Year: 2022

Himachal Pradesh Assembly Elections 2022: Congress names Pushpendra Verma as its Hamirpur candidate

Manish Kumar

The Congress has announced Dr. Pushpendra Verma as its candidate for the Hamirpur seat on the last date of filing nominations (today). Dr Pushpendra Verma is the son of former state industries minister Ranjeet Singh Verma. Notification for elections to the 68 Assembly seats was issued on October 17 and the last date for filing nominations was today. Scrutiny of papers will be held on October 27 (the day after tomorrow) and the last date for withdrawing nominations is October 29. Elections will be held in the state of Himachal…

Himachal Pradesh Election 2022: Over 370 candidates file nominations on last day

Manish Kumar

As many as 376 candidates filed their nominations for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls on the last day taking the total to 630. Himachal Pradesh will go to the polls on November 12 (Saturday), while the counting of the votes will be done on December 8. The state has 68 assembly seats. A notification for the state elections was issued on October 17 (Monday) and the last date for the filing of nominations was October 25 (Tuesday). The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) dropped Maheshwar Singh after his son Hiteshwar filed…

Himachal Pradesh Election 2022: BJP releases first list of 62 candidates

Manish Kumar

Voting for the 68 assembly seats in the hill state is scheduled for November 12 (Saturday) and the counting of votes will take place on December 8 (Thursday). The last date for the filing of nominations is October 25 (Wednesday). In the list released, Chief Minister Jairam Thakur to contest from Seraj and Satpal Singh Satti to contest from Una seat. Anil Sharma, son of former Union minister Sukh Ram, has been fielded from Mandi seat.   The list, which features five women candidates, was finalised in Monday’s meeting of…

Here’s why today’s partial solar eclipse is special and rare

Manish Kumar

A partial solar eclipse will be visible from most parts of the country as the Sun, Moon, and Earth align together, although not in a perfectly straight line, on Tuesday, October 25. The celestial event will have a maximum duration of 1 hour 45 minutes and will be visible for the longest part in Gujarat’s Dwarka. The eclipse will be visible in New Delhi from 4:29 pm and will reach a maximum at sunset around 5:30 pm. A partial solar eclipse takes place when the moon passes directly between the…

Department of Production ‘Swachhta’ in its field offices

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Department of Defence Production has organised cleanliness drives in 294 sites across the country. The department has also disposed of 9 pending issues from Members of Parliament, 1 public grievance referred by PMO and 231 general public grievances during the period.  Around 850 physical files have been reviewed, weeding out 322 of these files. A sum of Rs. 10,72,00,960 has been realised in revenue so far from the sale of scrap and 75,145 square feet space has been freed up. Department of Defence Production has been conducting the Special Campaign…

Department of Economic Affairs participates in Swachhta Campaign and Special Campaign 2.0

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The Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Ministry of Finance,  along with its CPSE, attached and autonomous organisations, is actively participating in Swachhta Campaign and Special campaign 2.0 for disposal of  pending matters (SCPDM) from October 2nd, 2022 to October 31st, 2022. During the Special Campaign 2.0, DEA’s thrust is on cleanliness drive, weeding out of old records, liquidating the pendency in respect of VIP References, Parliament Assurances, DCN, References from PMO/State Governments, Public Grievances, Public Grievances Appeals, etc. Several rounds of meetings have taken place, including review at the level of…

WhatsApp down in India, users unable to send and receive SMS

Manish Kumar

WhatsApp appears to be down for several users in India. Many users have raised issues on Twitter, while members of the India Today Tech team are also unable to use the messaging app. At the time of writing this article, most users could open the app but were not able to send messages and media files. Naturally, users aren’t able to use other services, such as WhatsApp audio and video call. As per the outage tracker, Downdetector, many users started facing issues with the WhatsApp mobile app and web at…

founder Narayana Murthy congratulates son-in-law Rishi Sunak

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Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy, in his first remark on the ascent of his son-in-law Rishi Sunak as Britain’s Prime Minister, said he was really proud of him and wished him success Congratulations to Rishi. We are proud of him and we wish him success. We are confident he will do his best for the people of the United Kingdom,” Murthy said in a brief statement after it became clear that Sunak, 42, would be Britain’s next Prime Minister. Sunak is married to Narayana Murthy’s daughter Akshata Murthy and the couple…

Celebrates Diwali with soldiers posted on the frontlines

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Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Gen Anil Chauhan, accompanied by White Knight Corps Commander Lt Gen Manjinder Singh, visited forward posts in Rajouri sector of Jammu & Kashmir on October 24, 2022 and celebrated Diwali with soldiers posted on the frontlines. The CDS also laid a wreath at Naman Sthal, the war memorial of Naushera Sector and paid his respects to the bravehearts who had laid down their lives in the service of the nation. Gen Anil Chauhan was briefed by field commanders on the current operational situation and security…

PM celebrates Diwali with Armed Forces in Kargil

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Addressing the brave jawans, the Prime Minister said that the reverence for the soil of Kargil always draws him towards the brave sons and daughters of the armed forces. “For years, you have been a part of my family”, the Prime Minister said. The Prime Minister underlined that the sweetness of Diwali increases in the presence of the jawans and the light of Diwali that is present among them emboldens his spirit.“On one side there are the sovereign borders of the nation, and on the other committed soldiers, On one…