Year: 2022

Infosys awardee Professor Suman Chakraborty from IIT, Kharagpur

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A slew of technologies by Professor Suman Chakraborty, who recently received the Infosys prize, along with his group, are helping community health-workers deliver healthcare-support to last-mile populations. Their initiative has been specially triggered by the recent pandemic. A Nucleic-Acid Based Rapid Diagnostic Test for infectious disease detection called COVIRAP they have developed is a substitute for the resource-intensive RT-PCR for testing of infectious diseases. The technology has been transferred to several companies and organizations. It can be used for any infectious disease detection by suitably customizing and preprogramming the device…

Shri Dharmendra Pradhan calls for wider participation in Pariksha Pe Charcha 2023

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Union Education and Skill Development Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan today invited students, teachers and parents to participate in the 6th edition of “Pariksha Pe Charcha 2023” and get a chance  to be mentored by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi conceptualized a unique interactive program – Pariksha Pe Charcha wherein students, parents, teachers across the nation and also from overseas interact with him to discuss and overcome the stress emerging out of examinations in order to celebrate life as an Utsav. This event was organized successfully…

H.E. Ms. Annalena Baerbock, Foreign Minister of Germany visits ECI to meet the Commission

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A German delegation led by H.E. Ms. Annalena Baerbock, Foreign Minister of Germany met Chief Election Commissioner Shri Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioners Shri Anup Chandra Pandey and Shri Arun Goel at Nirvachan Sadan in New Delhi today. The German Foreign Minister was accompanied by four Members of Parliament namely Ms. Agnieszka Brugger, Mr. Thomas Erndl, Mr. Ulrich Lechte, Mr. Andreas Larem, H.E. Dr. Philipp Ackermann, German Ambassador to India and other officers from her Foreign Office.   Speaking on the occasion, CEC Shri Rajiv Kumar said that the idea…

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to dedicate three National Ayush Institutes to the nation on 11 December 2022

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Union Minister of Ayush Shri Sarbananda Sonowal today announced that three National Ayush Institutes – All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), Goa, National Institute of Unani Medicine (NIUM), Ghaziabad and National Institute of Homoeopathy (NIH), Delhi will be dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on 11th December 2022. These satellite institutes will further strengthen the research, international collaborations and facilitate affordable Ayush services for larger community. While addressing the media Shri Sarbananda Sonowal also gave details of 9th World Ayurveda Congress (WAC), which will showcase the scientificity,…

Persistence of terror networks in Afghanistan atec matter of deep concern: NSA Ajit Doval

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Earlier on Tuesday, at the India-Central Asia summit held in New Delhi, the National Security Advisor of India, Ajit Doval, stated that connectivity with the Central Asian countries has always topped the priority list for India. The security authorities of India are ready to cooperate, invest & build connectivity in the region. Addressing the National Security Advisers/Secretaries of Security Councils, Doval also stated that before expanding its connectivity, it was important to ascertain that the initiatives were consultative, transparent & participatory. Doval also expressed his concerns regarding the massive number…

After Padman and Toilet Ek Prem Katha, Akshay Kumar confirms film on sex education. Details

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Akshay Kumar has confirmed a new film on sex education at the Red Sea Festival. He also revealed the film’s tentative release month. Though 2022 might not be the best year for Akshay Kumar on the film front, we are hoping 2023 will be better. The superstar has often worked in films with a social message. Take for instance, Padman and Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, both films delivered strong messages for the society. Looks like 2023 will be no different. The actor confirmed at Red Sea Festival that one of…

North Korea executes 2 minors for watching, distributing K-dramas

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North Korea has executed two high school students for watching and widely distributing South Korean drama shows among their friends, a report said. Viewing and distributing K-dramas is in conflict with the country’s law. The teenagers were executed for watching and distributing South Korean movies in a rare display of punishment in the Kim Jong Un regime, reported Radio Free Asia, citing two sources who witnessed it. The teenagers met at a high school in Ryanggang Province in North Korea, which shares its border with China, in early October, where…

Delhi: Who are the people not using their right to vote

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Punarvasu, a banker who lives in Delhi’s Dwarka area, has been affected by issues of civic mismanagement for years. “Because of the illegal parking menace, the neighbourhood lanes are crammed. One large vehicle rolls in and there’s no space even for pedestrians to walk. There’s no fumigation to check mosquito breeding. The state of waste management, look at the drains and landfills, is known to all. I can go on and on,” he said. While Punarvasu blamed the BJP that has ruled the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) for 15…

Group of 6 smashes Bengaluru man’s head with stones, murder caught on camera it

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A 30-year-old man was killed after being hit by stones by a group of six in Karnataka’s Bengaluru on December 4. The footage of the murder has surfaced online. Three men and three women killed a 30-year-old man using a brick to smash his head in Karnataka’s Bengaluru. The murder caught on camera shows the group dragging the deceased, identified as Balappa, before smashing his head with a stone. The video from December 4 around midnight shows a group having cornered the man, who is sitting down, in KP Agrahara…

Mathura: up after ABHM’s call to Hanuman Chalisa at Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi complex

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The Mathura district administration has beefed up security in view of the call given by Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha (ABHM) to recite Hanuman Chalisa at what it calls the ‘real’ birthplace of Lord Krishna at Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi complex to observe ‘Sanatan Samarpan Diwas’ on Tuesday which happens to be the 30th anniversary of demolition of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya in 1992. Mathura Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Shailesh Pandey said, “Neither any permission was sought nor any granted for holding any such event including that for recital of ‘Hanuman…