Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh had initiated the second phase of the Smart Village Campaign for Punjab on Saturday at a virtual launch. The campaign with the objective of powering state’s rural transformation is estimated at the cost of Rs. 2,775 crore. Rahul Gandhi joined the virtual launch from Delhi,…
India and China military to have eight round of diplomatic discussions in the forthcoming week to talk about disengagement in Ladakh though the army gears up for snow and winter deployment alongside the Line of Actual Control (LAC) which extends over 1,597 km. As per the senior officials, both the countries are showing patience to…
Medical aspirant, Tanuja Karregowda, who was reportedly helped by Karnataka chief Minister B S Yediyurappa and state Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar for attending the NEET exam, qualified it with a score of 586 from 720. Tanjua had put a social media post highlighting her plight, Yediyurappa and Sudhakar had urged the officials to allow…
Prime Minister Jacinda Arden and her Centre-left Labour Party had a landslide victory in the New Zealand’s general election on Saturday. Referring to her second term, Arden said she would use it to rebuild the economy impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic also resolve the social inequality. She addressed her supporters in Auckland, “Over the next…
The Chhattisgarh government has successfully rolled over ‘Clean India Mission’ with the collaborative efforts with public in the state and the officials, which keeps up to its position as the cleanest state in India. In the world’s largest sanitation survey, the perseverance, discipline and focus of the Chhattisgarh government has backed it as India’s ‘Cleanest…
India has received the 94th position for the Global Hunger Index rankings performing better than last year’s rank at 102 from 107 countries. However, the country has ranked worst than the neighbouring Asian economies – Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan. The Global Hunger Index, which reveals the global data of the hunger levels and malnutrition was…
With the constant spike of Covid-19 cases in the state of Karnataka, the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry has deployed a team of experts to assess the management of pandemic by the state government. A Joint Secretary, a public health expert and one clinician comprised of the team sent by the Centre to Karnataka…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi commemorated the 75th anniversary of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Friday by releasing a new coin of Rs. 75, saying FAO had seen India’s fight against malnutrition from close quarters. PM Modi, in his address, firstly congratulated to those making constant attempts to eradicate malnutrition from the world, “In…
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday gave assurance to a number of international sports federations and bodies that the delayed Tokyo Olympics will commence from July 23. The IOC along with the Tokyo organizing body have been keeping virtual meetings in the week with nearly 200 national Olympic committees and also with over 30…
Pakistan attacked India on Friday morning with heavy firing on the Indian soldiers and the adjacent villages along the Line of Control (LoC) which is based in Mankote sector of Poonch district, provoking India to fight back in equal measure. Defence spokesperson, Lt Colonel Devender Anand revealed the details, “At about 0515 hours today, Pakistan…
