New Delhi: A key component in India’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic has been early identification of the positive cases by timely and aggressive testing. Prompt identification and isolation, synced with efficient treatment, have led to the rising number of recoveries and low and declining mortality. India has so far conducted 3,59,02,137 tests. With 6,09,917
New Delhi: Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and MSMEs Nitin Gadkari will lay the foundation stone for and inaugurate 35 highway projects in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday, August 25. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will preside over the virtual function, which will also be attended by Union Ministers Thavarchand Gehlot and Narendra Singh Tomar;
New Delhi: Stressing the need for a national movement to empower women, Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday said that no girl child should be left out of school. Observing that the flagship ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ scheme had created a positive impact across the nation, Naidu said in a Facebook post that a lot
New Delhi: Government has taken various measures to improve viability of sugar industry, thereby enabling sugar mills to make timely payment of cane dues of farmers. Going forward, diversion of excess sugarcane and sugar is the long term solution for addressing the problem of excess stock and improving viability of sugar industry. Ethanol is a
New Delhi: National Fertilizers Limited (NFL)a PSU under the Department of Fertilizers ,Vijaipur (MP ) is going to set up an Organic Waste Converter (OWC) Plant. The biodegradable waste collected in the unit shall be transported to OWC where the same shall be segregated from non-degradable parts. It will take around 10 days to convert
New Delhi: Beating Surat and Navi Mumbai, Indore has yet again taken the top spot for being the cleanest city in India. Hardeep S Puri, MoS(I/C), Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, said: “The Swachh Survekshan will continue to help us in sustaining the gains made under Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) while providing a comprehensive
New Delhi: On a steady rise, India has scaled a new peak in daily testing against the Covid virus. For the first time, more than 9 lakh Covid tests were conducted in a single day on Thursday. With 9,18,470 Covid-19 tests done in the last 24 hours, India is poised to see an exponential increase
New Delhi: In a major transformational reform in the recruitment process for Central government jobs, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday Approved the creation of a multi-agency body to encompass the first-level test by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC), the Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) and the Institute of Banking Service Personnel (IBPS). The Union Cabinet, chaired
New Delhi: Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State (I/C), Housing and Urban Affairs, interacted with Urban Development Ministers, Chief Secretaries, UD Secretaries/Principal Secretaries, DGPs, Collectors / SPs / SSPs / Municipal Commissioners / Chief Executive Officers of 125 cities in the context of the Prime Minister Street Vendors AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) Scheme which has
New Delhi: Flagging off a mobile clinic here on Monday, Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that the pandemic had proved to be a positive period of “Care, Commitment and Confidence” for Indians and it had set an example for entire humanity across the world. He also said that 16 Haj Houses
New Delhi: Inaugurating the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of IIT-Delhi (IIT-D) on Monday through a video conference, Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu urged the IITs and other premier higher education institutes to undertake research on societal problems. He asked the higher education institutes to develop symbiotic relationship with industry and, in the same breath, requested the private
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has greeted the people of the nation on the occasion of the Malayalam New Year. “As the month of Chingam commences, my greetings to everyone, especially my Malayali sisters and brothers. I pray that the coming year brings with it success, good health and prosperity for all,” the Prime
