Newdelhi:18/1/22:Union Minister for Tourism, Culture, and DONER Shri G. Kishan Reddy attended the Retreat Ceremony at the National War Memorial and paid tribute to the martyrs who have sacrificed their lives for the Nation and displayed distinguished acts of valour during wartime, in New Delhi today. Shri Reddy also observed the Next of Kin ceremony at the Memorial which is ...

Newdelhi:18/1/22:Union Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment Dr. Virendra Kumar launched Department’s first bi-monthly E-newsletter during the e-inauguration of the main building of Composite Regional Centre for Skill Development, Rehabilitation & Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (CRC), Kozhikode today. He said “The launch of E-newsletter by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities is a meaningful initiative. It will ...

Newdelhi:16/1/22:India today marked the first anniversary of the launch of Nationwide Vaccination Drive against Covid-19. The country has successfully administered over 156crore doses of vaccine. Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya today said, India has crossed 157 crore COVID vaccinations in just one year. In a tweet, the Minister congratulated the people on this feat and said 16th January will always be ...

Newdelhi:16/1/22:Union Minister of   Culture, Tourism, and DONER, Shri G. Kishan has announced that a 10th century stone idol of Goat Head Yogini that had been illegally removed from a temple in Lokhari, Banda, Uttar Pradesh is being returned to India.  Announcing this in a tweet today,  the Culture Minister said that the repatriation of our rightful artifacts continues. Earlier, the ...

Newdelhi:16/1 /22:Department of School Education and Literacy will be celebrating the iconic week under Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav from 17th January – 21st January 2022. As part of the iconic week, the Department of School Education and Literacy will organize a series of events. These will include a two-day  International webinar on Toys and Games to Play, Make and Learn,  ...

Newdelhi:16/1/22:Navy’s indigenously designed and built guided-missile destroyer, INS Kochi, exercised with Russian Federation Navy’s RFS Admiral Tributes on 14 January 2022 in the Arabian Sea. The exercise showcased cohesiveness and interoperability between the two navies and included tactical manoeuvres, cross-deck helicopter operations, and seamanship activities.  

Newdelhi:16/1/22:Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare today released a  commemorative Postal Stamp on COVID-19 Vaccine to mark the 1st anniversary of India’s National Covid-19 Vaccination program along with Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar, Union Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare and Shri Devusinh Chauhan, Union  Minister of State for Communications. The commemorative stamp design features ...

Newdelhi:15/1/22:With the administration of more than 58 lakh Doses (58,02,976) vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 156.02 Cr (1,56,02,51,117) as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 1,67,37,458sessions. The break-up of the cumulative figureas per the provisional report till 7 am today include: Cumulative Vaccine Dose Coverage HCWs 1st Dose 1,03,90,000 2nd Dose ...

Newdelhi:15/1/22The Election Commission of India today held separate virtual meetings with the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; Chief Secretaries and Health Secretaries of Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh, as also the Chief Electoral Officers of these five polls going States. Chief Election Commissioner Shri Sushil Chandra along with Election Commissioners Shri Rajiv Kumar and Shri Anup ...

Newdelhi:15/1/22:There have been some media reports alleging a ‘significant undercount’ of the actual number of people who have died in India due to COVID-19 in the first two waves, claiming that the final toll may be ‘substantially greater’ crossing the figures of about three million. It is clarified that such media reports are fallacious and ill-informed. They are not based ...