Maharashtra government to give pension for Warkaris
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Maharashtra government to give pension for Warkaris

Top Stories Tamfitronics MUMBAI: In a bid to woo the Healing community ahead of the assembly polls the state government has announced that it will give pensions to senior citizens who walk in traditional month-long waris (an annual pilgrimage dedicated to Lord Vithal in Solapur) to Pandharpur. In the budget, the state government announced that Mukhya Mantri Varkari Sampradaya Mahamandal will be established to provide facilities to Kirtankars, Warkaris, Bhajani Mandals as well as to manage the Palkhi routes.The pension move is being seen as significant ahead of the state assembly polls likely to be held in October especially as the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) looks to woo the community with NCP (SP) supremo Sharad Pawar and Congress’s Rahul Gandhi likely to participate in the wari. In a recent Government Resolution...
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Government Relaxes Ban On The Importation Of Second-Hand Cars Older Than 10 Years: What You Need To Know
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Government Relaxes Ban On The Importation Of Second-Hand Cars Older Than 10 Years: What You Need To Know

Top Stories Tamfitronics The Zimbabwe Government has relaxed a ban on the importation of second-hand cars that are 10 years old.Top Stories Tamfitronics The Policy Introduced In March This Year On Vehicle ImportsEarlier this year, through SI 54 of 2024 Control of Goods (Import and Export) (Commerce) (Amendment), the Government outlawed Zimbos from importing cars that are 10 years or older. It added that anyone who imports such a car will have to re-export it at his/her own expense.Government mulled the idea of banning second-hand vehicles in 2020. In 2021, it outlawed the importation of the cars, unless one acquired an import licence from the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.In March this year, Government completely outlawed the buying of second-hand cars outside the country. This was despite revenue from these imports smashing the billion-dollar mark...
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HKSAR Government strongly condemns and opposes slanders and smears on Hong Kong by US under pretext of the so-called “national emergency”

Politics tamfitronics HKSAR Government strongly condemns and opposes slanders and smears on Hong Kong by US under pretext of the so-called "national emergency"******************************************************************************************The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government today (July 11) strongly condemned and opposed the government of the United States (US) for, under the pretext of the so-called "national emergency", once again overriding the rule of law with politics, politicising human rights issues, and wantonly slandering the HKSAR's resolute implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law (NSL) to prevent, suppress and impose punishment for acts and activities endangering national security in accordance with the law.A spokesman for the HKSAR Government said, "The US has repeated its tactics and breached the international law and the basic norms underpinning international relations, and wantonly interfering with the internal affairs of the People's Republic of...
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Tinubu’s Government Set to Borrow a Fresh $2 Billion Crude Oil-Backed Loan
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Tinubu’s Government Set to Borrow a Fresh $2 Billion Crude Oil-Backed Loan

Politics tamfitronics The President Bola Tinubu-led federal government is seeking an additional $2 billion crude oil-backed loan from international creditors to boost its financial inflow.Sources familiar with the matter disclosed that the loan is being sought to augment the country’s finances, which have been strained in recent times.Reuters reported on Tuesday that the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, confirmed the development, stating that the national oil company is in talks with international creditors to raise an oil-backed credit facility.The move comes on the heels of the recent revelation that NNPC is struggling to pay international oil traders a backlog of $6 billion, amid the removal of fuel subsidy.Kyari assured that the credit facility will help boost the corporation’s finances and allow for investment in the oil...
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