Year: 2021

Despite Omicron threat, parties urge Election Commission to hold UP elections on schedule

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The ECI is on a three-day visit to Lucknow to assess the ground situation. All major political parties in Uttar Pradesh have urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) not to delay the 2022 assembly polls in the state, following concerns of over the new Omicron Covid-19 variant. Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra, Election Commissioners Rajiv Kumar and Anup Chandra Pandey and other senior officers of the ECI held meetings with representatives of national and recognised political parties in Lucknow till late Tuesday evening. The ECI is on a three-day…

Centre announces major bureaucratic reshuffle

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Putting into effect a significant bureaucratic reshuffle from Monday, the Centre has appointed nine secretary-level officers in multiple ministries and departments, and promoted eight additional secretaries to special secretaries by upgrading their posts. The key ministries that got new secretaries are Jal Shakti, Environment, Housing, Petroleum, and Steel. The Department of Consumer Affairs, too, has got a new secretary. Below are the newly appointed secretaries to the different ministries – ·         1987-batch IAS officer Sanjay Kumar Singh (Madhya Pradesh cadre) has been appointed Steel Secretary ·         V Srinivas of the Rajasthan Cadre…

There is a growing tendency to disregard, disrespect court orders by the executive: CJI

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In one of his most hard-hitting speeches, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana said on Sunday that popular majority is not a defence for the government to take any arbitrary actions and that every action is mandatorily required to comply with the Constitution. His comments come at a time when differences between executive and judiciary rage on several issues, especially the way bills are being passed by parliament.   Chief Justice Ramana also noted very significantly that there is a growing tendency to disregard, and even disrespect court orders by…

DRDO hands over technology of extreme cold weather clothing system ECWCS to five Indian companies

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Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and Chairman Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Dr G Satheesh Reddy handed over technology for indigenous extreme cold weather clothing system (ECWS) to 05 Indian companies in New Delhi on December 27, 2021. The extreme ECWS is required by Indian Army for its sustained operations in glacier and Himalayan peaks. The Army, till recently has been importing extreme cold weather clothing and several Special Clothing and Mountaineering Equipment (SCME) items for the troops deployed in high altitude regions. The DRDO designed ECWCS is an ergonomically designed modular technical clothing with improved thermal…

Raids at businessman Piyush Jain’s Kannauj residence concludes; Rs 19 crore cash, gold seized

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The DGGI on Monday informed that the accused has admitted that cash recovered was related to the sale of goods without payment of taxes. The Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) on Wednesday concluded the raids at businessman Piyush Jain’s residence in Uttar Pradesh’s Kannauj. The Kanpur-based businessman was arrested on Sunday under Section 67 of the CGST Act after the recovery of unaccounted cash, gold and sandalwood. Commenting on the development, Zakir Hussain, Additional Director of DGGI said, “We have concluded our ‘panchnama’. We have recovered gold, handed it over…

Omicron LIVE Updates: 781 cases in India, most in Delhi; restrictions imposed across several states

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Delhi has reported the highest Omicron variant cases in the country. The national capital has logged 238 cases, followed by Maharashtra with 167 cases, according to the Health Ministry data. India has logged 781 cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus across 21 states and UTs so far, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. Delhi has recorded the maximum number of 238 cases of which 57 have recovered/discharged/migrated, according to the Ministry data. Delhi is followed by Maharashtra where 167 people have tested positive for the…

VISIT BY INDIAN NAVAL SHIPS TO BEYPORE

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INS Sharda, an Offshore Patrol Vessel and INS Kabra, a Waterjet Fast Attack Craft visited Beypore port for participating in Beypore International Water Fest. The fest was organised by the Govt of Kerala wherein IN ships and aircraft participated on 26 and 27 Dec 21. The ships were deployed towards ongoing 75 years of Independence celebrations at the behest of Southern Naval Command.  On the evening of 26 Dec 21, ALH aircraft performed Search and Rescue Demonstration off Beypore beach. Thereafter, both the ships undertook night Illumination off Beypore at…

Inaugurates the Bina-Panki Multiproduct Pipeline Project

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Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated Kanpur Metro Rail Project today. He inspected the Kanpur Metro Rail Project and undertook a metro ride from the IIT metro station to Geeta Nagar. He also inaugurated the Bina-Panki Multiproduct Pipeline Project. The pipeline extends from the Bina refinery in Madhya Pradesh to Panki in Kanpur and will help the region access petroleum products from the Bina refinery. Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Shri Yogi Adityanath, Union Minister Shri Hardeep Puri were among those present on the occasion. The Prime Minister congratulated the…

OneWeb launches 36 satellites to bring in-orbit constellation to 394 satellites

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Bharti backed OneWeb, the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communications company, is launching 36 more satellites by Arianespace from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. This latest launch, and the 9th since December 2020, will bring OneWeb’s in-orbit constellation to 394 satellites. This will represent 60 percent of OneWeb’s planned 648 LEO satellite fleet that will deliver high-speed, low-latency global connectivity. Sunil Bharti Mittal, OneWeb Executive Chairman, said: “With this launch, OneWeb will have sixty percent of its global satellite fleet in space. It is an extraordinary achievement for a company that was reborn just…

Delhi under Yellow Alert: Delhi government regulates new “Level 1” safety guidelines

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The Delhi government has released a new order on stricter COVID-19 safety guidelines as cases continue to rise in the national capital amid the Omicron strain threat. The “Level 1” or “Yellow Alert” guidelines say cinema halls will be open on odd-even dates and gyms will be closed, while night curfew remains in force. After a meeting with top officials Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said, “We have stayed above 0.5 per cent positivity rate for more than two days. We are enforcing Level-I (Yellow alert) of the Graded Response Action Plan. A detailed order on…