Ex-finance minister Arun Jaitley passes away at 66

Former Union Minister, ex-finance minister and BJP’s stalwart Arun Jaitley died on August 24, 2019 after a period of illness. He was 66. Jaitley, who has been running unwell for a long time, breathed his last at AIIMS Hospital. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, BJP President and Home Minister Amit Shah, Congress party's Sonia Gandhi were among a gamut of leaders who expressed their...

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4 New Products get GI Tag

Recently, the Geographical Indication (GI), under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade has registered 4 new GIs. PalaniPanchamirtham from Palani Town in Dindigul District of Tamil Nadu, Tawlhlohpuan and Mizo Puancheifrom from Mizoram and Tirur Betel leaf from Kerala are the latest additions to the list of registered GIs. PalaniPanchamirtham (Tamil Nadu) It is an abishegaPrasadam, from Palani Town is one of the...

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Former Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj died at 67

Sushma Swaraj, the former foreign minister of India and a senior member of the governing Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), died at the age of 67 on August 6, 2019. Approximately 9:30pm, the senior BJP leader was brought to AIIMS and taken to the emergency ward after a huge cardiac arrest.   Swaraj was renowned for her active social media presence, often responding to Indians abroad's demands for assistance.  Sushma...

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