PTI The government has undertaken a five-option action plan to rescue 41 workers trapped at Silkyara Tunnel in Uttarkashi, since November 12, Road, Transport and Highways Secretary Anurag Jain said on Sunday, asserting that the Centre is committed to rescuing all the labourers safely. As rescue operations continued for the eighth day, Jain, in a video brief update on the rescue operation, said that the government is committed to rescuing all the labourers safely and it is sending multivitamins, antidepressants and dried fruits to the workers. ” Five options were decided and five different agencies were detailed to carry out these options.…
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PTI Air quality in Delhi and its suburbs deteriorated again overnight after a marginal improvement a day ago with forecasts suggesting that a major relief is unlikely in the coming days. The city’s Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 338 at 8 am on Monday, deteriorating from 301 at 4 pm and 290 at 7 am on Sunday. The 24-hour average AQI, recorded at 4 pm every day, was 319 on Saturday, 405 on Friday and 419 on Thursday.
FE Indian investigators are seeking to restart a probe into Adani Group for alleged overvaluation of coal imports and have asked the Supreme Court to allow them to collect evidence from Singapore, a step they say the company thwarted for years, legal documents show. The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence since 2016 has been trying to procure transaction documents related to Adani’s dealings from Singapore authorities. The agency suspects many of the group’s coal shipments imported from Indonesian suppliers were first billed at higher prices on paper to its Singapore unit, Adani Global Pte, and then to its Indian arms. Adani…
FE Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has called upon the world leaders to join hands as a global community to construct a future where climate action is not a burden but an opportunity for innovation and growth. While speaking at the APEC Informal Leader’s Dialogue in San Francisco on November 16, the minister also highlighted India’s environmental leadership in meeting the renewable energy target of 175 gigawatts nine years ahead of the target. “He called upon the world leaders to join hands as a global community to construct a future where sustainability is not a distant aspiration but a way of life and where…
PTI India called on the countries of the Global South on Friday to work towards self-reliance to mitigate vulnerabilities vis-a-vis economic concentrations, noting that the COVID-19 era was a stark reminder of the perils of dependence for basic necessities on far-away geographies. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said this while addressing the second edition of the India-hosted Voice of Global South Summit. He also highlighted the achievements of India’s G20 presidency and how it sincerely worked to address challenges facing the Global South or the developing nations.
PTI A court here will hear on Saturday an application filed by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), seeking 15 more days to submit its report of a scientific survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complex. The Varanasi district court, which was scheduled to hear the matter on Friday afternoon, will now take it up on Saturday, Centre’s counsel Amit Srivastava said. The ASI carried out the scientific survey of the Gyanvapi premises, located next to the Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi, to determine whether the 17th-century mosque was constructed over a pre-existing structure of a Hindu temple.
PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged the use of artificial intelligence for creating deepfakes saying this can lead to a big crisis, as he urged the media to spread awareness about its misuse and impact to educate people. Addressing the media at BJP’s ‘Diwali Milan’ programme at the party’s headquarters here, he said he recently saw a video of him singing in a garba festival even though he has not done so since school days. Even those who love him are forwarding the video, he said in a lighter vein. In a diverse society like ours, deepfakes can…
AU आज भैयादूज के पावन पर्व पर केदारनाथ धाम के कपाट शीतकाल के लिए सुबह 8:30 बजे बंद कर दिए गए। इस दौरान बाबा केदार के जयकारों से धाम गूंज उठा। मंगलवार को केदारनाथ में बाबा केदार की पंचमुखी मूर्ति को विधि-विधान और पूजा-अर्चना के साथ भंडारगृह से मंदिर के सभामंडप में विराजमान कर दिया गया था। सुूबह चार बजे से मंदिर के गर्भगृह में पूजा-अर्चना शुरू हुई। बाबा की चल उत्सव विग्रह डोली धाम से शीतकालीन गद्दीस्थल ओंकारेश्वर मंदिर ऊखीमठ के लिए प्रस्थान करते हुए रात्रि प्रवास के लिए पहले पड़ाव रामपुर पहुंचेगी। 17 नवंबर को बाबा केदार छह माह…
The Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, Shri Piyush Goyal arrived in San Francisco, United States of America on 13th November 2023. Kicking off the official tour, the Commerce and Industry Minister visited the Tesla Factory Unit in Fremont and interacted with the senior executives of the Tesla group. Later in the day, the Minister held bilateral meetings with Her Excellency Ambassador Katherine Tai, United States Trade Representative, His Excellency Mr. Dukgeun Ahn, Minister of Trade, Republic of Korea, and His Excellency Mr. Gan Kim Yong, Minister of Trade and Industry, Singapore.
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh will pay an official visit to Indonesian capital Jakarta from November 16 to 17, 2023 to attend the 10th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus). During the meeting, which will take place on November 16, the Raksha Mantri will address the forum on regional and international security issues. Indonesia is hosting the meeting as it is the chair of ADMM-Plus. On the sidelines of the ADMM-Plus, Shri Rajnath Singh will hold bilateral meetings with the Defence Ministers of the participating countries and discuss defence cooperation matters to further strengthen mutually-beneficial engagements. The ADMM is the highest defence consultative…