Month: April 2022

Mitsubishi Electric India strengthens its Community Development program

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Mitsubishi Electric India has given its consistent efforts in making positive contributions to the society through its products and technology. The company works on a CSR Strategy which supports United Nations Sustainable Development Goals along with Government of India Initiatives. The initiatives have been categorized under Skill Development, Community Development & Climate Action. Mitsubishi Electric India has supported 43 schools with clean drinking water across 10 cities and continues to support them with regular up-keep and maintenance activity which benefits approximately 17,602 students. Intensifying the Community Development program, Mitsubishi Electric India…

Hindustan Power with its CSR team organizes Sports Meet- 2022

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Sports has always been a part of the common life in India for ages. There is some evidence of the existence of vibrant sports activities in India.  A need for the same was felt to deepen the sports culture among the rural youth in Anuppur, Madhya Pradesh. Therefore, the Hindustan Power through its subsidiary MB Power (Madhya Pradesh) Limited and its CSR team organized a District High & Higher Secondary School level Athletics Competition & Men’s Open Volleyball Tournament in MBPMPL’s Bal Bharti Public School ground on 12th and 14th of March-22 respectively.  There were boys and girls present at the field…

INS Vikrant: BJP MP Somaiya booked in connection with fund misuse charge

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In connection with the collection of funds of upto Rs 57 crore for restoring the decommissioned aircraft carrier INS Vikrant, the Mumbai police registered an FIR on Thursday against BJP leader and ex-MP Kirit Somaiya, his son Neil Somaiya, and others on charges of alleged cheating and criminal breach of trust. Since the investigation is at an initial stage, there will be no immediate arrest in the case. The police are likely to summon Somaiya and the others to record their statements. Having denied any wrongdoing, Somaiya said that he is ready to face an…

Maharashtra allots land to TTD for developing a replica of Tirupati temple in Mumbai

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The Maharashtra state authorities has allotted land to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams for the development of a reproduction temple of Lord Venkateswara in Mumbai. The allocation of land was made by the Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray-led authorities at Ulwe in Navi Mumbai on the auspicious eve coinciding with the Telugu Ugadi day last Saturday, the same day that Maharashtra celebrates as Gudi Padwa – Marathi new yr day. TTD chairman YV Subba Reddy, further EO AV Dharma Reddy and TTD belief board member Milind Navrekar performed a key function…

Raksha Mantri announces third list comprising major equipment/platforms

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Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh released the third positive indigenisation list of 101 items, comprising major equipment/platforms, in New Delhi on April 07, 2022. The list, notified by Department of Military Affairs, Ministry of Defence (MoD), lays special focus on equipment/systems, which are being developed and likely to translate into firm orders in next five years. These weapons and platforms are planned to be indigenised progressively with effect from December 2022 to December 2027. These 101 items will, henceforth, be procured from local sources as per provisions of Defence Acquisition…

President Ram Nath Kovind arrives in Turkmenistan on 3-day official visit

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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said in a media release India’s first case of Coronavirus variant XE was reported in Mumbai on Wednesday, while one case of the Kappa variant has also been detected. The patients with the new variants of the virus have not shown any severe symptoms so far. “The patient had foreign travel history and we put the patient’s sample for genome sequencing along with 230 samples. Of the 230, 228 had Omicron BA2 variant and one had Kapa and one was detected with XE,” Additional BMC Commissioner Suresh Kakani said. “As per the guidelines of the World Health Organisation, the BA 2 and XE is at…

INS Vikrant: MP Sanjay Raut alleges BJP’s Kirit Somaiya of misappropriation of funds

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Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday asked BJP’s Kirit Somaiya where is the fund of ₹50 crore that he had collected from the people of Maharashtra to save the INS Vikrant. Sanjay Raut’s attack comes a day after the Enforcement Directorate provisionally attached the properties of his wife, Varsha Raut and two close aides of the MP, businessmen Pravin Raut, and Swapna Patkar, wife of Sanjay Raut’s close associate Sujit Patkar “In the 1971 war against Pakistan, the Indian Navy played a key role, including the INS Vikrant. When the situation of the INS Vikrant got bad and it got difficult to maintain, there were campaigns for turning it into a museum.…

Indo-Israel bilateral workshop on Quantum Technologies concludes

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A two-day Indo-Israel Bilateral workshop on Quantum Technologies (I2QT-2022), organised by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and DRDO-Industry-Academia Centre of Excellence (DIA-CoE), IIT Delhi has concluded in New Delhi on April 06, 2022. The objective of the workshop was to deliberate on quantum technologies, evolve a joint quantum technology roadmap and plan for developing technologies by collaboration between both the countries.  The concluding session, chaired by Dr VK Saraswat, Member Niti Aayog, was held as the brainstorming session to evolve further roadmap and specific areas of collaboration. This workshop…

India’s economic condition is worse than Sri Lanka: Mamata Banerjee

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Urging the Centre to call for an all-party meeting, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Monday that India’s financial condition is worse than Sri Lanka. “India’s economic condition is very bad. In Sri Lanka, people have hit the streets in protest. The financial condition is bad. The financial condition of India is worse,” Banerjee said. She added that she was not comparing India with Sri Lanka. The chief minister said that the Centre should call for an all-party meeting and find a solution on how to sail over…

SENSEX rallies over HDFC , HDFC Bank merger; investors turn rich by Rs 4.5 lakh crore

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With the domestic equity market surging over 2 per cent, primarily on the proposed merger between HDFC and HDFC Bank, investors struck gold and turned rich by more than Rs 4.5 lakh crore on Monday. After the announcement of merger between HDFC and HDFC Bank, the 30-share key index Sensex surged 1,335 points, a whopping 2.25 per cent, to reclaim the 60,000-level, boosted by intense buying in banking and financial stocks. The market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies, also an indicator of notional wealth of investors, surged to Rs 2,72,46,213.62 crore.…