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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

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

In his address at the foreign ministers meeting, he said, “This meeting reiterates our belief in time-tested principles of international relations; the challenge today is not of concepts & norms but equally of their practice. He also added, “Leading voices of the world must be exemplars in every way; respecting international law, recognizing legitimate interest … Read more

Union 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. Naqvi said that the entire world is facing challenges of … Read more

Adopting the resolution with 37 in favour, 8 abstentions and 2 voting against, the 47 member UNHCR also stressed the need to address the root cause of human rights violations and abuses against ethnic minorities like Rohingyas in the Rakhine state of Myanmar. The UNHCR called upon the Myanmar government to allow media, independent observers … Read more

Adopting the resolution with 37 in favour, 8 abstentions and 2 voting against, the 47 member UNHRC also stressed the need to address the root cause of human rights violations and abuses against ethnic minorities like Rohingyas in the Rakhine state of Myanmar. The UNHRC called upon the Myanmar government to allow media, independent observers … Read more

In a press statement, it also added that 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 … Read more

  Samsung Electronics’ Global Research & Development (R&D) Centers have presented their studies to the CVPR (Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition) introducing new computer vision, deep learning and AI related technical researches.   CVPR is the world’s biggest conference on computer engineering and AI. At this year’s conference, held online from June 14 to 19, Samsung … Read more

Citing a WHO report, the Health Ministry said, the country’s cases per lakh population are 30.04 while the global average is more than triple at 114.67.   US has 671.24 cases per lakh population while the metric for Germany is 583.88, Spain is 526.22 and Brazil is 489.42. This was revealed in the WHO Situation … Read more

Active cases: 1,78,014 Cured/Discharged: 2,48,189 Migrated: 1 Deaths: 14,011

The State Department said it was reclassifying four outlets — China Central Television, the China News Service, the People’s Daily and the Global Times — as foreign missions rather than media outlets in the United States, adding to five others designated in February. All nine outlets “are effectively controlled by the government of the People’s … Read more

A senior administration official told journalists that the move would free up 525,000 jobs, making a dent in the high unemployment rate caused by the coronavirus pandemic. An executive order extends and widens the 60-day freeze Trump placed on new work permits for non-US citizens two months ago. The administration official said the new order would … Read more

As per the statement, 62 spray equipment (21 Micronair and 41 Ulvamast) are being used by Locust Circle Offices, while 200 employees of the Locust Warning Organisation are deployed for conducting survey and control work. Control room has been established in all 10 Locust Circle Offices and also at LWO, Jodhpur. Even beyond the Scheduled … Read more

Invest India has designed this forum of unique sectoral series to conduct detailed conversations between global industry leaders and key decision makers from the highest levels of the Union & State Governments of India. The forum witnessed participation from the senior most policy makers from Union Government and 6 State Governments – Andhra Pradesh, Assam, … Read more

Amit Shah said, “It makes me, as well as crores of devotees across India happy that the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi not only understood the sentiment of the devotees but also initiated consultations which ensured that the great traditions of our land are observed.” Shah said urgent consultations were held with concerned authorities to … Read more

The virtual edition of Cannes Film Market exemplifies, what our Prime Minister has said, “togetherness and resilience” when the humanity is facing a common challenge. Addressing the film fraternity and film lovers across the Globe, the Hon’ble  Minister said “virtual inaugurations are the new normal and these virtual spaces are the new places for real … Read more

This comes a day after Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal expressed displeasure over the PCBA order and said authorities need to be “more sensible”. OIL had on Sunday said it will approach the Gauhati High Court on Monday against the PCBA if the order to shut its Baghjan oil field is not withdrawn. Revoking its … Read more

Supreme court’s directions to Odisha Govt and Temple Management Board: 1) All  entry  points  into  the  City  of  Puri,  i.e., airports,   railway   stations,   bus   stands,   etc., shall  be  closed  during  the  period  of  Rath  Yatra festival. The  State  Government  shall  impose  a  curfew  in  the City  of  Puri  on  all  the  days  and  during  all  … Read more

The event was inaugurated virtually which will be live daily from 22nd to 26th June, 2020. Anurag Sharma, M.P., Jhansi and Chairman, FICCI, AYUSH Committee, Dr. Sangita Reddy, President FICCI, P.V. Sindhu, eminent sports personality, Badhri Iyengar, Chairman, FICCI Medical Devices Fourm and other representatives from the industries attended the Virtual EXPO.  This is the … Read more

After rallying 482 points during the day, the 30-share index pared gains to end 179.59 points, or 0.52 per cent, higher at 34,911.32. The NSE Nifty too rose 66.80 points, or 0.65 per cent, to close at 10,311.20. Bajaj Auto was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, surging around 7 per cent, followed by … Read more

Engineers Michael Kim (left) and Sung-won Ryu, developers of the Galaxy S20’s display   Once you enter the world of high refresh displays, there is no going back. A refresh rate refers to the number of still images that can appear on a screen in the space of a single second, meaning that a higher … Read more

Dimitrov, ranked No. 19 and a three-time Grand Slam semifinalist, is the highest-profile current player to say he has the virus. His announcement Sunday on his Instagram page comes at the end of a week when the US Open said it would go forward.  The professional tennis tours have been suspended since March and are planning to resume … Read more

During the last 24 hours, nine thousand 440 people recovered from COVID-19. Presently, the total number of active Corona cases in the country is over one lakh 74 thousand.  Union Health Ministry said, a total of 14,821 new cases of COVID-19 were reported during the last 24 hours taking the total number of cases to … Read more

In an effort to stem the spread of Coronavirus in the country the government has put areas with high infection rates in Chattogram, Bogura, Moulvibazar, Chuadanga, Jashore, Madaripur, Narayanganj, Habiganj, Munshiganj and Cumilla districts under strict lockdown from Sunday.  All the government and private offices in these areas will remain closed. However, emergency services will … Read more

The Odisha Government also supported the Centre’s stand in the apex court.  Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who mentioned the matter before a bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra, said it is a matter of faith for crores. He said, if Lord Jagannath will not come out tomorrow, he cannot come out for 12 years as … Read more

With this, the total procurement for the year, both government and private trade, has crossed more than 2000 crore rupees.  This has proved to be a much needed panacea during the times of the Covid-19 pandemic which has disrupted lives and livelihoods of Tribals. On 26th May, the Tribal Affairs Ministry also recommended the addition … Read more

Ruwan Wijewardena, who was State Minister of Defence at the time of attacks said that he was not aware of such a warning received from Pakistan and that the only warning they received was from India.  His comments came as Pakistan High Commissioner in Sri Lanka Major General (Retd.) Muhammad Saad Khattak told a private … Read more

After touching a high of 35,170.08 in early trade, the 30-share index was trading 421.66 points, or 1.21 per cent, higher at 35,153.39. Similarly, NSE Nifty surged 122.95 points, or 1.20 per cent, to 10,367.35.  Bajaj Finserv was the top gainer in the pack, rising around 7 per cent, followed by Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Auto, IndusInd … Read more

The Parade is organised to honour the heroism and sacrifices made by the Russian and other friendly people.  Russian Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu had invited Mr Singh to the Victory Parade, which was originally scheduled on the 9th of May but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Separately, a Tri-Service 75- Member Indian Military … Read more

During the last 24 hours, 13,925 people have recovered from COVID-19. Presently, the total number of active Corona cases in the country is 1,69,451.  The Health and Family Welfare Ministry said a total of 15,413 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the last 24 hours taking the total number of cases to 4,10,461. … Read more

The data from the US Treasury Department showed that after significantly reducing the exposure in March to 156.5 billion dollars, India marginally hiked the holding by 0.9 billion dollars to 157.4 billion dollars the next month.  While the holding touched a record high of 177.5 billion dollars in February, the same was drastically reduced in … Read more

According to the Bangladesh Met Department, the 5.8 magnitude earthquake that took place at 0440 hours on Monday. It was centred on the India-Myanmar region 301 kilometres south east of Dhaka. No damage to property or casualty has been reported from anywhere so far.

The Minister also disclosed that in the wake of COVID pandemic, Ministry of DoNER has decided to sanction 190 crore rupees  for augmentation of healthcare facility in the eight North Eastern States, particularly for developing infrastructure for management of infectious diseases.  Addressing a Virtual meeting, attended by the Health Secretaries as well as Deputy Commissioners … Read more

The total lockdown was imposed on June 9 after the number of coronavirus cases in the state has jumped from 1 to 42 in a week. It was scheduled to be in force till Monday.  In an order, the government said that it extended the total lockdown as stricter measures imposed earlier were found to … Read more

Three terrorists were killed in the first encounter that broke out between terrorists and security forces at Zadibal area in Srinagar district on Sunday.  According to Police, a joint team of security forces launched a Cordon and Search Operation based on a specific input about the presence of terrorists in the area.  As a joint … Read more

The Indian High Commission in Dhaka conducted live online Yoga workshops to celebrate the occasion.   As part of efforts to spread awareness of the benefits of yoga, the Ministry of AYUSH, and Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) launched ‘My Life My Yoga’ Video Blogging Competition. People of Bangladesh participated with great enthusiasm in … Read more

Pokhran has over 300 potters’ families that are engaged with pottery for several decades, but potters started looking for other avenues due to heavy drudgery in the work and no market support. Apart from the electric wheels, the KVIC also distributed 8 blunger machines in a group of 10 potters, used for mixing the clay … Read more

NCERT has developed textual materials on Yoga for Healthy Living for Upper Primary to Secondary Stages and also has been organising Yoga Olympiad since 2016. In COVID-19 situation children are being guided by their teachers and parents at home to do yogic practices along with physical exercises based on Alternative Academic Calendar developed for different stages … Read more

As per extant procurement norms of Indian Railways, identified Safety and Critical items where quality is of paramount importance, are procured from Vendors approved by its nominated vendor approving agencies for the item. Recently decision has been taken that a Vendor, approved for an item by any of the Vendor Approving Agency of Indian Railways … Read more