Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said, “India is not an emerging but a resurgent power, which is regaining its place on the global economic map under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.” In order to ensure that India regains its former magnificent status, the Defence Minister claimed that the Government is working on these fronts. He said that every effort is being made to develop a powerful, young, and technologically aware armed force on the strength of a thriving defence sector that produces cutting-edge weapons and equipment domestically, while simultaneously making attempts to eradicate the colonial mentality. Rajnath Singh cited…
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The number of firms registered on the MSME Ministry’s registration platform Udyam has roughly doubled in the nearly three years since its inception on July 1, 2020, with the reclassification of MSMEs following the Covid epidemic. As of June 4, 2023, 1.96 crore firms have been registered with Udyam certificates, with 30.9 lakh being informal micro units brought into the formalisation fold via the Udyam Assist Platform (UAP). According to the data from the portal, 1.89 crore units were micro firms, 5.49 lakh were small enterprises, and 52,220 were medium enterprises. The ministry introduced UAP in January this year to bring informal micro…
“The threat of pandemics is far from over. The need is to integrate and strengthen One Health-based surveillance systems,” said Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Dr Bharati Praveen Pawar. She inaugurated three-day 3rd Health Working Group meeting under G20 India Presidency is currently underway in in Hyderabad. Participants include members of G20 country, guest countries and invited International Organizations. The first day of the meeting hosted various sessions for deliberations on the G20 India Heath priorities. Adding further, she noted the alignment of G7 and G20 priorities, including the launch of MCM Delivery Partnership during Japan’s G7…
The Railway Board has recommended a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into Friday’s horrific train crash in Odisha’s Balasore which left 275 people dead and 1,175 people injured, Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said on Sunday. “Keeping in mind all that happened, the information that the administration has, the Railways board has made a recommendation that the investigation be handed over to the CBI,” Vaishnav said. The minister had earlier ruled out driver error and system malfunction, indicating a possible “sabotage” and tampering of the electronic interlocking system behind the accident. He said the “root cause” of…
Taking cognisance of the situation in Manipur, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday appealed to the people of the state to lift the blockades from National Highway-2. As the blockades are causing problems in the transportation of basic and essential goods such as food, medicines, and fuel in the state. Taking to Twitter, Shah also directed members of the civil society to take the initiative in this context. Apart from this, the government today constituted a three-member Inquiry commission to look into the possibilities of lapses or dereliction of duty by responsible authorities or the individuals in the riots…
Just after the rescue work at the Odisha train crash site ended, the Indian Railways have begun the track restoration work at the Balasore accident site, hoping to restore train traffic through the route at least by Wednesday. The Ministry of Railways took to Twitter to inform that officials are closely monitoring the restoration process at the accident site. “Restoration work is ongoing at war footing at the train accident site in Balasore, Odisha with 1000+ Manpower working tirelessly. At present, more than 7 Poclain Machines, 2 Accident Relief Trains, and 3-4 Railway and Road Cranes have been deployed for…
By Nava J Thakuria All Assam Engineers’ Association (AAEA) strongly demands for demarcation of the campus of Assam Engineering College and a solid boundary wall to protect the premier institution of northeast India in Jalukbari locality. The graduate engineer’s forum, while condoling the recent deaths of seven AECians in a late-night road accident, insisted that the regions’ first government engineering college should have a sealed residential campus so that the hostel boarders cannot come out after the specified evening hour. “Lot of questions were raised when the fateful accident took place (killing seven and injuring six individuals including three students…
Even as the world gets ready to mark the World Environment Day (June 5) with the theme #BeatPlasticPollution, an important global meet on ending plastic pollution came to an end in Paris today with a whimper. The second meeting of the UN’s intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-2) was being held in Paris (France) from May 29-June 2. The INC is a body of 193 UN member countries which will be negotiating a legally binding instrument, with a timeline to develop the final draft and open it for ratification by 2025. The agenda for INC-2 was to discuss possible options and develop…
According to a report, “GCC 4.0–India Redefining the Globalisation Blueprint” India will have over 1,900 global capability centres (GCCs) by 2025, employing 2 million people and an estimated value of US$ 60 billion. Nasscom, collaborated with consultancy firm Zinnov to produce the research. According to the report, Indian GCCs are locations where a variety of an organization’s operations are managed and are intended to establish capabilities, cultivate global leadership, and monetize services. According to the CEO of Zinnov, Ms. Pari Natarajan, “India is at the epicentre of the GCC 4.0 wave, where India GCCs and their leaders are redrawing the…
At least 233 people are feared dead, 24 rescued, and around 900 injured as 10-12 coaches of the Shalimar- Chennai Coromandel Express and 3-4 coaches of another train from Yeswanthpur to Howrah derailed near Baleswar in Odisha late last night. A major rail accident involving three trains- the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, the Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express and a goods train – happened on Friday night at 7 PM in Balasore, Odisha. While a National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team is carrying out rescue operations at the crash site, seven other teams are being rushed from Mundali in Cuttack district to the…