Day: September 8, 2023

Sankara Eye Hospital in association with Phoenix Foundation organised a BIKE RALLY FOR EYE DONATION AWARENESS

Manish Kumar

If every dead donates eyes, corneal blindness can be removed from this country in no time: Experts   Sankara Eye Hospital in association with Phoenix Foundation organised a Bike Rally for Eye Donation Awareness   Hyderabad, September 08, 2023…..Suppose every dead person’s eyes are donated by their family members, corneal blindness can be removed from India in just five months observed experts at the concluding meeting of Eye Donation Fortnight at Phoenix Arena in Madhapur.   Sankara Eye Hospital in association with Phoenix Foundation observed August 21 to September 8…

India has done in six years what otherwise would have taken five decades: World Bank on digital public infrastructure in India

Manish Kumar

World Bank lauds the transformative impact of digital public infrastructure in India  The G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion document by the World Bank said that India has done in six years what otherwise would have taken five decades.  The Jan Dhan-Aadhaar-Mobile (JAM) Trinity has propelled the financial inclusion rate in India from 25% in 2008 to over 80% of adults in the last six years.  Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) accounts have tripled from 147.2 million in 2015 to 462 million in 2022.  The contribution of United Payments…

Bengaluru To Chennai by Road In 2 Hours, an electric cable highway between Delhi and Jaipur: Nitin Gadkari

Manish Kumar

The Bengaluru-Chennai express highway will be launched by this year-end or January 2024.  It will prove crucial in reducing the travel time between the two metros to just two hours.  Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said the transport ministry is in the process of building an electric cable highway between Delhi and Jaipur.  Chennai will soon be connected with Delhi through the access-controlled highway project.  Mr. Gadkari, who earlier launched the Ashok Leyland’s IeV series, India’s first electric commercial vehicle in its category.  “My dream is to ensure the production of…

AAP slams Khattar for ‘making fun of public’, Congress says ‘no respect for women in BJP, RSS’: read to know why

Manish Kumar

Khattar to a woman who asked for a factory in her village: ‘I’ll send you on Chandrayaan-4, now sit down’  Haryana CM was holding Jan Samvad in Hisar where the woman said a factory would generate jobs.  This is not the first time that Khattar has lost his cool during his Jan Samvad programmes.  A senior officer of the Haryana government said certain things were said in humour and added that the video could be doctored as well.  AAP slams Khattar for ‘making fun of public’, Congress says ‘no respect…

Top 500 businessmen including Gautam Adani, and Mukesh Ambani Invited to World Leaders’ G20 Dinner

Manish Kumar

India’s richest businessmen, led by Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani, will join G20 leaders at a dinner in the national capital on Saturday.  Among the 500 businessmen invited are Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran, billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla, and Bharti Airtel founder-chairman Sunil Mittal.  Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the weekend summit.  Spain’s Sanchez to miss G20 summit after catching Covid.  Former prime ministers Manmohan Singh and HD Deve Gowda have been invited to the G20 Summit dinner in New Delhi.  All chief…

Delhi is fully geared to welcome G20

Manish Kumar

Security has been beefed up across the national capital, especially in New Delhi district, on the eve of the G20 summit with police, paramilitary forces and other agencies maintaining a hawk-eye vigil in the city. Delhi Police is being assisted by over 50,000 security personnel, K9 dog squads and mounted police including commandos are part of the cordon, which also includes teams monitoring hundreds of CCTV cameras has been installed. Security personnel along with a sniffer dog outside Bharat Mandapam ahead of G20 Summit that will be held here from September 9 to…

Ukraine primes air defences for new Russian winter assault on power grid

Manish Kumar

Ukraine expects more air attacks on the power grid this winter  Russia struck energy facilities across Ukraine last winter  Kyiv has bolstered its air defences in preparation  Ukrainian air defence crews are banking on newer and better weapons systems to help prevent their country from being plunged into darkness once again in a second winter of Russian missile and drone strikes. Nearly half of Ukraine’s energy system was damaged by Russian attacks last winter when Moscow pummelled power plants and transformers with cruise missiles and Iranian-made Shahed drones. At times,…