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August 28, 2024 1:32 PM

Skill training for women to overcome constraints and challenges

Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Secretary Atul Kumar Tiwari has said that the participation of women in the workforce plays a crucial role in the growth of the country's economy. While addressing the orientation session of the workshop on Empowering Adolescent Girls and Women in New Delhi tod...

August 28, 2024 1:39 PM

BJP’s call for Bengal bandh evokes mixed response

The BJP's 12-hour bandh call in Bengal has evoked varied response. In Kolkata, traffic is lighter, shops, schools, and colleges are  open.  Private cars, taxis and buses are lower in numbers. The Metro and air services are running normally in the city. Suburban train services have been affected by...

August 28, 2024 3:52 PM

India’s Pharma Sector to Touch $130 Billion by 2030: Jitin Prasada

Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Jitin Prasada has stressed that the country's pharmaceutical sector will touch the 130 billion US dollar mark by 2030, which is currently at around 55 billion US dollars. Mr Prasad inaugurated the 10th International Pharmaceutical Exhibition IPHEX a...

August 28, 2024 1:23 PM

PM Jan Dhan Yojna completes a decade today; 53 cr beneficiaries so far

The government's flagship financial inclusion scheme Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana today completed 10 years. More than 53 crore beneficiaries have been banked under the scheme so far.   Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated all beneficiaries and thanked those who made this scheme a ...

August 28, 2024 1:42 PM

India – Chile co-chair 2nd Joint Commission meeting in New Delhi

External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar and Foreign Affairs of Chile Alberto van Klaveren are co-chairing the second India-Chile Joint Commission Meeting in New Delhi. In his opening remark during the meeting, Dr. Jaishankar thanked Chile for extending support for India’s permanent membership ...

August 28, 2024 1:23 PM

NTF holds meeting to discuss measures for security of medical professionals

The National Task Force (NTF) today held a meeting with State Chief Secretaries and Directors General of Police to discuss short term measures for the security of medical professionals. The meeting was co-chaired by Union Home Secretary and Health Secretary via video conferencing. The Task Force has...

August 28, 2024 1:00 PM

Paralympics Games 2024 begins today in Paris

The Paralympics Games 2024 will officially get underway in Paris today, and will go on till 8 September. This is the first time that France will stage a summer Paralympics. The country previously hosted the Winter Paralympics in 1992 in Tignes and Albertville. The Paris Paralympics 2024 opening cere...

August 28, 2024 12:54 PM

Centre to allot aadhar cards to people of Assam says CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today said that the Centre will release the Aadhar card of over 9.35 lakh people of the state. Talking to newspersons in Guwahati, the Chief Minister said that between February and August 2019, the allotment process of Aadhar was stopped due to NRC biometric ...