Assuming that the security breach during Prime Minister Narendar Modi’s recent Punjab visit was deliberate by the Congress government in the state, Union Minister Smriti Irani questioned who from the Congress party benefited from the PM’s security breach. Alleging that the security measures were ‘deliberately breached’ due to the ‘active connivance of the Congress-led Govt in Punjab’, she asked who in Congress sought to benefit from the breach of PM’s security? Lamenting that the Congress party was ‘celebrating’ when the Prime Minister’s security was breached on January 5, she alleged that state police was made a silent spectator’ by the influential persons…
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The Central Government has secured the approval of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for export of Indian mangoes to the USA in the new season, after a gap of two years. Consumers in the United States (US) would now have access to excellent quality mangoes from India. The export of Indian mangoes has been restricted by the USA since 2020 as USDA inspectors were unable to visit India for inspection of irradiation facilities due restrictions imposed on international travel because of Covid-19 pandemic. Recently, in pursuant to the 12th India – USA Trade Policy Forum (TPF) meeting held…
Swami Vivekananda’s teachings have a major role to play in building a better and prosperous New India, opined experts at the webinar on “Swami Vivekananda: The Guiding Spirit for New India” organized by Press Information Bureau (PIB) and Regional Outreach Bureau (ROB) Bhubaneswar in association with Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) Odisha region on the eve of National Youth Day-2022. Participating in the webinar, Akhil Kumar Mishra, Additional Director General, ROB Bhubaneswar shed light on three important teachings of Swami Vivekananda that is believing in self, following heart not mind and to neither seek nor avoid, accept things as it…
When Wuhan – then the centre of the Covid-19 outbreak in China – went into lockdown, Zhang Zhan was one of the few citizen journalists to report on the unfolding crisis. Determined to get the truth out, the former lawyer traveled to the beleaguered city in February 2020. She took to social media, reporting how government officials had detained independent reporters and harassed families of Covid-19 patients. Citizen journalists were the only source of uncensored, first-hand information about the epidemic. Working independently of state-controlled media, citizen journalists face constant harassment for exposing information the government would rather keep quiet. Zhan went…
India is one of the largest importers of edible oils as its domestic production is unable to meet its domestic demand. The Country has to rely heavily on imports to meet the gap between demand and supply. Around 56-60% of the edible oils consumed in the country is met through imports. International prices of Edible Oils are under pressure due to a shortfall in global production and increase in export tax/levies by the exporting countries. Therefore, domestic prices of Edible Oils are dictated by the prices of imported oils. As the domestic prices are governed by the international price trends,…
The devotees visiting the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi and hundreds of temple workers will no longer need to enter the temple premises barefoot. Starting January 14, Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) is beginning the sale of Khadi handmade paper “Use & Throw” slippers for the use of the devotees and the workers. The Khadi handmade paper slippers will be sold from the Khadi sales outlet located at the parking lot of the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor. The handmade paper slippers can be purchased at a nominal price of Rs 50 per pair. The slippers will be sold by Kashi Hastkala…
Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Piyush Goyal called upon stakeholders in the innovation ecosystem to strive to take India to the top 25 in the Global Innovation Index. “Our startups are the key reason behind India’s meteoric rise in Global Innovation Index from 76 in 2014 to 46 in 2021”, he said while inaugurating ṭhe “Startup India Innovation Week Launch” virtually from New Delhi. Expressing his delight at being able to participate in the first ever Startup Innovation launch week, Goyal said that ‘Celebrating Innovation Ecosystem’, as a part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, was also a call to action for all of…
The Income Tax Department carried out search and seizure operations on three real estate developers, engaged in the business of land development as well as construction activities in the town of Kurnool and other mofussil areas of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. More than two dozen premises have been covered in the search operation spread over Kurnool, Ananthapur, Kadapa, Nandyal, Bellary, etc. According to the department media release, so far, the search action has led to the seizure of unaccounted cash of Rs.1.64 crore and resulted in the detection of unaccounted cash transactions to the tune of Rs. 800 crore. During the…
The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) named Jodie Ginsberg as its new President. Ginsberg will succeed Joel Simon, who stepped down at the end of 2021 after leading the organization for 15 years. A journalist by profession, Ginsberg, 44, has served since March 2020 as Chief Executive Officer for Internews Europe, part of the Internews alliance, one of the world’s largest international media development nonprofits. Ginsberg was previously the CEO of the renowned freedom of expression campaign group, Index on Censorship. A South African and British national, she worked for more than a decade as a foreign correspondent…
It is January, and the eastern states of India – Bihar, West Bengal and Odisha — are now feeling the sting of increased winter air pollution, says a new analysis of regional pollution trends done by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). The winter smog that engulfs North India during early November begins to extend eastwards during late December and early January. Bihar, West Bengal and Odisha are affected mostly during this time when winter inversion and the cool and calm conditions trap the local pollution that is already high. “This analysis of real time air quality data for the…