Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has said professionally managed Public transport system based on electricity in public-private partnership mode will get a good response. Addressing ‘INSIGHT 2022’: International Conference on Sustainable and Innovative Finance for Green and Healthy Transportation he said capital investment is not an issue if there is a correct model to implement. He said efforts should be made to discourage use of personal vehicles. Appreciating the London transport model the Minister said people want more comfort in fewer rates. He proposed use of card or QR code based entry-exit system in place of…
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Union Minister for Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan launched Ramakrishna Mission’s ‘Awakening’ Programme for students of classes I to V. Swami Shantatmanada, Secretary of the Ramakrishna Mission, Delhi; Smt Nidhi Chibber, Chairperson, CBSE and other officials of KVS, NVS and the Ministry were present on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion, Pradhan said that the NEP 2020 is deeply inspired by the philosophy of Swami Vivekananda. From Swami Vivekananda to Sri Aurobindo and Mahatma Gandhi, many of our greats envisioned an education system that is progressive and rooted in our civilizational values to take the country forward.…
Keeping in view the observations made by the Hon’ble Supreme Court for coordinated working of NCPCR and SCPCRs and Section 13(2) of CPCR Act, 2005, NCPCR will be providing access to all SCPCRs on the “E-Baal Nidan” portal. NCPCR will be providing user IDs and Passwords to the State Commissions to enable them to view the complaints registered on the portal to take necessary action. Further, the portal will have an option of transferring the registered complaints from NCPCR to the concerned State Commission, In case, the State Commission has already taken cognizance of the case. An option of joint…
Central Bureau of Communication (CBC) of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has begun to offer a bouquet of entertainment cum infotainment programmes with a mesmerizing blend of music, dance, street plays, skits and exhibitions for a whole month. The artistes of its Song & Drama Division (S&DD) are dazzling the visitors with their celebration of the inauguration of Kartavya Path and unveiling of the statue of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. The events, that take place on Step Plaza open-air stage can be attended free of cost by people of all ages after sunset everyday and the celebration goes on till…
Realizing that each individual has an inherent engineering mind irrespective of their adopted professions, All Assam Engineer’s Association (AAEA) greets everyone on the auspicious occasion of Engineer’s Day, which is celebrated on 15 September in India. The forum of graduate engineers wishes a productive life for every professional engineer across the country, even after their retirements from professional work. The auspicious day marks the birth anniversary of India’s finest civil engineer Mokshagundam Vishweshvaraya, who was honoured with Bharat Ratna in 1955. Born on 15 September 1861 at Muddenahalli village in Karnataka, Vishweshvaraya completed his graduation in civil engineering from Pune…
The Moscow City Court dissolved the Journalists and Media Workers’ Union (JMWU), the independent representative organisation of journalists and media workers in Russia. The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) strongly condemn this illegitimate political trial, based on false accusations. The IFJ and EFJ will continue to support their affiliate JMWU.Not surprisingly, the Moscow City Court on Wednesday followed in full the request of the prosecutor’s office to liquidate the independent journalists’ union JMWU, affiliated to the EFJ and IFJ.The prosecutor claimed that the trade union’s members did not pay membership fees and that its representatives took part in “unauthorised…
The latest Reserve Bank of India (RBI) survey on ‘Climate Risk and Sustainable Finance’ points to the long road that commercial banks in India need to traverse in order to make their lending portfolio instrumental in the global response to the climate crisis. The survey points out that hardly any banks incorporate performance indicators related to environment, social and governance (ESG) criteria in the evaluation of their top management. Most banks don’t have a separate vertical in their administrative structure to consider ESG-related initiatives and sustainable finance, nor were they able to present a clear strategy towards amplification of their sustainable…
India’s hiring outlook remains robust, with 54% of employers planning to hire in the next three months amid projections of development prospects for emerging countries as a result of ongoing geopolitical crises. According to the global staffing firm Manpower Group Employment Outlook Survey, the labour market is showing positive signs for October-December 2022. India has the best hiring outlook globally, second only to Brazil, with 54 per cent of companies surveyed planning to hire in the December quarter as against 51 per cent in the September quarter. The report titled “ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey” showed that India has the strongest net…
Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmer Welfarei Narendra Singh Tomar that the government is working continuously for betterment of small farmers of the country. Many important schemes are being implemented in this direction, so that the challenges of farming can be reduced and the income of the farmers can be increased. Simultaneously, India is on a journey to become number one in the world in the agriculture sector. Addressingd the AgriTech Summit, he said hat agriculture is a very important sector for our country. We have accepted the primacy of agriculture, in this regard, work is being done in the…
During its year-long Presidency of the powerful organisation, India is slated to hold around 200 G20 meetings, culminating in an annual summit on September 9 and 10, 2023. India will hold the G20 Presidency for one year, from December 1, 2022 to November 30, 2023. Beginning in December 2022, India is slated to host over 200 G20 meetings across the country, said the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). The G20 Leaders’ Summit at the level of Heads of State/Government is scheduled to be held on September 9 and 10, 2023, in New Delhi. Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany,…