Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau Budget 2024 cheaper and costlier list: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her seventh Union Budget for the fiscal year 2024-2025. Following this, several items have become cheaper and costlier for consumers. The first budget of the BJP-led NDA government is envisaged to shape India’s economic landscape, affecting everything from infrastructure development…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a red alert for July 23 predicting possibility of extremely heavy rainfall in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Goa. An orange alert for heavy rainfall has been issued for Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Odisha. The Meteorological Department forecasted “extremely heavy rainfall” in…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau Ahead of presenting the Union Budget for 2024-25 to the Parliament, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman walked out of the finance ministry with a tablet in a red “bahi-khata” sleeve and the national emblem. From the traditional briefcase to a “bahi-khata” and now a tablet, the budget document has gone paperless over…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau After Joe Biden dropped out of the race, Barack Obama did not endorse Kamala Harris but instead said Democrats would choose an unnamed “outstanding nominee.” “We will be navigating uncharted waters in the days ahead,” Obama said in a statement, in part. He added, “But I have extraordinary confidence that the…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau New Delhi: Increased foreign direct investment inflows from China can help increase India’s global supply chain participation and push exports, says the Economic Survey. The Survey said as India looks to deepen its involvement in global value chains (GVCS), it needs to look at the successes and strategies of East Asian…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau The Centre has ruled out any plan to give a special category status to Bihar, a core demand by its key ally, the Janata Dal (United), prompting the Rashtriya Janata Dal to take a swipe at JDU leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Ramprit Mandal, JDU MP from Bihar’s Jhanjharpur,…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau New Delhi:Amid the rising controversies against the NEET UG 2024 results, a post featuring marksheet of a student has been circulating widely on social media platform X. The viral post claims that the student has received 705 marks out of 720 in NEET, but failed to qualify the Physics and Chemistry…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau One jawan was injured after terrorists attacked a security post in the Gundha area of Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir, early on Monday. Sources said the Army camp which was attacked by nearly three Pakistani terrorists is located near the residence of a village Defence Group member, who was recently awarded…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau US President Joe Biden has ended his re-election campaign and endorsed Vice-President Kamala Harris to succeed him as the Democratic candidate, in an extraordinary decision that upends an already dramatic race for the White House. Mr Biden, 81, said in a Sunday written statement that it was the “greatest honour” to…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said the Trinamool Congress-led state government would provide shelter to people from violence-hit Bangladesh “if they come knocking on our doors”. “I cannot speak anything about Bangladesh as it is another country. The Indian government will speak about that. But if helpless people…