Miscellaneous

MORE THAN eight years after it became the first town in Sikkim, and arguably India, to completely ban packaged drinking water bottles, Lachen is set to introduce bamboo bottles as an alternative. Located 129 km from Gangtok, at a height of 2,750 metres, the Himalayan town’s snow-capped hills

Union Minister for Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat launched Phase II of Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) [SBM (G)] at a National Dissemination and Consultation workshop here today. He was joined by the Union Minister of State for Jal Shakti and Social Justice & Empowerment, Shri Rattan Lal

Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has approved the mega consolidation of ten PSBs into four which include the – (a) Amalgamation of Oriental Bank of Commerce and United Bank of India into Punjab National Bank (b) Amalgamation of Syndicate Bank into Canara Bank (c) Amalgamation

Minister of State (IC) for Tourism & Culture, Prahlad Singh Patel launched the multilingual Incredible India website in New Delhi today. The website is currently hosted in English and Hindi is now launched in Chinese, Arabic and Spanish to attract tourists from these regions. On this occasion

To commemorate its 19 th foundation day, Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), Ministry of Power, organized a Stakeholder Consultation here today to develop a vision towards building an energy efficient India. Launching the programme, Shri Sanjeev Nandan Sahai, Secretary (Power) said, “I appreciate the

To supplement the nodes of the Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor, announced in February 2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the 296-kilometres long Bundelkhand Expressway at Chitrakoot today. To be built at a cost of Rs 14,849 crore, the Expressway is expected to

Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Monday announced that the Centre has in principle approved the construction of a Delhi-Dehradun expressway that will reduce the travel time between the two cities from 5 to 2.5 hours. He made the announcement after meeting the National Highway

Chairman of the Staff Selection Commission Braj Raj Sharma today met the Union Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (I/C), Prime Minister’s Office, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space Dr Jitendra Singh here and apprised him that the Commission will

Ministerof State (IC) Power and New & Renewable Energy & Minister of State (Skill Development and Entrepreneurship), R. K. Singh inaugurated the Northern Region Renewable Energy Management Centre (NR-REMC) at a function inNew Delhi, on 28 th February, 2020. On the occasion, the Minister dedicated to

Union Minister of Food Processing Industries, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, launched the– Market Intelligence and Early Warning System (MIEWS) Web Portal here today. The portal can be accessed at http://miews.nafed-india.com. Addressing the media during the event, the Minister said that the MIEWS Dashboard

Highlighting the importance of preserving, protecting and promoting Indian languages, the Vice President of India, M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday spoke in 22 languages at an event to mark International Mother Language Day in New Delhi. He urged all the citizens to take a pledge to promote mother

In India milk production is growing by 6.4% during the last 5 years and has increased from 146.3 million MT in 2014-15 to 187.7 million MT in 2018-19. About 54% of milk produced is marketable surplus and remaining 46% is retained in villages for local consumption. Out of the marketable surplus