New Delhi:13/2/24:  Union Minister of Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, attended the National Conference on APAAR: One Nation One Student ID Card in New Delhi today. Secretary, Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Shri Sanjay K. Murthy; Secretary, Department of School Education & Literacy, Shri Sanjay Kumar; Secretary, Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Shri Atul Kumar Tiwari; Secretary, ...

Abu Dhabi:13/2/24:  Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi arrived in Abu Dhabi today on an official visit to the UAE. In a special and warm gesture, he was received at the airport by the President of the UAE His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and after that, accorded a ceremonial welcome. The two leaders held one-on-one and delegation-level talks. ...

Newdelhi:12/2/24:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi today distributed more than 1 lakh appointment letters to newly inducted recruits via video conferencing. He also laid the foundation stone of Phase I of the Integrated Complex “Karmayogi Bhavan” in New Delhi. This complex will promote collaboration and synergy among various pillars of Mission Karmayogi. Addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister said that ...

Newdelhi:10/2/24:The Government yesterday announced India’s highest civilian award Bharat Ratna to Former Prime Ministers PV Narasimha Rao and Chaudhary Charan Singh and Father of the Green Revolution, Dr. MS Swaminathan. The announcement was made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a social media post. Speaking to the media, former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao’s daughter Surabhi Vani Devi expressed delight ...

Newdelhi:120/2/24:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi today addressed the last sitting of the 17th Lok Sabha. Addressing the House, the Prime Minister said that today’s occasion is significant for India’s democracy. Prime Minister Modi lauded the efforts of all Members of the 17th Lok Sabha in making important decisions and giving direction to the country. He said that today marks ...

New Delhi10/2/24:: In a bureaucratic reshuffle, the Centre has appointed Krishan Kumar, a 2002-batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre, as MD, National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL). His appointment assumed significance in the aftermath of Silkyara Tunnel Collapse when administrators with disaster management experience were needed at the helm of NHIDCL. Kumar had served as Ganjam collector when ...

Bhubaneswar:9/2/24: In a remarkable and pioneering effort, the Department of Paediatrics at AIIMS-Bhubaneswar successfully saved the life of a 9-year-old boy by performing a ground-breaking bronchoscopic intervention to remove a stitching needle lodged in the lungs. This achievement marks the first instance of removing such sharp foreign bodies without resorting to open surgery in any pediatrics center in Odisha. The ...

Newdelhi9/2/24: Two more tribal communities of Odisha will get the ST tag soon as two amendment bills have been cleared by both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha this week. The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order Amendment Bill, 2024 and Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Order Amendment Bill, 2024, for the addition of several new ...

New Delhi:8/2/23: To manage the overall food security and to prevent hoarding and unscrupulous speculation, the Government of India imposed stock limits on Wheat applicable to Traders/Wholesalers, Retailers, Big Chain Retailers, and Processors in all States and Union Territories. The Removal of Licensing Requirements, Stock Limits, and Movement Restrictions on Specified Foodstuffs (Amendment) Order, 2023 was issued on 12 June ...

Newdelhi:8/2/24:The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi approved 6 (Six) projects of Ministry of Railways with a total estimated cost of Rs. 12,343 crore (approx.) with 100% funding from the Central Government. The multi-tracking proposals will ease operations and reduce congestion, providing the much-required infrastructural development on the busiest sections across Indian Railways. The ...