Claire Coutinho gets promotion as new Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary

September 1, 2023 8:37 AM

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Claire Coutinho gets promotion as new Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary

Claire Coutinho, a close aide of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, got a big promotion as his new Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary in a mini reshuffle yesterday. Ms Coutinho, 38, becomes the second Goan-origin minister after Home Secretary Suella Braverman in the Sunak Cabinet, and has a tou...

ASI to launch 'Adopt a Heritage 2.0' programme on Monday

September 1, 2023 8:34 AM

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ASI to launch 'Adopt a Heritage 2.0' programme on Monday

The Archaeological Survey of India - ASI will launch the 'Adopt a Heritage 2.0' programme on Monday, that seeks to invite corporate stakeholders to enhance amenities at monuments by utilising their CSR funds. The ASI has 3,696 monuments under protection, spread throughout the country. Thes...

6th Rashtriya Poshan Maah begins today

September 1, 2023 8:29 AM

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6th Rashtriya Poshan Maah begins today

6th Rashtriya Poshan Maah begins today. Government is celebrating it throughout the month of September this year. The flagship initiative of Central government, POSHAN Abhiyaan has been instrumental in advancing nutritional outcomes for pregnant women, lactating mothers, adolescent girls, and childr...

IMD says, monthly rainfall in September is most likely to be normal

September 1, 2023 8:18 AM

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IMD says, monthly rainfall in September is most likely to be normal

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted increase in rainfall activity over East and adjoining central India from tomorrow. Heavy rainfall activity is likely over Gangetic West Bengal, Odisha and Chhattisgarh. IMD has also forecast heavy rainfall activity over Nagaland, Manipur, Mizor...

Home Minister Amit Shah to start Amrit Kalash Yatra from New Delhi today

September 1, 2023 8:17 AM

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Home Minister Amit Shah to start Amrit Kalash Yatra from New Delhi today

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will start the Amrit Kalash Yatra from New Delhi today under the Meri Mati-Mera Desh campaign. The campaign was announced on the 9th of August to honour country's martyred braveheart men and women. Amrit Kalash Yatra will be organised across the country, under whic...

Nine soldiers killed and 20 injured in a suicide bombing in Pakistan

September 1, 2023 7:19 AM

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Nine soldiers killed and 20 injured in a suicide bombing in Pakistan

In Pakistan, nine soldiers were killed and  20 others injured in a suicide bombing in the Mali Khel area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Police sources said that the attack took place while a suicide bomber riding a motorbike targeted a convoy of security forces. A motorcycle-borne suicide bomber explod...