Prime Minister Modi made a strong case for modernising the farm sector by using technology so that India can become self-sufficient and a global leader in the agriculture sector. Presiding over the Niti Aayog governing council meeting on Sunday, he said the rapid urbanisation can become India’s strength instead of weakness by leveraging technology to ensure ease of living, transparent service delivery, and improvement in the quality of life. The PM also spoke about India’s upcoming presidency of the G-20 in 2023, and asked the states to set up dedicated teams for G-20 with a view to deriving maximum possible…
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Telangana’s proud players Nikhat Zareena and Akula Sreeja have won gold medals at Commonwealth Games 2022 on Sunday, pushing Indian medals tally to 53, of which 18 are gold. Boxer Nikhat Zareen joined fellow Indian pugilists Nitu Ghanghas and Amit Panghal to win India’s third gold medal in boxing . Nikhat, the reigning world champion, took little time to wind up the final and secured a unanimous verdict against Northern Ireland’s Carly MC Naul. The win brought India its 17th gold and 48th overall medal of the Games. Both boxers took time to settle in during the first round but…
Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya M. Scindia and Minister of State for Civil Aviation Gen (Retd) V.K Singh inaugurated the First Flight of Akasa Air (QP1101) from Mumbai to Ahmedabad virtually. The flight took off from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (T1) in Mumbai on Sunday. Scindia said “The inaugural flight today is a new dawn in the history of Civil Aviation in India. It is because of the foresightedness and visionary goal and zeal of the Prime Minister that we have seen first time in India, the democratisation of the civil aviation”. Earlier, he said, it was an industry…
NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar was elected as the 14th Vice President of India on Saturday as he defeated joint Opposition candidate Margaret Alva. Dhankhar, a former governor of West Bengal, secured 528 votes while 80-year-old Alva got 182. The numbers were stacked in favour of Dhankhar as the ruling BJP enjoys an absolute majority in Lok Sabha and has 91 members in Rajya Sabha. The BJP heads the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). Even before the results were announced, celebrations had started outside the residence of Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi, where Dhankhar was present. Joyous scenes were also reported from…
Geneva-based Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, demands justice to Myanmar photographer Aye Kyaw, who died in military custody recently. The pro-democracy activist used to document the anti-military protest-demonstrations, spread across the southeast Asian country (also known as Burma and Brahmadesh) after the military dictators made a coup on 1 February 2021 to grab power ousting the democratically elected Aung San Suu Kyi’s government in Naypietaw. Aye Kyaw (48), the second journalist to succumb to junta atrocities, used to own a photography studio in Sagaing city, was detained by the military junta in late night…
BJP state president Bandi Sanjay alleged that KCR has decided to boycott the NITI Aayog general council meeting scheduled to be held in New Delhi on Sunday, as he has no moral courage to face Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Reacting strongly to KCR’s comments against NITI Aayog at his press conference held at Pragati Bhavan in the afternoon, Sanjay alleged that the chief minister was citing lame excuses to stay away from the meeting. “If he really has sincerity, he could raise all his concerns at the NITI Aayog meeting itself. But he doesn’t want to attend the meeting because…
NITI Aayog has strongly refuted Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s allegations against its functioning, while announcing his decision to `boycott’ Sunday’s meeting. It said forcefully that the allegation of CM Telangana that states were not co-opted in preparation of agenda is incorrect. In a statement it said : “It is unfortunate that the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Telangana has chosen not to participate in the Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog to be held on 7th August. The Governing Council is a forum where the highest political leadership in the country at Centre and State levels deliberate on key…
Continuing with the trend from the previous year, the exports of agricultural and processed food products rose by 31 percent in the first three months of the current Financial Year 2022-23 (April-June) in compare to the corresponding period of FY 2021-22. According to the provisional data released by the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCI&S), the overall export of APEDA products increased to USD 7408 million in April-June 2022 from USD 5663 million over the same period of the last fiscal. The export target for April-June 2022-23 was fixed at USD 5890 million. The initiatives taken by the…
Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari, Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) was on a two day visit to Bangalore. He flew three indigenous platforms, Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)Tejas, Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) and Hindustan Turbo Trainer-40 (HTT-40), which are being inducted into IAF as part of its drive towards Atmanirbharta. CAS was demonstrated the capabilities of the LCH and HTT-40 as well as updates on the Tejas. He also interacted with the designers and test crew to understand the current status and future plans. On 06 August 2022, CAS delivered the Air Chief Marshal LM Katre Memorial Lecture which was…
The US, Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines are among six countries, which have shown interest in India’s Tejas aircraft, while Malaysia has already shortlisted the jet under its acquisition programme. The other two countries that have evinced interest in the aircraft are Argentina and Egypt, according to Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt. Tejas, manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, is a single-engine multi-role fighter aircraft capable of operating in high-threat air environments. In February last year, the defence ministry sealed a Rs 48,000 crore deal with HAL for the procurement of 83 Tejas light combat aircraft for the Indian Air Force (IAF).…