Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs Piyush Goyal today said the exports target of USD 650 Billion within the current financial year is achievable. Chairing a Review Meeting of all major Export Promotion Councils (EPCs), Goyal said the $400 Bn target of Merchandise exports is within sight and the Services sector should strive for $250 Bn exports. Expressing his satisfaction that India achieved $300 Bn Merchandise exports in the first nine months of the current FY (April-Dec, 2022), Goyal assured the EPCs that his Ministry will do whatever it takes in handholding the EPCs and resolving their issues to…
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India’s ‘Silver Girl’ Saikhom Mirabai Chanu visited the National War Memorial in New Delhi which has been built to honour the courage, valour and sacrifice of the Indian Armed Forces. Speaking about her visit to the 40 acre open landscaped memorial Mirabai said, “My stays in Delhi have usually been for tournaments but this time I kept this visit on my itinerary as this place bestows the essence of pride, not only for the armed forces but for every Indian,” said the Olympic Medallist. Depicting the glorious war history of India since 1947, the memorial is a gestation on the…
The Ministry of Textiles today cleared 20 strategic research projects worth Rs 30 crores in the areas of Specialty fibres and Geotextiles under the chairmanship of Union Minister of Textiles, Piyush Goyal. These strategic research projects fall under the Flagship Programme ‘National Technical Textiles Mission.’ Amongst the 20 Research projects, 16 projects of Specialty fibres were cleared including 5 projects in Healthcare, 4 projects in Industrial and Protective, 3 projects in Energy Storage, 3 projects in Textile waste recycling, & 1 in Agriculture and 4 projects in Geotextiles (Infrastructure) were cleared. Various leading Indian Institutes, Centres of Excellence and Government…
Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav said that the forest officers as the voice of the voiceless need to work with an approach that is earnestly humane and sensitive to the aspirations and needs of the local community. The Minister was virtually addressing the 64 Indian Forest Service(IFS) Probationer Trainees of the 2020 Batch being trained at Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy, Dehradun. Addressing the young officers, Yadav said that the country under the current national leadership is aspiring for transformative advancement on all fronts of development while simultaneously dealing with challenges and crises on different environmental…
Journalist and human rights defender Lukpan Akhmedyarov was detained upon leaving the editorial office of the “Uralsk Week” in Uralsk, Kazakhstan, on January 7. Later the same day, he was sentenced to ten days of administrative arrest for participation in an unsanctioned demonstration. According to his lawyer, Mereke Gabdualiev, the human rights defender was present at the demonstration in his journalistic capacity, but the court refused to take this into account. On January 10, the court upheld the decision despite the appeal by Lukpan Akhmedyarov’ lawyer to his detention. Lukpan Akhmedyarov is a prominent Kazakh journalist, human rights defender and former editor-in-chief…
The Assembly election in Punjab has been postponed from 14 to 20 February. The Election Commission of India (ECI) made the announcement today, after a meeting was held in New Delhi to discuss the same. Now, the date of notification will be issued on January 25, and the state will go to polls on February 20. The counting of votes will be done on March 10. “After consideration of all facts made available, the Election Commission has announced 2022 General Elections to the Legislative Assembly of State of Punjab on 8th January 2022 under which notification for the election is…
World renowned Kathak dancer Pandit Birju Maharaj passed away at his residence in Delhi in the early hours of Monday, at his Delhi residence. Sunday, 16 January. The 83-year-old had reportedly suffered from a heart attack. He was diagnosed with kidney disease a few days ago and had been on dialysis and was one of the most famous faces of India’s Kathak dancers all over the world. Birju Maharaj was a descendant of the Maharaj family of Kathak dancers and an exponent of the Lucknow Kalka-Bindadin gharana of Kathak. He was sent by the Government of India to represent the country in cultural festivals…
Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare released a commemorative Postal Stamp on COVID-19 Vaccine to mark the 1st anniversary of India’s National Covid-19 Vaccination program along with Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar, Union Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare and Devusinh Chauhan, Union Minister of State for Communications. The commemorative stamp design features a healthcare worker inoculating a senior citizen with COVID-19 vaccine, along with an image of ‘COVAXIN’ vial. This stamp signifies the remarkable work done by our frontline healthcare workers and scientific community across the country in protecting the people against the COVID pandemic.…
India’s Lakshya Sen created sensation, securing his maiden Super 500 title by winning the Yonex-Sunrise India Open with a stunning straight-game victory over reigning world champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore in the men’s singles final in New Delhi on Sunday. He is the third Indian men’s singles player after Prakash Padukone in 1981 and Srikanth Kidambi in 2015 to win the India Open title. I It was after Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty became the first team from the country to win India’s flagship tournament after toppling three-time world champions Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan. The 20-year-old Sen, who…
Union Minister of Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal has assured leaders of India’s top IT companies that the Central government will give full support to the sector to accelerate growth and help India’s Services exports soar to $1 trillion in a decade. Goyal said India was on track to achieve its merchandise exports target of $400 billion this year, while Services exports were likely to be about $240 billion to $250 billion, which is much lower, but can grow rapidly and catch up with merchandise exports. “When I look at the trajectory of these – I personally believe this is…