(DJ) कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष राहुल गांधी कल केरल के दो दिवसीय दौरे पर होंगे जहां वह बाढ़ प्रभावित इलाकों के राहत शिविरों में जाएंगे और लोगों की मदद कर रहे स्वयंसेवियों से मुलाकात भी करेंगे। गांधी ने ट्वीट कर कहा, ‘मैं कल और परसों केरल में रहूंगा। बाढ़ प्रभावित इलाकों का दौरा करूंगा, राहत शिविरों में जाऊंगा और मछुआरों, जरूरतमंदों की नि:स्वार्थ भाव से मदद कर स्वयंसेवियों एवं अन्य लोगों से मुलाकात करूंगा। केरल में भयावह बाढ़ को देखते हुए हाल ही में गांधी ने पार्टी के सभी सांसदों और विधायकों को निर्देश दिया था कि अपना एक महीने का वेतन…
Author: Aruna Sharma
Drones are a technology platform which has wide-ranging applications from photography to agriculture, from infrastructure asset maintenance to insurance. Drones range in size from very small and those that can carry multiple kilograms of payload. The Ministry of Civil Aviation has been working for several years to establish a world leading drone ecosystem in India. To that end, it was necessary to develop global standard drone regulations that would permit, will appropriate safeguards, the commercial application of various drone technologies. The preparation of these drone regulations through a Civil Aviation Requirement (CAR) has taken multiple years because: (1) drone technologies…
A Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) was signed between the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and National Health Agency (NHA) here today, to provide capacity building for Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana(PMJAY) to ensure effective rollout and continued quality implementation. The MoU was signed by Dr Indu Bhushan, CEO, NHA and Sh Manish Kumar, MD & CEO, NSDC, in the presence of Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of skill Development and entrepreneurship & Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri J.P.Nadda, Minister of Health and family Welfare, Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey, MoS(H&FW) and Smt Anupriya Patel, MoS (F&HW). As per the MoU, NSDC will ensure…
In continuation of its contribution to the Swachh Bharat Mission, BHEL has renovated the existing RCC drain in Sector-17, Noida, and built a modern Public Utility Complex for the benefit of the general public. Mr. Atul Sobti, CMD, BHEL inaugurated the project in the presence of Directors on the Board of BHEL and other senior officials of BHEL and Noida Authority. The construction of the project was carried out by the Noida Authority with funding from BHEL under its CSR programme.
(FE) Caught between the twin goals of treading the fiscal consolidation path and keeping the flagship schemes and other important welfare programmes adequately funded ahead of next year’s general election, the Centre has lined up plans to raise a massive Rs 1.7 lakh crore via the extra-budgetary resources (EBR) route in the current fiscal, up 110% from FY18. These loans, all of which will have to be serviced out of the Budget, will be mobilised through assorted public-sector entities. If the debt being raised by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the ailing MTNL are added (which too…
(TNIE) The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is planning to scale up its skill training programmes for people with disabilities by designing geographically specific training modules. “The government plans to impart skill training to 25 lakh people with disabilities till the end of 2022. The department wants to look at geographically specific opportunities which can will give long-term sustainable opportunities and empower people with disabilities in order to scale up its programme and achieve the desired target of people to be trained,” said a senior official of the department. With…
(DJ) एक साथ लोकसभा और विधानसभा चुनाव पर चर्चा को प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने एक बार फिर से आगे बढ़ाया है। एक साथ चुनाव कराने पर बहस को लोकतंत्र के लिए अच्छा संकेत बताते हुए मोदी ने कहा कि यह अटलजी को सच्ची श्रद्धांजलि होगी, जिन्होंने देश की राजनीतिक संस्कृति को बदला था। रविवार को रक्षाबंधन के दिन ‘मन की बात’ कार्यक्रम में महिला सम्मान के प्रति केंद्र के कदमों का उल्लेख करते हुए उन्होंने सरकार की कुछ उपलब्धियां भी गिनाई। ‘मन की बात’ का यह 47वां संस्करण था। एक साथ चुनाव के एजेंडे पर मोदी लगातार बोलते रहे हैं।…
(Tribune) Baby Rani Maurya was on Sunday sworn in as the new Governor of Uttarakhand. The oath of office and secrecy was administered to Maurya by the acting Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court Rajiv Sharma at a ceremony held at Raj Bhawan here. The function was attended by Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, his Cabinet colleagues, a host of distinguished people and senior officials. Maurya, a former Mayor of Agra, was nominated as Governor of Uttarakhand on August 21. She replaces Krishna Kant Paul whose five-year tenure ended recently. Maurya was given a guard of honour at the Raj…
(BS) The central government will launch a campaign covering over 250,000 gram panchayats across the country on October 2. Christened ‘Sabki Yojana, Sabka Vikas’, the campaign will involve people at the grassroots while preparing structured gram panchayat development plans, along with a thorough audit of the works done in the last few years. The mega campaign, to start on Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary, will be conducted just before the elections in three major BJP-ruled states and also before the 2019 general elections. Under the campaign, which will conclude in December, all gram panchayats in the country will have to put up a notice board detailing the…
(DJ) सूबे की राजधानी लखनऊ के गोमतीनगर स्टेशन के गोरखपुर तक संचालित की जाने वाली गोमतीनगर-गोरखपुर एक्सप्रेस ट्रेन के इंजन का डीजल पाइप आज स्टेशन से प्रस्थान के बाद ही फट गया। इससे ट्रेन अचानक ही रूक गई। इस ट्रेन का संचालन बीती 14 अगस्त से ही शुरू किया गया है। लखनऊ से गोमतीनगर रेलवे स्टेशन के गोमतीनगर-गोरखपुर एक्सप्रेस ट्रेन के आज प्रस्थान करने के कुछ दूर जाने के बाद ही इसके इंजन का डीजल पाइप फट गया। इसके कारण ट्रेन बाराबंकी रेलवे स्टेशन से पहले ही बुढ़वल जंक्शन के पास रेलवे ओवर ब्रिज के पास झटके से रुक गई।…