Union Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman said that a fast growing economy like India needs greater investment in coal production and gasification projects. Globally, energy prices especially that of gas is going up. Launching the 6th round of coal mine auction of the Ministry of Coal, she pointed out that due to policy consistency and transparent process of the present Government, coal imports for power sector has come down by 41%. The finance minister said that twelve states are to benefit directly from today’s auctioning of 141 coal mines. Smt. Sitharaman said that mining sector reforms are providing the right fillip…
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The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of Jal Shakti is organizing Ganga Utsav- The River Festival 2022 on Friday at Major Dhyan Chand Stadium in New Delhi in two sessions. The Union Minister for Culture & Tourism Kishan Reddy, will be the Chief Guest in the morning session in the gracious presence of the Minister for State, Jal Shakti and Tribal Affairs Bishweswar Tudu. Union Minister for Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, will preside over the evening session in the presence of Pankaj Kumar, Secretary, Department of Water Resources, River…
Gujarat assembly polls will be held in two phases, with voting on December 1 and 5, the Election Commission announced on Thursday. The votes will be counted on December 8. The poll body was expected to announce the dates last month, along with the poll dates for Himachal Pradesh. But the EC postponed it, citing the convention followed in 2017 when the polls in the two states were announced on different dates but the counting took place together. The much awaited polls are seeing a three-cornered contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted that instead of trapping the investors in the red tape, we created an environment of the red carpet for investment, and instead of making new complicated laws, we rationalised them. Addressing the inaugural function of Invest Karnataka 2022, the Global Investors Meet of the state via video conferencing, he said that “Brand Bengaluru comes foremost to the mind when it comes to talent or technology. This name is well established not only in India but the entire world” “We are continuously working towards cementing our fundamentals to further strengthen India’s economy with each passing day”,…
States must urgently do more to protect the safety of journalists and bring those responsible for attacks on the media to justice, the International Press Institute (IPI) said to mark International Day to End Impunity on Wednesday. Journalists uncover truth and hold the powerful to account. They bring us critical news and information that makes our societies safer and our democracies stronger. Yet this work comes at great risk. Journalism has become one of the world’s most dangerous professions. More than 900 journalists and media workers have been killed in the past decade, according to UNESCO. Just this year, as many…
India Post Payments Bank (IPPB), stablished under the Department of Posts, Ministry of Communication with 100% equity owned by the Government of India, conducted India’s First Floating Financial Literacy Camp with an initiative called ‘Niveshak Didi’ to promote Financial Literacy ‘By the women, for the women’, in Srinagar, J&K today. India, being a large & growing economy, still finds it challenging to spread financial literacy across demography, as an enormous share of population still resides in rural areas. IPPB created a new legacy with the help of world’s largest postal network to extend its reach to the last mile and bridge…
Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Dr Jitendra Singh said, India has entered into an era of ‘Steel” roads, by moving on from concrete to steel slag. He said, in a first of its kind initiative taken in the World by CSIR-CRRI, TATA Steel and Border Roads Organization, processed steel slag aggregates is going to be utilised in construction of steel slag road stretch in strategic areas. The Minister was speaking after flagging off virtually the dispatch of 1600 metric ton of processed Steel Slag Aggregates railway rack from Tata Steel Jamshedpur to Border Road Organization Project Arunank,…
Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted a successful maiden flight-test of Phase-II Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) interceptor AD-1 missile with large kill altitude bracket from APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha on Wednesday. The flight-test was carried out with participation of all BMD weapon system elements located at different geographical locations. The AD-1 is a long-range interceptor missile designed for both low exo-atmospheric and endo-atmospheric interception of long-range ballistic missiles as well as aircraft. It is propelled by a two-stage solid motor and equipped with indigenously-developed advanced control system, navigation and guidance algorithm to precisely guide…
President Droupadi Murmu said that the issue of water is relevant not only for India but for the entire world and this issue is linked to national security too as the vast amount of available freshwater is spread between two or more countries. Inaugurating the 7th India Water Week on Tuesday, at Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, therefore, she said that this combined water resource is an issue in which the international cooperation is necessary. She was happy to note that Denmark, Finland, Germany, Israel and the European Union are participating in the 7th India Water Week. She expressed confidence that all will benefit from…
In the decade since the United Nations (UN) launched a Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity, 80% of the 263 journalists killed have been murdered with impunity, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) 2022 Global Impunity Index, published on Tuesday. The annual index is a striking reminder of the need for urgent interventions on behalf of journalists globally. An early collaborator on the UN plan, CPJ renews its calls for action by governments to prioritize journalist safety. “We’ve seen a dramatic rise in the abusive tactics used to silence journalists,…