Vice President, M. Venkaiah Naidu today visited the birthplace of noted freedom fighter and revolutionary, Shri Alluri Sitarama Raju in Pandrangi village near Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Calling it a memorable day in his life, Naidu said that he was an ardent follower of Shri Alluri since his student days. After garlanding a statue of Shri Alluri, he met the family members of the freedom fighter and interacted with the residents of the village. Lauding the brave sacrifices of Shri Alluri, Naidu said that “he did not flinch when facing the might of the British empire. His conviction, commitment, selfless dedication…
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The capital of the Philippines, Manila is gearing up to host the World Travel & Tourism Council Global Summit 2022 from 20-22 April, with the world leaders of travel and tourism in attendance. The theme for year’s Global Summit is REDISCOVERING TRAVEL – the WTTC aims to bring together people from around the world who embrace the same empathy, values and ambitions in solving the many social, environmental and economic challenges. Following last year’s successful event in Cancun, Mexico, the Summit will be hosted in Metro Manila in-person, with a global audience joining virtually. The Summit is one of the…
The ‘Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP), insurance scheme for Health Care Workers Fighting COVID-19’ has been extended for a further period of 180 days from 19th April, 2022. It has been decided to extend the policy so as to continue to provide the safety net to the dependents of health workers who are deputed to take care of COVID-19 patients. A letter dt. 19th April 2022 to this effect has been issued to the Additional Chief Secretaries (Health)/Principal Secretaries (Health)/ Secretaries (Health) of all States/UTs for giving wide publicity amongst the health workers in their respective States/UTs. The PMGKP was launched…
It’s been a year full of historic feats for Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) in executing the flagship Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Program (PMEGP). With setting up of an unprecedented 1.03 lakh new manufacturing and service units and creation of over 8.25 lakh jobs, PMEGP has emerged as government’s most powerful tool of self-sustainability in the year 2021-22, even as the country was under partial lockdown for the first 3 months of the year during the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic. This is for the first time since the launch of the PMEGP Scheme in 2008, that KVIC has…
Rasoul Bodaghi, a member of the board of directors of the Iran’s Teachers’ Trade Association (ITTA), Islamshahr branch, and the inspector of the association in the Coordinating Council of Iranian Teachers’ Trade Associations, has been sentenced by Branch 26 of Tehran Revolutionary Court, to four years in prison. He was imprisoned on the charge of “gathering and collusion with the intention of disturbing the national security” and one year in prison on the charge of “propaganda activities against the state.” He has been sentenced to a one year travel ban, a two year ban on residing in Tehran and its…
At a public hearing on April 8 convened by The Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (FLETF), as required by the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, human rights activists and labor leaders urged the Biden administration to be firm on the upcoming ban on products made with forced labor in China’s Uyghur Region. Victim testimonies and research are compelling: slavery and coercion are pervasive in the supply chains of companies in the region and in China. A comprehensive article in the New York Times extensively reviews the different aspects of forced labor in China’s Uyghur region and the links with the…
Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman had a bilateral meeting with Ms Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF), on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund-World Bank (IMF-WB) Spring Meetings in Washington D.C. today. Both, the Finance Minister and the Managing Director, were accompanied by senior officials like Anantha V. Nageswaran, Chief Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance, Government of India, and Ms Gita Gopinath, FDMD of IMF. During the meeting, they discussed issues of importance for India besides several issues currently being faced by the global and the regional economies. Ms Georgieva highlighted the…
Union Minister for Culture G. Kishan Reddy inaugurated the Photo exhibition on the Baolis of Delhi “Absent Appearance- A Shifting score of water bodies” on the occasion of World Heritage Day as part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav at Purana Qila today in New Delhi. Minister of State for Culture Arjun Ram Meghwal also graced the event. Officers of Ministry of Culture and ASI were also present on this occasion. The World Heritage Day is also known as the International Day for Monuments and Sites and is meant to create awareness about the diversity of cultural heritage. The theme for…
Vice President, M. Venkaiah Naidu stressed the need to promote value-based and ethical politics to protect and strengthen Indian democracy. Expressing his concern over the falling standards in public life, Naidu urged public representatives to refrain from making personal attacks on their political adversaries. He emphasized the need for consensus-building with all stakeholders on important national matters and advised young and upcoming politicians to take principled positions on various issues. Unveiling the statue of late Pinnamaneni Koteswara Rao, former Chairman of Krishna district Zilla Parishad in Machilipatnam, Naidu said that Koteswara Rao made an everlasting impression on the minds of…
Government has appointed Lt Gen Manoj C Pande, presently Vice Chief of the Army Staff, as the next Chief of the Army Staff with effect from the afternoon of April 30, 2022. Born on May 06, 1962, Lt Gen Manoj C Pande was commissioned on December 24, 1982 in the Corps of Engineers (The Bombay Sappers) of the Indian Army. During his long and distinguished service spanning over 39 years, he has served in a variety of Command, Staff and Instructional appointments. The Command appointments of Lt Gen Manoj C Pande include Command of an Engineer Brigade in the Western…