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1. Will double farmers’ income by 2022, says PM Modi
Exhorting farmers to adopt modern technology, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said his government has decided to double their income by 2022 when India would celebrate 75 years of Independence.
Modi made the announcement while dedicating the Rs 1,500 -crore phase I of link-II pipeline canal of SAUNI (Saurashtra Narmada Avataran Irrigation) project to the people and laying the foundation stone for Rs 1,694-crore phase II of link II of the project.
2. Nepal president in India: Focus on talks to strengthen ties
Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari arrived here on Monday on her first overseas tour during which she will hold talks with top Indian leadership to strengthen bilateral ties.
3. Hiring activity has decelerated: Nasscom chief
NASSCOM
The National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) recently appointed Raman Roy as its Chairman for 2017-2018.
Mr Roy has said that hiring activity in India is decelerated in his interview to THE HINDU daily.
4. China scales down offensive against India
BRICS Summit 2017
At least three Indian ministers, including foreign minister Sushma Swaraj, are expected to visit China to attend the upcoming BRICS summit in the country’s Xiamen city.
The visits come amid repeated Chinese warning that bilateral relationship had been badly damaged by the recent visit of the Dalai Lama to Arunachal Pradesh.
5. 700 medicines made affordable for poor: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the Central government had fixed prices for 700 medicines for the benefit of the people as part of a comprehensive healthcare policy.
Inaugurating a Rs. 500-crore multi-speciality hospital set up by the diamond merchants of Surat, he said the government would make sure that the doctors prescribed only generic medicines.
6. Kambala Bill may get Presidential assent soon
Union Minister for Statistics and Programme Implementation D.V. Sadananda Gowda said on Monday that the Bill sent by the Karnataka government to permit Kambala [buffalo race] in Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts would be sent to the President for his assent in a couple of days.
7. SC refers WhatsApp privacy policy matter to Constitution Bench
A Constitution Bench of five judges will decide on April 18 whether a larger denomination of judges should hear a petition for a declaration that a 2016 policy of instant messaging app — WhatsApp — to give Facebook access to information and personal details shared by millions of its users is a violation of their privacy and free speech.
8. ‘Indian firm’s Zika virus vaccine 100% efficient in animal trials’
The Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech’s ‘killed Zika virus vaccine’ using an African strain has shown 100% efficacy against mortality and disease in animal studies, a study has shown. A ‘killed virus vaccine’ or ‘inactivated vaccine’ contains virus that has been grown in culture and then killed using physical or chemical processes.
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