Day: February 16, 2024

Kejriwal visits Alipur fire tragedy site, announces compensation of Rs 10 lakh

Manish Kumar

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal visited Alipur, the site where a massive fire broke out on Thursday claiming the lives of 11 people, on Friday. CM Kejriwal is also expected to meet those injured in the incident at the Lok Nayak Hospital. Announcing compensation for victims of the Alipur fire tragedy, Kejriwal said, “We will provide Rs 10 lakhs each to the families of the deceased, Rs 2 lakh each to the people with major injuries and Rs 20,000 each to the people with minor injuries.” He further said, “It…

PM Modi’s graph will increase further”: CM Khattar on political statement made by farmer leader

Manish Kumar

Objecting to the political statement made by farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal that ‘they (farmers) have to bring graph of PM Modi down’ in their protest, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today (February 15) said that the kind of tactics being used by farmers to press for their demands will only help boost the popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This is a political statement. Will the people stop supporting PM Modi if such a huge protest is organised? Rather, they are increasing that graph further. A message is…

Indian workforce will meet global demand and set new benchmarks – Shri Dharmendra Pradhan

Manish Kumar

Union Minister of Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, launched a slew of initiatives and industry partnerships for skilling and empowering India’s Yuva Shakti by signing MoUs with 15 renowned organizations, industry giants, and leading academic institutions with the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) under the aegis of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) today. Secretary, MSDE, Shri Atul Kumar Tiwari; Chairperson, NCVET, Dr. Nirmaljeet Singh Kalsi; Director General (Training), DGT, Smt. Trishaljit Sethi; CEO, NSDC and MD, NSDC International, Shri Ved Mani Tiwari, and…

Dr Jitendra Singh addresses participants of the ‘Special Capacity Building Programme for Senior Civil Servants of Sri Lanka’

Manish Kumar

Governance reforms under Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi have helped the Indian economy through huge savings. Technology is being widely used to result in savings and in delivery of utilities as well as services to the public. This was stated by the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh while addressing the participants of the ‘Special Capacity Building Programme for Senior Civil Servants of Sri Lanka’ in New Delhi today.   Dr Jitendra Singh said,…

Tejashwi Joins Rahul’s ‘Nyay Yatra’ In Bihar

Manish Kumar

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav joined Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’, which resumed from Bihar’s Sasaram district on Friday. Gandhi, the Congress MP, began his yatra from the party’s district office here this morning and is expected to enter Uttar Pradesh through Mohania in Kaimur district in the evening. Yadav and Gandhi were seen sitting on the roof of a sports utility vehicle, which was slowly moving, and they waved at enthusiastic crowds that gathered along the main road of the town. Locals queued up on both sides of the…

Dr. V K Paul, Member NITI Aayog inaugurates National Workshop on Mental Health, Learnings from States/UTs

Manish Kumar

Dr. V K Paul, Member (Health), NITI Aayog inaugurated two-day National Workshop on Mental Health, here today. The workshop aims to bring together senior officers from all the states along with mentoring institutes for TeleMANAS, marking a significant step towards addressing mental health challenges in the nation. Dr. Rajesh Aggarwal, Secretary, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities was also present. On this occasion, Dr Paul announced the merger of the KIRAN Mental Health Rehabilitation Helpline with TeleMANAS. KIRAN Mental Health Rehabilitation Helpline has served over 1,27,390 callers since its…

Smt. Sitharaman lauded SPMCIL for various initiatives to modernise operations and products with enhanced security

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Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman presided over the 19th Foundation Day celebrations of the Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL) through hybrid mode, in New Delhi, today.     Shri Ajay Seth, Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance; Shri Vijay Ranjan Singh, Chairman and Managing Director and Board of Directors of SPMCIL and other senior officers from the Ministry of Finance also participated in the event. The programme was attended in virtual mode across various units of SPMCIL; senior officers, employees,…

First-ever Digital India future SKILLS Summit inaugurated in Guwahati alongside leaders from Industry & academia

Manish Kumar

Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, and Jal Shakti, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar, announced that Assam will soon have its first-ever semiconductor packaging plant worth nearly Rs 25,000 Crore. He made this announcement during his address at the first-ever Digital India future SKILLS Summit, which was held today at the Birinchi Kumar Baruah Auditorium, Gauhati University. He said, “It was because of the leadership of Hon’ble CM Hemanta Biswa Sarma, a semiconductor packaging plant will be established in partnership with the Assam Government and TATA…

Telecom Secretary emphasises the role of standards as critical in driving technology adoption and commercial viability

Manish Kumar

Dr. Neeraj Mittal, Secretary (Telecom) and Chairman, DCC, Department of Telecommunications today said that the role of standards is critical in driving technology adoption and commercial viability. He acknowledged the efforts of the Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC) in setting standards for Quantum Key Distribution (QKD). Dr. Mittal was delivering the inaugural address at the “Second International Quantum Communication Conclave” at Vigyan Bhawan. The conclave was inaugurated by Dr. Mittal in the presence of Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood, Principal Scientific Adviser to Govt. of India; Dr Subrata Rakshit, Distinguished Scientist &…

PM to address ‘Viksit Bharat Viksit Rajasthan’ programme on 16th February

Manish Kumar

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will address the ‘Viksit Bharat Viksit Rajasthan’ programme on 16th February, 2024 at 11 AM via video conferencing. During the programme, Prime Minister will inaugurate, dedicate to the nation and lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth over Rs 17,000 crore. The projects cater to a number of important sectors including Roads, Railways,  Solar Energy, Power Transmission, Drinking water and Petroleum & Natural Gas. Prime Minister will inaugurate various National Highway projects worth more than Rs 5000 crore in Rajasthan. Prime Minister will…