Indian government has launched `Operation Ganga’ to rescue Indian, mostly students stuck in the war-torn nation Ukraine. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has directed four of his ministerial colleagues to go neighboring countries of Ukraine to coordinate the evacuations of Indians. Modi, while chairing a meeting over the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, decided to send four Union Ministers to Poland and Romania to oversee the evacuation of thousands of Indians, including students, who are still stuck there. The ministers to be deputed are Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs, and Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Puri, Minister for Law and…
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Ukraine was a cornerstone of the Soviet Union, the archrival of the United States during the Cold War. Behind only Russia, it was the second–most populous and powerful of the fifteen Soviet republics, home to much of the union’s agricultural production, defence industries, and missiles, including the Black Sea Fleet and some of the Nuclear arsenal. Ukraine was so vital to the union that its decision to sever ties in 1991 proved to be a coup de grâce for the ailing superpower. In its nearly three decades of independence, Ukraine has sought to forge its own path as a sovereign…
Prime Minister Narendra said that this year’s budget has set the pace (Gatishakti) of India’s development in 21st century . This direction of ‘Infrastructure-based development’ will lead to extraordinary increase in the stength of our economy, creating many new possibilities of employment, he said. Modi addressed a webinar on the vision of GatiShakti and its convergence with Union Budget 2022, last evening. This is sixth webinar in the series of post budget webinars addressed by the Prime Minister. He underlined the lack of coordination among the stakeholders in the traditional ways of completing projects. This was due to lack of…
Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has urged Government to lift the “export prohibition” on bamboo charcoal for optimum utilization of raw bamboo and higher profitability in the bamboo industry. One of the biggest challenges that the Indian bamboo industry faces today is the extremely high input cost owing to inadequate utilization of bamboo. However, export of bamboo charcoal would ensure complete utilization of the bamboo waste and thus make the bamboo business more profitable. KVIC Chairman Vinai Kumar Saxena has written to Union Minister of Commerce and Industries, Piyush Goyal, seeking to lift the export restriction on bamboo charcoal…
Union Minister of State for Science & Technology Dr Jitendra Singh said that India is today witnessing a sort of reverse brain drain with several Indian origin Scientists abroad keen to return home and the credit for this goes to the enabling atmosphere generated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He was speaking at an event to mark 36th Foundation Day of the Department of Biotechnology at the Regional Center of Biotechnology, Faridabad, Haryana. He also released New Guidelines for Ease of Doing Science; Towards “Less Government More Governance” and Directory for the Ramalingaswami Re-entry Fellows along with inaugurating the Ramalingaswami…
This week the European Commission published its proposal to address corporate sustainability due diligence, to address the impacts of businesses’ activities on the environment and human rights, including forced labor in their supply chains. Though a necessary and welcome step in protecting the rights of workers in supply chains, the Commission’s proposal must go further to ensure workers are ensured access to remedy and justice, and that there are strong measures in place to hold businesses accountable for conditions at every stage of their supply chains. In their analysis, the European Coalition for Cooperate Justice (ECCJ) that the EU’s new…
A thousand years ago, Russia and Ukraine shared a legacy that both countries have complicated or shared. According to the Council on Foreign Relations, Ukraine was the breadbasket of Europe in the last century, one of the most populous and powerful republics in the former USSR and a significant agricultural import. While Russia has watched over its neighbor to the West closely in the past, Ukrainians have experienced periods of protest and government corruption during their independence. President Vladimir Putin claimed his goal was to protect people subjected to bullying and genocide and aim for the “demilitarisation and de-Nazification” of…
The first Air India flights, arranged by the Indian government have transported 469 Indians locked in war-ridden Ukrain. They were received by union ministers. While the first flight reached Mumbai last night, passengers were received by union minister Piyush Goyal. The second flight reached Delhi airport today early morning and passangers were received by civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Sindia. The flights started from Romania, on the border of Ukraine. The first flight, Air India’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane touched down the runway at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport at 7.50 pm. Piyush Goyal receiving them expressed his happiness to see…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke last evening with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine. President Zelenskyy briefed the Prime Minister in detail about the ongoing conflict situation in Ukraine. Prime Minister expressed his deep anguish about the loss of life and property due to the ongoing conflict. He reiterated his call for an immediate cessation of violence and a return to dialogue, and expressed India’s willingness to contribute in any way towards peace efforts. Prime Minister also conveyed India’s deep concern for the safety and security of Indian citizens, including students, present in Ukraine. He sought facilitation by Ukrainian authorities to…
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has said that India’s rise to power is not to scare anyone but is guided by the spirit of welfare of the whole world. Speaking at the 98th Convocation of the Delhi University in New Delhi on Satuday, he said that India aspires to be Jagat Guru again and the dream is to make the country powerful, rich, and also knowledgeable. Highlighting the government’s effort to build an entrepreneurial ecosystem for the development of youth, he noted that there was no start up ecosystem in the country earlier, however the scenario has changed rapidly in the…