Day: May 25, 2023

After Mamata, Uddhav, now Sharad Pawar backs Kejriwal against Centre’s ordinance on control of services

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Kejriwal on Centre’s ordinance: Amid his attempt to seek support for the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP’s) fight against the Union government’s ordinance for the control of services in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday met Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar in Mumbai on Thursday. Speaking to media after meeting Sharad Pawar, Kejriwal said, “Sharad Pawar ji has assured us that NCP will support us in defeating in Rajya Sabha the bill to replace the Centre’s ordinance against the Delhi government. We are trying to gather support from all…

Ukrainian President urged Iranians to reconsider the supply of deadly drones to Russia

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Ukrainian President urged Iranians to reconsider the supply of deadly drones to Russia.  Iranian-made Shahed drones supplied to Moscow have played a major role in Russia’s attacks.  Russia has boosted its military cooperation with Iran since it launched its invasion of its neighbour in February 2022.  Iran initially denied supplying Shaheed drones to Russia but later said it had provided a small number before the conflict began.  US intelligence sources and Ukrainian officials have claimed that Iran had supplied Russia with several hundred drones.  Iran has repeatedly rejected the claims…

Nominations will be accepted only through online mode on portal https://awards.gov.in. up to 31 July , 2023

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Ministry of Women & Child Development, Government of India conducts the  prestigious Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar (PMRBP) every year to give due recognition to children with exceptional abilities, who have achieved extraordinary recognition in the fields of Bravery, Sports, Social Service, Science & Technology, Environment, Arts & Culture and Innovation, which deserve recognition at the national level. These Awards are given by the Hon’ble President of India at New Delhi in a special ceremony/function to be held in January every year. The awards carry a Cash prize of Rs.…

CSIR-NIScPR and IWSA organised Half Day Camp on “Mental Health and wellbeing”

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Prof. Ranjana Aggarwal, Director, CSIR-NIScPR said that the increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide has impacted our hormones, metabolism, and overall emotional balance and therefore mental health conditions like stress, depression, anxiety are very common in today’s time. She added that it is need of the hour to address the mental health of ourselves, family, and friends. Prof. Aggarwal was sharing her thoughts during the inaugural session of the half day camp focused on mental health and wellbeing, organised by CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research (NIScPR)…

INDIA SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATED THE ENERGY TRILEMMA OF ENERGY AVAILABILITY, AFFORDABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY.

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Shri Hardeep S Puri, Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas, and Housing & Urban Affairs, stated that India has successfully been able to modulate the effective price to consumer, thus insulating the common man from price rise and volatility in international prices. He said that while nations in our neighborhood and perhaps even developed countries might have struggled with energy rationing, pump dry-outs and spiraling fuel prices, among other concerns, India’s policy successfully ensured a sustained availability of fuel. This has led to the lowest price inflation in the world.…

Shri Rajnath Singh inaugurates a two day DRDO – Academia Conclave in New Delhi

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Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh has said that technologically advanced military is crucial to protect the interests of the nation. Inaugurating a two day DRDO- Academia conclave in New Delhi on 25 May, 2023, Shri Rajnath Singh stressed that for a country like India, it becomes vital to have such military as it faces double threat on borders. “Today we are one of the largest armed forces in the world, the bravery and valour of our military is praised all over the world. Countries across the world express their willingness…

Innovate to make India a ‘leader’ from an ‘imitator’ in futuristic technologies: Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh to industry captains at CII annual session in New Delhi

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Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh has called upon industry leaders to come up with innovative solutions to help India become a ‘leader’ from an ‘imitator’ in futuristic technologies and stay prepared to deal with challenges emanating from the current global security scenario. He was addressing the annual session of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in New Delhi on May 25, 2023. The theme of the session was ‘Future Frontiers: Competitiveness, Technology, Sustainability and Internationalisation’. The Raksha Mantri asserted that, in today’s era, security equations are changing at an unprecedented pace and…

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will declare open Khelo India University Games 2022 today at 7 PM via video conferencing

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Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will declare open Khelo India University Games 2022 today  at 7 PM via video conferencing. The state capital Lucknow, is all set for a spectacular opening ceremony to usher in the Khelo India University Games (KIUG) 2022 Uttar Pradesh (UP), the third edition of what is now India’s biggest multi-sport competition at the higher education level. Among other dignitaries present will be the Shri Yogi Adityanath Chief Minister, UP, and Shri. Anurag Singh Thakur,  Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports and Information and Broadcasting, Government…

‘Chinese hackers spying on US critical infrastructure’: claims Western intelligence agencies

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Western intelligence agencies and Microsoft claims that a state-sponsored Chinese hacking group has been spying on a wide range of U.S. critical infrastructure organizations.  Microsoft said in a report, “Mitigating this attack could be challenging.”  Analysts say this is one of the largest known Chinese cyber-espionage campaigns against American critical infrastructure.  It was not immediately clear how many organizations were affected, but the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) said it was working with partners to identify breaches.  New Zealand said it would work towards identifying any such malicious cyber activity…

Strict action including a ban against RSS if it tries to disrupt peace in Karnataka: Congress leader Priyank Kharge

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Congress MLA Priyank Kharge said that the Karnataka government will not hesitate to ban the RSS if it tries to disrupt communal harmony in the state.  Earlier during the Karnataka Assembly polls, the Congress in its election manifesto had promised to ban the Bajrang Dal.  Prime Minister Narendra Modi had also attacked the Congress party on the issue of the Bajrang Dal ban.  The Congress came to power in the southern state after securing victory on 135 seats in the 224-member Karnataka Assembly. Congress MLA from Chittapur assembly seat Priyank Kharge…