Newdelhi:30/3/24:The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu presented Bharat Ratna at an Investiture Ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan today (March 30, 2024). She conferred Bharat Ratna upon: Shri P. V. Narasimha Rao posthumously. On behalf of the late Shri P. V. Narasimha Rao, Bharat Ratna was received by Shri P.V. Prabhakar Rao, his son. Former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh ...
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Govt orders mandatory declaration of stock position of wheat
Newdelhi:29/3/24:To manage the overall food security and to prevent hoarding and unscrupulous speculation, the Government of India has decided that Traders/Wholesalers, Retailers, Big Chain Retailers and Processors in all States and Union Territories have to declare their Stock position of wheat on the portal (https://evegoils.nic.in/wheat/login.html) w.e.f. 01.04.2024 and then, every Friday till further orders. All the respective legal entities to ...
Read More »Government issues advisory against calls impersonating DoT, threatening people to disconnect mobile numbers
Newdelhi:29/3/24:Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Ministry of Communications, has issued an advisory to citizens that calls are being received by the citizens wherein callers, in the name of DoT, are threatening that all of their mobile numbers would be disconnected or their mobile numbers are being misused in some illegal activities. The DoT has also issued advisory about WhatsApp calls from ...
Read More »C-Vigil is part of ECI’s steps to leverage digital tech to ensure free, fair and inducement-free polls
Newdelhi:29/3/24:The cVIGIL app of the Election Commission of India has become an effective tool in the hands of people to flag election code violations. Since the announcement of General Elections 2024, over 79,000 complaints have been received as of today. Over 99% of complaints have been resolved and close to 89% of these complaints have been resolved within 100 minutes. ...
Read More »Ignorance of those trying to teach lessons without acknowledging ground realities must be rebuffed, VP on CAA
Newdelhi:28/3/24:The Vice President, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar today expressed his strong disapproval of the use of sovereign platforms for making ignorant observations about CAA. Emphasising that CAA is meant to give reprieve to those persecuted on religious grounds in our neighborhood, he highlighted that none is being deprived of citizenship and still the narrative is so different. Referring to the cut-off ...
Read More »ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEERS OF CPWD CALL ON THE PRESIDENT
Newdelhi:28/3/24:A group of Assistant Executive Engineers of CPWD (2022 and 2023 batches) called on the President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan today (March 28, 2024). Addressing the Engineers, the President said that as young engineers, they are aware of the threats of climate change and global warming and the consequent need to adopt energy-efficient solutions. Buildings, roads, ...
Read More »PIB Launches a Media Facilitation Portal for Information on General Election 2024
Newdelhi:27/3/24:Press Information Bureau has started a microsite https://pib.gov.in/elect2024/index.aspx having several features as one one-stop facilitation portal for media persons reporting for General Election 2024. The portal has the following characteristics. A Digital Flip Book: This encompasses various interesting analytics and data-rich features. The media persons can utilize this information for writing their articles. Useful links are provided through which the ...
Read More »Filing of nominations in the second phase of General Elections to begin tomorrow after ECI issues Gazette notification for Phase 2
Newdelhi:27/3/24:Nominations for the second Phase of General Elections 2024 to begin tomorrow. The Gazette notification for 88 Parliamentary Constituencies (PCs) across 12 States/UTs going for polls in the General Elections to Lok Sabha 2024 will be issued on 28.03.2024. The polling in these 88 PCs along with one part PC in Manipur (Outer Manipur) in Phase 2 will take place ...
Read More »Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi sworn in as judicial member, Lokpal of India.
Newdelhi:27Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi sworn in as judicial member, Lokpal . Justice A. M. Khanwilkar, Chairperson, Lokpal of India, administered the oath. Shri Pankaj Kumar and Shri Ajay Tirkey took oath as members, of Lokpal. The oath ceremony was organised today at Lokpal of India office in New Delhi. The new appointments took place as two existing Judicial Members namely ...
Read More »TRAI releases recommendations on ‘Usage of Embedded SIM for Machine-to-Machine Communications’
Newdelhi:26/3/24:Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has today released recommendations on ‘Usage of Embedded SIM for Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Communications’. Department of Telecommunications (DoT), through its letter dated 09.11.2021, sought TRAI’s recommendations under the TRAI Act, 1997 on the usage of embedded SIM for M2M communications. In this regard, TRAI issued a Consultation Paper on ‘Embedded SIM for M2M Communications’ on ...
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