Speaking to the Russian state-run ZVEZDA News Agency about terrorism in Myanmar, General Hlaing said that international cooperation was vital to suppress terrorist organisations in cases where strong forces are behind them. The Army Chief was in Moscow last week to attend the 75th anniversary of the Russian Victory in the second World War. Military spokesperson Brigadier General Zaw Min …

Udaipur : Awarding decree on a 37-year old dispute, technically a  partition suit for division of the large Mewar inheritance, between the Mewar Ex-Royals’, an additional district court here, acknowledged equal rights to all the three children of former Maharana Bhagwat Singh Mewar, the titular ruler of the Indian princely state of Udaipur (until the Indian govt abolished all royal titles in 1971). …

  Samsung India today announced pre-booking details for the much-awaited BTS editions of Galaxy S20+ and Galaxy Buds+ in India. Resulting from a collaboration between Samsung and the global pop music and cultural sensation BTS, the special edition Galaxy S20+ and Galaxy Buds+ will be available for pre-booking in India from July 1.   The Galaxy S20+ BTS edition features …

The scheme announced in the wake of COVID- 19 pandemic, provides  free food grains to  the people and its  extension will  cost over  Rs. 90 thousand crore. Addressing the nation Tuesday evening, PM Modi said, 80 crore people will get free ration for five more months.   PM  Modi said, if one  looks at the death rate due to corona, …

According to a press release issued by the High Commission of India in Bangladesh, the agreement was signed between the  IOC Middle East FZE, Dubai, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and RR Holdings Ltd., Ras Al Khaimah, UAE, the holding company of Beximco LPG of Bangladesh. The Joint Venture Company (JVC) will help reduce the import cost …

The scheme announced in the wake of COVID- 19 pandemic, provides  free food grains to  the people and its  extension will  cost over  Rs. 90 thousand crore. Addressing the nation Tuesday evening, PM Modi said, 80 crore people will get free ration for five more months.   PM  Modi said, if one  looks at the death rate due to corona, …

  Samsung, India’s most trusted consumer electronics brand and smartphones brand, today unveiled its exciting new portfolio of 2020 lifestyle televisions in India – The Serif, a stunning lifestyle TV that will add to your home décor, and the 2020 QLED 8K TV line, that will transform your living spaces, with its gorgeous design and premium features.   The Serif …

AL AIN : As part of its efforts to protect its unique animal groups, Al Ain Zoo is extending the benefits of its conservation programs to the Nile lechwe in order to protect it from extinction, as its population in the wild has decreased by 50% in the last 15 years, according to the IUCN Red List. The Nile lechwe …

ASHAs have played a critical role in supporting the state’s COVID-19 management during this crisis. In a gigantic exercise, UP’s 1.6 lakh ASHAs have tracked over nearly 30.43 lakh migrant returnees in two phases- 11.24 lakh in the first and 19.19 lakh in the second phase. They have assisted in contact tracing and community level surveillance. The ASHAs not only …

Speaking at a Digital Conference on the topic ‘Doing Business with Bangladesh’ organised by CII on Monday, he said that since 2014, the bilateral relation with Bangladesh has seen major developments like the ratification of land boundary agreement, settlement of maritime boundary and other agreements on connectivity. India has also implemented the agreement to supply 1076 MW of power to …

The legal agreements were signed for two projects – $200 million First Tamil Nadu Housing Sector Strengthening Programme and $50 million Tamil Nadu Housing and Habitat Development Project – to strengthen the state’s housing sector policies, institutions, and regulations. The $200 million First Tamil Nadu Housing Sector Strengthening Programme supports the government’s ongoing efforts to increase the availability of affordable housing by gradually shifting the role of …

Security forces launched a cordon and search operation at Waghama in Anantnag district in south Kashmir Tuesday morning after receiving specific information about the presence of terrorists in the area.  This is second encounter in Anantnag district in as many days. Three terrorists were killed in the gun battle with security forces at Khulchohar area of the district on Monday.

The situation was now under control as the leak was restricted to one unit in the Sainor Life Sciences company. The cause of the leak that took place in a reactor unit at the plant is yet to be established.  

Los Angeles, California. Shivaji Maharaj America Parivaar (SMAP) celebrated the anniversary of Rajyabhishek (coronation) ceremony of Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj on June 20th, 2020. The online event was attended by nearly 500 people from over 20 countries on a video conference and on Facebook Live forum. The event started with traditional Abhishek of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj statue performed by Anika …

Scientists from the Institute of Nano Science & Technology (INST), Mohali, an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology Government of India, have synthesized a novel inorganic-organic hybrid compound that can inhibit breast, lung, and liver cancer cells, opening up new possibilities for metallodrugs. The solid compound based on phosphomolybdate cluster, an inorganic salt of phosphomolybdic acid, belongs to the …

Minister for Food Processing Industries Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal launched the PM Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PM FME) scheme on 29th June 2020 as a part of “Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan”, in the presence of MoS, FPI Sh. Rameswar Teli. Union Minister said that the Scheme would generate total investment of Rs 35,000 crore and generate 9 lakh skilled and semi-skilled employment and …

Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas &Steel Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, along with the Haryana Chief Minister Shri Manohar Lal, today laid the foundation stone of Indian Oil’s state-of-the-art Technology Development & Deployment Centre as its second R&D Campus at IMT, Sector-67, Faridabad. The new centre, with an investment of Rs. 2282 crore, and covers an area of about 59 acres. …

Union Minister of Minority Affairs Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today said in Rampur (UP) that “Self-reliant India” is the guarantee of “Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat”.  Shri Naqvi laid foundation stone for “Sanskritik Sadbhav Mandap” at Numaish Ground in Rampur (UP) today. The “Sanskritik Sadbhav Mandap” is being constructed with the cost of Rs 92 crore by Union Minority Affairs Ministry …

The Government has been celebrating the Statistics Day, to popularize the use of Statistics in everyday life and sensitize public on how Statistics helps shaping and framing policies for the welfare of people. It is celebrated every year on the birth anniversary of Prof. P C Mahalanobis, on 29th June, in recognition of his invaluable contribution in establishing the National Statistical …

Total food grain stock: As per the Food Corporation of India report dated 28.06.2020, FCI currently has 266.29 LMT rice and 550.31 LMT wheat. Hence, a total of 816.60 LMT food grain stock is available (excluding the ongoing purchase of wheat and paddy, which have not yet reached the godown). About 55 LMT food grains is required for a month …

Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued new guidelines for Unlock 2 to open up of more activities in areas outside the Containment Zones. The new guidelines will come into effect from July 1, 2020, the process of phased re-opening of activities has been extended further. The new guidelines, issued today, are based on feedback received from States and UTs, …

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh in the presence of Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Shripad Y Naik today launched a new web portal for issue of No Objection Certificate (NOC) for power projects and Research Survey Exploration Exploitation (RSEE) activities in the Indian Territorial Waters (TW) and Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Ministry of Defence (MoD) accords security clearances to various private/Public …

Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey, Union Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, today said that skilling, up-skilling and re-skilling of the India’s workforce will play a crucial role in the success of the Government’s vision of Atmnirbhar Bharat and the recently launched GaribKalyanRozgarAbhiyaan, announced by the Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri NarendraModi. The government is soon to get approval on the next …

Shri Durga Shanker Mishra, Secretary, Housing & Urban Affairs, today launched the Beta version of PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi “PM SVANidhi” Portal in presence of officials from States/UTs, Banks, Payment aggregators and other stakeholders. Leveraging on the digital technology solutions, the portal provides for an integrated end to end IT interface to users for availing benefits under the scheme. …

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said here today that the launch of India’s first human space mission “Gaganyaan” will not be affected by COVID pandemic and preparation are carrying on in the right direction. Briefing about the important achievements of …

Shri Mansukh Mandaviya, Minister of State for Shipping (I/C), chaired a video conference with the representatives of Ship-owners Association, CMD, Shipping Corporation of India; Director General, Shipping, and senior officials of the Ministry of Shipping, for a vision to augment Ship Repairing facilities in India and Indian Flagged Ships in the world. Shri Mandaviya asked suggestion from the Shipping Industry …

Geo-research scholars came together in a webinar to discuss Geosciences for Society focusing on areas like natural resources, water management, earthquake, monsoon, climate change, natural disaster, river systems and so on at the 4th National Geo-research Scholars Meet (NGRSM) organised by the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG), Dehradun an autonomous institute under the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government …

Indian Naval Ship Kesari arrived at Kochi today after 55 days of deployment to the Southern Indian Ocean region as part of ‘Mission Sagar’. The ship was deployed on a special ‘COVID Relief Mission’ and made port calls at Male (Maldives), Port Louis (Mauritius), Antsiranana (Madagascar), Moroni (Comoros Islands) and Port Victoria (Seychelles) for delivery of 580 tons of food …

Minister of Steel &Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan today inaugurated “Continuous Galvanized Rebar” Production Facility set up by Madhav Alloys in Mandi Gobindgarh, Punjab. Speaking on the occassion, Minister Pradhan said, “Steel in general, and galvanized steel in particular, is a material of strength which is environment-friendly and cost-effective. With our focus on large-scale expansion in infrastructure sectors …

Udaipur : Dr. Yuvraj Singh, the Dean of Bhupal Nobles’ Pharmacy College, told that Pharm.D. Second-year student Ms. Ishika Soni secured the first position in the All India COVID-19 online poetry theme competition. The Principal of the college, Dr. Siddharaj Singh Sisodia said that Ishika won the contest out of about 350 entries received from all over India in this …

The Prime Minister’s Office said this in a tweet on Monday night.  This would be Prime Minister’s sixth address to the nation since the outbreak of the COVID -19 pandemic. PM Modi had last addressed the nation on 12th May. In his Mann Ki Baat address last Sunday, the Prime Minister had urged the people to be more vigilant in …

US announced the decision hours after China said it would curb visas to some Americans heading to Hong Kong, itself a tit-for-tat response to a US move. United States has been leading a global uproar over a national security law approved by China, which Hong Kong activists say would destroy the city’s freedoms. “We can no longer distinguish between the export …

Half the world’s cases have been in the United States and Europe, but Covid-19 is now rapidly growing in the Americas. The virus is also affecting South Asia and Africa, where it is not expected to peak until the end of July. Outbreaks are still spreading in many parts of the world, with one million new cases recorded in the …

He asked suggestion from the Shipping Industry representatives to prepare a robust ecosystem for ship repairing facilities to transform India in a ‘Ship Repair Hub’. The minister stressed upon the aspects of upskilling expertise of Indian service engineers, enhancing the yard capacity and maintaining the supply of required spare parts which are manufactured indigenously. Reiterating the vision of Aatma Nirbhar …

Speaking to media in New Delhi today,  Dharmendra Pradhan said, the world economy as well as the Indian economy is going through challenging times and government is utilising the available resources for extending relief to people and sectors who are adversely affected due to the pandemic. He cited Direct Benefit Transfers amounting to over 65 thousand crores into the accounts …

Electronics and IT Ministry said in a release that these apps were banned in view of information available they are engaged in activities which are prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of the country, defence of the country and security of state and public order. The banned apps include TikTok, Helo and WeChat. Over the last few years, India has emerged …

Dr. Jitendra Singh informed that even though the training of four Indian astronauts in Russia had to be halted due to the pandemic but the department had kept a contingency cushion period both in the training programme and launch deadline. He said, the training of astronauts has now been resumed and the launch is scheduled to take place as planned, before …

In the meanwhile, Coronavirus registered a fresh high on Monday with 4014 positive cases being reported from the country. Bangladesh also reported 45 deaths and 2053 recoveries over the same period. According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the death toll in the country has gone up to 1783 and the number of people infected by Coronavirus is …

The Unlock 1 or fifth phase of lockdown began on the 1st of this month and allowed a phased reopening of most activities across India. Government also allowed unfettered movement of goods and persons between states and within states. Lockdown measures however continue to be implemented strictly in the containment zones. Religious places, shopping malls, restaurants, hotels and offices which …

The curfew was in effect from 12 midnight until 4 am daily which has been lifted from today. The country is fast recovering from the crisis with only 361 active cases of COVID under treatment.  The count of recoveries stands at 1,661 cases among 2,033 infections while the country has seen 11 deaths. Srilanka has seen almost a thousand cases …

Udaipur : Despite clear cut norms by the central and state government on regulating commercial and industrial activities within one kilometer distance from protected areas of wildlife sanctuaries, authorities have been manipulating provisions to give undue advantage to influential persons and kin of politicians. One such case of unlawful issuance of NOC by the forest department for land conversion on an …

Udaipur : People passing by Sukhadia Circle, one of the prime hangout places in Udaipur were wonderstruck by the scenes they witnessed. They saw cops in uniforms and plain-clothes, demonstrating various protocols related to COVID-19, appealing people to follow them in daily lives as the country learns to move on with the virus and its increasing community transmission. Under the …

The  newly developed web portal will facilitate the applicants in submitting their proposals online for seeking Security Clearance from Defence Ministry  for undertaking Power Projects and RSEE activities. Ministry of Defence in a statement said, the Online System will establish an effective, speedy and transparent mechanism to process these proposals. The Ministry had earlier launched a similar portal for grant …

Addressing an online media briefing, the Chief Minister said the bank will start working in the next two days. He added that the AAP government will encourage those who have recovered from COVID-19 to donate their plasma. The Chief Minister said that a helpline will be set up by the government for queries related to donation of plasma. Arvind Kejriwal …

The Health and Family Welfare Ministry said, a total of 19 thousand 459 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported in the country within 24 hours taking the total number of cases to five lakh 48 thousand 318. In a single day, 380 deaths have been reported taking the nationwide toll to 16 thousand 475. Presently, the total number of …

He was addressing the people of Ladakh through a virtual Jan Samvad Rally. He said the region  will quickly achieve economic development and overcome all challenges including COVID 19. Hardeep Puri said Leh and Ladakh will be turned into Smart Kshetras very soon. He said 54 towers have been sanctioned for telecom connectivity in the region. The Minister said he …

The Minister said, this centrally sponsored scheme will generate an investment of Rs. 35,000 crore. She also added that it will provide employment to nine lakh skilled and semi-skilled workers.

In the past 24 hours, 12,010 people have recovered from Covid-19 and with this the recovery rate has reached 58.67 per cent. Meanwhile, the Indian Council of Medical Research, ICMR said that one lakh 70 thousand 560 tests of corona virus samples were conducted by the various laboratories in the country within 24 hours. So far, 83 lakh 98 thousand 362 …

The official news agency BSS reported that the search and rescue operations are continuing even while 28 bodies have been recovered so far from the river. According to the Fire Service official involved in the rescue work, the Dhaka bound launch from Munshiganj sank after hitting another river vehicle around 9.30 in the morning on Monday. The passenger launch was …

The Exchange, formerly known as Karachi Stock Exchange, saw 3-4 terrorists attack the building where regular functioning was underway. Three terrorists were killed. More details are awaited.