Year: 2021

Year End Review 2021- Ministry of Panchayati Raj

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The major highlights of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj during the year 2021 are as follows: SVAMITVA (Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas) 1.1      SVAMITVA Scheme was launched by the Hon’ble Prime Minister on   National Panchayati Raj Day, 24th April 2020 with a resolve to enable economic progress of Rural India by providing “Record of Rights” to every rural household owner. The scheme aims to demarcate inhabited (Abadi) land in rural areas through the latest surveying drone-technology, is a collaborative effort of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj,…

Air pollutants & meteorological variables influence pollen concentration: study

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Scientists have found that air pollutants influence pollen concentration and different types of pollens have a unique response to weather conditions. Pollens remain suspended in the air and form part of the air we breathe. When inhaled by humans, they put a strain on the upper respiratory system. They cause widespread upper respiratory tract and naso-bronchial allergy with manifestations like asthma, seasonal rhinitis, and bronchial irritation. Airborne pollen varies in character from place to place due to diverse meteorological or environmental conditions. There is growing evidence that airborne pollen plays…

Samajwadi Party leader arrested, workers booked for vandalising car with BJP flags, PM Modi’s poster in Kanpur

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Kanpur violence: Police said that Samajwadi Party workers vandalised their own car after decorating it as a BJP car ahead of PM Narendra Modi’s visit. A case has been filed against several Samajwadi Party workers in connection with Tuesday’s violence in Kanpur. The police have arrested five SP leaders including, Sachin Kesharwani, who is a worker of the Samajwadi Chatra Sabha (students’ body), while 8 to 10 of his supporters are missing. According to police, a conspiracy was being hatched to create unrest in Kanpur ahead of Prime Minister Narendra…

Amit Shah instructs all cargo containers at ports to be scanned for contraband at NCORD meeting

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Home minister Amit Shah said at a meeting at Narco Coordination Centre (NCORD) that cargo containers at all Indian ports will have to be scanned for contraband. According to sources, the minister instructed that authorities at private and state-run ports will have to make arrangements for container scanners and related equipment. Concerned authorities will also have to build a pool of dog squads that can sniff out outlawed narcotics, he said. He further said that the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) will frame a policy in this regard in coordination with…

PM to release 10th instalment of PM-KISAN on 1st January

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In line with the continued commitment and resolve to empower grassroot level farmers, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will release the 10th instalment of financial benefit under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme on 1st January, 2022 at 12:30 PM via video conferencing. This will enable the transfer of an amount of more than Rs. 20,000 crore to more than 10 crore beneficiary farmer families. Under the PM-KISAN scheme, a financial benefit of Rs. 6000/- per year is provided to the eligible beneficiary farmer families, payable in three equal…

Rs 250 cr recovered from person making ‘Samajwadiitar’, money looted from people of UP: Shah

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Hardoi Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday took a dig over the perfume trader Peeyush Jain’s arrest and said that the Samajwadi Party (SP) is unable to answer the 250 crores recovered during the raids as it is the money looted from the people of Uttar Pradesh. Addressing the ‘Jan Vishwas Yatra’ in Uttar Pradesh’s Hardoi, Shah said, “A few days ago, there were income tax raids.  Why was (SP chief) Akhilesh having an upset stomach over raids, and he said that the raids were done with political malice.”…

Actor Salman Khan was bitten thrice by the non-venomous snake: Report

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Actor Salman Khan was bitten by a non-venomous snake at his farmhouse in Panvel on Saturday night. According to a news agency, the snake bit him for the third time following a commotion, just a day before his birthday.   The actor was later treated at a hospital in Kamothe, Navi Mumbai, from where he was discharged on Sunday morning. Salman Khan was trying to remove the snake from his farmhouse but ended up being bitten by the snake thrice. Elaborating it further Salman Khan said that he “picked up the snake…

Priyanka Gandhi meets Lal Bahadur Shastri’s son

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Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra described the late Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri as a soldier of the party during a meeting with his son, Sunil Shastri. The Congress general secretary in-charge of Uttar Pradesh, tweeted, “What better occasion than the Congress Foundation Day to meet Sunil Shastri ji, son of a soldier of Congress and former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, to discuss a range of issues. We will fight together and win.”  Sunil Shastri, who has been with the BJP, is expected to rejoin the Congress soon. He…

Padma Lakshmi’s boyfriend is Adam Dell

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Padma Parvati Lakshmi Vaidynathan was born in Madras (now Chennai), India, into a Tamil Brahmin family.[2][3][4][5][6][7] Her mother Vijaya is a retired oncology nurse. Her parents divorced when she was two years old. Lakshmi graduated from William Workman High School in City of Industry, California. Lakshmi’s modeling career began at age 21. While studying abroad in Madrid, she was discovered by a modeling agent She has said, “I was the first Indian model to have a career in Paris, Milan, and New York. Padma Parvati Lakshmi Vaidynathan (born September 1,…

Uttar Pradesh polls: Congress embarrassed as ‘Ladki hoon, lad sakti hoon’ event turns violent

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Congress is gaining traction among women voters and the party feels that it could be a gamechanger in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh elections. Senior Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has been focussing on women power and her party is organising rallies and events of women across the poll-bound Uttar Pradesh under the theme ‘Ladki hoon, lad sakti hoon’ (I am a girl and can fight).  On Tuesday, the grand old party organised a similar event in Agra. However, the unruly scenes prevailed here when scores of women engaged in a…