Newdelhi:4/4/22:Krishi Udan Scheme was launched in August, 2020 on international and national routes to assist farmers in transporting agricultural products so that it improves their value realization. Krishi Udan 2.0 was announced in October, 2021 enhancing the existing provisions, mainly focusing on transporting perishable food products from the hilly areas, North-Eastern States and tribal areas. Primarily the scheme was focusing ...

Newdelhi:4/4/22:Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting, and Youth Affairs & Sports, Shri Anurag Singh Thakur today launched the Broadcast Seva Portal in New Delhi, heralding a new chapter in Ease of Doing Business in the Broadcasting sector. Broadcast Seva Portal is an online portal solution for speedy filing and processing of applications of broadcasters for various kinds of licenses, permissions, ...

Newdelhi:4/4/22:36 winners of the Fit India Quiz State Rounds have been selected and will now represent their respective State and Union Territories in the upcoming national rounds. The state finals, which took place in the month of February and March, saw participation from the qualified 359 schools, as they competed to become their respective state champions. The state champions have ...

Srinagar:4/4/22: Kashmir valley is witnessing highest ever arrival of tourists. Srinagar airport is breaking previous records of handling passengers. The airport is handling far more passengers than its capacity. Fifty-eight flights carrying 9823 passengers operated at the Srinagar airport yesterday, as against its capacity to handle less than 7000 passengers a day. The past few days have witnessed record number ...

Newdelhi:4/4/22:The Rajya Sabha has been adjourned for the day following opposition uproar over the issue of fuel price hike. When the House met after the first adjournment at 12 noon, the opposition members from Congress, TMC, Left and DMK trooped into the well raising the issue. Amid noisy scenes, the Deputy Chairman tried to run the Question Hour but in ...

Chennai:4/4/22: The culmination of the 20th edition of the Indo-French bilateral Naval exercise ‘Varuna-2022’ took place on 03 Apr 22. The exercise this year has an expanded scope covering a broad spectrum of maritime operations. The eventful tactical sea phase of the exercise laid primary focus on advanced anti-submarine warfare tactics, gunnery shoots, seamanship evolutions, tactical maneuvers and extensive air ...

Newdelhi:3/4/22:The Indian Army celebrated 258th Raising Day of Army Medical Corps on 3 April 2022. The Corps has the motto of “Sarve Santu Niramaya” meaning “Let all be free from disease and disability”. It has excelled in providing both peacetime and combat health care to the defence forces, medical services to UN peacekeeping forces in foreign missions and during disaster ...

Newdelhi:3/4/22:In a breakthrough achievement, the National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL) has indigenously developed six new and rare Reference Materials (RMs), which is the purest form of chemical required for anti-doping analysis in all WADA-accredited laboratories across the world. The six RMs have been developed in less than a year by NDTL in association with the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education ...

New Delhi: 3/4/22:The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country. The nationwide COVID 19 vaccination started on 16th January 2021. The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced on 21st June 2021. The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advanced visibility of vaccine ...

Newdelhi:2/4/22:JuniorSkills 2021, the country’s first championship for school students, ended on a high note today in the capital as Mr. Atul Kumar Tiwari, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE), Government of India, felicitated more than 60 winners with cash prizes, certificates, and medals.  An initiative of National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), under MSDE, JuniorSkills Championship is India’s ...