Addressing the first edition of India-Africa Army Chiefs’ Conclave, the Defence Minister Rajnath Singh assured that India will continue to work with African partner-countries to enhance their defence capabilities and foster stability. The conclave was organised on the sidelines of 2nd Africa-India Joint Exercise ‘AFINDEX’ that was held in Pune. At this conclave attended by…
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs organised a campaign to recognise and celebrate the transition to women-led sanitation from women in sanitation. To celebrate this it organised a series of events and activities across cities. It particularly also aimed at making the Garbage Free Cities mission a success. The 3-week campaign culminated in a Swachhotsav…
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd (IREDA) has disburced Rs 16,320 during FY 2022-23. The earlier highest annual loan disbursement was during FY 2021-22 of Rs 16,071 crores. IREDA has also crossed the highest annual loan sanction of Rs. 23,921 crore and touched Rs. 32,578 crore loan sanction on March 2023. Contributing actively to the…
The Supreme Court of India has given its nod to Uttar Pradesh urban local body elections. The green signal to these elections has been given with OBC reservation. In order to decide the reservation of backward classes in these elections the state government had already formed the UP Backward Classes Commission which submitted its report…
A skilling project launched by Housing and Urban Affairs, called the National Initiative for Promoting Upskilling of Nirman Workers (NIPUN), has successfully progressed. For this NAREDCO organized training programs for the construction workers engaged in common central secretariat building project 1,2 and 3 of the of the central vista project. It’s being developed by L&T….
International Womens’ Day was celebrated in Surrey BC on March 17th, 2023. It was organized by Happyness Wellness Community Resources Society (HWCRS) with local sponsors the Dhot Group, Huneybay Accessories and in partnership with not-for-profit community associations ATI Vancouver and Manasvini Hindi Cultural Society. The event was titled UniqueYou 2023, and it promoted the IWD…
The upcoming entrepreneurs in Indian Interior Design and Furniture industry will be provided ideas and advises for opening zero capital startups/businesses through the platform, “The Concept Labs.” It is founded by the serial entrepreneur and venture capitalist(VC), Kushagra Awasthi. “The Concept Labs” is a pioneering initiative in India,said Avasthi adding that it aims to create…
Mind Therapy, a mental healthcare web portal, has become widely poular in just few months of its launch. In today’s pressure cooker existence in which one out of five adults is considered to be struggling with some mental illness or the other, the digital platform provides the much-needed avenue to address this fast growing challenge….
In the sequel of weekly e-auctions of wheat, the Food Corporation of India (FCI) conducted 5th e-auction under which 11.88 LMT wheat was offered. The stock of wheat was brought from 657 depots across 23 Regions of FCI. The price of wheat has cooled down to below Rs. 2200/Quintal on an average, as per the auction,…
Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed a contract for procurement of six Dornier-228 aircraft from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) at a cost of Rs 667 crore. These aircrafts will be purchased for the Indian Air Force (IAF). These aircrafts will be used by IAF for Route Transport Role, and communication duties. These aircrafts has also…
