya Sabha Chairman Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar would administer the oath of office to Bhattacharjee, who was elected to the Upper House on September 3 after defeating CPI-M candidate and former MLA Sudhan Das in the by-election.

This comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Russia (in July) and Ukraine (in August) where he held meetings with the Presidents of the two countries -- Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky.

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar arrived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday to participate in the First India-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Foreign Ministers' Meeting. 

Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav and Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma presented the awards to the best-performing cities where the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) is being implemented.

Khedkar has been found guilty of faking and wrongly availing OBC and disability quota benefits. After cancelling her selection, the UPSC had also barred her for life from taking the entrance exam after founding her guilty of faking her identity to take the exam multiple times.

As India marches towards becoming the global semiconductor hub, industry experts on Saturday said the country could receive a massive up to $30 billion investment in the sector in the next three-five years which would further bolster its position in the supply chain worldwide.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday shared a video of his interaction with the nation’s leading and outstanding educators, who were conferred with the National Teachers Awards.

On the occasion of the second anniversary of the Bharat Jodo Yatra (BJY), Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi shared a heartfelt message on his social media on Saturday, reflecting on the journey.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended his heartfelt congratulations to Hokato Hotozhe Sema on Saturday for clinching the Bronze medal at the ongoing Paris Paralympics, lauding his immense strength and determination for the sport.

Expressing grief over the Hathras road accident that claimed 12 lives, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each for the kin of victims and Rs 50,000 for the injured.

Veteran leader and former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Olympian wrestler Vinesh Phogat, who joined the party on Friday, state chief Udai Bhan, and former minister Geeta Bhukkal are among the 31 names in the Congress' first list of candidates for the October 5 Haryana Assembly elections.

The appointment, which followed Punia and his fellow wrestler Vinesh Phogat joining the Congress on Friday afternoon, is being seen as a significant move in light of the upcoming Assembly elections in Haryana scheduled on October 5.

Ministry of Defence on Friday said that they have successfully launched the intermediate-range ballistic missile Agni 4. “The launch was successfully carried out from the Integrated Test Range in Chandipur, Odisha,” an official of the ministry said.

The Indian technical textile industry exports are projected to cross $10 billion by 2030, Union Textiles Minister Giriraj Singh said on Friday, adding that the niche carbon fibre will likely be produced by India in 2025-26.

Home Minister Amit Shah, on Thursday, extended warm wishes to all teachers on the occasion of Teachers' Day, lauding their invaluable contributions to nation-building.

The Centre on Wednesday approved the Centralised Pension Payments System (CPPS) that will benefit more than 78 lakh people under the Employee Pension Scheme (EPS), which is part of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO).

Home Minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday that over 12 accords have been signed in the last five years with militant outfits and other organisations in the country's northeastern region, while over 10,000 cadres of various extremist groups have surrendered and joined the mainstream.