Newdelhi:29/8/24:The Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare (DoPPW) is dedicated to improving the Ease of Living for pensioners through continuous enhancements in Pension Rules and Procedures. The DoPPW had notified the CCS (Pension) Rules, 2021, and these rules have been integrated with Bhavishya. DoPPW vide its notification dated 16th July, 2024 released New Single Simplified Pension Application Form 6-A. This form will ...

Newdelhi:29/8/24:The Ministry of Women and Child Development, under the leadership of Union  Minister Smt. Annapurna Devi has launched the new SHe-Box portal, a centralized platform for registering and monitoring complaints of sexual harassment of women in the workplace. The launch event was held in New Delhi today. She also launched the new website of the Ministry during the event. Minister of ...

Bhubaneswar: 28/8/24:Odisha has been recognized as the best state in India for road safety initiatives. The award was presented by Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, during the sixth edition of FICCI’s Road Safety Conclave held in New Delhi. Pradeep Kumar Mohanty, Joint Transport Commissioner (Road Safety), received the award on behalf of the state. Odisha’s efforts ...

Newdelhi28/8/24:The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the proposal for conduct of 3rd batch of ascending e-auctions for 730 channels in 234 new cities with estimated reserve price of Rs.784.87 crore under Private FM Radio Phase Ill Policy. State-wise list of the cities / towns and the number of Private FM channels approved for fresh ...

Newdelhi:28/8/24:Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi earlier today chaired the meeting of the 44th edition of PRAGATI, the ICT-based multi-modal platform for Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation, involving Centre and State governments. This was the first meeting in the third term. Seven significant projects were reviewed in the meeting, including two projects related to road connectivity, two rail projects, and one ...

Mumbai:26/8/24:The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on August 26, 2024 rescued 11 crew members from the distressed MV ITT Puma during a challenging night-time Search and Rescue operation. The Mumbai-registered general cargo vessel was en route from Kolkata to Port Blair when it reportedly sank about 90 nautical miles south of Sagar Island (West Bengal). The Maritime Search & Rescue Coordination ...

Newdelhi:267/8/24:In pursuit of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s vision to build a developed and prosperous Ladakh, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has decided to create five new districts in the union territory. Informing about this historic decision in a post on ‘X’ platform, Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah said that with this decision, the ...

Newdelhi:23/8/24:The President of India, Smt. Today, Draupadi Murmu graced the first National Space Day Celebration at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi (August 23, 2024). National Space Day is being celebrated to commemorate the successful landing of the ‘Vikram’ Lander on the surface of the Moon on August 23, 2023. The President presented awards to ‘The Robotics Challenge winners and ‘Bharatiya ...

Newdelhi:22/8/24:Nominations/recommendations for the Padma Awards 2025 to be announced on the occasion of Republic Day, 2025 have begun from 01st May 2024. The last date for nominations for Padma Awards is 15th September 2024. The nominations/recommendations for Padma Awards will be received online on the Rashtriya Puraskar Portal (https://awards.gov.in). The Padma Awards, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri are amongst ...

Newdelhi:22/8/24:The President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu presented the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar-2024 at an award ceremony held at Gantantra Mandap, Rashtrapati Bhavan today (August 22, 2024). In the first edition of the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar, 33 awards were presented to distinguished scientists in four categories – Vigyan Ratna, Vigyan Shri, Vigyan Yuva, and Vigyan Team. The Vigyan Ratna Award, given ...