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President Murmu to Honour 21 Teachers on Teachers’ Day
President Droupadi Murmu will confer the awards on September 5 in New Delhi.
A total of 21 teachers and faculty members have been selected this year.
The awardees include 12 faculty members from central HEIs, five from state…
India Calls for Sustained Global Finance for Land Restoration
India urged diversified and predictable global finance for land restoration and drought resilience.
Bhupender Yadav highlighted India’s blended green finance framework at UNCCD CoP17 in Mongolia.…
CEC Gyanesh Kumar Calls Students Future of Indian Democracy
ECI organised its second regional conference on Electoral Literacy Clubs 2.0 and ECINET in Lucknow.
CEC Gyanesh Kumar urged students and young voters to understand electoral processes and democratic values.
ELC 2.0 will create…
VP Launches India’s First Non-GMO Popcorn Hybrid
India’s first non-GMO, high-expansion popcorn maize hybrid seed was launched in Musunuru.
More than 17,500 farmers across eight states are part of the initiative.
Farmers collectively cultivate nearly 40,000 acres under the…
WHO Races to Contain Ebola Outbreak in Eastern DRC
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS – WHO and it UN partner agencies warned on Monday that 100 days after the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak was declared, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is facing an epidemic of an unprecedented scale and…
India Calls Trump ‘Unpredictable’, Adopts Cautious Approach
By Anjali Sharma
WASHINGTON India on Monday said that New Delh adopted a “cautious approach” during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with US President Donald Trump on the margins of the G7 Summit in France’s Evian in June, considered…
Putin Meets Jaishankar, Pledges More Fertilizer Supplies to India
By Anjali Sharma
WASHINGTON: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday met External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and informed him that Moscow is working to increase fertilizer supplies to India even as he expressed happiness over the…
Indian Railways Launches Drive to Clean Drinking-Water Tanks
Special drive covers tanks, filters, coolers, taps and water vending machines.
Drinking-water systems will undergo physical, chemical and bacteriological testing.
Damaged tanks, pipelines and filters will be repaired or replaced.…
Punjab on High Alert Over Suspected Threat to Military Sites
Agencies have alerted Punjab Police over a suspected threat to military installations in Amritsar.
The input names two alleged Pakistan-based operatives, identified as Rana Bhai and Malik.
Reconnaissance of Khasa Cantonment and…
Congress MP Questions AAP’s Religious Outreach
Gandhi criticised programmes such as “Ek Shaam Shiv Ke Naam” and “Hamare Ram”.
He questioned the use of taxpayers’ money for religious programmes and pilgrimages.
The Patiala MP said the state should not promote one religion over…