Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the PMAY-G on 20th November, 2016 to achieve the objective of Housing for all by the year 2022. The target is to construct 2.95 crore houses with all basic amenities by the year 2022. The Ministry said, the measures taken in this regard ensured increased pace for construction of … Read more
Udaipur : Chittorgarh police is cracking the whip against illegal sand mining. In a largest seizure of recent times, police officials conducted raids at several places in a week and have seized 5990 tonnes of sand which was being illegally transported. Many vehicles including tractors, trolly and dumpers have been consfiscated while 8 persons have … Read more
Udaipur : In a joint action by the Anti-Human trafficking unit, District Legal Service Authority (DLSA) and volunteers from child security network and Aajeevika Bureau, 8 children were rescued while being transported in two private buses from Udaipur’s Gogunda block to Gujrat cities. The DLSA has seized both the buses while the rescued children were given … Read more
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh had a telephonic conversation with Defence Minister of Israel Lt Gen Benjamin Gantz here today. Both the Ministers expressed satisfaction at the progress of strategic cooperation between the two countries and discussed possibilities of further strengthening the defence engagements. They also expressed satisfaction at the ongoing collaboration in research and … Read more
Seeking to empower and associate the marginalized potters’ community with India’s quest to become “Aatmanirbhar”, Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah today distributed 100 electric potter wheels to 100 trained artisans under Kumhar Sashaktikaran Yojana of Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC). Shri Amit Shah distributed the electric chaaks in village Balwa under Kalol Taluka … Read more
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) and all its field offices across India today observed the 160th anniversary of Income Tax Day. In her message on the 160th Income Tax Day, Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman appreciated the continuous efforts of the Income-Tax Department towards making the tax administration taxpayer-friendly, transparent … Read more
Union Minister for HRD Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ held a brainstorming session regarding “Stay in India and Study in India” with senior officials and Heads of Autonomous/Technical Organisations concerned of MHRD in New Delhi today. MoS for HRD Shri Sanjay Dhotre was also present on the occasion. Secretary, Higher Education, Shri Amit Khare, Chairman, UGC, Shri D.P. Singh, … Read more
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 today said thatIndia and ASEAN will play a lead role in -COVID World Economic Recovery. He said, the future belongs to them due to common traits of grit, courage and … Read more
Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare ShriNarendraSingh Tomartoday inaugurated the ‘World Class State of Art Honey Testing Laboratory’ established by National Dairy Development Board (NDDB)in Anand(Gujarat) with support of National Bee Board (NBB), through Video Conference in the presence of ShriGiriraj Singh, Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, ShriParshottamRupala and ShriKailashChoudhary, Union … Read more
The Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, Government of India is taking several measures to facilitate the farmers and farming activities at field level during COVID 19 pandemic. There has been satisfactory progress of sowing area coverage under Kharif crops, the status of which is given as under: Sowing Area Coverage of Kharif Crops: Rice: … Read more
The IAF concluded its three day Air Force Commanders’ Conference (AFCC) after a series of discussions and reviews on operational preparedness and strategies for countering security threats envisaged across the entire spectrum. They discussed the current situation and thereafter carried out a thorough review of the IAF’s transformation roadmap for the next decade Chief … Read more
It had prescribed a range for airfare depending on the flight distance. In the wake of coronavirus outbreak, the Ministry had implemented a cap on domestic airfare. The domestic flights have a cap on fares with both an upper and lower limit. While the upper price limit is aimed at preventing any sharp rise in … Read more
Indian Council of Medical Research and Bharat Biotech have joined hands for the development of Covaxin. AIIMS-Delhi is among the 12 sites selected by the Indian Council for Medical Research for conducting phase I and II human trials of COVAXIN. In phase I, the vaccine would be tested on 375 volunteers and the maximum of … Read more
The 8th convocation of NIPER Hyderabad was held virtually today, It was a time of celebration and achievement for the graduating students and NIPER-Hyderabad fraternity. Chief guest Minister for IT E&C of Govt of Telangana, Shri. K. T. Rama Rao, said in his address that bright pharmaceutical professionals will have a pivotal role in the … Read more
Seeking to empower and associate the marginalized potters’ community with India’s quest to become “Aatmanirbhar”, the Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah distributed 100 electric potter wheels to 100 trained artisans under the Kumhar Sashaktikaran Yojana of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC). Shri Amit Shah distributed the electric potter wheels in his Parliamentary … Read more
Vice President of India Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has highlighted the virtues of learning and mastering one’s mother tongue even as he urged the people to learn other languages to the extent possible for a wider understanding of cultural diversities and value systems. He further said that learning other languages also fosters wider bonding of … Read more
The Delhi Customs, IGI Airport, has booked a case of smuggling of Foreign Cigarettes (3700 Dandas) without pictorial warning imprinted on them on 23rd July, 2020 by 13 Indian passengers stranded in Dubai due to COVID-19. The passengers were travelling from Dubai to Delhi via Flight No. EK-510 and arrived at 09:05 am on 23.07.2020 at … Read more
In order to strengthen its network and postal operations in rural areas and provide facility of small savings scheme to the vast majority in villages, the Department of Posts has now extended all small savings schemes upto the Branch Post Office level. There are 1,31,113 Branch Post Offices functioning in the rural areas. Apart from … Read more
Starting from 11th April 2020 till 23rd July 2020, control operations have been done in 2,02,565 hectares area in States of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana by Locust Circle Offices (LCOs). Till 23rd July 2020, control operations have been done in 1,98,657 hectares area in States of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Gujarat, … Read more
The Special Liquidity Scheme of Rs. 30,000 crore for NBFCs and HFCs is being implemented w.e.f. 1st July, 2020 as a follow up of one of the announcements under Aatma Nirbhar Bharat package made by the Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman on 13th May, 2020. The Scheme has been launched to improve … Read more
He also said that the government is promoting clean fuel and working towards running long-distance buses and trucks on LNG. Apart from LNG, the government’s focus is to take ethanol economy from the present 20,000 crore rupees to 1 lakh crore rupees, Road Transport, Highways and MSME Minister Gadkari said while addressing the members from … Read more
India has extended medical assistance worth about USD 1 million to North Korea in response to a request received from the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday. India is sensitive to the shortage of medical supply situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and decided to grant … Read more
Early June was the last time the United States recorded over 1,000 deaths a day for four days in a row, resulting from fallout from infections in April. In the most recent outbreak, cases began rising in early June and deaths increased about six weeks later. So far in July, 19 U.S. states have broken … Read more
The Ministry of HRD conducted the first ever Indian Scholastic Assessment (Ind-SAT) Test 2020 under its ‘Study in India’ programmeyesterday. Nearly five thousand candidates from Nepal, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Sri-Lanka, Kenya, Zambia, Indonesia and Mauritius appeared for the exam conducted in the proctored internet mode by the National Testing Agency. EdCIL (India) Limited, a PSU … Read more
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, flagged off nine trucks of Red Cross relief supplies from Rashtrapati Bhavan today (July 24, 2020) in the presence of Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan. The President of India is the President of Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS). These relief supplies for … Read more
The Department of Science and Technology has launched the India-Russia Joint Technology Assessment and Accelerated Commercialization Programme in partnership with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises (FASIE) of the Russian Federation. The programme will connect Indian, and Russian Science & Technology (S&T) led SMEs … Read more
Indian Railways is on a mission to RFID Tag all wagons by December 2022. The Indian Railways will complete this process of fitting radio-frequency identification tags (RFID) in all the wagons by December 2022. These tags will be used for tracking all wagons. So far 23000 wagons have been covered under RFID project. The Project … Read more
Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare digitally participated in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Health Minister’s Digital Meet at Nirman Bhawan today. The meet was chaired by Mr. Mikhail Murashko, Minister of Health of the Russian Federation. The ongoing COVID crisis was the key topic of discussion. At the outset, Dr. Harsh … Read more
More than 1.5 crore COVID samples (1,54,28,170) have been tested, till now. In the last 24 hours 3,52,801 samples have been tested for COVID-19 identification. This translates to 11179.83 tests per million (TPM) for India, which has seen a steady increase since the adoption of this strategy. The rise in TPM has been achieved … Read more
Ministry of Shipping has decided to waive waterway usage charges with immediate effect considering the Government of India’s vision to promote inland waterways as a supplementary, eco-friendly and cheaper mode of transport. The charges are waived initially for three years. Union Minister of State for Shipping (I/C) Shri Mansukh Mandaviya said that currently only 2% … Read more
The trend of highest ever single day recoveries of COVID-19 patients continues unabated. For the third day in a row, the last 24 hours have recorded another high with 34,602 patients recovering. This has significantly bolstered the total number of recovered patients to cross 8 lakh and currently stands at 8,17,208. This has strongly boosted … Read more
These nine states are driving the present spurt of the active caseload in the country. Cabinet Secretary chaired a high level virtual review meeting with Chief Secretaries and Health Secretaries of these states as part of Centre-State coordinated strategy for effective containment and management of the pandemic. Cabinet Secretary had a detailed review on the … Read more
Mylan, a global pharmaceutical company, today announced that the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has approved the anti-tuberculosis drug pretomanidfor conditional access under the National Tuberculosis Elimination Program (NTEP) program, making India the second country in the worldto provide regulatory approval for this product. Pretomanid has been approved as part of a three-drug, six-month … Read more
Waaree Energies, India’s largest solar module manufacturer and a leader in the EPC segment, has emerged as the India’s Greatest Brand by AsiaOne Magazine & URS Media International in the fifth edition of their awards. The process advisor for these awards and listing was Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India. Waaree is now the first Indian solar … Read more
Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das has asked banks to desist from extreme risk aversion during COVID-19 pandemic. In his foreword to the bi-annual Financial Stability Report, Das said, the top priority right now for banks and financial intermediaries should be for augmenting capital levels and to improve resilience. Das said, the country’s financial system is … Read more
The two sides agreed that early and complete disengagement of the troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and de-escalation from the border areas in accordance with the bilateral agreement and protocols was necessary for smooth bilateral relations. Both the countries also agreed that full restoration of peace and tranquility was essential for smooth … Read more
The number of deaths due to flood-related incidents have climbed to 96 with three more deaths in Barpeta, Kokrajhar and Morigaon districts of Assam. Over 27 lakh people have been affected in the third wave of flood. Out of the 33 districts of Assam 26 districts remain affected by flood waters while Goalpara still remains … Read more
The Ministry in a statement said, there has been satisfactory progress of sowing area coverage under Kharif crops. The Ministry said, about 220.24 lakh hectares area has been brought under sowing of rice as compared to around 188 lakh hectares during the corresponding period of last year. Sowing of pulses has been undertaken in about … Read more
The decision aims to empower rural India by bringing all Post Office Savings schemes to the doorstep of the people living in rural areas. The new order has allowed Branch Post Offices to offer facilities of Public Provident Fund, Monthly Income Scheme, National Savings Certificate, Kisan Vikas Patra and Senior Citizen Savings Schemes. People will … Read more
Addressing the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s Health Minister’s digital meet, Dr.Harsh Vardhan said, India didn’t have a single manufacturer of Personal Protective Equipment and now the country has developed indigenous capacity within few months. Union Minister said, the country can now export quality PPEs. The Minister said, similar scaling up was also done for achieving other indigenous … Read more
It will be the 67th episode of the monthly radio programme. It will be broadcast on the entire network of AIR and Doordarshan and also on AIR News website www.newsonair.com and newsonair Mobile App. It will also be streamed live on the YouTube channels of AIR, DD News, PMO and Information and Broadcasting Ministry. AIR will broadcast … Read more
The charges are waived initially for three years. Shipping Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that currently only two per cent of total cargo traffic moves through waterways. The Minister said, decision of waiving waterway charges will attract the industries to use the national waterways for their logistical needs. The Minister added that as the mode of transport is … Read more
There are, however, some States which have in the recent past shown high rise in daily number of active cases and are emerging as concern areas from COVID management point of view. As part of Centre-State coordinated strategy for effective containment and management of the COVID-19 pandemic, a high level virtual review meeting was chaired … Read more
Home Minister Amit Shah distributed the electric potter wheels in his Parliamentary constituency (Gandhinagar Lok Sabha) via Video Conference from New Delhi. Lauding the Kumhar Sashaktikaran Yojana, the Home Minister said the initiative would go a long way in strengthening the marginalized potters’ community by incorporating technology to improve productivity while also reviving the traditional art … Read more
Human clinical trials of the indigenous COVID vaccines have been started at the various levels in the country to identify the efficacy of these potential vaccines. Bharat Biotech and Zydus Cadilla have initiated human clinical trials of their vaccines after getting the approval from the government. Government has assured to provide all the necessary … Read more
The Fit India Movement was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last year. Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju virtually attended the Ministerial Forum of Commonwealth countries to share India’s road on resumption of sporting events and also to contribute to the creation of a collaborative sports policy in COVID-19 pandemic era. … Read more
The Minister said, the future belongs to them due to common traits of grit, courage and determination to scale newer heights. The Minister was delivering the keynote address on Cross-border Conversations with entrepreneurs from ASEAN organized by India ASEAN Women’s Business Forum and FICCI. Union Minister said, due to close business and cultural ties between India and ASEAN, … Read more
There will be complete restriction on movement of individuals, vehicles and all activities, except the movement for emergency medical requirements, from 6 p.m. on all Fridays beginning today till 6 a.m. on all Mondays. No pass shall be required for the movement for emergency medical requirements. Only local Chemists, fruits, vegetables and dairy shops can … Read more
While addressing the MLAs, Governor Kalraj Mishra said that he has to take legal opinion in view of the current situation prevailing in the state. Interacting with the media outside Raj Bhavan, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said that if the Governor allows the session to be convened, he will prove the majority there. He said … Read more
The move is being seen as in retaliation to the US decision to close down the Chinese Consulate in Houston two days ago. US State Department had alleged that the Chinese consulate in Houston was engaged in stealing of US intellectual property rights worth millions of dollars. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also stated … Read more