India is a vast South Asian country with diverse terrain – from Himalayan peaks to Indian Ocean coastline – and history reaching back 5 millennia. In the north, Mughal Empire landmarks include Delhi’s Red Fort complex, massive Jama Masjid mosque and Agra’s iconic Taj Mahal mausoleum. Pilgrims bathe in the Ganges in Varanasi, and Rishikesh is a yoga center and base for Himalayan trekking.
Ashwin, who had joined the team from Kings XI Punjab in a trade, is looking forward to working with the team. “I had heard a lot about the Delhi Capitals, and I look forward to working with Ponting. I’ve had some wonderful conversations with him over the last week or so. Shreyas is a lovely … Read more
The brochure brought out by Venture Center, details what the EIRs are working on and some highlights about them. It is also meant to be a directory of all EIRs. All contributing project execution partners are also featured in the brochure. The brochure also has a summary number of results and impact. Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (EIR) Programme … Read more
Quoting a study conducted in collaboration with Yale, it said that more than 65 percent of people who receive advance flood warnings take action to protect themselves and their assets. It said Google is working to launch a new forecasting model to double the lead time so that people have an extra day or so … Read more
Karmayogi mission is Officially called – “National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building” which aims at transforming human resource management in the country . In another key decision , the Union Cabinet today approved Urdu among 5 official languages of JK. We have a detailed report. The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra … Read more
General public can avail the services on given Lines from the date as per the operational timings shown against them:- STAGE-1 7th September 2020 onwards Line-2 (Yellow Line) from Samaypur Badli to HUDA City Centre including Rapid Metro, Gurugram MORNING (4 Hours only) (7 AM to 11 AM) EVENING (4Hours only) (4 PM to 8 … Read more
Scientists may soon have a solution in the form of diagnostic therapy for lung cancer which paves the way for personalized medicine. Recently researchers from Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), an autonomous institute under the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India, have developed a theranostics (diagnostic therapy) drug candidate … Read more
All government, semi government, autonomous and private institutions and Bangladesh missions abroad kept the national flag at half mast to pay respect to the departed dignitary. Foreign Minister of Bangladesh Dr. A K Abdul Momen visited the High Commission of India to pay tribute to the former President Pranab Mukherjee. He described Pranab Mukherjee as … Read more
The School of Artificial Intelligence aims to cement IIT Delhi’s leadership position in India and considerably improve its global standing. The institute is already a leader in the country and Asia for research and educational activity in Artificial Intelligence (AI). As per CSRankings.org, IIT Delhi is No.1 in India based on the number of high … Read more
The teams have been selected to take up these initiatives through a rigorous binational review process of proposals received for an invitation under COVID-19 Ignition Grants in April 2020 issued by the U.S.-India Science and Technology Endowment Fund (USISTEF). The USISTEF today announced the awards to eleven bilateral teams proposing out-of-the-box, innovative ideas to address … Read more
Samsung, India’s most trusted smartphone brand, today announced the debut of Mo-B, a mascot that represents all things ‘monster’ synonymous with Galaxy M series smartphones. The Galaxy M brand stands for monster features such as long-lasting battery, Infinity-O display and 64MP quad camera, which have become quite a rage with Gen Z and … Read more
Samsung Electronics today announced its latest advancements in mobile, wearables, TV, audio and home appliances with virtual experience, ‘Life Unstoppable’ to show how the 2020 line-up will enhance today’s connected lifestyles. The ‘Life Unstoppable’ virtual world marks a new era of innovation and is one of many ways Samsung continues to push the boundaries … Read more
On September 1 at their Galaxy Fold2: Unpacked Part2 event, Samsung Electronics introduced its latest device, the Galaxy Z Fold2, in captivating detail. Not only does the Galaxy Z Fold2 come with a bigger screen than its predecessor, a feature that truly stands out once the device is opened up, but it also possesses … Read more
12 men Rowers will attend a camp starting from 1st October 2020 to 31st January 2021 (4 months) which will be held at Army Rowing Node, Pune. The names of Rowers approved for the camp are – Men’s Singles Sculls (M1x) Sawarn Singh, Sukhmeet Singh, Bittu Singh, Jakar Singh, Roopendra Singh, Parminder Singh, Dattu Baban … Read more
Actress and Model Srishti Gupta said that she is balancing both her worlds corporate and acting career at the same time. Srishti Gupta has won Miss Chhattisgarh title in 2014 and she was one of the finalists in Miss India 2017 pageant. She has completed her studies in MBA and before entering into entertainment industry, … Read more
The Australian legend seemed full of energy and made sure his troops were upbeat as well. Speaking post a three-hour nets session, Ponting said the conditions were draining but his team was happy to be back together. “The attitude from the start has been amazing, and today was no exception. It was hot and quite … Read more
In August, Facebook suspended 103 Pages, 78 Groups, 453 accounts, and 107 Instagram accounts being run from Pakistan.In its August 2020 Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior (CIB) Report, Facebook has said that it has removed 3 networks of accounts including one from Pakistan, focused on both domestic audiences in Pakistan and also in India. The incidence has … Read more
Department of Personnel & Training, included 20 such games in the list for direct recruitment. The move comes following a proposal from the Department of Sports for inclusion of some more disciplines in the list of 43 sports for recruitment of sportspersons to any Group C post in ministries/departments of government of India. Accordingly, the … Read more
Continuing the streak of posting more than 60,000 recoveries each day since the past five days, India has registered 65,081 recoveries in the last 24 hours. The cumulative number of recovered patients have grown to 28,39,882, taking the Recovery Rate among COVID-19 patients to further high of 77%. The number of recovered patients has overtaken the active cases by 3.61 times. … Read more
The Commerce and Industry Minister Shri Piyush Goyal has invited the US business and industry to work with their Indian counterparts to take the bilateral trade to greater heights. Addressing the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) through a virtual conference today, ShriGoyal said that the two democracies share deep commitment with each other, at the Government, Business … Read more
The Union Cabinet condoled the sad demise of Shri Pranab Mukherjee, former President of India. Cabinet also observed silence for two minutes in the memory of Shri Pranab Mukherjee. The Cabinet today passed the following resolution: “The Cabinet expresses profound sorrow at the sad demise of Shri Pranab Mukherjee, former President of India. In his passing … Read more
Shri Rajiv Kumar today assumed charge as the new Election Commissioner (EC) of India. Sh Kumar joins the Election Commission of India with Chief Election Commissioner Shri Sunil Arora and Election Commissioner Shri Sushil Chandra. Born on 19thFebruary 1960, Shri Rajiv Kumar is a 1984 batch Indian Administrative Service Officer. During the span of more … Read more
Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, reviewed the progress of Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation India Limited (DFCCIL), which was attended by all the top officials of Railways Board, DFCCIL including CRB and MD/DFCCIL, and the contractual agencies. During the meeting, the senior officials presented the current status of the project. Shri … Read more
On mission mode, Indian Railways achieved a significant milestone of pulling freight traffic ahead. Indian Railways Freight loading for the month of August 2020 surpasses last years loading for the same month. In the month of August 2020 Indian Railways loading was 94.33 million tonnes which is 3.31 million tonnes higher compare to last years … Read more
The guiding principle within the Centre-led strategy of TEST, TRACK, TREAT has been aggressive testing by the States/UTs. High level of testing on a sustained leads to early diagnosis and enhanced recoveries. Following this tenet, India’s cumulative tests have crossed 4.3 crores today (4,33,24,834). 1,22,66,514 tests were done in the last two weeks alone. States/UTs … Read more
Union Department of Fertilizers is observing Swachhta Pakhwada from 1st – 15th September 2020. All PSUs and other Organizations under the Department are participating in the Swachhta Abhiyan in a big way. Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Shri DV Sadananda Gowda said in a tweet that Swachhta Pakhwada has gained even greater importance this … Read more
As a first step towards Greening the Indian short term power Market, Shri R. K. Singh, the Minister of State (IC) Power and New & Renewable Energy & Minister of State (Skill Development and Entrepreneurship), launched pan-India Green Term Ahead Market (GTAM) in electricity through video conference in New Delhi, today, the 1st September 2020. … Read more
Vice Admiral SR Sarma, AVSM, VSM has assumed charge as the Chief of Materiel, of the Indian Navy today (01 Sep 2020). The Admiral is a post graduate in Computer Science and Engineering from IISc, Bengaluru and a distinguished alumni of Naval Higher Command Course. During his illustrious career spanning over three and a half … Read more
The Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Sh. Ram Vilas Paswan recently reviewed the progress made towards the implementation of “One Nation One Ration Card” plan and while taking note of the requisite technical readiness of another 2 Union Territories of Ladakh and Lakshadweep, approved the integration of these 2 UTs with existing national portability … Read more
The following are the lists, in order of merit of 196 (106+76+14) candidates who have qualified on the basis of the results of the Combined Defence Services Examination (II), 2019 conducted by the Union Public Service Commission in September, 2019 and SSB interviews held by the Services Selection Board of the Ministry of Defence for admission to … Read more
Following is the text of the Joint Ministerial Statement adopted during the Trilateral Ministerial Meeting on supply chain resilience held on 1.9.2020 “1. Australia’s Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, Senator the Honourable Simon Birmingham, India’s Minister of Commerce and Industry, His Excellency Piyush Goyal, and Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, His Excellency Kajiyama … Read more
The gross GST revenue collected in the month of August, 2020 is Rs. 86,449 crore of which CGST is Rs. 15,906 crore, SGST is Rs. 21,064 crore, IGST is Rs. 42,264 crore (including Rs. 19,179 crore collected on import of goods) and Cess is Rs.7,215 crore (including Rs. 673 crore collected on import of goods). … Read more
Union Home Minister, Shri Amit Shah has said, “It is a matter of sadness and shock that Bharat Ratna Shri Pranab Mukherjee ji is not amidst us today.” In his condolence message, Shri Amit Shah said, “For decades, Pranab da had been working true to his name in the horizon of Indian polity. He worked … Read more
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh is visiting Moscow from September 3-5, 2020 at the invitation of Defence Minister of Russian Federation General Shergei Shoigu to attend the combined meeting of Defence Ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) member States in commemoration of the 75th … Read more
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI), in collaboration with MyGov.in, conducted a ‘National Online Quiz on Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016’ from 1st July to 31st July, 2020 to promote awareness and understanding of the Code among various stakeholders across the country. The Quiz was open for all Indian citizens above 18 years of age, … Read more
Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister of Steel and Petroleum & Natural Gas has condoled the sad demise of former President Shri Pranab Mukherjee. In a tweet message Shri Pradhan said, “A statesman, a doyen of Indian politics, Pranab da’s passing away is a personal loss for me. He leaves behind a lasting legacy and a void in Indian … Read more
The Garib Kalyan RojgarAbhiyaan (GKRA) has been launched to boost employment and livelihood opportunities for migrant workers returning to villages and similarly affected citizens in rural areas, in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak. The Abhiyaan is taking action on mission mode to provide employment to migrant workers who have returned to their native villages of … Read more
Smt Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Union Minister of Food Processing Industries has stated that new integrated cold chain projects are likely to generate direct and indirect employment for 16,200 and are likely to benefit 2,57,904 farmers.27 projects were approved in Inter-Ministerial Approval Committee (IMAC) meetings under the Scheme for Integrated Cold Chain and Value addition infrastructure … Read more
In wake of the situation created by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of India in May, 2020 had announced a set of economic measures under the Atma Nirbhar Bharat Package (ANBP) to help mitigate the problems of the migrant workers across the country. Pursuant to this, with an intent to help maximum … Read more
The discussion on the entire gamut of India-Nigeria bilateral relations was held in virtual mode. The foreign ministers’ discussions covered a wide spectrum of cooperation on political, economic and trade, defense and security, developmental assistance, and cultural cooperation. India and Nigeria have extensive cooperation in the field of defense training and capacity building, and it … Read more
Samsung pioneered a new mobile category with the Galaxy Fold – a smartphone with the world’s first 7.3-inch Infinity Flex Display, which folds into a compact device with a cover display. Now, that innovation journey is going even further. With the launch of the Galaxy Z Fold2, Samsung is taking the groundbreaking design of … Read more
“Engagement and involvement of all concerned stakeholders in company’s affairs will reduce and uncover the project risks. Such two-way interactions help pave way for mutually beneficial newer ideas, improvement areas and project related expectations.” Joshi Said. Addressing the stakeholders, the Minister said that avenues for business opportunities with Coal India are huge. The company would be … Read more
Sharing this information on Tuesday, 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, it is a matter of pride that India’s first Multi-Wavelength Space Observatory “AstroSat” has detected extreme-UV light from a galaxy located 9.3 billion light-years … Read more
India has taken up the matter of recent provocative and aggressive actions with the Chinese side through both diplomatic and military channels and have urged them to “discipline and control their frontline troops from undertaking such provocative actions,” added Srivastava. The latest attempt came just a day after the Chinese troops were engaged in provocative … Read more
Facebook has decided to remove misinformation that could lead to voter suppression or damage the electoral process. Misinformation and rumours would be removed from the Facebook platform Announcing measures to combat hate-speech, Facebook said it will deploy Artificial Intelligence (AI) to identify hate speech. It claimed that in the second quarter of 2020 it took … Read more
12 members of 16 member team climbed the peak. The leader of this extremely challenging expedition was Deputy Commandant Kuldeep Singh and Deputy Leader was Deputy Commandant Dharmendra. Head Constable Pradeep Negi, native of Chhitkul,the last border village in Kinnaur, climbed it second time. He has climbed world’s largest mountain Mt Everest two times. These team … Read more
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance has introducedits customer service chatbot ‘LiGo’ on ‘Google Assistant’.This would enable theCompany’s policyholders to have their queries addressed by simple voice commands such as “Ok Google, I want to speak to ICICI Prudential Life LiGo”or “May I talk to ICICI Prudential Life LiGo”. Expanding its innovation quotient by leveraging digital technologies … Read more
The committee, which also included Secretaries of School Education and Literacy, Higher Education, Health and Family Welfare and Ministry of Ayush, besides others, shared the initiatives they have conducted and have planned to take forward to make the campaign a wider success. “I’m very happy to be a part of this committee and it is … Read more
Samsung Electronics today unveiled the next generation of its category-defining foldable device, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2. Packed with enhanced refinements and meaningful innovations, the Galaxy Z Fold2 delivers new foldable experiences for those who enjoy being on the cutting edge of technology. With a larger Cover Screen and massive Main Screen, the Galaxy Z … Read more
The solar tree has been designed in a manner to ensure maximum exposure of each solar photovoltaic (PV) panel to sunlight and also creation of the least amount of shadow area beneath. According to Dr Harish Hirani, Director, CSIR-CMERI, the installed capacity of the Solar Tree is above 11.5 kWp (kilowatts peak). It has the … Read more
Trade and Commerce ministers of India, Australia, and Japan have underscored the necessity and potential to enhance the resiliency of supply chains in the Indo-Pacific region. The ministerial-level meeting on Supply Chains was attended by India’s Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, Australia’s Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, Simon Birmingham, and Japan’s Minister … Read more