Day: March 2, 2020

Scheme for Scholarship and Fellowship

open view news desk The Ministry of Culture implements a Scheme namely, ‘Scheme of Scholarship and Fellowship for Promotion of Art and Culture’, which consists of three components viz (i) ‘Award of Scholarships to Young Artists in Different Cultural Fields’, (ii) ‘Award of Senior/Junior Fellowships to Outstanding Persons […]

Income Tax Department conducts search on a group of individuals, hawala dealers and businessmen in Raipur

open view news desk On 27.02.2020, Income Tax Department conducted a search on a group of individuals, hawala dealers and businessmen in Raipur. The search action was mounted on the basis of credible inputs, intelligence and evidence of generation of huge unaccounted cash from liquor and mining business […]

Week Long “Ekam Fest” Begins Today to Promote Craftsmanship & Products Of Divyang Artisans and Entrepreneurs

open view news desk The week long Exhibition-cum-Fair “EKAM Fest” organized by National Handicapped Finance Development Corporation (NHFDC) under M/o Social Justice& Empowermentbegan today at State Emporia Complex, Baba Kharak Singh Marg, New Delhi-1.Union Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot, Union Minister for RT&Hand MEME […]

Voice of the unknown woman: Afghan filmmaker Roya Sadat

For a generation, Roya Sadat has been a voice for Afghan women in one of the world’s worst places to be one. One of the first female filmmakers to make her name after the fall of the Taliban in 2001, she has won plaudits at home and abroad […]

Israel seeks end to deadlock with third election in a year

Israel held its third election in less than a year Monday seeking to break a political deadlock, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chasing re-election while facing criminal indictment. Turnout appeared high despite what President Reuvin Rivlin called an “awful and grubby” campaign characterised by mudslinging between Netanyahu’s right-wing […]

Biden fights for momentum in Democrats’ shifting primary

SELMA, Ala. — An emboldened Joe Biden is trying to cast himself as the clear moderate alternative to progressive Bernie Sanders as the Democrats’ shrinking presidential field races toward Super Tuesday. One of Biden’s leading moderate rivals, former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, dropped out of the campaign Sunday just 24 […]

Child dies as migrants rush to cross Greek-Turkish border

KASTANIES, Greece — A child died when a boat full of migrants heading to a Greek island capsized Monday, part of a wave of thousands trying to push through Greece’s land and sea borders after Turkey declared the way was open for migrants and refugees to enter Europe. […]

Virus deaths top 3,000 as warnings sound for global economy

SEOUL, South Korea — The number of new virus infections rose worldwide along with fears of a weakening global economy, even as cases in China dropped to their lowest level in six weeks on Monday and hundreds of patients at the outbreak’s epicenter were released from hospitals. The […]

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