Month: December 2021

PM presides over the second ground breaking ceremony of Himachal Pradesh Global Investors’ Meet

PM inaugurates & lays foundation stone of hydropower projects worth over Rs 11,000 crore in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh “Hydro-power projects launched today reflect India’s commitment to eco-friendly development” “In 2016,India had set a target to meet 40 percent of its installed electricity capacity from non-fossil energy sources by […]

GENERAL KV KRISHNA RAO MEMORIAL LECTURE ORGANISED

DELHI, DECEMBER 27: The third edition of General KV Krishna Rao Memorial Lecture was organized by the MAHAR regiment of Indian Army at the United Services Institute (USI) of India, New Delhi on 27 December 2021. Lt Gen Raj Shukla, GOC-in-C Army Training Command spoke on ‘India’s National […]

Year End Review-2021: Ministry of Women and Child Development

Bill On Prohibition Of Child Marriage (Amendment) Act, 2021 Introduced In Lok Sabha For Raising The Age Of Marriage Of Women From 18 To 21 Years Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) Improved By 19 Points At National Level, From 918 In 2014-15 To 937 In 2020-21 POSHAN Tracker […]

COVID-19 UPDATE

DELHI, DECEMBER 27: 141.70 cr vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive India’s Active caseload currently stands at 75,841 Active cases account for less than 1% of total cases, currently at 0.22%; Lowest since March 2020 Recovery Rate currently at 98.40%; Highest since March […]

Young South Africans learn of Tutu’s activism for equality

JOHANNESBURG — The legacy of Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s activism for equality continues to reverberate among young South Africans, many of whom were not born when the clergyman battled apartheid. South Africa is holding a week of mourning for Tutu, who died Sunday at the age of 90. Tutu […]

EDITORIAL: Enforcement of maintenance orders an uphill task for women in law courts

JAMMU, DECEMBER 27: This editorial is focussed on a very important topic of enforcement of orders of maintenance which the maintenance law courts pass from time to time in favour of wives, children and parents but fails to ensure the same to the beneficiaries who at one point […]

India to give COVID-19 booster shots to healthcare workers from Jan. 10

NEW DELHI, Dec 25 – India will start administering COVID-19 booster shots as a precautionary measure to healthcare and frontline workers from Jan. 10, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday, as cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant rose across the country. In a national address, Modi also […]

Australian state sees record cases, lab sends false results

SYDNEY — Australia’s most populous state reported a record number of new COVID-19 cases on Sunday and a sharp jump in hospitalizations while thousands of people were isolating at home after contracting the virus or coming into contact with someone who has. A major laboratory in Sydney, which […]

PM condoles demise of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu

DELHI, DECEMBER 26: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has expressed deep grief over the demise of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu. In a tweet, the Prime Minister said; “Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu was a guiding light for countless people globally. His emphasis on human dignity and equality will […]

Lt Governor addresses a special event in New Delhi to commemorate birth anniversary of Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee

A true statesman, poet, writer, Atal Ji was indeed the greatest orator country has heard after Independence, says the LG Big shift in economic reform was the brainchild of Atal Ji: Lt Governor Despite large & difficult coalition partners, Atal Ji fast-tracked several futuristic policies including Golden Quadrilateral, […]

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