Month: September 2021

MeitY chalks out a 1000 day agenda to make India a $1 trillion digital economy

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With the aim to make India a $1 trillion digital economy over the next few years, the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) has chalked out a 1,000-day agenda. This comes amid a change of guard, with Ashwini Vaishnaw being appointed as Union minister for electronics and IT, along with Rajeev Chandrasekhar as minister of state. The goal of the initiative will be to make India the largest connected nation in the world, bringing coherence into digital governance, simplifying rules and legislations for technology and social media companies, and focusing on building India’s high-tech prowess. “Our…

Blast in Balochistan leave a statue of Jinnah completely demolished

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A blast that took place on Sunday morning in the port city of Gwadar, Balochistan province, left a statue of Pakistan’s founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah completely demolished. The statue was unveiled in June this year at Marine Drive, otherwise designated as a safe zone. It was blown up by placing an explosive device beneath it, according to a report in Pakistan’s English newspaper Dawn and was carried out by the Baloch Liberation Front.  According to BBC Urdu, Babgar Baloch, a spokesman for the outlawed militant group Baloch Republican Army, claimed…

PM conducts on-site inspection and reviews ongoing construction work of new Parliament building

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Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi conducted on-site inspection and reviewed ongoing construction work of the new Parliament building in the evening of 26th September, 2021. Prime Minister ascertained the progress of the work being carried out at the site, and laid emphasis on timely completion of the project. He interacted with the workers engaged at the site and also enquired about their well-being. He stressed that they are engaged in a pious and historic work. Prime Minister instructed that it must be ensured that all the workers engaged at the…

Headed by Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi NDMA is apex body for Disaster Management in India

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Union Home Minister, Shri Amit Shah, will inaugurate the 17th Formation Day of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in New Delhi tomorrow. The theme of this year’s Formation Day is Cascading effects of disaster events in the Himalayan region. Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, Dr. P. K. Mishrawill deliver the valedictory address on the occasion. The Ministers of State for Home Affairs, ShriNityanand Rai, Shri Ajay Kumar Mishra and ShriNisithPramanik and Union Home Secretary will also attend the Formation Day function.     The technical session will see prominent…

NCW Launches Country-Wide Training & Capacity Building Program For Women In Dairy Farming

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In an endeavour to empower rural women and make themfinancially independent, the National Commission for Women has launched a country-widetraining and capacity building program for women in dairy farming. The Commission iscollaborating with agricultural universities across India to identify and train womenassociated with dairy farming and allied activities in different aspects such as value addition,quality enhancement, packaging and marketing of dairy products among others. The first program under the project was organized on ‘Value Added Dairy products’ for womenSHG groups at Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences,…

Britney Spears back on Instagram after her ‘Little Break’ from social media

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After having deactivated her Instagram account, the ‘Toxic’ singer Britney Spears has apparently put up a new post six days later. Britney Spears reactivated her Instagram with her ‘little break’ from Instagram officially coming to an end. The recently engaged singer reactivated her account on Monday, reports Billboard.com. Spears posted a series of pictures to her feed and wrote, “Some shots from my weekend getaway to celebrate my engagement with my…holy s–t…FIANCE…I still can’t believe it!!!!.””I couldn’t stay away from the gram too long so I’m back already!!!! Psss I took these in…

Pradeep Kumar Singh joins as the CTO in Aakash Educational Services

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Pradeep Kumar Singh, former Executive Vice President of Naukri.com, and an alumnus of IET Lucknow and IIT Roorkee, will lead Aakash Institute as the Chief Technology Officer. Aakash is championing technology adoption in the education sector in the country – whether it is VSAT connectivity, Cloud classrooms, mobile learning or AI/ML powered test platforms. Pradeep has more than 20 years of experience in the IT and software development space. Prior to Naukri.com, Mr. Singh also held senior positions at Amazon and Adobe Systems. Aakash is set to effect a paradigm shift in India’s coaching scenario with…

Flipkart is all set to host its Big Billion Days sale from October 3 2021

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The popular e-commerce platform Flipkart will be starting its The Big Billion Days sale on October 3. As part of the sale, several smartphones will be available with steep discounts. Additionally, Axis Bank and ICICI Bank debit and credit cardholders can get an additional 10% instant discount. The homegrown e-commerce giant, now controlled by Walmart, however, now advancing the opening date to October 3 and the sale will now end on October 10 In a communication to employees, Flipkart Group CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy said TBBD is critical for lakhs of sellers as they continue to strive to revitalise their…

It feels good to be back on sets and work without much fear: Divya Dutt

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Actor Divya Dutta, who is currently shooting for her next, Sharmaji Ki Beti in Mumbai said that she feels glad that work has finally resumed and going on smoothly even amid the pandemic. The actor says it’s the awareness about the vaccination that has brought things in the right direction. “It is a pleasure to be able to shoot and also go out without much of fear now. I hope there is no third wave (of Covid-19). It has actually been heartening to see people getting fully vaccinated. Whoever I…

Judges Shilpa Shetty, Geeta Kapur dance to ‘Manike Mage Hithe’ on Super Dancer Chapter 4

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The Sri Lankan viral song ‘Manike Mage Hithe’ has caught the fancy of even the judges of the dance reality show Super Dancer Chapter 4. An Instagram Reel shared by one of the show’s judges features Shilpa Shetty Kundra dancing to the melodious tunes of the song with choreographer and co-judge Geeta Kapur. While Shilpa was dressed in pink and purple ghagra and choli, Geeta who wore a peacock blue kurta, lehenga, and a green and blue dupatta draped across her shoulder. Shilpa was seen matching her steps with her…