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Modi govt considering Rs 600 billion home loan interest subsidy scheme- govt sources

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, Sept 25 (Reuters) – The Narendra Modi government is considering spending 600 billion rupees to provide subsidised loans for small urban housing over the next five years, two government sources told Reuters. Banks are likely to roll out the scheme in a couple of months, ahead of key state elections later this year and general elections due in mid-2024. Last month, the South Asian country cut cooking gas prices for households by about 18% to rein in inflation ahead of elections. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the plan in a speech in August to mark the country’s Independence

If you want to live longer, manage 14 chronic diseases

If you want to live longer, manage 14 chronic diseases

New Delhi, Sep 25: Managing chronic diseases affects your health and the chances of getting longer life. Here are 14 chronic diseases, that manage you live a long and healthy life. Then you too can be among the 41 percent of people over 65 who say their health is very good or excellent, according to the CDC. 1. Arthritis “Arthritis is probably the number one condition that people 65 or older contend with,” says geriatrician Marie Bernard, MD, deputy director of the National Institute on Aging in Bethesda, Maryland. The CDC estimates that it affects 49.7 percent of all adults

Supreme Court rejects bail plea of IAS officer Pooja Singhal in money laundering case

New Delhi, Sep 24: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the bail plea of suspended IAS officer Pooja Singhal, facing the Enforcement Directorate in the Jharkhand money laundering case. The Court passed the order on the bail plea filed by Singhal on money laundering case and ED probing the money trail in the case. Senior advocate Siddharth Luthra argued on behalf of Pooja Singhal and requested the court to grant bail. Strongly opposing the plea, the Assistant Solicitor General SV Raju presented on behalf of ED had submitted that the interrogation of the officer was required as he was not

Punjab’s Sikhs fear India-Canada row threatens them at home, abroad

BHARSINGHPURA, India, Sept 25 (Reuters) – A bitter row between India and Canada over the murder of a Sikh separatist is being felt in Punjab, where some Sikhs fear both a backlash from India’s Hindu-nationalist government and a threat to their prospects for a better life in North America. Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a plumber who left the north Indian state a quarter-century ago and became a Canadian citizen, was shot dead in June outside a temple in a Vancouver suburb where he was a separatist leader among the many Sikhs living there. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said last week

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