Month: March 2024

Inauguration of 27th Convocation of Rashtriya Ayurveda Vidyapeeth

Manish Kumar

Union Minister of AYUSH and Ports, Shipping & Waterways  Shri Sarbananda Sonowal and Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare and Chemicals & Fertilizers, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya will launch Ayush-ICMR Advanced Centre for 5 Integrative Health Research (AI-ACIHR) at 4 selected AIIMS and  Multicentre clinical trial on Anaemia tomorrow.  Both the Ministers will also launch of Indian Public Health Standards for Ayush healthcare facilities and participate in 27th Convocation of Rashtriya Ayurveda Vidyapeeth. i. AIIMS Delhi:   a. Advanced Centre for Integrative Health Research in Gastro-intestinal Disorders b. Advanced Centre for…

PM to visit Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, West Bengal and Bihar on 4-6th March

Manish Kumar

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will visit Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, West Bengal and Bihar on 4-6th March, 2024. On 4th March, at around 10:30 AM,  Prime Minister will inaugurate, dedicate and lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth more than Rs. 56,000 crores in Adilabad, Telangana. Thereafter, at around 3:30 PM,  Prime Minister will visit BHAVINI in Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu. On 5th March, at around 11 AM, Prime Minister will inaugurate, dedicate and lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth Rs. 6,800 crores in Sangareddy,…

Shri Dharmendra Pradhan addresses 100 Cube Conclave at IIM Sambalpur

Manish Kumar

Union Minister of Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, addressed the 100 Cube Conclave at IIM Sambalpur today. He also inaugurated the I-Hub foundation at IIM Sambalpur that has been established to identify the need for a dedicated entity for incubation. Director, IIM Sambalpur, Prof. Mahadeo Jaiswal; Director, IIM Mumbai, Prof. Manoj Tiwari; academicians, industry leaders, innovators and students were also present at the event. A short film of 100 Cube and I-Hub Foundation was also shown during the event. Several MoUs were exchanged between industry partners…

Second time lucky! Gohar Khan re-elected unopposed as Imran Khan’s PTI chairman

Manish Kumar

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Thursday announced that Barrister Gohar Khan has been re-elected as the party chairman unopposed after the withdrawal of all other candidates from the organisational polls. “At the conclusion of the withdrawal phase of candidates/panels, there is only one candidate/panel remaining,” the PTI said in a statement on late Thursday. Meanwhile, Omar Ayub Khan, the party’s PM candidate, has been elected unopposed as the Imran-founded party’s central general secretary while Yasmin Rashid, Ali Amin Gandapur, and Haleem Adil Sheikh were elected…

Smt. Lekhi also highlighted the relevance of SARI- South Asian Regional Integration

Manish Kumar

The National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi, witnessed a momentous occasion as the Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture, Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi, alongside the esteemed Minister of Water Supply and Estate Infrastructure Development, Government of Sri Lanka, Mr. Jeevan Thondaman, jointly inaugurated the captivating exhibition, Ramayanam Chitra Kavyam. Graced by the presence of the Director General of NGMA, Dr. Sanjeev Kishor Goutam, the inauguration marked a significant stride in fostering cultural exchange and artistic expression. Ramayanam Chitra Kavyam, an exhibition aimed at advancing India’s rich artistic and…

APEDA facilitates India’s first commercial trial shipment of Sangola pomegranates to the US via sea

Manish Kumar

On 28th February, 2024, India successfully flagged off its first commercial trial shipment of Pomegranates to the US via sea under the aegis of Agricultural Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) by InI Farms from IFC facility, MSAMB, Vashi (Navi Mumbai). Shri Rajesh Aggarwal, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Commerce & Industry and Shri, Abhishek Dev, Chairman, APEDA flagged off the Pomegranate shipment comprising of 4200 boxes (12.6 tons). The ceremony was graced by dignitaries from the Maharashtra State Agricultural Marketing Board (MSAMB), Regional Plant Quarantine Station (RPQS- MoA&FW), State Agriculture…

Coal India Limited Signs MoU with Indian Institute of Managements (IIM) to boost PM’s mission Gati Shakti

Manish Kumar

The Coal India Limited entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indian Institute of Managements (IIM) Mumbai and Sambalpur, today, i.e., 1st March, 2024, marking a crucial step in multimodal connectivity infrastructure for coal transportation in alignment with the PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan 2021. The collaboration, through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the two IIMs and Coal India, brings together industry expertise and academic excellence, promising a transformative leap in logistic efficiency, contributing to economic growth and environmental sustainability. The MoU, signed by Shri Keshav…

Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Ltd (HURL) Sindri Fertiliser Plant developed at a cost of more than Rs 8900 crores

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The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi dedicated to nation the Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Ltd (HURL) Sindri Fertiliser Plant at Sindri, Dhanbad, Jharkhand today. The Prime Minister had laid the foundation of the fertilizer plant in 2018. The Prime Minister highlighted the importance of today’s initiative in the journey of aatmnirbhar Bharat. He said that every year, India requires 360 lakh metric tonnes of urea and in 2014 India was producing just 225 lakh metric tonnes of urea. The massive gap necessitated huge imports. “Due to the efforts of our government, in the last…

Union Agriculture Minister inaugurates Girls Hostel, Boys Hostel and staff residential colony in ICAR-IARI, Jharkhand today

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Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare and Tribal Affairs, Shri Arjun Munda inaugurated Girls Hostel “Mahua” having 156 rooms with cost of nearly 22 crores, Boy’s Hostel “Kadam” with cost of nearly 24 crores having 175 rooms and staff residential colony “Palash Vihar colony” with 25 quarters of various categories with budget outlay of nearly 11.5 crores at Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Gauria Karma, Hazaribagh, Jharkhand today. Minister of State for Education, Smt. Annpurna Devi; The Member of Parliament, Hazaribag, Shri Jayant Sinha; Secretary, Department of Agricultural Research &…

PM’s address at the launch of various projects in Arambagh, West Bengal

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Governor of West Bengal, C.V. Ananda Bose ji, my cabinet colleague, Shantanu Thakur ji, Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari ji, MPs Aparupa Poddar ji, Sukanta Majumdar ji, Saumitra Khan ji, other dignitaries, ladies and gentlemen! The 21st century Bharat is advancing rapidly. Together, we have set the ambitious goal of achieving a developed Bharat by 2047. The welfare of the poor, farmers, women, and youth of the country remains our top priority. We have consistently taken measures aimed at their well-being, and the positive…