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Sara Chhipa, 10 yrs old, Indian Creates the World Record

Sara Chhipa, 10 yrs old, Indian Creates the World Record

Dubai, UAE : Sara Chhipa, a 10 yrs young, proud native of Bhilwara, Rajasthan, India and a blessed resident of Discovery Garden in Dubai, United Arab Emirates for last 9 years has created a World Record on 2nd May, 2021 by memorizing all the 195 “Countries - Capitals & Currencies” across the world. Previous world record was only on “Countries & Capitals” and Sara, has added one more dimension about their currencies. This record was administered through a virtual live event on 2nd May at 4:30 pm UAE time, 6 pm India time and was streamed on Facebook, YouTube &…
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Good news amidst the nationwide Oxygen shortage

Good news amidst the nationwide Oxygen shortage

New Delhi:  The nation is reeling under an unprecedented wave of COVID-19 infections. India’s number of COVID infections reported in a single day has surpassed the previous highest one-day rise in the world reported by the United States in January 2021. COVID-19 affects different people in different ways. Most infected people develop mild to moderate illness and recover without hospitalization. Severe illness caused by coronavirus calls for oxygen therapy. Currently, there is a massive short supply of medical-grade oxygen across the country. CSIR-CMERI (Council of scientific and industrial research- Central mechanical engineering research institute) has developed a new Oxygen enrichment…
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Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh reviews preparedness of Ministry of Defence & Armed Forces amid spike in COVID-19 cases

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh reviews preparedness of Ministry of Defence & Armed Forces amid spike in COVID-19 cases

New Delhi : Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh held a virtual meeting to review the preparedness of Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces to deal with the recent spike in COVID-19 cases across the country, in New Delhi on April 20, 2021. Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh, Chief of Army Staff General M M Naravane, Director General Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) Surg Vice Admiral Rajat Datta, Secretary (Defence Production) Shri Raj Kumar, Secretary Department of Defence R&D and Chairman Defence Research and Development Organisation Dr…
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Van Dhan Vikas Yojana – Promoting and backing tribal entrepreneurship

Van Dhan Vikas Yojana – Promoting and backing tribal entrepreneurship

A vast network of Van Dhan Kendras established across the country “We will establish 50,000 ‘Van Dhan Vikas Kendras’ in the tribal areas of the country to ensure the availability of primary processing and value addition for forest produce and to provide employment for tribals and increase tribal income,” Prime Minister , Shri Narendra Modi. This had been the Prime Minister’s Sankalp as a part of his vision for overall development of the country and to make each section of society self-reliant and empowered. As per TRIFED, in less than 18 months, 33,360 Van DhanVikas Kendras, subsumed into 2224 VDVKCs…
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Ministry of Tourism Signs MOUs with Online Travel Companies to strengthen hospitality and tourism industry

Ministry of Tourism Signs MOUs with Online Travel Companies to strengthen hospitality and tourism industry

In its ongoing effort to strengthen the Hospitality & Tourism Industry especially in the times of the pandemic, the Ministry of Tourism signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Cleartrip and Ease My Trip on 15th April 2021. The primary objective of this MoU is to provide extensive visibility to accommodation units which have self-certified themselves on SAATHI (System for Assessment, Awareness & Training for the Hospitality Industry) on the OTA platform. The MoU also outlines both parties to encourage Units to register on NIDHI and thereby on SAATHI and encourage local tourism Industry with appropriate safeguards for curbing spread…
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NCSC Launches “Online Grievance Management Portal” for Persons from Scheduled Castes

Union Minister for Communication & IT and Law & Justice Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad launched the “Online Grievance Management Portal of National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC)” in the august presence of Minister of State for Social Justice & Empowerment Shri Rattan Lala Kataria, and Chairman NCSC Shri Vijay Sampla at a function organised by NCSC on the occasion of 130th birth anniversary of Bharat Ratna Baba Saheb Dr. B. R. Ambedkar here today. Shri Arun Halder, Vice Chairman, NCSC, Shri Subhash Ramnath Pardhi, Member NCSC, Dr. Anju Bala, Member NCSC and Shri Ajay Prakash Sawhney, Secretary MEITY also graced the…
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Dr Harsh Vardhan announces launch of ‘Aahaar Kranti’

Dr Harsh Vardhan announces launch of ‘Aahaar Kranti’

New Delhi: Union Minister for Science and Technology, Earth Sciences and Health and Family Welfare, Dr Harsh Vardhanhas launched“AahaarKranti”, a mission dedicated to spreading awareness about nutrition and accessible to all locally available nutritious food, fruits, and vegetables in India. Vijnana Bharati (Vibha), Global Indian Scientists’ and Technocrats’ Forum (GIST), Vigyan Prasar, and Pravasi Bharatiya Academic and Scientific Sampark (PRABHASS)  have come together to launch the mission “Aahaar Kranti”, with the motto of‘Uttam Aahaar- Uttam Vichaar’ or `Good Diet-Good Cognition’. The `AahaarKranti’ movement is designed to address the peculiar problem being faced by India and the world-`hunger and diseases in…
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PM interacts with the Chief Ministers on Covid-19 situation

PM interacts with the Chief Ministers on Covid-19 situation

The country has crossed the peak of the first wave and the growth rate is much faster than the earlier: PM We have better experience, resources and, also the vaccine now: PM We have to keep focussing on ‘Test, Track, Treat’, Covid appropriate behaviour and Covid Management: PM There should not be any relaxation in our efforts due to ‘covid fatigue’: PM 100 per cent vaccination of 45 plus population in the high focus districts should be achieved: PM Calls for vaccination festival between Birth anniversaries of Jyotiba Phule and Baba Saheb Ambedkar (11-14 April) New Delhi : The Prime…
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IIIT-Delhi to develop method to predict collision from space debris

IIIT-Delhi to develop method to predict collision from space debris

New Delhi: Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT)-Delhi receives research funding from National Super Computing Mission (NSM) under HPC Applications to work on the project titled ‘Orbit computation of Resident Space Objects for Space Situational Awareness’ for two years. The NSM project has been implemented by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India in collaboration with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeITy) to ensure the country’s leadership in supercomputing. Various R&D projects have been initiated under this mission across the country to harness the vast supercomputing resources provided under NSM, to build capabilities to tackle…
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25-day long ceremonial ‘Dandi March’ as part of ‘Aazadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ concludes on a colourful note

25-day long ceremonial ‘Dandi March’ as part of ‘Aazadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ concludes on a colourful note

Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu calls Dandi Salt March as a ‘watershed moment’ that altered the course of history The symbolic Dandi Yatra Dandi Yatra marks the revival of our journey of self-reliance and self-respect: Sh. Prahlad Singh Patel Dandi, Gujarat : The Vice President, Sh M. Venkaiah Naidu  graced the colourful closing ceremony of the 25-day long commemorative Dandi Padyatra as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav near National Salt Satyagraha Memorial, Dandi, Gujarat today. The function was organised by the Ministry of Culture and State government of Gujarat. Shri Acharya Devvrat, Governor of Gujarat; Shri Prahlad Singh Patel, Union…
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