Year: 2022

Since the Supreme Court’s order to demolish the Twin Towers, it has been a dream of 49-year-old Chetan Dutta to press the button to commence the demolition. When the Supreme Court ordered the demolition of Supertech‘s twin towers in Noida in August last year, Chetan Dutta, a 49-year-old blaster, “prayed” for the opportunity to press the button to bring down the nearly 100-metre-tall structures. And a year later, on August 28, Dutta will press the button to commence the demolition. “It’s like a dream come true,” says Dutta, who hails…

Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Shri Bhupender Yadav inspected the beach infrastructure facilities at the Eden Beach, Puducherry early morning today. A one-day beach clean-up campaign has also been organised at Promenade Beach , Puducherry. Union Minister Shri Bhupender Yadav inspected the Beach infrastructure facilities, the safety and risk measures taken for the safety of the beach users and interacted with the Officials of the Government of Puducherry, the beach maintenance team, and the tourists at the Eden Blue Flag Beach, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and…

Ministry of Tribal Affairs and TB division of Ministry of Health and Family welfare organized a national conclave on 24th August  at the National Tribal Research Institute (NTRI), New Delhi to disseminate the learnings of the 100-day Aashwasan Campaign under ‘Tribal TB Initiative’. Tribal TB Initiative is a joint initiative of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and Central TB Division, Ministry of Health, supported by USAID as technical partner and Piramal Swasthya as implementing partner. The Aashwasan Campaign started on 7th January this year for active case finding for TB in 174…

The 38th Meeting of Ministerial level Joint Rivers Commission of India and Bangladesh was held in New Delhi on 25th August, 2022. The Indian delegation was led by Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Union Minister for Jal Shakti. The Bangladesh delegation was led by Mr. Zaheed Farooque, State Minister for Water Resources.  Mr. AKM Enamul Hoque Shameem, Deputy Minister for Water Resources was also part of the Bangladesh delegation. The meeting assumes significance as it was held after a long gap of 12 years, though the technical interactions under the framework of JRC…

Airports Authority of India (AAI) and LFV Air Navigation Services of Sweden (LUFTFARTSVERKET) signed a Memorandum of Understanding today at the Corporate Headquarters of AAI in New Delhi. The agreement brings together two air navigation service providers, India and Sweden, with demonstrated capabilities in building and operationalizing the next generation of sustainable aviation technology, to explore smart aviation solutions. This MoU shall pave the way for bi-lateral exchange of aviation expertise and technology between the two countries. It will allow the Indian companies to accelerate growth while leveraging Swedish innovation…