Month: August 2023

​​​​​​​PM distributes more than 51,000 appointment letters under Rozgar Mela

Manish Kumar

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today distributed more than 51,000 appointment letters to newly inducted recruits via video conferencing. The Rozgar Mela was held at 45 locations across the country.  Through this Rozgar Mela event, Ministry of Home Affairs is recruiting personnel in various central armed police forces (CAPFs) such as Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF), Shashtra Seema Bal (SSB), Assam Rifles, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and Narcotics control Bureau (NCB) as well as Delhi Police.  The new recruits, selected…

Adani’s bid to remake Mumbai slum spurs residents’ doubts, favoritism claims

Manish Kumar

Adani aims to redevelop a large Indian slum in a ‘colossal’ test  Hindenburg fallout, political uproar, residents’ worries weigh  Court battle between Dubai consortium, Adani adds new twist  Adani argues SecLink case should be thrown out  Indian billionaire Gautam Adani’s plan to rehouse a million people living in one of Asia’s biggest slums is Fuelling worries among residents about his capacity to deliver amid high-profile financial setbacks and allegations that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s allies afforded him favourable treatment. The Dharavi slum, about three-quarters the size of New York’s Central…

ISRO sets date for the launch of Aditya-L1 solar mission: the first dedicated Indian space mission for observations of the Sun

Manish Kumar

After the successful Chandrayaan-3 mission, ISRO announced the launch of the Aditya-L1 spacecraft to study the Sun.  It will be the first dedicated Indian space mission for observations of the Sun.   Initially, the spacecraft will be placed in a Low Earth Orbit.  As the spacecraft travels towards L1, it will exit the Earth’s gravitational Sphere of Influence (SOI).  The space agency shared a link for registration to view the programme from the Launch View Gallery.   After the successful Chandrayaan-3 mission, The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on Monday announced…

Ukraine liberated the village of Robotyne; the Russian airbase was attacked by the Ukrainian counter

Manish Kumar

Ukraine says it has liberated the south-eastern village of Robotyne; Russian airbase attacked by Ukrainian counter.  Ukrainian forces raised the national flag in the settlement last week  Robotyne is about six miles south of the frontline town of Orikhiv in the Zaporizhzhia region.   The move would help Ukraine to split Russian forces.  Russian airbase attacked by Ukrainian counter-intelligence – report  Tokmak is the next major target and will be a “big battle” to watch out for. Ukraine says it has liberated the south-eastern village of Robotyne; Russian airbase attacked…

Japan suspends H-IIA rocket launch for moon shot because of strong winds

Manish Kumar

Launch operator MHI suspends launch because of high-altitude winds.  The rocket was to be launched from JAXA’s Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan on Monday morning.  It has already been postponed twice since last week because of bad weather.  New launch date to be decided, but will be no sooner than Aug. 31 -MHI  Moon lander SLIM on board to defy Japan’s recent space development setbacks.  The rocket is carrying JAXA’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM), which would be the first Japanese spacecraft to land on the moon.  Dubbed…

Isha Ambani, Akash Ambani, and Anant Ambani on the Board of Directors, as per RIL Board recommendations

Manish Kumar

RIL Board recommends the appointment of Isha Ambani, Akash Ambani, and Anant Ambani on the Board of Directors.  Isha Ambani, Akash Ambani, and Anant Ambani will act as Non-Executive Directors of the Company.  Reliance ushered in a new era of leadership   Nita Ambani stepping down from the board of directors and making way for her children   Mukesh Ambani is the chairman of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL).  Isha Ambani, Akash Ambani, and Anant Ambani are set to be appointed non-executive directors of the oil-to-retail conglomerate, pending approval by its…

Congress slams PM Modi over G20 summit under India’s presidency

Manish Kumar

The G20 summit is scheduled to take place at ‘Bharat Mandapam’ at the ITPO Convention Centre, Pragati Maidan on September 9 and 10. It will be the first-ever G20 summit to be held in India as well as in South Asia.  Prime Minister Modi urged the people of Delhi to help make the upcoming G20 Summit a success despite the inconvenience they might have to face.  India’s G20 presidency made it a more inclusive forum: PM Modi  Congress leader Pawan Khera targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the ongoing G20…

Political war over Chandrayaan-3 landing point name; Swami Chakrapani Maharaj’s inexplicable remarks “declare Moon Hindu Rashtra”

Manish Kumar

Swami Chakrapani Maharaj, president of the All India Hindu Mahasabha National thanked PM Modi for that the point on the Moon where the Chandrayaan-3 lander landed will be named ‘Shiv Shakti’  Seer says, ‘Declare Moon Hindu Rashtra so that no terrorist can reach there with Jihadi mentality’  “Moon should be declared as Hindu Sanatan Rashtra by Parliament, Shiv Shakti Point should be developed as its capital”- he appealed.  Political war over Chandrayaan-3 landing point name.  Swami Chakrapani Maharaj, president of the All India Hindu Mahasabha National, also thanked PM Modi…

Neeraj Chopra scripted history and became the first Indian to win a gold medal

Manish Kumar

Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian to win a gold medal in the World Athletics Championships, with an impressive javelin throw.  Neeraj Chopra clinched the gold medal with a throw of 88.17m  Arshad Nadeem won the silver medal with his personal best throw of 87.82m  Neeraj is now the 2nd Indian to concurrently win Olympic and World titles.  Three Indians finished in the top eight with Kishore Jena (84.77m) and DP Manu (84.14m) taking the fifth and sixth spots respectively.  Neeraj Chopra’s heart-warming gesture to invite Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem to…

SVAMITVA Scheme of Ministry of Panchayati Raj won National Award for e-Governance 2023

Manish Kumar

SVAMITVA (Survey of Villages Abadi and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas) Scheme of Ministry of Panchayati Raj won the National Award for e-Governance 2023 (GOLD) for Application of Emerging Technologies for Providing Citizen Centric Services. It is a recognition of excellent and exemplary work done by Team SVAMITVA and supported by Team NIC-MoPR. Technology is evolving very fast and initiatives to integrate technology with governance reforms have started yielding results, and the use of technology under SVAMITVA Scheme has greatly facilitated towards citizen-centric governance and helped in comprehensive…