Newdelhi:1/4/23:Ms Sheyphali B. Sharan has today assumed charge as the Principal Director General, Press Information Bureau upon the superannuation of Shri Manish Desai yesterday. Ms. Sharan is an officer of the 1990 batch of Indian Information Service. During an illustrious career spanning over three decades, she has held cadre portfolios largely looking after media publicity work as a Press Information ...

Newdelhi:31/3/24:The Closing Ceremony of the Bilateral Tri-Service Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Amphibious Exercise between India and the US, Tiger Triumph 2024 was held onboard USS Somerset on 30 Mar 2024. The exercise signifies the robust strategic partnership between the two countries and was aimed towards sharing best practices and Standard Operating Procedures in undertaking multinational HADR operations. The ...

Bhubaneswar: 30/3/24:Three senior leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from Odisha have been made members of party’s manifesto committee for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in the country. BJP national president Jagat Prakash Nadda on Saturday announced the 27-member manifesto committee of the party for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. While Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has been made the chairman ...

Newdelhi:30/3/24:The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu presented Bharat Ratna at an Investiture Ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan today (March 30, 2024). She conferred Bharat Ratna upon: Shri P. V. Narasimha Rao posthumously. On behalf of the late Shri P. V. Narasimha Rao, Bharat Ratna was received by Shri P.V. Prabhakar Rao, his son. Former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh ...

Newdelhi:29/3/24:To manage the overall food security and to prevent hoarding and unscrupulous speculation, the Government of India has decided that Traders/Wholesalers, Retailers, Big Chain Retailers and Processors in all States and Union Territories have to declare their Stock position of wheat on the portal (https://evegoils.nic.in/wheat/login.html) w.e.f. 01.04.2024 and then, every Friday till further orders. All the respective legal entities to ...

Newdelhi:29/3/24:Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Ministry of Communications, has issued an advisory to citizens that calls are being received by the citizens wherein callers, in the name of DoT, are threatening that all of their mobile numbers would be disconnected or their mobile numbers are being misused in some illegal activities. The DoT has also issued advisory about WhatsApp calls from ...

Newdelhi:29/3/24:The cVIGIL app of the Election Commission of India has become an effective tool in the hands of people to flag election code violations. Since the announcement of General Elections 2024, over 79,000 complaints have been received as of today. Over 99% of complaints have been resolved and close to 89% of these complaints have been resolved within 100 minutes. ...

Newdelhi:28/3/24:The Vice President, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar today expressed his strong disapproval of the use of sovereign platforms for making ignorant observations about CAA. Emphasising that CAA is meant to give reprieve to those persecuted on religious grounds in our neighborhood, he highlighted that none is being deprived of citizenship and still the narrative is so different. Referring to the cut-off ...

Newdelhi:28/3/24:A group of Assistant Executive Engineers of CPWD (2022 and 2023 batches) called on the President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan today (March 28, 2024). Addressing the Engineers, the President said that as young engineers, they are aware of the threats of climate change and global warming and the consequent need to adopt energy-efficient solutions. Buildings, roads, ...

Newdelhi:27/3/24:Press Information Bureau has started a microsite https://pib.gov.in/elect2024/index.aspx  having several features as one one-stop facilitation portal for media persons reporting for General Election 2024. The portal has the following characteristics. A Digital Flip Book: This encompasses various interesting analytics and data-rich features. The media persons can utilize this information for writing their articles. Useful links are provided through which the ...