(Deccan chronicle) Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday arrived in Srinagar, where he will interact with Army personnel. “Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh has reached Srinagar this morning. He will interact with troops,” the Office of the Raksha Mantri posted on X. The Defence Minister was accompanied by Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha. This is the first Jammu and Kashmir visit of the Union Defence Minister following the Pahalgam terror attack and the cessation of hostilities agreement between India and Pakistan. At Badami Bagh Cantonment, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh says, “…First of all, I would like to bow…
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(PIB) Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India Shri Gyanesh Kumar inaugurated a two-day capacity-building training programme for Booth Level Officers (BLOs), BLO Supervisors, Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) from Haryana and NCT of Delhi at the India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management (IIIDEM), New Delhi today. 2. A total of 371 grassroots election officials (306 BLOs from Bihar; 30 EROs and BLO Supervisors from Haryana; 35 EROs and BLO Supervisors from NCT of Delhi) are taking part in the training programme. Including the current batch, over 2,600 field officials have been trained in the last two months by ECI…
(PIB) Hon’ble Vice-President of India, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar and Dr. (Smt.) Sudesh Dhankhar, will be on a one-day tour to Jaipur, Rajasthan. During the visit Shri Dhankhar will inaugurate the Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Memorial Library on the occasion of Former Vice-President’s death anniversary in Jaipur. Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat served as the 11th Vice-President of India, and ex-officio Chairman, Rajya Sabha from August 19, 2002 to July 21, 2007. Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat began his career in public life as a Member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly in 1952, and later served as Chief Minister of the state of Rajasthan for…
(FPJ) Coal imports in the country declined by 9.2 per cent to 220.3 million tonnes (MT) during April 2024 to February 2025 — compared to 242.6 MT in the same period of previous fiscal year due to an increase in domestic production, the government said on Tuesday. This reduction in coal imports resulted in foreign exchange savings of approximately $6.93 billion (₹53137.82 crore) for the country, said the Ministry of Coal. The non-regulated sector, excluding the power sector, experienced a more significant decline, with imports dropping by 15.3 per cent year-on-year. Although coal-based power generation grew by 2.87 per cent…
(Hindustan) कोल इंडिया एवं अनुषंगी कंपनियों के कर्मी, सेवानिवृत्त कर्मी देश के 446 अस्पतालों में इलाज करा सकते हैं। कोल इंडिया के एचओडी, मेडिकल डॉ समिता पॉल बनर्जी की ओर से कोयला कर्मियों के इलाज के लिए इंपैनल (सूचीबद्ध) अस्पतालों की सूची को अपडेट कर जारी किया गया है। सूचीबद्ध अस्पतालों की पिछली सूची के स्थान पर सेवानिवृत्त अधिकारियों, गैर अधिकारियों, उनकी पत्नी, सीआईएल, उसकी सहायक कंपनियों के मौजूदा कर्मचारियों और उनके आश्रित परिवार के सदस्यों के उपचार के लिए अस्पतालों को सूचीबद्ध किया गया है। सूचीबद्ध सभी अस्पताल शहर में लागू सीजीएचएस दरों या अस्पतालों की अपनी दरों के…
(TOI) The solar-powered water pumpsare turning out to be real game changers. The solarisation of irrigation pumps in Haryana is transforming the state towards sustainable energy and reducing its dependence on non-renewable sources of energy, at least in the field of agriculture. The state developed a capacity to generate around 1,300 MW of power from solar panels installed at homes and agricultural fields to light up homes and power the tubewells. Out of this, 822 MW comes from solar-powered water pumps. Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency(HAREDA) transformed the lives of farmers by installing over 154,000 solar water pumps, each rated up to…
(HT) All three zoological parks and a lion safari in Uttar Pradesh have been closed for a week following confirmation that a tigress at the Gorakhpur Zoo, which died on May 7, was suffering from bird flu. “The highest protocol is in place. The zoos in Lucknow, Kanpur and Gorakhpur districts and the lion safari in Etawah shall remain closed for a week,” principal chief conservator of forest-Wildlife (PCCF-Wildlife), Anuradha Vemuri, said on Tuesday. Infection in several big cat species, including tigers, leopards, and others is well documented due to their feeding on infected poultry carcasses. Cats are also susceptible…
(HT) The government has begun preparations for one of Delhi airport’s four runways to be shut again in mid-June and has instructed airlines to plan flight cancellations, officials said quoting civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu’s discussion with airlines on Tuesday. Runway 28/10 of the Capital’s IGI Airport needs to be shut for its landing instruments to be upgraded. The first attempt to do this in April had to be aborted within four weeks after flight schedules descended into chaos, with the airport unable to handle its typical load of roughly 1,400 flights a day on three of its runways.…
(HT) Retail inflation eased to a nearly six-year low of 3.16% in April mainly due to subdued prices of vegetables, fruits, pulses, and other protein-rich items, creating enough room for the Reserve Bank to go for another round of rate cut in the June monetary policy review. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation was 3.34% in March and 4.83% in April 2024. It was 3.15% in July 2019. NSO data showed a sharp decline of 91 basis points in food inflation in April 2025 in comparison to March 2025. The food inflation in April 2025 is the lowest since…
(HT) Girls outperformed boys in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 12 and 10 board examinations for the academic year 2024-25, results of which were announced on Tuesday. In Class 12, of the 1.69 million students who appeared in the board exams, 1.49 million students, or 88.39%, cleared the exams this year, a marginal increase from last year’s pass percentage of 87.98%. The results also showed 91.64% of the girls and 85.70% of the boys clearing the exams. In Class 10, 2.22 million students, or 93.66%, cleared the board exams of the total 2.37 million appeared this year,…