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Twitter notifies 1.4million users who fell to Russian propaganda
The controversy regarding alleged Russian interference in US Presidential election 2016. Social media site Twitter has notified at least 1.4 million people engaged with content created by Russian trolls during the 2016 presidential election. The platform has already blocked accounts linked to the Internet Research Agency (IRA) of Russia. This time it is almost double than the accounts initially announced to fall to Russian propaganda. Earlier, Twitter announced that that 677,775 people had received such notifications. Analysts are telling that, there is lot more accounts that then fell to Kremlin propaganda. Twitter acknowledged that the current number did “not encompass every person that ever saw this content. As our review continues, we may also email additional users,” the company continued. “If and when we do so, we will do our best to keep the public updated.” Twitter is committed to providing a platform that fosters healthy civic discourse and democratic debate. We have been cooperating with congressional investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election.
Union Budget 2018-19 Complete Analysis
The Union Budget, to be the last for this government in view of the general elections due in the first half of 2019, may have two main components: The first part deals with new schemes and outlays for various existing schemes and sectors for the coming fiscal, while the second contains announcements on direct and indirect taxes. With the implementation of single tax regime GST, this year's budget is believed to take into account only those items that still remain outside the purview of GST. It is highly expected that 2018-19 budget could contain changes in customs and excise duties on these remaining products, which for most others have been subsumed under GST. For the rest, you'll have to watch this space for the review of Union Budget 2018-19. As per the FM in the Union Budget, India is expected to become the fifth largest economy very soon. The Growth rate is expected between 7.2-7.5% in the second half of 2017-18. Exports are expected to grow 15% in 2018. As per the FM, India is a Rs2.5 trillion economy. MSP to increase at least 1.5 times that of production cost. Minimum Support Price (MSP) of all crops shall increase to at least 1.5 times that of the production cost. The government will set up a fund of Rs 2,000 crore for developing agricultural markets. Our focus is on productive and gainful on-farm and non-farm employment for farmers and landless families, says Jaitley. MSP for Kharif cost will be 1.5 times the cost of production. As per the FM, APMCs will be linked with ENAM. The government will develop 22,000 Gramin agricultural markets. The cluster-model approach will be adopted for agricultural production. Allocation in food production sector doubled to Rs 1400 crore. Minimum Support Price shall be increased by 1.5 times. Operation Green will be launched for agriculture and the Minister allocates Rs500 crore for this. Agricultural corpus worth Rs 2000 crore will be set up. 470 APMCs have been connected to eNAM network, the rest to be connected by March 2018. A fund for the fishery, aquaculture development and animal husbandry will be set up with a total corpus to be Rs 10,000 crore. We will also allocate Rs 1290 crore for a bamboo mission, as it is green gold. In all, we are providing Rs 10 lakh crore to Rs 11 lakh crore as credit for agricultural activities. Jaitley proposes to increase the target of providing free LPG connections to 8 crore to poor women. Ujjwala Yojana, the free LPG connection scheme expanded to eight crore households. Six crore toilets have been built already, and in the next year, two crore additional toilets will be constructed. The government will provide 4 crore electricity connections to the poor under Saubhagya Yojana. Kisan credit card to be extended to fisheries,animal husbandry farmers. The government will establish a dedicated affordable housing fund. Loans to self-help groups will increase to Rs75,000 crore. Govt. allocated Rs5,750 crore to National Livelihood Mission and Rs2,600 crore to the groundwater irrigation scheme. Ayushman Bharat program discussed. Eklavya schools for tribal children. 24 new government medical colleges. Government is implementing a comprehensive social security scheme. Govt. will initiate an integrated B-Ed programme for teachers. Government proposes to launch the Revitalising of Infrastructure and Systems of Education (RISE) by next year. Govt. proposed to set up two new full-fledged schools of planning and architecture. 18 new schools of planning and architecture will be set up in the IITs and NITs. Rs. 1 lakh crore over 4 years for initiative for Infrastructure Devt. in education. 2 major initiatives as part of Ayushman Bharat program. Eklavya schools to be open for tribal children. National health protection scheme to cover 10 cr poor families. Health cover of up to 5 lakh per family per year for poor & vulnerable. National health protection scheme to benefit 50 crore people. 24 new govt medical college & hospitals. Rs. 600 crore for nutritional support to all TB patients. Rs. 1200 crore for health and wellness centres. Loans to women self-help groups of women to be increased to 75,000 cr by March 19. Govt. is launching a new national health protection scheme – Rashtriya Samaj Beema Yojana. This will have 50 crore beneficiaries and 10 crore families will get 5 lakh per year for their families to cover secondary and tertiary hospital expenses. This is the world's largest government-funded healthcare program. A Rs 600 crore corpus is being set up to help Tuberculosis patients. This will build a new India in 2022 and enhance productivity and will also generate lakhs of jobs for women. PM Jeevan Beema Yojana benefitted more than 2 crore families. Jan Dhan Yojana will be extended to all 60 crore bank accounts. The government increased allocation for SC-ST earmarked programmes: Rs 56,000 crore for SCs and Rs 39,000 crore for STs. By 2022, every block with more than 50% ST population and at least 20,000 tribal people will have 'Ekalavya' school at par with Navodaya Vidyalas. The government will announce measures to address non-performing assets of MSMEs. As per the FM, Rs. 3 lakh crore for lending under is being allocated in FY 19 for PM's MUDRA Yojana. Smart city Mission and AMRUT discussed. Smart city command control centre discussed
US Ambassador to UN Nikki Haley pays visit to Indian Embassy in Washington and meets Indian Ambassador Navtej Sarna
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley paid a visit to the Indian Embassy in Washington and met Indian Ambassador Navtej Sarna. The Indian-American diplomat said, the India-US relations should grow stronger and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump is a good combination to achieve this.
New e-way bill system comes into force to bring uniformity across the states for smooth inter-state movement of goods
A new e-way bill system will come into effect. Under the new system, every transporter will have to carry a system-generated bill to move goods from one place to another. The e-way bill system introduced to bring uniformity across the states for seamless inter-state movement of goods. Under the Goods and Services Tax, interstate transportation of goods beyond 10 kilometers with a value of 50,000 rupees and above, will mandatorily require the e-way bill. Last month, the GST Council decided to implement the e-way bill mechanism throughout the country from 1st of February, 2018.
Sushma Swaraj to embark on two-day visit to Nepal
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will embark on a two-day visit to Nepal today. She will hold discussions with various political leaders on issues of mutual interest and to enhance age-old special ties of friendship between India and Nepal during her stay at Kathmandu. She will meet Communist Party of Nepal (UML) Chairman K.P.Sharma Oli, who is likely to be the new Prime Minister of Nepal. Later she will meet senior leaders of Rashtriya Janta Party Nepal. The Minister will meet Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) Chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba the next day. She will also call on President Vidya Devi Bhandari.
Union Government launches GeM 3.0
The Ministry of Commerce & Industry launched the third version of the Government e-Marketplace (GeM 3.0). The earlier version GeM 2.0 was launched a GeM 2.0 was launched as pilot project in August 2016. GeM 3.0 will offer standardized and enriched catalog management, powerful search engine. GeM is an Online Market platform to facilitate procurement of goods and services by various Ministries and agencies of the Government.
Toilet facilities are provided at 192 toll plazas so far under Swachh Bharat Mission
Cleanliness is a very important aspect of our day to day life. Being clean and keeping our surroundings clean should be our primary work and agenda. Therefore, so far toilet facilities are provided at 192 toll plazas across the country, while the remaining 180 toll plazas will be covered by the end of March 2019. Notably, the National Highways Authority of India has provided toilet facilities at 192 toll plazas across the country, while the remaining 180 toll plazas will be covered by the end of March 2019 under Swachh Bharat Mission. Under the Government of India’s flagship programmes Swachh Bharat Mission, NHAI is providing separate ladies and gents toilets on both upside and downside of each of its 372 toll plazas, and also placing litter bins and hoardings carrying the Swachhta message along with message discouraging littering at these sites.
INS Karanj is Third Scorpene Class Submarine Launched By Indian Navy
Indian Navy launched 'INS Karanj', the third of the six indigenous Scorpene-class submarines. The submarine, equipped with superior stealth features and precision-guided weapons built at Mumbai's Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited. Admiral Sunil Lanba, Chief of the Naval Staff, was the chief guest on the occasion. The submarine has an overall length of 67.5 meters and a height of about 12.3 meters.
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