Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted that “Hard work is our only path and victory is our only option. We, the 130 crore people of India, will surely emerge victorious against Corona with our efforts.” He chaired a comprehensive high-level meeting with Chief Ministers and Lt. Governors/ Administrators of States/UTs to review Public Health Preparedness to COVID19 and National COVID19 Vaccination Progress, last evening. He said the earlier confusion about Omicron is slowly getting cleared now. The Omicron variant is infecting the general public many times faster than the earlier variants. “We have to be alert, be careful, but we also have to take…
Author: Editor's Desk, Tattva News
One year into office, President Joe Biden’s administration has emphasized the importance of global press freedom and improved daily relations with U.S. media – but has yet to turn many promises into action, according to a special report by Leonard Downie Jr. for the Committee to Protect Journalists. The Report, `Night and day’: The Biden administration and the press, finds an almost complete reversal of the Trump administration’s hostile anti-media rhetoric and a return to a more traditional relationship between the press and the White House. However, while journalists and press freedom advocates welcome the administration’s commitment to keeping the public…
India and the United Kingdom have formally launched negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between two countries. This announcement has been made by Indian Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal and UK Trade Secretary, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, who is in New Delhi for FTA discussions. In a joint statement, they said that this would be a substantial opportunity for both of our economies and a significant moment in the India-UK bilateral relationship. They said that the India-UK bilateral trading relationship is already significant, and both sides have agreed to double that bilateral trade by 2030, as part of Roadmap 2030…
Minister of State for Culture and External Affairs Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi launched a Bike Expedition in New Delhi under the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav. Event is jointly organized by the Culture Ministry and Amazing Namaste foundation which works to promote the Culture of India’s North Eastern States. Smt. Meenakshi Lekhi said that northeast is something to be showcased, where people can be one, the diversity in unity prevails. There are eight states with 166 different tribes and traditions, which are protected by the constitution of this country. Smt. Lekhi added that we are one people, one nation and we celebrate…
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) has signed a Joint Development Agreement with Africa50, the pan-African infrastructure investment platform to continue to develop the Kenya Transmission Project on a public-private partnership basis. The project entails the development, financing, construction, and operation of the 400kV Lessos – Loosuk and 220kV Kisumu – Musaga transmission lines under a public-private partnership (PPP) framework. Once completed, the project will be the first Independent Power Transmission (IPT) in Kenya and will set a reference point in Africa as the first financing of transmission lines on a PPP basis. This Project will also improve both…
Renowned personalities from various walks of life addressed the first day of National Youth Festival 2022 and offered valuable insights into their areas of expertise. Asserting that understanding the close link between geography and civilisation, noted economist, author and historian Sanjeev Sanyal highlighted the critical role River Saraswati played in our civilisational existence. “There is a close link between our geography and our civilization. This helps us to understand the fundamentals of our ancient civilization,” Sanjeev Sanyal, Principal Economic Advisor to the Government of India, said speaking at the National Youth Festival 2022 on the topic “Saraswati-The River That Gave…
“For promote female labour force participation rate, not only should there be higher participation of women in the workforce but women should be seen at positions of decision-making”, said the Union Minister, i Bhupender Yadav, Union Minister for Labour and Employment. At the interaction, facilitated by Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), he said that in order to have collaborative approach involving employers and employees in the last meetings of Central Board of Trustees of EPFO and Corporation of ESI, he has constituted Committees for improving grievance redressal of 6.5 crore members of EPFO, strengthening technological interventions, capacity building, effective monitoring of ongoing projects…
Stating that once in a lifetime COVID-19 pandemic has reaffirmed the importance of the health sector, Prime Minister Narendra Mmodi said that the future will belong to societies that invest in healthcare. Inaugurating 11 new medical colleges and a new campus of Central Institute of Classical Tamil (CICT) in Tamil Nadu today through video conference, he government has brought many reforms in the sector. He pointed out that shortage of doctors had remained an issue for a very long time and the current government made it a priority to address this critical gap. He informed that in 2014, the country had 387 medical colleges.…
The Ministry of AYUSH is all prepared for the global Surya Namaskar Demonstration programme on January 14, under Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations and is hopeful to see more than a crore people’s participation against the target of 75 lakh. In a virtual press meet, Minister of AYUSH Sarbananda Sonowal said that Surya Namaskar demonstration on Makar Sankranti is more relevant in the current resurgence of Covid-19.“It is a proven fact that Surya Namaskar builds up vitality and immunity and therefore is able to keep corona at bay. “We have set a target of 75 lakh people participating in the programme,…
The Supreme Court today has appointed retired Justice Indu Malhotra to head the panel, to investigate the security lapse during PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Punjab on January 05.Director-General of National Investigation Agency, Director-General of Security, Punjab and Registrar General of Punjab and Haryana High Court are other members of the panel. The Apex Court has instructed the panel to investigate the causes of the security breach, people responsible for it and constitute the measures that need to be taken for preventing security lapses of VVIPs in future.A three-judge bench chaired by Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana and comprised…