(First Post) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch on Thursday the ‘Udan’ scheme which is aimed at boosting regional connectivity with low-cost flights.He will flag off a flight on Shimla-Delhi sector as also on Kadapa-Hyderabad and the Nanded-Hyderabad sectors, the PMO said on Wednesday. Modi will launch the scheme from Shimla. Udan (‘Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik’) is a first-of-its-kind scheme globally to stimulate regional connectivity through a market-based mechanism, the PMO said in a tweet. “To make air travel accessible to citizens in regionally important areas, the Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik RCS (regional connectivity scheme) was launched in October,…
Author: Aruna Sharma
(AU) शहर में रात से बूंदाबांदी के बाद गुरूवार को मौसम का मिजाज बदला रहेगा। साइबर सिटी में अधिकतम और न्यूनतम तापमान में गिरावट हो गई है। बुधवार को तेज हवा के साथ शाम में बारिश से मौसम सुहाना हो गया। इससे सोमवार तक गर्मी से परेशान लोगों को राहत मिली। मौसम विभाग की मानें तो इस सप्ताह लोगों को अधिक गर्मी नहीं झेलनी पड़ेगी और लोगों को राहत मिलेगी।मौसम विभाग के मुताबिक, पिछले 24 घंटों में एनसीआर के वायुमंडल में काफी अस्थिरता रही है। जहां एक तरफ पश्चिमी विक्षोभ पहाड़ी इलाकों में हल्की बारिश कर रहा था, तो दूसरी…
(TOI) India is making a big push for solar energy, with power capacity expected to double this year. But some of the gains, especially in north India, could be offset by a growing problem: air pollution. A new study, the first of its kind in India and one of a handful globally, has found that dust and particulate matter (PM) may be reducing the energy yield of solar power systems in north India by 17-25 per cent annually. Half this reduction comes from dust and particles deposited on the surface of solar panels and which forms a physical barrier to…
(AU) जम्मू कश्मीर के कुपवाड़ा पंजगाम के आर्मी कैंप में आतंकवादी हमले की खबर है। सूत्रों के अनुसार इस हमले में सेना द्वारा 2 आतंकियों के भी मारे जाने की खबर है। हालांकि सेना और आतंकवादियों के बीच रुक-रुक के गोलाबारी जारी है। जम्मू कश्मीर के कुपवाड़ा पंजगाम के आर्मी कैंप में आतंकवादी हमले की खबर है। सूत्रों के अनुसार इस हमले में सेना द्वारा 2 आतंकियों के भी मारे जाने की खबर है। हालांकि सेना और आतंकवादियों के बीच रुक-रुक के गोलाबारी जारी है।
(ET) India’s gross petroleum import bill, including shipments of both crude oil and petroleum products, rose 9 per cent last financial year to $ 80.3 billion on the back of seven percent rise in volumes and a three percent increase in the average crude price, according to fresh data released by the oil ministry. Crude oil imports rose by more than five percent to 213 million tonne (MT) and the crude oil import bill increased by more than nine percent to $70 billion last fiscal as compared to $64 billion recorded in 2015-2016. India’s petroleum product imports by quantity rose…
(PTI) Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu on Wednesday said he himself had volunteered for clubbing of railways budget with the General Budget, and it was “not a take over” by the Finance Ministry. Ending a nearly century-old practice of having a separate budget for railways, the government from the current fiscal merged it with the General Budget, which was presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on February 1. During an exclusive interaction with PTI, Prabhu was talking about the vision for making the public transport more efficient and profitable. He said there was only one source of funds for the railways, and…
(NDTV) दिल्ली नगर निगम (एमसीडी) चुनाव में बहुमत के साथ जीत हासिल करने के बाद भाजपा दोबारा से निगम में सत्ता संभालने को तैयार है, लेकिन सबसे अहम है कि तीनों निगमों में पार्टी की तरफ से मेयर कौन होगा. एनडीटीवी को सूत्रों से पता चला है कि भारतीय जनता पार्टी (भाजपा) तीनों निगमों में मेयर पद की जिम्मेदारी महिला नेताओं को सौंप सकती है. सूत्रों के अनुसार, साउथ दिल्ली से शिखा राय, नंदनी शर्मा और कमलजीत सहरावत मेयर पद की संभावित उम्मीदवार हैं. हालांकि बताया जा रहा है कि एसडीएमसी के मेयर के लिए कमलजीत सबसे मजबूत उम्मीदवार हैं,…
(PTI) India today called for united global action in strongly resisting “opportunistic” efforts of some states to support terrorist groups by facilitating training, funding and providing safe havens to them. Addressing an international security conference here, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley said terrorism is being “reinvented” in newer and even more dangerous manifestations and that the challenge must be dealt with effectively.Without naming any country, he said terrorism will recoil on those who nurture it, adding distinctions are still sought to be made between good and bad terrorists, despite all the evidence and experience to the contrary. The sixth Moscow conference…
(FE) Amit Shah today said his party would deliberate upon Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s proposal for counselling of youths caught in the vortex of violence in the state. “Mehboobaji has given a press statement. Our party’s team which deals with our policies on Kashmir will sit together and discuss the issue,” Shah said during a press conference here, while referring to the J&K CM’s proposal to counsel youths. Asked about his party’s stand on the issue, Shah said, “The team, after discussing the issue, will come to me and then we will take a decision,” he said.…
The Minister of Defence, Finance and Corporate Affairs, Shri Arun Jaitley attended the 6th Moscow Conference on International Security on 25 and 26 April 2017 and spoke at the plenary session. The Defence Minister had a warm and productive meeting with his Russian counterpart Mr. Sergei Shoigu. In his remarks to the media after his meeting with the Russian Defence Minister, Shri Jaitley said, “India has traditionally been participating in the Moscow Conference on International Security. This year it was decided that Indian Defence Minister will participate in the Conference. Both in the Conference and also bilaterally with the Defence…