Newdelhi:25/4/22:Union Minister for Power Shri R.K Singh and Union  Minister for Railways  Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw held a meeting here today to discuss short-term and long-term strategies for dealing with increasing power demand. Power Secretary  Shri Alok Kumar, Coal Secretary  Shri A.K Jain and senior officials from the Ministry of Power, Ministry of Coal and Ministry of Railways were present. Representatives ...

Bihar.:25/4/22: In the presence of Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah, India has created the record in waving the National Flag at the same time. On 23 April 2022, India entered the Guinness Book of World Records by waving 78,220 tricolor flags simultaneously at the “Veer Kunwar Singh Vijayotsav” programme at  Duler Ground in Jagdishpur, Bhojpur, Bihar. The occasion was ...

New Delhi:25/4/22:The Ministry of Civil Aviation organized “Yog Prabha”, a mega Yoga event today at Safdarjung Airport, New Delhi. The event was inaugurated and led by Union Minister of Civil Aviation, Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia and the Minister of State for Civil Aviation Gen. (Dr). V.K. Singh (Retd). Over 900 officials of MoCA and its Attached organizations/PSU/Autonomous bodies participated in ...

Paradip:24/4/22:Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways Shri Sarbananda Sonowal, reviewed projects of Paradip Port and gave directions to the port for augmenting its capacity to 500 MMTPA (Million Metric Tonne Per Annum) by 2030. The Minister made his first official visit to Paradip Port Authority in Odisha as part of regular review on 24th March 2022.  During the meeting, the ...

New Delhi:24/4/22: Usha Padhee, an Odisha cadre Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer and former Koraput Collector, has been conferred with the Prime Minister Award for Excellence in Public Administration-2020 at the 15th Civil Services Day held on April 20 at New Delhi. Padhee, who works as Joint Secretary at the Civil Aviation Ministry, was awarded for her contribution to the ...

Newdelhi:23/4/22:The first-ever Global AYUSH Investment and Innovation Summit (GAIIS) at Gandhinagar concluded on a high note last night, with the AYUSH sector witnessing letters of Intent (LoIs) of over Rs 9,000 crores.  The investment proposals have come across major categories like FMCG, Medical Value Travel (MVT) and services, pharmaceuticals, technology & diagnostics, and farmers & agriculture. During the summit, more ...

Newdelhi:23/4/22:Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has today advised private TV news channels against making false claims and using scandalous headlines. In a detailed advisory issued today, the Ministry has called for adherence to the provisions of Section 20 of The Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 including the Programme Code laid down under it. The Ministry has found that ...

Newdelhi:23/4/22: “People at the bottom of pyramid should be at the core of digitisation.” said Shri AshwiniVaishnaw, Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronics and Information Technology. Reiterating the Antyodaya philosophy of the government, he said that everything that we do shall aim to provide benefits, a transformative force and a better environment for the marginal sections of the society. Addressing ...

Newdelhi:22/4/22:The Department of Food and Public Distribution (DFPD) received the prestigious Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration, 2020 for its scheme ‘One Nation One Ration Card’ (ONORC). Hon. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi conferred the Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration on the occasion of 15th Civil Services Day in New Delhi on 21.04.2022. The award was ...

Newdelhi:22/4/22:The total enrollments under APY Scheme have crossed 4.01 crore as on March 2022 out of which more than 99 lakh APY accounts were opened during FY 2021-22. The scheme had seen this tremendous success due to the active participation of all categories of Banks. Around 71% of the enrolments done by Public-sector banks, 19% by Regional Rural Banks, 6% ...