Bhubaneswar:31/3/23 The Road Transport & Highways Ministry is currently upgrading the Chandikhole-Bhadrak section of the Kolkata-Chennai Golden Quadrilateral corridor to a six-lane highway with paved shoulders. This road spans the states of West Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu and serves as the primary arterial road linking the coastal areas of Odisha, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said today.  𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗸𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲-𝗕𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗸 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 ...

Cuttack:30/3/23:Ahead of Utkal Divas, Union Education and Skill Development Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has called upon Ravenshaw University to undertake research on the Kalinga War by participating in the unveiling of memorial plaques in the name of 4 legends of Odisha at Ravenshaw University, a symbol of the history and glory of Odisha and Cuttack. Along with Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnab, ...

Newdelhi:30/3/23:The Central Government has given full exemption from basic customs duty on all drugs and Food for Special Medical Purposes imported for personal use for treatment of all Rare Diseases listed under the National Policy for Rare Diseases 2021 through a general exemption notification. In order to avail this exemption, the individual importer has to produce a certificate from Central or ...

Newdelhi:30/3/23:Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shri Anurag Thakur met the Oscar winning team behind Elephant Whisperers at his residence today. The Minister met with Ms Kartiki Gonsalves, Director and Cinematographer, Ms Guneet Moonga, Producer and Ms Monica from Netflix. During the interaction Shri Thakur said that the power of India’s storytelling is unmatched!. Expressing his pleasure at one such ...

Newdelhi:30/3/23:The (FLNAT) under Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram (New India Literacy Programme ) was held on 19.03.2023 across 10 States and UTs in the country to assess the basic Reading, Writing and Numeracy skills of the neo-literates. The youth and students of schools and colleges were involved as volunteer teachers to organize teaching learning activities. More than 22.70 lakh learners participated ...

Uttarakhand:29/3/23:Ramnagar, Uttarakhand hosted the First Meeting of G20-Chief Science Advisers Roundtable (G20-CSAR), which witnessed intense discussion on issues of transboundary S&T issues of mutual interest. G20-CSAR is the flagship event under India’s G20 Presidency and led by the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India. The day-long roundtable witnessed discussions under the broad themes of Opportunities ...

Newdelhi:29/3/23:The National Health Authority (NHA) under its Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) scheme is enabling digital interventions for bringing efficiency in delivery of healthcare services. One such intervention is the Scan and Share service that is enabling instant registrations for patients at OPD (Out-patient Department) blocks of participating hospitals. The utilization of the service has crossed 10 Lakh patient registrations ...

Newdelhi:29/3/23:Under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and guidance of Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah, the Ministry of Cooperation is committed to protect the interests of the people associated with the cooperative sector. In this direction, on the petition of Ministry of Cooperation, in a historic decision the Hon’ble Supreme Court today ordered ...

New Delhi:29/3/23: India logged 2,151 new coronavirus cases, the highest in five months, while the active cases have increased to 11,903, according to Union Health Ministry data updated today. The death count has increased to 5,30,848 with seven deaths, the Health Ministry said. Three deaths were reported by Maharashtra, one by Karnataka and three reconciled by Kerala. The daily positivity ...

Newdelhi:29/3/23:Inspired by the idea of Hon’ble Prime Minister, aimed at making all our cities ‘Garbage Free’ under Swachh Bharat Mission- Urban 2.0 and focus on ‘Swachhta’, Technology Development Board, a statutory body of Department of Science & Technology, Government of India invited applications from Indian companies having innovative/indigenous technologies at commercialization stage in waste management domain. The call for proposal ...