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Union finance minister P Chidambaram's wife Nalini Chidambaram is alleged of receiving Rs 1.4 crore in a chit fund scam, CBI has filed a chargesheet. Anupam Kher shared a video on Instagram in which his mother, Dulari Kher, is seen praising her son’s acting in The Accidental Prime Minister. All this and more on MyNation in 100 seconds.

Among the very first initiatives launched by the Prime Minister is the Beti Bachao, Beti Padao Yojana with initial funding of Rs 100 crore. Primarily meant for gender critical districts and cities, the slogan was successful in driving home the message that girls need to be valued, and by educating them, the parents are securing the nation’s future

Trump last week took a jibe at Modi for funding a “library” in Afghanistan, saying it is of no use in the war-torn country as he criticised India and others for not doing enough for the nation’s security. This is Khalilzad’s first trip to India after he was appointed as the Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation last year

Here are six facts about Gita Gopinath, first woman to occupy the top IMF post, from her Indian origin to her goals and concerns about the world economy. 

 

In this part of the exclusive interview with Smriti Irani, the Union minister for textiles tells MyNation editor-in-chief Abhijit Majumder that there were reasons that made some prominent journalists and the media houses they worked for heave a sigh of relief

Pakistan had bowed down to Islamic fundamentalism a long time back and continues to do so. Imran Khan should have taken that into account before trying to impart lessons to India on tolerance.

Chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao also asked the Centre to grant Rs 100 crore from its part of Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) funds for supporting the state government’s initiative of developing 188 forests blocks in Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) limits.

China has poured in a lot of money in Pakistan. The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has a project funding of about $62 billion. The CPEC is one of the major concerns for India.

The BJP which is championing the cause of north Karnataka region accused the Congress-JD(S) government of sidelining and ignoring 18 districts of the region time and again and limiting the development only to Ramanagar, Hassan and Ramanagar. The legislators say successive governments from 2013 have not bothered to implement the DM Nanjundappa Committee report which stressed on the allocation of funds to backward regions, particularly in north Karnataka