Newdelhi:9/5/23:President Smt Droupadi Murmu, who is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, conferred eight Kirti Chakras, including five posthumous, and 29 Shaurya Chakras, including five posthumous, to the personnel of the Armed Forces, Central Armed Police Forces and State/Union Territory Police during Defence Investiture Ceremony (Phase-1) in New Delhi on May 09, 2023. The Gallantry awards were given to ...

Newdelhi:9/5/23:Shri Partha Mazumder  has assumed charge as Regional Executive Director (Eastern Region -II ) NTPC on 8th  May 2023.He will be heading the Eastern Region II of NTPC and shall look after the power stations and projects situated in the State of Odisha, Jharkhand and Assam. In his illustrious career spanning more than 38 years, Shri Mazumder has served NTPC, ...

PMJJBY: More than 16 crore Cumulative Enrolments PMSBY: More than 34 crore Cumulative Enrolments APY: Over 5 Crore subscribers Newdelhi:9/5/23:As we celebrate the 8th anniversaries of the three social security (Jan Suraksha) schemes — Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY), Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) and Atal Pension Yojana (APY), let us recount how these schemes have enabled affordable ...

Newdelhi:9/5/23:Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), under the able-guidance of Shri Rajesh Agarwal Secretary, has initiated a series of reforms for implementation of the provisions of “Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016” and empowerment of Persons with Disabilities. In the series of such initiatives, a meeting was held today under the Chairpersonship of Shri Rajesh Aggarwal with ...

Newdelhi:9/5/23:Government of India (Department of Food & Public Distribution) has the mandate of implementing National Food Security Act, 2013 for ensuring food security to about 80 crore beneficiaries of the country. To meet the fund requirements of the State Government for implementation of the scheme, DFPD releases food subsidy to States. For this purpose, specific MoUs are signed with respective ...

Newdelhi:8/5/23:Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman chaired the 27th Meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) here today, for the first time after the announcement of the Budget 2023-24.  During the meeting of the Council, it was discussed that the policy and legislative reform measures required to further develop the financial sector may be formulated and implemented ...

Newdelhi:8/5/23:In a major development, Ministry of Defence, Department of Military Affairs, has approved amendment to existing cadre management provisions for Women Officers of the Territorial Army (TA). Territorial Army had commenced Commissioning of Women Officers in TA since 2019. Thus far these Woman Officers were able to serve Ecological Task Force Units, TA Oil sector units and TA Railway Engineer Regiment. ...

Visakhapatnam : 6/5/23:Ten Indian fishermen who were rescued from Maldivian waters have been safely brought to Visakhapatnam by Indian Coast Guard on 06 May 2023. These fishermen had ventured into sea from Thengapatnam near Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu on 16 Apr 2023. However, their boat developed engine failure and they were adrift to Maldivian region without any help for 05 days. The ...

New Delh:6/5/23:  The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change  in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme/ Convention on Migratory Species (UNEP/CMS) had organized a meeting of Range Countries to strengthen conservation efforts for migratory birds and their habitats in the Central Asian Flyway (CAF) from 2nd to 4th May, 2023 in New Delhi. Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest ...

Cuttack:6/5/23: Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud on Saturday said live streaming of court proceedings has a flipside, adding the judges need to be trained “because every word that we say is up in the public realm”. Speaking at the Neutral Citation for the Indian Judiciary and National Conference on Digitisation, CJI Chandrachud said: “Today, most of the High ...