Cyrus Mistry Dies In Accident Near Mumbai

Cyrus Mistry was travelling from Ahmedabad to Mumbai in a Mercedes car in Maharashtra’s Palghar on Sunday, said police. He was 54. Mistry is survived by his wife Rohiqa and have two sons, Firoz Mistry and Zahan Mistry. The accident happened when the car hit the road divider at Charoti area of Palghar, 135 km from Mumbai. The accident took place on a bridge over the Surya river. It seems an accident,” said Palghar district superintendent of police, Balasaheb Patil. Along with Mr Mistry, Jehangir Pandole, Anahita Pandole and Darius Pandole were…

Gautam Adani becomes world’s third-richest

Industrialist Gautam Adani, who founded the ports-to-green energy Adani Group, last week broke into the top three in the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, trailing only Tesla founder Elon Musk and Amazon boss Jeff Bezos. Adani group has expanded to become one of the world’s largest conglomerates. The group now owns India’s largest airport operator and largest private-sector port, It is also into city-gas distributor and coal miner. Gautam Adani is founder of Adani Group, is a first-generation entrepreneur , has now risen to become the world’s third-richest individual. According to the Bloomberg Billionaire…

India launches a aircraft carrier warship – INS Vikrant

India has commissioned a new warship – the INS Vikrant – the country’s first domestically built aircraft carrier. Fully loaded MIG 29 can land on it and the Fighter jets take off in 3 seconds from start point. Designed in India, Made in India – #INSVIKRANT! It is also India’s biggest vessel. India is seen to be strengthening its naval fleet as a response to China’s growing military presence in the region.  Special steel made completely in India after realising some countries, who committed earlier, did not provide. This is a 45,000…

Nominations for Padma Awards-2023 open till 15th September, 2022

Online nominations/recommendations for the Padma Awards 2023 to be announced on the occasion of Republic Day, 2023 have opened on 1st May 2022. The last date for nominations for Padma Awards is 15th September, 2022. The nominations/recommendations for Padma Awards will be received online only on the Rashtriya Puruskar Portal (https://awards.gov.in ). The Padma Awards, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri, are amongst the highest civilian awards of the country. Instituted in 1954, these Awards are announced on the occasion of the Republic Day every year. The award seeks to recognize ‘work of…

152.5 crore Aadhaar authentications done in July 2022

Aadhaar registration, usage and adoption is progressing well across India, and by the end of July 2022, more than 134.11 crore Aadhaar numbers have been generated so far for the residents. Residents successfully updated 1.47 crore Aadhaars in the month of July, and till date (end of July) 63.55 crore Aadhaar numbers have been successfully updated following requests from the residents. These updation requests are related to demographic as well as biometric updates done at both physical Aadhaar centres, and by using the online Aadhaar platform. In July, 152.5 crore…

India needs machinery and technologies for small & marginal farmers: Shobha Karandlaje, MoS (Agriculture)

With India becoming a food surplus country, the Indian farmer needs affordable machinery and technologies to expand production and come up with value-added products with export potential, said Sushri Shobha Karandlaje, Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, at the 7th International Exhibition and Conference EIMA Agrimach India 2022. Sushri Shobha Karandlaje, accompanied by Shri Murugesh R Nirani, Minister of Large and Medium Industries, and Shri Muniratna, Minister for Horticulture and Planning & Statistics, Government of Karnataka, inaugurated the three-day conference cum exhibition in Benguluru yesterday. Speaking on…

PM Shri Modi never forgets the villager-poor-farmer – Shri Tomar

The Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar has said that the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has enhanced the credibility of the country by making the whole world realize the power of India. At the same time, he never forgets the villager-poor-farmer. “If the poor are empowered then the country’s strength will grow, if the villages develop, the country will develop and if the farmers’ homes prosper, then Mother India will be prosperous. The PM is making constant efforts to make this dream come true,”…

“Karnataka is one of the biggest beneficiaries of Sagarmala scheme”

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of mechanization and industrialisation projects worth around Rs 3800 crores in Mangaluru today.  Addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister said that today is a red letter day in the history of India. Be it territorial security or economic security, India is witnessing huge opportunities. Recalling the commissioning of INS Vikrant earlier today, the Prime Minister exuded the pride that every Indian is experiencing. Referring to the projects for which were inaugurated or foundation stones were laid, the Prime…

“A historic day for India!”

PM shares his feeling of pride to be on board INS Vikrant yesterday The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has expressed the feeling of pride that he felt yesterday when he was on board INS Vikrant. He also shared a video. The Prime Minister tweeted : “A historic day for India! Words will not be able to describe the feeling of pride when I was on board INS Vikrant yesterday.”

NeGD, MeitY organises 30th Batch of (CISOs) Deep Dive Training Programme under Cyber Surakshit Bharat Initiative

Cyber Surakshit Bharat initiative was conceptualised with the mission to spread awareness about cyber-crime and build capacities of Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) and frontline IT officials, across all government departments, for ensuring adequate safety measures to combat the growing menace, and for organizations to defend their digital infrastructures and become future-ready in tackling cyber-attacks. Operating on the principles of awareness, education and enablement, the National e-Governance Division (NeGD), under its Capacity Building scheme, organised the 30th CISO Deep-Dive training programme from August 22-26, 2022. Held at the Indian Institute of Public…