Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced this after an all party meeting convened yesterday to discuss the COVID situation in the State. Chief Minister said, the decision has been taken in view of continuous rise of COVID cases in the State. She said that the lockdown will be extended with more relaxations. She said that Educational … Read more
This time a US state department report on terrorism has said that Pakistan continues to serve as a safe haven for terrorist groups. It says that the Pak based terror groups are mainly focused on targeting India and Afghanistan. While Afghanistan suffers from terror outfits like Afghan Taliban and affiliated HQN, India is facing security … Read more
According to the UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention, 631 new recoveries were also reported, raising the total number to 33,406. The authority also announced one death, which brought the total deaths to 303 in the country. The total number of active cases in the country is now 11,954. In a statement, the Dubai Government … Read more
According to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, 90 lakhs six thousand 757 cases of Novel Coronavirus have been reported across the world. The United States continues to remain the worst-hit with 22 lakh 91 thousand 353 cases and one lakh 20 thousand 106 deaths, followed by Brazil 10 lakh 83 thousand 341 cases and … Read more
Cabinet meeting held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ratified the decision of boosting private sector participation in space sector in the country. Union Atomic Energy and Space Minister, Dr. Jitendra Singh informed that that government will constitute Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACE) for effective socio-economic usage of space technology. … Read more
Jaipur : Rajsamand MP, Diya Kumari, expressed her gratitude to the Union Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Shri Prakash Javadekar. The MP said that the issue of revised notification for setting threshold limits for Kumbhalgarh and Todgarh Sanctuaries, will give a major relief to the tourism and employment sector as well as the … Read more
Udaipur : Maruti Suzuki India Limited today launched a distinctive loyalty program – Maruti Suzuki Rewards. This first-of-its kind loyalty program will cover all passenger vehicle customers from ARENA, NEXA and True Value outlets. Maruti Suzuki Rewards is a comprehensive program that comes with a range of benefits on purchase of additional car, service, Maruti … Read more
The Ministry of Public Administration issued a gazette notification to this effect on Tuesday.The government has declared ‘general holidays’ in certain areas in Cox’s Bazar, Mogura, Khulna and Habibganj districts of the country. According to the notification, public movement will strictly be controlled in the ‘red zones’ to contain the transmission of Coronavirus. All government … Read more
Dr. Jayamurugan Govindasamy and his co-workers from INST have developed a new recyclable copper-oxide catalyst, which plays a crucial role in the key reaction for producing the Rufinamide drug. The existing technology for producing the drug has an inherent selectivity issue, which often leads to unwanted non-drug isomer —1, 5-regioisomer. This necessitates the use of … Read more
Army Chief General MM Naravane is reviewing the situation in the Line of Actual Control in the Eastern Ladakh. MM Naravane is visiting for the second time after the stand-off with China in the region. The Army Sources said that, earlier in the day General MM Naravane had also visited forward areas in Eastern Ladakh … Read more
The Home Ministry on Tuesday nominated ITBP as nodal agency to provide doctors and a team of other professionals to this centre as requested by the Delhi government. Many teams of the ITBP including medical and administration visited the Radhaswami Ashram today and held a series of discussions with the stakeholders. It is expected that … Read more
Samsung engineer is checking the results of the antenna configuration measurement on a smartphone screen. Samsung Electronics today announced a successful demonstration of its new drone-based antenna configuration measurement solution for 4G and 5G networks in the company’s campus. This automated solution will offer operators a simplified way to more efficiently manage cell sites, … Read more
MUMBAI : Genesis BCW, a leading public relations and public affairs consultancy that delivers integrated communications services to some of the best global and Indian companies, today announced its appointment as communications partner for Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre. The business was won following a multi-agency pitch in April. Jaslok Hospital is a full-service institution … Read more
Miss World Washington Shree Saini and her family helps underprivileged children around the World get a better education and healthcare facilities. During this Lockdown, she received heart-warming messages from many India Based NGOs, including Child Help Foundation. While expressing her feelings she said, “I love these kids and can’t wait to visit them when our … Read more
In its latest report on children in South Asia released on Tuesday, the UNICEF says that COVID 19 pandemic is unravelling decades of health, education and other advances for children across South Asia. UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia Jean Gough said that the COVID 19 could destroy the hopes and futures of an entire … Read more
The flight carrying Sri Lankans from India had arrived on Monday while the flight from US had reached on Tuesday. With the fresh cases, the total count of COVID cases in the country has risen to 1,991. Out of them, a total of 1,548 have recovered while 432 active cases are currently under medical care. … Read more
During the last twenty four hours, 10 thousand 495 people have recovered from Covid-19. Presently, the total number of active corona cases in the country is one lakh 83 thousand 22. The Health and Family Welfare Ministry said, 15 thousand 968 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported in the last 24 hours taking the … Read more
The Vivekananda Yoga University (VaYU) was jointly launched on Tuesday by Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan and Chairperson of the Standing Committee on External Affairs P P Chaudhary during a virtual event held at the Consulate General of India in New York. Eminent Indian yoga guru Dr. H R Nagendra, Chancellor of … Read more
After touching a high of 35,679.74, the 30-share index was trading 220.35 points, or 0.62 per cent, up at 35,650.78. Similarly, NSE Nifty rose 56.45 points, or 0.54 per cent, to 10,527.45. In the previous session, the BSE barometer rallied 519.11 points, or 1.49 per cent, to close at 35,430.43; while the NSE Nifty soared … Read more
HM Amit Shah said that ten thousand bedded COVID Care Centre at Radha Swami Beas at Chhatarpur of Delhi will be operational by 26th of this month. Home Minister said, the work is in full swing and a large part of the facility will be operational by Friday. Union Minister Amit Shah said this in a tweet … Read more
Addressing an Extraordinary Virtual Ministerial Pledging Conference for UNRWA, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan on Tuesday said that capacity enhancement through training and building durable institutions is a major plank of our developmental assistance to Palestine. Asserting that UNRWA needs continued support, the Minister said when certain countries withdrew funding, India had stepped … Read more
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said that the behaviour of Pakistan and its officials is not in conformity with the Vienna Convention and bilateral agreements on the treatment of diplomatic and consular officials. On the contrary, it is an intrinsic element of a larger policy of supporting cross-border violence and terrorism, it added. MEA … Read more
Udaipur : Football is all set to return to Zawar, as Zinc Football Academy gets ready to resume their training this week after taking into consideration the fresh guidelines in context of the return of sports training sessions. However keeping in mind the safety of the players, the Academy has decided to call only 9 footballers … Read more
Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh, who is on a three-day visit to Russia to attend the 75th Anniversary of Victory Day Parade, said his visit to Moscow is the first foreign visit of an official delegation from India after the COVID pandemic. Terming it as a sign of special friendship, Defence Minister said, despite all the difficulties … Read more
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said, a Russia, India and China (RIC) meeting discussed probable reforms of the United Nations and India is a strong nominee to become a permanent member of the UNSC. He said, Moscow supports India’s candidacy and believes India can become a full-fledged member of the Security Council. Foreign ministers … Read more
The Director General of Directorate General of Health Services in Bangladesh (DGHS) Prof. Abul Kalam Azad told the official news agency BSS on Tuesday that the testing facilities in the country have been expanded but this appears not to be sufficient. He said that the health department is planning to use multiple testing methods including … Read more
Tamil Nadu witnessed 2516 new Covid-19 cases yesterday, taking the total to 64,603. Madurai joins Chennai in the state in going for the complete lockdown, which many say is a lockdown within the lockdown, the reason being the soaring new cases of Covid-19. The measure is aimed at breaking the chain of the spread of … Read more
In a tweet, ICMR termed it as a major milestone towards enhanced testing in the country. It added that there are 730 government labs and 270 private labs for the testing. The ICMR also said there was only one lab for testing on 23rd January this year, 160 labs on 23rd March and now the … Read more
During a meeting with S.N. Yadav, MD and Shri S. Gawade, Director(operations) of Talcher Fertilisers Ltd. Talcher Fertilisers Limited is bringing up urea unit of 12.7 Lakh MT per annum capacity at Talcher, Odisha. It is a Joint Venture Company (JVC) promoted by GAIL, CIL, RCF and FCIL. When completed it will be first of … Read more
The Army Chief, accompanied by Lieutenant General YK Joshi, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command and Lieutenant General Harinder Singh, General Officer Commanding Fire and Fury Corps , immediately on arrival, visited the Army Hospital at Leh and interacted with the patients. General MM Naravane complimented all ranks for their high standard of professionalism and dedication … Read more
Seaplane projects will provide faster and hassle free travel option for the long, treacherous and hilly regions of the country. Till now, 16 seaplane routes have been identified under Regional Connectivity Routes under UDAN scheme. Sabarmati and Sardar Sarovar- Statue of Unity route is included in these 16 sea palne routes and hydrographic surveys of … Read more
Dr Ramdas Pai captured this beautiful shot from his balcony #withGalaxy A few days back, we shared some stunning photographs of Nature at its absolute best clicked by our young Samsung Members #withGalaxy. Like most of us, they too have been indoors over the past few weeks. But that hasn’t stopped them from … Read more
At a media briefing in Geneva yesterday, WHO’s emergencies Chief Dr Michael Ryan said, the numbers are increasing because the epidemic is developing in a number of populous countries at the same time. Dr. Ryan noted that numerous countries have noted marked increases in hospital admissions and deaths – neither of which could be explained … Read more
The Office of the Defence Minister in a tweet said that Rajnath Singh was received by Major General Kosenko Vasily Alexandrovich and Indian Ambassador to Russia Dr B Venkatesh Varma. During the visit, Mr Singh will hold talks on ways to further deepen the India-Russia defence and strategic partnership. He will also attend the 75th … Read more
Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Tuesday informed that he received a phone call from Haj & Umrah Minister of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Dr. Mohammad Saleh bin Taher Benten suggesting not to send Haj pilgrims from India to Haj for this year. Mr Naqvi said that the entire world is facing challenges of … Read more
Under the Emergency Credit Line backed by a Government guarantee, Banks from Public & Private Sectors have so far already sanctioned loansworth over Rs. 79,000 crore as of June 20, 2020, of whichmore than Rs 35,000 crore has already been disbursed. The top lenders under the Scheme are SBI, HDFC Bank, Bank of Baroda, PNB & Canara … Read more
Organisers said the intention was to reflect on the absurdity of the human condition in the era of the coronavirus, which deprives people of their position as spectators. “Nature advanced to occupy the spaces we snatched from it,” executive producer Eugenio Ampudio said on stage at an afternoon rehearsal before the concert. “Can we extend … Read more
This eliminates in one stroke the requirement of the exporters having to approach the Customs officers for proof of export. This also makes the end to end Customs export process fully electronic, from the filing of the Shipping Bill to the final order to allow export. Today’s initiative in yet another step taken by CBIC … Read more
Speaking at the online inauguration of the CBG Plant at Namakkal in Tamil Nadu and CBG Fuel Stations at various places in the state on Tuesday, the Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that this will provide ease in the financing of CBG Plants. He further added that Central Financial Assistance or … Read more
The Ministry of Labour and Employment in a statement said that 1.75 crore transactions were done directly into the bank accounts of the workers through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT). Apart from cash benefits ranging from one thousand to six thousand rupees per worker during the lockdown, some of the States have also provided food and … Read more
During the last twenty four hours, 10 thousand 994 people recovered from COVID-19. Presently, the total number of active Corona cases in the country is one lakh 78 thousand 14. The Health and Family Welfare Ministry said a total of 14 thousand 933 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the last 24 hours … Read more
In addition, one thousand crore rupees have been allocated for the welfare of migrant labourers. Out of the 50 thousand ventilators, 30 thousand ventilators are being manufactured by Bharat Electronics Limited. Two thousand 923 ventilators have been manufactured so far and out of which, one thousand 340 ventilators have already been delivered to the States … Read more
Speaking at the online inauguration of the CBG Plant at Namakkal in Tamil Nadu and CBG Fuel Stations at various places in the state on Tuesday, the Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that this will provide ease in the financing of CBG Plants. He further added that Central Financial Assistance or … Read more
A Notification to this effect has been issued on the 19th instant, which can be seen at www.morth.gov.in. A draft notification GSR 393 (E) dated 19th June2020 has been issued by the Ministry onthe request from Agriculture Ministry and construction equipment manufacturers in regard to providing some time for implementing the next stage of emission norms which … Read more
Further, sellers, who had already uploaded their products before the introduction of this new feature on GeM, are being reminded regularly to update the Country of Origin, with a warning that their products shall be removed from GeM if they fail to update the same. GeM has taken this significant step to promote ‘Make in … Read more
The chariots of the Lords Jagannath and Balabhadra and Goddess Subhadra will be pulled only by the selective servitors and police officials. The rituals for the world-famous Rath Yatra have started with Mangal Aarati followed by Mailam, Tadaplagi, Rosha hom, Aabakasha and Surya puja. The Pahandi ritual has also begun. The siblings Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra … Read more
The Centre has hiked the MSP by 5.02 per cent. During season 2019, the MSP was 2 thousand 5 hundred 71 rupees per quintal . Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said that the Government of India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given utmost importance to the interests of farmers growing all kinds of crops … Read more
Belgian-Congolese street artist NovaDead, whose real name is Julien Crevaels, completed the work in just over a week in a suburb near the canal that crosses the Belgian capital. The mural on a street corner, stretching across two buildings, features the face of Floyd, some scenes of nature and two hands clasping a rose. “For … Read more
The effort is headed up by artist Sono Kuwayama, best known for her installations employing painting, sculpture and video, who lives in lower Manhattan’s Bowery Street neighborhood, a once dingy area gentrified into a bustling, upscale section by the opening of galleries and shops. “It’s been so depressing around here, you know, to walk out … Read more
Nirmal, an education activist & Founder of Utkarsh Classes had sent Corona kit for the members of Jodhpur Police fighting Corona on the frontlines. “I expect you and your origination to keep helping the Police Department in times to come,” said the DCP. Notably Nirmal’s Utkarsh Classes had also contributed Rs. 21 Lakh to the … Read more