Day: September 5, 2023

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari chaired a review meeting of Regional Officers of MoRTH, NHAI & NHIDCL today in New Delhi. Minister of State Gen(Dr) V K Singh(Retd.) was also present on the occasion. Secretary Shri Anurag Jain, NHAI Chairman Shri Santosh Kumar Yadav, NHIDCL MD Shri Mahmood Ahmed, besides senior officials and ROs of MoRTH, NHAI & NHIDCL from across the country are attending the meeting. Shri Gadkari discussed at length the potential of ‘Build-Operate-Transfer’ (BOT) models, which can maximize financial productivity and enable…

India has strongly rejected the UN experts’ remarks on Manipur and termed them “unwarranted, presumptive, and misleading”  India’s response came after a UN expert group flagged the reports of “serious human rights violations and abuses” in Manipur.   The UN experts had said they were “appalled” by the reports and images of gender-based violence targeting hundreds of women and girls of all ages.  The Indian mission expressed hope that the SPMH would be “more objective” in their assessment, based on the facts in the future.  India has strongly rejected the…

UN chief urges reform of Security Council, Bretton Woods  UN’s Guterres said that it was time to reform both the Security Council and Bretton Woods to align with the “realities of today’s world,”   Similarly, the Indian PM said that the UN and the Security Council will remain just a “talk shop” if they do not reflect the realities of the present world.  According to the IMF, the seven major economies account for nearly 30 percent of the global GDP in 2023.  “They do not reflect the realities of the…