UNGA’s elected President chooses Indian diplomat Nagaraj Naidu as Chef du Cabinet

Maldives Foreign Minister and elected President of the 76th United Nations General Assembly Abdulla Shahid has chosen India’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador K Nagaraj Naidu as his Chef du Cabinet. Shahid also selected Maldives diplomat Thilmeeza Hussain for the post of Special Envoy of the President of General Assembly (PGA). Shahid wrote…

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Child labour increases 1st time in 2 decades, Nobel laureate urges action from world leaders on G7 eve

With the prevalence of child labour increasing for the first time in the last two decades, Nobel Peace Laureate and founder of Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation, Kailash Satyarthi on Thursday urged for action to be initiated by the world leaders to eliminate the practice. On the eve of G7 summit, Kailash said, “On the eve…

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RWAs group together to vaccinate 5,000 in a week, may extend to more 10,000

ChangeMakers of Kanakapura Road Association (CMKRA), a union of more than 80 Residents Welfare Association (RWAs) is working on completing the vaccination of over 5,000 residents throughout six wards in the city last week. They are further going to raise the vaccination count till 15,000. The paid vaccinations are organized in collaboration with four hospitals….

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Centre to provide training to ITI grads for maintaining oxygen plants at hospitals

The Union skill development and entrepreneurship ministry are planning to impart training to Industrial Training Institutes (ITI) students which will help them for managing pressure swing adsorption (PSA) oxygen plants that are evolving in different parts of the country.  A minimum of 84 master trainers are given the required training and additional ITI students will…

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Dr Reddy collaborates with Rockwell for 750 freezers for Sputnik V vaccine storage

Dr Reddy’s Laboratories has strategically collaborated with Rockwell Industries in Hyderabad, specializing in the manufacture of commercial cold chain appliance, to supply vaccine freezers for cold storage of the Russian Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V throughout India. They have formalized a deal to supply a minimum of 750 Covid-19 vaccine freezers for several hospitals and institutions…

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Rs 25,000 cr for signal modernization, 5G spectrum implementation in Railways: Prakash Javadekar

For the purpose of signal modernization and 5G spectrum implementation in the Railways, the Union Government will be spending a sum of Rs 25,000 crore, according to the statement given by Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday. Alongside, the Railways which presently utilizes optical fiber will also be given 5 megahertz spectrum in a 700…

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