(PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday reviewed the situation prevailing in Jammu and Kashmir, including the security arrangements along the border with Pakistan, officials said. National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval, Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla and senior officials of the Centre and the Union Territory administration attended the meeting chaired by Shah. The meeting discussed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir, an official said. The security review comes following attacks on security personnel, infiltration bids and killings in the Union Territory. Three infiltrators were killed by security personnel along the Line…
Author: Aruna Sharma
The persistent endeavour of the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh (UP) is spreading banking services down to the village level. With the officials like Shiv Singh Yadav the plan for digitising the services in UP is also in full swing. The dream of the Chief Minister of the state, Yogi Adityanath, that every citizen of the state should have a banking facility and UP should be at the forefront in realizing the dream of Digital India is being led by competent people. Taking forward this dream of the CM, Shiv Singh Yadav, Director General, Institutional Finance, Insurance and Banking…
(ET) The hydrocarbon-onshore division of L&T’s energy business has secured a large contract from Indian Oil Corporation . L&T defines large contracts between the range of Rs 2500 crore and Rs 5000 crore. IOCL is implementing the Panipat refinery expansion (P-25) project to enhance refining capacity from 15 MMTPA to 25 MMTPA (million metric tonnes per annum) to meet the growth in demand of petroleum products and to increase their profitability and competitiveness in the long run. The engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning (EPCC) contract is for setting up a Residue Hydrocracker Unit (RHCU) for this P-25 Project.
(PK) सार्वजनिक क्षेत्र की तेल एवं प्राकृतिक गैस निगम (ओएनजीसी) लगातार तीसरी बार अंतरिम चेयरमैन के लिए तैयार है। सूत्रों ने कहा कि यह पद खाली होने के 17 महीने बाद भी भारत की सबसे अधिक मुनाफा कमाने वाली कंपनी में किसी पूर्णकालिक प्रमुख नहीं चुना गया है। ओएनजीसी अप्रैल 2021 से किसी नियमित चेयरमैन और प्रबंध निदेशक के बिना है। कंपनी बोर्ड के सबसे वरिष्ठ निदेशक सुभाष कुमार को 31 मार्च 2021 को शशि शंकर के सेवानिवृत्त होने के बाद कार्यवाहक प्रमुख नामित किया गया था। जब कुमार सेवानिवृत्त हुए तो 31 दिसंबर, 2021 को मानव संसाधन निदेशक अलका…
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will visit Haryana and Punjab on 24th August, 2022. The day will witness two important Health initiatives being inaugurated/dedicated to the Nation by the Prime Minister. At around 11 AM, Prime Minister will inaugurate Amrita Hospital at Faridabad, Haryana. Thereafter, Prime Minister will travel to Mohali and dedicate ‘Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital & Research Centre’ to the Nation, at Mullanpur, New Chandigarh, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar District (Mohali) at around 02:15 PM. PM in Haryana The availability of modern medical infrastructure in the National Capital Region (NCR) will get a boost as the Prime Minister…
Union Education and Skill Development Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan visited various schools, higher education and skilling institutions in Sydney today. The Minister is on a four-day visit to Australia to strengthen bilateral relations in education, research, and skilling. Along with HE Sarah Mitchell, MLC, New South Wales, Minister for Education and Early Childhood learning, Shri Pradhan visited a Homebush West Public School in the New South Wales state to get insights on school excellence frameworks and best practices in universalising early childhood education. He interacted with the young learners and teachers at the school. He appreciated them for the warm…
(ET) State-owned power giant NTPC said it has started capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the flue gas stream at its thermal plant in Vindhyachal. “As part of its commitment towards Net Zero by 2070, NTPC Ltd India’s largest integrated power company has captured its first CO2 on 15th August 2022 from flue gas stream of 500 MW coal based power plant (Unit-13) at Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station (VSTPS),” a company statement said. According to the statement, this plant is designed to capture 20 tonnes of CO2 every day. This initiative will pave the way for scaling up CO2 capture technology and greening the…
(ET) India on Saturday recorded 13,272 new coronavirus infections, bringing the total to 4,43,27,890, while the number of active cases decreased to 1,01,166, the Union health ministry data revealed. The death toll from COVID-19 rose to 5,27,289 with 36 fatalities, including six deaths that Kerala reconciled, the data updated at 8 am showed. The active cases comprise 0.23 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate stands at 98.58 per cent, the ministry said.
(FE) A cloudburst incident was reported at 2:45 am by locals at Uttarakhand’s Dehradun district on Saturday, State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) confirmed. The cloudburst incident has triggered a flash-flood like situation near the Tapakeshwar Mahadev temple, which lies next to the River Tamasa, following heavy, incessant rainfall. “Water entered the temple with full force. We pray that there is no loss of lives or property. There was a bridge over the river which has got totally destroyed,” temple priest Digambar Bharat Giri told. Soon after the incident, several residents were moved to a safer place. However, the nature and the…
उत्तर प्रदेश में बेसिक शिक्षा विभाग में 69000 सहायक अध्यापकों की भर्ती प्रक्रिया में आनलाइन आवेदन के दौरान आने वाले गलतियों के लेकर राज्य की सत्ताधारी बीजेपी के एमएलसी ने शिक्षा विभाग को घेरा है। बीजेपी एमएलसी देवेन्द्र प्रताप सिंह ने कहा कि इसके कारण आवेदन करने वालों को दिक्कत हो रही है और इसके लिए विभाग को तुरंत कार्रवाई कर इसका निदान करना चाहिए। उन्होंने कहा कि टंकण त्रुटियों में अधिकांश त्रुटियों का निस्तारण विभाग द्वारा किया जा चुका है परन्तु प्राप्तांक अधिक/पूर्णांक कम की विसंगति का निस्ताण विभाग द्वारा नहीं किया गया। राज्य में शिक्षकों की भर्ती होनी…