(DJ) मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ ने कहा है कि पूरे देश में प्राइमरी से लेकर उच्च शिक्षा तक समान पाठ्यक्रम लागू किया जाना चाहिए। इसके लिए सभी राज्यों को आगे आना होगा। वह बुधवार को गोमतीनगर स्थित इंदिरा गांधी प्रतिष्ठान में आयोजित दो दिवसीय स्कूल समिट के उद्घाटन समारोह को बतौर मुख्य अतिथि संबोधित कर रहे थे। मुख्यमंत्री ने कहा कि अभी अखिल भारतीय स्तर की प्रतियोगी परीक्षाओं में राज्यों के शिक्षा बोर्ड के विद्यार्थियों को नुकसान होता है क्योंकि प्रश्नपत्र सेंट्रल बोर्ड ऑफ सेकेंड्री एजुकेशन (सीबीएसई) में पढ़ाए जा रहे राष्ट्रीय शैक्षिक अनुसंधान और प्रशिक्षण परिषद (एनसीईआरटी) के पाठ्यक्रम के…
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(BS) Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel, Dharmendra Pradhan stated that India’s steel demand is expected to grow exponentially as the country embarks on becoming a USD 5 Trillion economy by 2024. An investment of USD 1.4 trillion will take place in infrastructure development in the next five years. He made these comments while in a meeting with Hiroshi Kajiyama, Japanese Minister for Economy, Trade and Investments. Discussions centred around enhancing composite engagement in both energy and steel sector to further help elevate the multidimensional bilateral ties between India and Japan. Pradhan said that Japan and India…
(LiveMint) The third of the five-phase elections of Jharkhand Assembly elections began on Thursday and will decide the fate of legislators in 17 seats out of the 81 assembly constituencies.A total of 309 candidates, including 32 women, are contesting from 17 assembly seats. The constituencies, including two reserved for SC candidates and one ST candidate, going to vote on Thursday are spread over eight districts in the state. The first phase of the election in the state took place on November 30 while the second round was held on December 7.The fourth phase will be conducted on December 16, and the…
(BS) Urges banks to proactively tackle emerging challenges swiftly, particularly with regard to the stressed assets resolution in a co-ordinated manner The Governor, Reserve Bank of India held a meeting today with the MD & CEOs of major public sector banks. In his opening remarks, Governor noted that there has been some improvement in banking sector and the sector remains resilient even though current economic conditions may pose certain challenges. He urged the banks to proactively tackle the emerging challenges swiftly, particularly with regard to the stressed assets resolution in a co-ordinated manner. During the meeting, the following issues were discussed:…
(ET) The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, which provides a path to Indian citizenship for persons belonging to religious minority groups persecuted in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, was passed by Parliament on Wednesday, with the Rajya Sabha voting 125-99 in favour of the Bill. The passage came amidst largescale protests in Assam, where the military had to be called in to control protesting crowds, despite assurances from the Centre that special measures will be taken under clause 6 of the 1985 Assam Accord to address Assamese concerns. The Lok Sabha had approved the Bill by a significant majority on Monday. During…
(TH) The beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana scheme are not opting for enough refills of cooking gas cylinders according to the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India. This puts a serious question mark on the viability of the scheme, and in fact, there has been a decline in the annual average LPG cylinder refills by PMUY beneficiaries. “Encouraging the sustained usage of LPG remains a big challenge as the annual average refill consumption of 1.93 crore PMUY consumers (who have completed more than one year as on March 31, 2018) was only 3.66 refills as worked out by…
(PTI) A batch of petitions seeking review of the November 9 Ayodhya land dispute verdict, which cleared the way for construction of a Ram Temple at the disputed site, will be considered in-chamber by the Supreme Court. The in-chamber proceeding will be taken up by a bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde and also comprising Justices D Y Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan, S A Nazeer and Sanjeev Khanna. Justice Khanna is the only judge who was not a part of the 5-judge Constitution bench that had delivered the historic verdict. He replaces the then Chief Justice of India Ranjan…
(PTI) Solar panels have been installed on the rooftops of 27 government buildings in the state capital of Shimla, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur informed the state Assembly on Tuesday. In a written reply to a question by Congress MLA Anirudh Singh on the second day of the ongoing winter session here, Thakur said the 1310.8 kilowatt (kW) capacity panels were setup in the last two years. Of them, the highest capacity of 500 kW panels were set up on the rooftop of Himachal Pradesh University (HPU), said Thakur, who also holds the additional charge of the state power department. To promote solar energy, the work…
(PTI) Coal India Ltd (CIL) on said about 58 thermal power plants (TPPs) in the country are saving around Rs 3,770 crore per annum in coal transportation cost after the miner had implemented the fuel linkage rationalisation. A total of 63 million tonne of coal movement is currently involved under the rationalisation policy, CIL sources said. “An estimated Rs 3,770 crore is being saved annually by 58 thermal power plants in the country in coal transportation costs after the implementation of linkage rationalisation policy by Coal India Limited since 2015,” the miner said.The linkage rationalisation refers to transfer of coal supply source of a…
(AU) प्रदेश के ज्यादातर क्षेत्रों में अगले दो दिन के दौरान भारी बर्फबारी हो सकती है। इसको देखते हुए मौसम विभाग ने अलर्ट जारी किया है। वहीं, 13 और 14 दिसंबर को प्रदेश में कोल्ड डे कंडीशन हो सकती है। मौसम विभाग की ओर से जारी बुलेटिन के अनुसार प्रदेश में मौसम खराब होने की शुरूआत आज से ही हो जाएगी। राज्य के ज्यादातर इलाकों में आज बादल छाये रह सकते हैं। वहीं, उत्तरकाशी, चमोली, रुद्रप्रयाग और पिथौरागढ़ के कुछ ऊंचाई वाले इलाकों में हल्की बारिश और बर्फबारी हो सकती है। प्रदेश के 2500 मीटर से अधिक ऊंचाई पर स्थित अन्य…