Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that “the whole world is looking at India’s youth with hope. Because you are the growth engines of the country and India is the world’s growth engine.” Attending the 42nd Convocation of Anna University in Chennai, he said that the COVID-19 pandemic was an unprecedented event. It was a once-in-a-century crisis that nobody had any user manual for. It tested every country. He remarked that adversities reveal what we are made of. India faced the unknown confidently, thanks to its scientists, healthcare professionals and common people. As a result, he said, every sector in India…
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The Government has put in place a liberal and transparent policy for attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), wherein most sectors, except certain strategically important sectors, are open for 100% FDI under the automatic route. Subject to the provisions of the FDI Policy, foreign investment in ‘manufacturing’ sector is under automatic route. Manufacturing activities may be either self-manufacturing by the investee entity or contract manufacturing in India through a legally tenable contract, whether on Principal to Principal or Principal to Agent basis. Further, a manufacturer is permitted to sell its products manufactured in India through wholesale and/or retail, including through e-commerce,…
Dr. Jaya Mohan, President, SCRWWO, Vijayawada inaugurated ‘SPHOORTHI’ Child Rehabilitation Centre, (opposite to Railway Hospital, Vijayawada). Dr K. Sarada Srinivas, Smt. D. Sridevi, Vice Presidents, SCRWWO Dr. Sitharam, ACMS and Dr. P. Nataraj, Paediatric Neurologist, Anu Hospitals were also present. This Child Rehabilitation Centre run will help in over all development of Children suffering with developmental disorders, autism and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders(ADHD). Speaking on the occasion, Dr Jaya Mohan said that it is a moment of pride and honour for supporting the kids suffering with autism, speech delay and other developmental disorders. She said that Pandemic affected the mutual…
Union Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav and Minister of State for Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Ashwini Kumar Choubey attended the Global Tiger Day 2022 Celebrations held at Chandrapur Forest Academy, Maharashtra. They, visited Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) and appreciated the diversity of the landscape, its flora and fauna and had informal interactions with the forest staff & tiger reserve management to understand the field level protection issues. Tadoba Anderi Tiger Reserve has a landscape with a high-density of tigers that co-exist with the local population. Global Tiger Day celebrations were held in Forest Academy…
In a bid to protect soil globally and help farmers, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, (FAO) warned on Wednesday that the equivalent of one soccer pitch of earth erodes, every five seconds. It also takes around a thousand years to create just a few centimetres of topsoil and to help land restoration. Now, the UN agency is calling for more action by countries and partners who’ve signed up to the Global Soil Partnership (GSP) over the last decade. The five key actions that FAO has called for, tasks civilians, governments and international institutions, with taking greater action to monitor and care for…
“Uttar Pradesh has been steadily moving ahead in laying the foundations for faecal sludge and septage management infrastructure in its cities. A huge investment is being made in building treatment plants and systems. At this moment in time, it is important to step back, assess the progress, and initiate course correction measures if required,” said Sunita Narain, director general, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), at a workshop and meeting in Lucknow. The meeting was organised jointly by CSE, the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Government’s Department of Urban Development (DoUD), and the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT). The…
By Nava Thakuria If some editor-journalists are allegedly involved in a financial scam, shouldn’t the people get an opportunity to identify them? As the mainstream newspapers and news channels of Assam are avoiding the issue in their coverage, how come the actual picture will come to the public domain? If the mainstream media outlets intentionally kill the news, reasons best known to the editors, should the social media users take a lead? By now a number of senior journalists (with experience in print journalism for many decades) have highlighted the issue in social media. Their message is loud and clear-…
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi noted with pride that due to steps taken in the past two decades the dairy market in Gujarat has reached 1 lakh crore rupees. He recalled his earlier visits in 2007 and 2011 and his request to increase the participation of women. Now most of the committees have good representation of women. Payment for milk is mostly done to women, he said. He inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of multiple projects worth more than Rs. 1,000 at Sabar Dairy at Gadhoda Chowki, Sabarkantha, Gujarat. These projects will empower local farmers and milk producers and…
17+ year old youngsters can now apply in advance for having their names enrolled in Voter’s list and not necessarily have to await the pre-requisite criterion of attaining age of 18 years on 1st January of a year. ECI led by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey have directed the CEOs/EROs/AEROs of all States to work out tech-enabled solutions such that the youth are facilitated to file their advance applications with reference to three subsequent qualifying dates i.e. 01st April, 01st July and 01st October and not just 1stJanuary. Henceforth, the Electoral Roll will be…
The Eleventh Agricultural Census (2021-22) was launched in the country today by the Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar. Speaking on the occasion, he said that this computation will bring huge benefits in a vast and agricultural country like India. During the programme, Tomar conveyed his greetings for the Agriculture Census and said that the Agriculture sector is reaping the fruits of concrete steps taken by Prime Minister Modi, the country is rapidly moving towards digital agriculture. This is the time to make full use of technology in this computation. He said that Agriculture Census should…