New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday directed all the states to carry out fire safety audit of dedicated COVID-19 hospitals across the country to prevent fire incidents in medical institutions. The apex court also directed dedicated COVID-19 hospitals to take a no objection certificate (NOC) from the fire department within four weeks and said … Read more
Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar met members of Farmer Producer Organisations of Federation of Indian FPOs and Aggregators (FIFA) representing 15 states and around500 FPOs at Krishi Bhawan today. They expressed their support for the recent Agricultural Reforms by the Government of India. They thanked the minister for the enabling … Read more
The 4thBilateral Joint Working Group (JWG) meeting between the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) India and the National Narcotics Board (BNN), Indonesia was held on 17th December, 2020. The Indian delegation was led by Rakesh Asthana, Director General, Narcotics Control Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of Indiaand the Indonesian delegation was led by Mr. PujiSarwono, … Read more
Rustic Art, a home-grown organic personal & homecare brand recently launched Serve Clean – a 100 per cent natural and organic Vegetable & Fruit Wash. The Soapnut Tamarind powdered formulation is curated to get rid of wax, dirt, bacteria and pesticides from vegetables and fruits. Enriched with Colloidal Silver, it has a strong anti-bacterial property that works effectively against … Read more
The Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu today called for making agriculture climate-resilient, profitable and sustainable, while ensuring remunerative prices to farmers, food and nutritional security to millions of people. Delivering the 41st Convocation Address of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), he stressed the need for developing climate resilient crops/varieties which can withstand … Read more
A webinar and Expo between India and Maldives were held today. The Theme of webinar was ‘Joint Indo Maldives High Level Defence Engagement’. It was organised under the aegis of Department of Defence Production (DDP), Ministry of Defence (MoD) through Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). This webinar is the part of Aero … Read more
The Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (IC), Prahlad Singh Patel chaired a meeting of the National Museum Institute Society in New Delhi today. Outstation members attended the meeting through Virtual Mode. The agenda of the meeting was confirmation of the minutes of previous meeting of the society, which was held on 13.03.2020, relating … Read more
In the pandemic when a lot of excitement seems to have come to a halt, it is science and technology that is keeping the spirits high. One such live example is India International Science Festival (IISF) 2020 where science can be experienced virtually. “We have events where students can go for virtual tours, 3D exhibitions, … Read more
India’s planetary missions like Mars Mission may soon be able to reduce payload mass and launch costs with the help of an indigenously developed Metal- CO2 battery with CO2 as an Energy Carrier. Chandra Shekhar Sharma, Associate Professor from Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad and a recipient of this year’s SwarnaJayanti fellowship instituted by the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of … Read more
The 5th meeting of the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) Working Group on Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) is scheduled on17 December 2020. The meeting is being coordinated by Indian Navy being the Chair of the IONS Working Group on HADR. The meeting will be attended by Australia, Bangladesh, France, Indonesia, Iran, Kenya, Maldives, … Read more
Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Nitin Gadkari will inaugurate the 23rd “Hunar Haat” of indigenous master artisans, being organised by Union Ministry of Minority Affairs at Numaish Ground, Panvadiya in Rampur (UP), tomorrow 18th December 2020. Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi; Khadi and Village Industries Commission Chairman Vinay Kumar … Read more
Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways and MSMEs Nitin Gadkari has said that the Government has finalised GPS-based (Global Positioning System) technology toll collection to ensure seamless movement of vehicles across the country. He said, this will ensure India becomes ‘toll booth free’ in next two years. Addressing the ASSOCHAM Foundation Week Programme here … Read more
New Delhi: India on Thursday hoped that further discussions with China will help both sides to achieve an agreement on a mutually acceptable solution for ensuring complete disengagement in all friction points along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Anurag Srivastava told a media briefing the two sides … Read more
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) surveyed 375 rural households and 700 children to assess the access to education and difficulties faced by students, parents and teachers due to COVID-19 protocols. They also researched the effectiveness of the online classes and the barriers faced due to lack of access to technology and the internet. IIM-A … Read more
From being the first R&D employee in Samsung Research Institute-Bangalore to becoming its Managing Director, Dipesh Shah has lived every moment of the Samsung story in India. Here is a message from Dipesh Shah to all of Samsung’s consumers, partners and employees across the country, who have walked with Samsung in this journey of 25 successful years. … Read more
Jammu : Ahead of eight phases of DDC polls in Jammu and Kashmir, a female DDC candidate of National Conference from Padder village of Jammu region on Wednesday died of cardiac arrest. According to tweet by NC Provincial President Jammu Divender Singh Rana said, “Sad to hear about the sudden unfortunate demise of our DDC … Read more
Srinagar : BJP national spokesman and former Union Minister Syed Shahnawaz Hussain on Wednesday paid obeisance at the revered shrine of Hazrat Sheikh Hamza(RA) popularly known as Makhdoom Shab in downtown Srinagar. Hussain on the occasion said that he prayed for the peace, tranquillity and the progress of Kashmir and well being of people of … Read more
With the holiday season in full swing, Samsung Electronics has created an animated tribute video to their Exynos customers to help spread some of the season’s festive joy. 2020 will be remembered as a year full of challenges on both a global and a personal scale, it was also a year that provided people with … Read more
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has given its approval for Central Electricity Regulatory Commission’s proposal for entering into a Memorandum of Understanding between Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), India and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), United States of America (USA) for exchange of information and experiences in areas of mutual … Read more
Geneva/ Guwahati : The vibrant media fraternity of India sets to end a terrible year with the highest number of journo-killing incidents and second largest digit in the statistics of Covid-19 aggravated deaths (after Peru) around the world. India witnessed the murder & suspected killings of 14 journalists (compare to 86 global incidents) in 2020 till … Read more
Ever since I was young, I’ve been captivated by engineering and technology — enthralled by new gadgets and curious about what made them work. I didn’t think I could be more obsessed with technology, but 2020 proved me wrong. This year gave me an even greater appreciation for all that it does and can … Read more
Department of Posts (DoP) and India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) unveiled a new digital payment app ‘DakPay’ at virtual launch event today. The App is launched as part of its ongoing efforts to provide Digital Financial inclusion at the last mile across India. DakPay is not just a digital payment app but a suite of … Read more
Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, released the Factsheets of key indicators on population, reproductive and child health, family welfare, nutrition and others for 22 States/UTs of the first Phase of the 2019-20 National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) on Universal Health Coverage Day on 12th December, 2020. These results … Read more
New Delhi : The Defence Research and Development Organisation associates with Delhi Paramedical & Management Institute (DPMI) for the Lab Technicians, OT Technicians and Nursing staff for DRDO built Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel COVID-19 Hospital, Delhi Cantt. It is a 1,000 bed make shift hospital spread over 25,000 sq m of Indian Air Force land … Read more
It’s the time of year where we send our loved ones special messages to remind them that, despite the rough year that has passed, we are always thinking of them. Digital calligraphy, a craft that results in hand-made and easily shareable pieces of digital art, is an ideal way to share the love this holiday … Read more
Addressing the 93rd Annual Convention of Industry body FICCI, through video conferencing in New Delhi Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh said the Covid-19 pandemic has brought many new challenges to the country and the government has taken various steps to mitigate its adverse impacts concerning both lives and livelihoods. Utmost priority has been given first to save lives and the Medical … Read more
NITI Aayog today released a white paper: Vision 2035: Public Health Surveillance in India with the vision: To make India’s public health surveillance system more responsive and predictive to enhance preparedness for action at all levels. Citizen-friendly public health surveillance system will ensure individual privacy and confidentiality, enabled with a client feedback mechanism. Improved data-sharing … Read more
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Dharmendra Pradhan today said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made Swachhta a Jan Andolan which is drawing wide participation from society, urban and rural areas alike. He was speaking at the awards distribution ceremony for Swacchta Pakhwada in the petroleum industry. He also said that the … Read more
The National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) is releasing All India Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Base 2012=100 and corresponding Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) for Rural (R), Urban (U) and Combined (C) for the month of November 2020 (Provisional) in this press note. CPIs for Sub-Groups and Groups for … Read more
The office bearers from different States representing the All India Kisan Coordination Committee met Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar in Krishi Bhavan today. Farmer leaders from Telangana, Maharashtra, Haryana, Tamil Nadu and Bihar spoke to the Agriculture Minister. All of them were convinced that the recent Farm Acts are for the benefit of farmers across … Read more
The Government of India (GoI) has announced the Sale (Re-issue) of (i) ‘4.48% Government Security, 2023’ for a notified amount of Rs6,000 crore (nominal) through pricebased auction, (ii) ‘GoI Floating Rate Bonds, 2033’ for a notified amount of Rs2,000 crore (nominal) through price based auction, (iii) ‘6.22% Government Security, 2035’ for a notified amount of Rs9,000 crore (nominal) through price based auction, and (iv) ‘6.67% … Read more
India has crossed a landmark milestone in its eHealth journey. eSanjeevani telemedicine service of the Health Ministry has crossed 1 million (10 lakh) tele-consultations today.Telemedicine entails delivery of health services from a distance using internet and it not only extends the reach of health services but also improves quality of health services besides saving time … Read more
The Office of the Economic Adviser, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade is releasing index numbers of wholesale price in India for the month of November, 2020 (Provisional) and for the month of September, 2020 (Final) in this press release. Provisional figures of Wholesale Price Index (WPI) are released on 14th of every … Read more
Google applications including YouTube, email and Docs have suffered a rare service outage, with users unable to access many of the company’s services. The outage started shortly before noon UK time, lasting more than half an hour before being restored. Users around the world reported problems with Gmail, Google Drive, the Android Play Store, Maps, … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will undertake a visit to Dhordo in Kutch, Gujarat on 15th December, 2020 and lay the Foundation Stone of several development projects in the State. These projects include a desalination plant, a hybrid renewable energy park, and a fully automated milk processing and packing plant. Chief Minister of Gujarat will be … Read more
‘Plan for Khedut Sansad’ Udaipur : Fearing house arrest and custodial harrasments, members of the Gujrat Kisan Sangharh Samiti and various farmer unions have disguised themselves and moving furtively and stealthily to Delhi to participate in the Kisan movement. From the traditional Kediyu-Chorno and phento ( Kurta- Dhoti pant with headgear) many peasants have undergone a makeover to escape … Read more
Udaipur : A team of doctors constituting a medical board conducted autopsies of the deceased persons on Sunday morning, who lost their lives in a fatal road accident near Napawali-Sadal Khera under Nikumbh police station limits of Chittorgarh district on Saturday night. Six autopsies were held at Nikumbh civil hospital where the doctors wore PPE … Read more
The Cyclone Warning Division of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), has release a report on the Cyclonic Storm ‘BUREVI’ over the Bay of Bengal during 30th November – 05th December 2020. The salient features of the Report are: Brief Life History: ● The cyclonic storm, ‘Burevi’ originated as a Low Pressure area in the equatorial easterly wave over South Andaman Sea … Read more
Commander Nishant Singh, a fighter pilot of the Indian Navy, was laid to rest with full military honours at Goa on 11 Dec 20. Commander Nishant did not survive the Mig-29K crash off Goa on 26 Nov 20. His wife, Mrs Nayaab Randhawa received the tricolour and her husband’s uniform from the Commanding Officer of the squadron. … Read more
Taking steps towards the Prime Minister’s vision of making India a global manufacturing hub for sale & exports of toys, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry has devised a comprehensive action plan with steps being taken to boost production & sale of indigenous toys across the country. … Read more
Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare today digitally addressed the students of Lady Hardinge Medical College(LHMC) on their convocation ceremony. Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Hon’ble Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare was also present at the occasion. Expressing his gratitude on the occasion, Dr Vardhan said, “I am honoured and … Read more
Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary (H&FW) called on the Vice President, M. Venkaiah Naidu at Upa-Rashtrapati Nivas today and apprised him of the latest health situation in Eluru, Andhra Pradesh in the backdrop of many people being hospitalized with an undiagnosed illness. The people there reportedly … Read more
The Ministry of Tourism’s Dekho Apna Desh Webinar series titled “ Birding in India” held on 12thDecember 2020 focused on Birds and Birding opportunities in India. India’s biodiversity is one of the richest in the world. From the Himalayas, Desert, Coast, Rainforest and the tropical islands; India represents almost all ecoregion found on the planet and it is home with over 1300 exotic … Read more
The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi delivered the inaugural address at FICCI’s 93rd Annual General Meeting and Annual Convention today via video conferencing. The Prime Minister complimented the Indian private sector for not only meeting the domestic needs but also for its capability to establish strong brand India globally. Commitment of every citizen towards Aatmnirbhar Bharat … Read more
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal today addressed FICCI’s annual convention & 93rd Annual General Meeting. Goyal said in his address that Scale of manufacturing, coupled with quality & productivity, can truly make India competitive in several sectors & help move towards an Aatmanirbhar Bharat which is going to be an important building block … Read more
Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare today chaired an event to mark Universal Health Coverage Day. Sh. Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare joined the event virtually from Patna. Dr. Harsh Vardhan started by reminding the audience that COVID19 has greatly magnified the need for building … Read more
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways has circulated draft of Indian Ports Bill 2020 for public consultation which will repeal and replace the Indian Ports Act, 1908 (Act No. 15 of 1908) The draft Indian Ports Bill, 2020, seeksto,inter alia, enable the structured growth and sustainable development of ports to attract investments in the Port sector … Read more
Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog and SAP Labs India have strengthened their partnership to promote digital literacy, innovation and entrepreneurship in India. As part of the renewed Statement of Intent (SOI), SAP will conduct Training of Trainers (ToT) under UnBox Tinkering for around 500 teachers in the next three years. SAP aims to adopt … Read more
Union Minister of Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda had a meeting with Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan yesterday to explore convergences to drive tribal empowerment. Managing Director, TRIFED Pravir Krishna was also present in the meeting. As a part of its continuing, ongoing efforts to improve the lives and livelihoods of the … Read more
Indian Railways through its 21 Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) is organizing mega recruitment drive in three phases starting from 15th December, 2020 for filling up about 1.4 lakh vacancies in which more than 2.44 Crore candidates will be appearing in different cities across the country. Preparations for conduct of exams are in full swing. First … Read more