By Ch. Narendra India recorded extreme weather events on 242 of the 273 days between January 1 and September 30, 2022. This means that more than 88 per cent of the time over these nine months, the country was witnessing an extreme weather event of some sort happening in one or more of its regions. This has emerged from a new assessment by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and Down To Earth magazine, released in New Delhi on Tuesday, at an online launch event. The assessment provides a comprehensive overview of the state of extreme weather in India across…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday visited the Morbi bridge collapse site and reviewed the ongoing search and rescue operations. Officials briefed the prime minister about the rescue operations at the site where 135 people were killed on Sunday when the British-era suspension bridge on the Machchhu river collapsed. Before he arrived at the spot, the prime minister conducted an aerial survey of the location. The collapsed bridge connected Darbargadh Palace on one end and Swaminarayan temple on the other. The PM arrived at Darbargadh Palace where he was briefed by officials about what might have gone wrong with the…
On mission mode, Indian Railways’ Freight loading for first seven months of this financial year 2022-23 has crossed last year’s loading and earnings for the same period. On cumulative basis from April – Oct. 22, freight loading of 855.63 MT has been achieved against last year’s loading of 786.2 MT, an improvement of about 9% over last year loading. Railways have earned Rs 92345 crore against Rs 78921 crore last year which is an improvement of 17%. During the month of October 22, Originating freight loading of 118.94 MT has been achieved against loading of 117.34 MT in Oct 21,…
BJP general secretary and Telangana in charge Tarun Chug said that CM KCR has lost confidence of the people of Telangana and he e is completely rattled with the massive support that the BJP is getting in Munugode. His speech at Chndur public meeting reflected his sense of frustration, he added. Stating that KCR’s desperate appeals to the people foreground his fear of losing the election, he said that in a way he had already conceded the defeat. He appealed to the wise voters of Munugode to expose the theatrics of KCR and defeat the TRS and elect BJP candidate…
President Smt. Droupadi Murmu, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Union Minister for Home & Cooperation Amit Shah and Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Vinay Kumar Saxena paid floral tributes to the Iron Man Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, on his birth anniversary, in New Delhi. Home Minister flagged off the Run for Unity at Major Dhyan Chand Stadium in Delhi. Several dignitaries including External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, Minister of State for External Affairs Smt. Meenakshi Lekhi and Union Minister of State for Home Nishith Pramanik were present on the occasion. Amit Shah also administered the oath of National Unity to those present during the…
The Centre on Monday informed Supreme Court that it may bring changes in sedition law in upcoming Winter Session of Parliament. The Apex Court also granted additional time to the Centre on Monday to take “appropriate steps” with regard to the reviewing of the colonial-era provision. Also, an interim order putting on hold the contentious sedition law and the consequential registration of FIRs will continue, it said. A bench of Chief Justice Uday Umesh Lalit and justices S Ravindra Bhat and Bela M Trivedi was told by Attorney General R Venkataramani that some more time be granted to the Centre…
To commemorate 147th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on Monday as Rashtriya Ekta Diwas, Union Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today led the Unity Run from University of Delhi. Vice Chancellor, University of Delhi, Prof Yogesh Singh, along with Registrar, Principals, teachers, senior officials, administrative staff and students of CBSE Schools, Kendriya Vidyalaya and the University also participated in the Unity Run. The Minister also paid floral tributes to Sardar Patel’s statue at the Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute. While addressing the gathering, Pradhan said that Sardar Patel is an icon who lives in the heart…
Chief Election Commissioner of India Rajiv Kumar along with Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey inaugurated a two day international conference on the theme ‘Role, Framework & Capacity of Election Management Bodies’. The conference is organized by Election Commission of India at New Delhi under Cohort on Election Integrity led by ECI, which was established as a follow on to the ‘Summit for Democracy’ held in December, 2021. In his keynote address at the inaugural ceremony, Rajiv Kumar said that free, fair, inclusive, accessible and inducement free elections being a cornerstone of democratic polity, is a precondition to the peace and…
As many as 135 bodies were being recovered, 180 persons were rescued and still many people are feared missing till Monday morning, after a suspension bridge collapsed on the Machhu river in the Morbi town of Gujarat. The search operation is likely to continue for another 24 hours, police said. Morbi town will voluntarily observe a bandh on Monday to mourn the deaths of people who died in the incident. Army, Navy, Air Force, NDRF, Fire Brigade are conducting search operations, said Gujarat Information Department The suspension bridge — 200 km from Ahmedabad — collapsed at 6.42on Sunday when around 500…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that today we have taken a big step in the direction of making India the manufacturing hub of the world. He said India is making fighter jets, tanks, submarines, medicines, vaccines, electronic gadgets, mobile phones and cars that are popular in many countries. Laying the foundation stone of the C-295 Aircraft Manufacturing Facility in Vadodara, Gujarat, he remarked that India is moving forward with the mantra of ‘Make in India, Make for the Globe’ and now India is becoming a huge manufacturer of transport aircrafts in the world. The Prime Minister stated that he can foresee…