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India vaccinates 220k over two days of drive Agency News: New Delhi Six states carried out roughly 17,000 more coronavirus vaccinations on Sunday, the Union health ministry said, pegging the figure of total immunisations at 224,301 since the process began on Saturday morning.According to officials, among the 207,229 who got doses on the first day, three people — or .0014% — had significant side effects. Of these three, two were hospitalised overnight and discharged the following day while one remained admitted as of late Sunday.“None of the three had any serious adverse reactions post immunisation.They largely had fever, headache,
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We will hold peaceful ‘Kisan R-Day’ parade: Farm unions Tens of thousands of farmers protesting against the three new agricultural laws will take out a Kisan Republic Day parade (farmers’ Republic Day parade) in a “disciplined and peaceful” way in the national capital on January 26, the unions said on Sunday. The Samyukt Kisan Morcha, a platform of farm unions spearheading the ongoing farmers’ agitation, said farmers all over the country would also take out similar parades in state capitals and district headquarters. The unions said their tractor parade would cover a 60-km stretch and pass through New Delhi’s Outer Ring Road, covering areas such as Peeragarhi, Janakpuri and Munirka. They added that their march would commence only after the official military parade on Rajpath ends, so that official celebrations to mark the Republic Day are not disrupted.“This is not a preparation for any attack. Nor are we going to go to Rajpath or Red Fort. We will be disciplined and peaceful,” senior farm leader Yogendra Yadav said. The farmer unions also said that the notices being served by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on supporters of the ongoing farmers’ campaign could be a hurdle in ongoing talks, and labelled the NIA action “harassment” by the government. They said farmers who have received such notices will not appear before the agency as a mark of protest. The agency has summoned over two dozen people in a case related to an organisation called Sikhs for Justice.
has one of the highest volumes of ready stock.“There is a set protocol to deal with adverse events post immunisation that will be followed across the centres conducting vaccination sessions. Protocols are also in place for systemic investigation and causality assessment of serious AEFIs, which doesn’t end at hospitalising the recipient, rather it needs to be established whether
the reaction happened due to vaccination or something else,” said Agnani.According to the ministry, a majority of adverse event following immunisation (AEFI) are minor in nature: pain, mild swelling at injection site, mild fever, body ache, nausea, giddiness, and mild allergic reactions such as rashes, etc.In Delhi, the state health minister said a large number of health workers who had been registered and identified for immunisations on the first day did not turn up, and that the administration will make efforts to encourage them to get their shots.“We will hold counselling sessions to create awareness so that apprehensions of the health workers could be allayed.They will also be called on phones to seek their confirmation and also to encourage them to come forward for taking the vaccines.
of IMF Chief, Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, who had said that India took very decisive steps to deal with the pandemic and its economic consequences. Calling for concerted efforts by all the stakeholders in making the economy robust again, Shri Naidu said that institutions like ICSI would be playing a key role in putting the economy back on rails with a focus on good corporate governance. Stating that strong principles of corporate governance must be the driving force of any company, he said that
transparency, integrity and honesty must be upheld at all times and must be reflected in every business activity. Reminding the students about India’s glorious past, the Vice President said that there was no dearth of talent in the country. The need of the hour is to identify and promote talent. He said that India, the world’s largest parliamentary democracy of over 130 crore people, has the potential to become a self-reliant nation. Observing that professionals like Company.
Three people taken to hospitals with severe reactions, but most others were mild, say government officials nausea, etc. Only three people of all having experienced adverse reactions needed to be hospitalised, of which two have already been discharged,” said Manohar Agnani, additional secretary, health ministry, while updating on the Covid-19 vaccination drive that began in the country on Saturday. Overall, a total of 447 adverse events following immunisation (AEFI) were reported and most were mild side effects such as headache, nausea and lowgrade fever.The three who had significant side effects were each vaccinated at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, the Northern Railways Hospital in the Capital and AIIMS, Rishikesh.
The recipient in the Rishikesh facility was yet to be discharged. According to separate officials at each of these facilities, who asked not to be named, AIIMS Delhi used Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin while the other two facilities used Serum Institute of India’s Covishield. Across the country, a large majority of the vaccinations done on Saturday were using the Covishield vaccine since that
Vice President urges India Inc to take the lead in making the economy robust
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Union agriculture minister Narendra Tomar on Sunday ruled out a repeal of three contentious agricultural laws, noting that the Supreme Court had already put them in abeyance, but reiterated his offer to discuss the laws clause by clause and bring amendments to address the grievances of protesting farmers.“If the Supreme Court has stayed the implementation of laws, then I think the question of repealing ends. We expect farmers to discuss the laws clause by clause on January 19 and give us options about what amendments can be brought in the laws other than repealing,” the farm minister told news agency ANI in an interview.Tomar said the government was ready to introduce amendments in the laws and expected farmers to discuss the laws clause by clause.“The farmer unions are not budging from their stance, they are constantly asking to repeal the laws. When the government enacts the law, it is for the whole country. Most of the farmers, scholars, scientists, and people working in the agriculture sector agree with these laws,” Tomar said.On January 12, the Supreme Court had stayed the implementation of the three farm laws and set up a committee to address the farmers’ grievances.Farmers’ unions leading the protests have however refused to take part in consultations by the proposed committee. They have said their demand is a complete repeal of the laws. The SC-appointed committee has been directed to hold a dialogue with farmers and submit its report on the farm laws within two months from the date of its first sitting.The minister said the government had even sent a written proposal to the farmers “in which we agreed to address their apprehensions regarding mandis, traders’ registration and other things”.
Delivering the Convocation Address at the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, the Vice President stressed that it was important to ensure transparency and accountability in all matters of corporate governance to enhance the confidence of all the stakeholders, including the shareholders.Stressing the need to protect public money, M. Venkaiah Naidu said that system has to be foolproof to reduce the scope for any irregularity. Highlighting that the actions of a few have brought bad name to Indian business, the Vice President urged the young Company Secretaries to ensure ethics and accountability in corporate governance through their guidance and handholding. “This profession should be taken as a mission”, he told them.Expressing the
Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu today suggested all corporates to consciously encourage whistle-blowing mechanism and provide adequate safeguards for the protection of whistleblowers. hope that economy would rebound in the coming months, he urged India Inc to take the lead in making it robust.Stating that India has fared reasonably better than many other nations, including the developed ones, in the fight against the novel coronavirus and in taking steps to revive the economy, he referred to the recent remarks
HM Amit Shah launches several projects in Bagalkot district of Karnataka Agency News: Karnataka On his two-day visit to Karnataka, the Union Home Minister today inaugurated the expansion project of a Sugar Mill and the 75th branch of Vijaya Bank.He also laid the foundation stone of Ayurvedic Medical College and several farming projects.On this occasion, Amit Shah said that in 2014 and 2019, the people of Karnataka had voted strongly in favour of Modi ji and since Modi ji has become the Prime Minister, he has taken big step towards making a self-reliant India, - Aatmanirbhar Bharat. On the occasion, the Union Minister of Coal & Mines and Parliamentary Affairs, Pralhad Joshi, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, Deputy Chief Minister Govind Karajol, Home Minister of Karnataka, Basavaraj Bommai, and other State Ministers and leaders were present.The Union Home Minister said that the Narendra
Modi government has made efforts to promote the use of ethanol and removed the central excise duty on ethanol in the year 2015, while reducing the GST duty from 18 per cent to 5 per cent in the year 2018 so that farmers could benefit from ethanol blending of petrol.Shah said that today the process of producing 2,600 kiloliters of ethanol per day is being done by the Nirani Group, which is a commendable effort.Under the new fuel policy, the use
of sugarcane juice, raw sugar, molasses and rotten food grains has also been allowed to be used in producing ethanol. Home Minister said that when the Modi government assumed office, there was 1.58 percent ethanol blending, which the Modi government has targeted to increase to 10 percent by 2022 and 20 percent by 2025. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given priority to doubling the farmers income and the Modi government has
hiked the Agriculture Budget to Rs 1,34,399 crore from Rs 21,931 crore in 2013-14.The MSP was increased in order to raise the farmers income by more than 50 percent of their expenditure.Under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme, as on 25th December, an amount of Rs 1,13,619 crore has been transferred to about 9 crore farmers directly into their bank accounts without the role of any middleman. More than 1,000 mandis have been made online and 10,000 FPOs set up.Union Home Minister Amit Shah also said that under the leadership of Modi ji, the government acted boldly by removing Article 370 from Kashmir and solved the longstanding problem. Shah said that the Modi government is committed to the development of Karnataka and today the living standard of farmers and their incomes will increase with this initiative of Nirani Group of Industries.
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Government of India strengthens cargo handling capacity of Chabahar Port, Iran
India has supplied a consignment of two Mobile Harbour Cranes (MHC) to Iran’s Chabahar port, with a total contract value of over USD 25 Million under a contract agreement for supply of 6 MHC. Agency News: New Delhi The consignment of cranes arrived from Marghera port, Italy has been unloaded successfully on 18th January, 2021 at Chabahar port and presently undergoing trials run.With 140 metric tons lifting capacity, multipurpose equipment and accessories like Mobile Harbour Cranes (MHC) will enable India Ports Global Limited (IPGL) to provide seamless services for Container, Bulk and General Cargo at Shahid Beheshti Port of Chabahar.This is a step towards India’s commitment towards infrastructure development of Shahid Beheshti Port of Chabahar.The bilateral contract between the Islamic Republic of
Iran and Republic of India was signed on 23rd May 2016 with a total value of USD 85 million for Equipping, Mechanizing and starting Operations at Shahid Beheshti Port of Chabahar development Phase- I. To achieve this ambitious aim, an SPV namely India Ports Global Limited (IPGL) Mumbai was incorporated under the ambit of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (I/C), Shri Mansukh Mandaviya stated that Chabahar Port is a strategic port with great national importance. The delivery of consignment of heavy equipment, including cranes shows India’s commitment to the strategic connectivity of Chabahar port project that will provide access to markets in Central Asia. Development of Chabahar port is the anchor for the expansion of economic and mutual relations between India and Iran and it will give a further boost to the maritime trade between both the countries. The location of Chabahar Port has strategically advantage and high potential to provide connectivity among India, Iran, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and other CIS countries specially Eastern CIS countries to increase trade between these countries.
CISF personnel saves precious life by giving CPR to a passenger at Dabri More Metro Station Agency News: New Delhi Suddenly, he became unconscious and fell on the floor. Constable Vikas of CISF deployed at security point of Dabri metro station promptly came forward to assist the passenger.He noticed that the passenger was unconscious and not breathing properly, and due to sudden fall he sustained injury to his face/mouth. Immediately, he started giving cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR) to the passenger by observing SOPs. Thereafter, the said passenger regained consciousness. He revealed his identity as Mr Satyanaran, aged about 45 yrs, R/O Janakpuri, New Delhi. Subsequently, DMRP and ambulance were called. Shift In-charge of CISF and Station Controller reached the spot and asked the passenger for further medical assistance, but he denied to go to Hospital. He thanked CISF profusely for saving his life.
India scales landmark peak- Active Cases dip below 2% of Total Cases for 1st time Agency News: New Delhi For the first time, India’s share of Active Cases within the total Positive Cases has shrunk below 2% (1.98)%.In the last 24 hours, 15,144 daily cases have been recorded. The Active Caseload of the country has fallen to 2,08,826. The daily new cases have been below 20,000 for the past 10 days. The figure shows the change in the Active Cases in the last 24 hours. Kerala has recorded the maximum positive change with an addition of 922 cases whereas Madhya Pradesh shows maximum negative change with a drop of 433 cases.17,170 new recoveries were registered during the
last 24 hours.The share of recovered cases stands at 96.58%. The total recovered cases are 10,196,885. They exceed the active cases by 99,88,059 (48.83 times more).80.53% of the new recovered cases are observed from 10 States/UTs.Kerala has reported the highest number of recoveries with 5,011 newly recovered cases in a single day. 3,039 people recovered in Maharashtra in the past 24 hours followed by 930 in Uttar Pradesh.81% of the new cases are from 8 States and UTs. Kerala continues to report the highest daily new cases at 5,960. It is followed by Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu with 2,910 and 610 new cases, respectively.
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China is an economic winner, not an economic leader China’s recovery from the depth of the Covid-19 slump is impressive, and the country will almost certainly be the only major economic power to end 2020 in positive territory. Another world-beating expansion is expected this year. But for all the superlatives, Beijing is years away from becoming a global economic leader.Gross domestic product rose 6.5% in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, the government said Monday, better than anticipated and a faster pace than recorded immediately before the pandemic. The performance brought the expansion for the year to 2.3%. That’s a result few thought possible when the economy shut down in early 2020 to contain the coronavirus.Growth may approach 8% this year, reckons the International Monetary Fund, outstripping America, Europe and Japan. The Communist state will supplant the U.S. as the world’s largest economy in dollar terms in 2028, five years earlier than forecast a year ago, according to the Centre for Economics and Business Research, a London consulting firm. Beneath the strong numbers are significant challenges. China’s growth was slowing before the pandemic. Authorities had adopted an accommodative stance, deploying fiscal and monetary loosening while the Federal Reserve was still tightening in 2018. Renewed large outbreaks of Covid-19 aside, one of the biggest risks facing China is a premature step back from this official support, the IMF said in concluding its annual review earlier this month. “Let’s avoid a macroeconomic support cliff, let’s make sure that we don’t prematurely withdraw fiscal policy support, and that means, you know, some continuing support and for monetary policy, it means remaining accommodative,” Helge Berger, the IMF’s mission chief for China, told reporters Jan. 8. This issue isn’t academic. China’s central bank Friday withdrew cash from the financial system for the first time in six months, after excess liquidity had pushed an interbank borrowing rate to an all-time low. The unexpected move signaled that the monetary easing of the past two months may be ending. While that stance has helped repair sentiment in China’s credit and government bond markets, injecting too much cash risks further stoking leverage in the financial system.Beijing’s loosening in the coronavirus era has been mild compared with the Federal Reserve’s approach and the pump-priming passed by Congress. Fiscal measures deployed by President Xi Jinping amount to about 4.7% of GDP, the IMF estimates. In the U.S., it’s more than 10%, and Japan has pledged multiples of that. There are good reasons for Beijing’s hesitancy. Huge stimulus undertaken during the global financial crisis helped propel recovery, but left Chinese businesses with a big overhang of debt. Too much exuberance now risks a borrowing binge that might end badly; a wave of high profile corporate defaults rippled through markets at the end of last year.China can be thankful that the Fed has taken the lead in supporting monetary expansion around the world, slashing interest rates to zero, resuming quantitative easing, opening up access to dollars abroad and making it clear that a tightening may be years away. This raw power is both a huge advantage to the U.S. and a burden for the Fed. Like the rest of the global economy, China gets the benefit of buoyant markets and easy financial conditions, without doing much of the heavy lifting. The extent of America’s responsibility was an undercurrent in a webinar Fed Chair Jerome Powell conducted last week with Princeton University economist Markus Brunnermeier. Powell acknowledged that the scope of the Fed’s response to the coronavirus “comes with [the dollar] being the global reserve currency and a good economic citizen of the world.”When the conversation turned to the Fed’s timeline for backing away, Powell put on the brakes. It’s far too soon to talk about it, he cautioned. “We’ll let the world know.” The PBOC doesn’t come close to getting this level of scrutiny. Nobody beyond the Asia region talks about a Chinese taper tantrum.China rightly deserves praise for its performance, and the world economy would be in a far worse place without its resilience. The country may well overtake the U.S. soon, but it will be leadership in minor key. A booming GDP won’t change that.This column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners.Daniel Moss is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering Asian economies. Previously he was executive editor of Bloomberg News for global economics, and has led teams in Asia, Europe - Kapilkumar M. Hirpara and North America.
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Union Health Minister dedicates the new Burns and Plastic Surgery Block of AIIMS Delhi to Sushruta,“The Father of Plastic Surgery” Agency News: New Delhi Dr. Harsh Vardhan shared his vision of need for a Burns and Plastic Surgery Block. He said, “Burn injury is one of the biggest causes of workforce loss and this is an issue of concern for a rapidly developing economy like India. India has as many as 70 lakh burn injuries annually with mortality rate as high as 1.4 lakhs per year and an additional 2.4 lakhs patients end up with severe deformities. Due to its large population, most of the burn care facilities are overburdened and the state-of-the-art burn care is negligible.There is a dire need for a healthcare facility which can provide high quality care for large fraction of population. The new Burns & Plastic Surgery Block has been conceived with the vision of providing stateof-the-art care in the field of burns management and research.” Dr Harsh Vardhan added that this initiative by the Government will bridge the gap between this need and availability. He explained the objective behind
Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr. Harsh Vardhan today inaugurated the newly constructed Burns and Plastic Surgery Block of AIIMS, New Delhi and dedicated it to Sushruta, ‘The Father of Plastic Surgery’. setting up Burns and Plastic Surgery Block. “Burns & Plastic Surgery Block has three goals.The first is to reduce the number of deaths due to burns; a present death toll of 1.4lakhs a year due to burn is not a happy situation.” The most important determinant of death in burn patients is infection.This facility has individual cubicles in ICU for 30 patients and 10 private isolation
beds to prevent any cross infection. Second, by adhering to standard protocols the Institution will be able to reduce the number of people who will end up with deformities.Third is to bring down the costs; management of burns involve direct and indirect costs. Direct cost comprises what is spent on medical care, and indirect loss is the economic impact due to loss of job, loss of wages, loss of productivity and loss of training etc.”He further added, “This Block is
equipped to deal with approximately 15,000 burn emergencies and 5000 burn admissions a year.It can deal with mass casualties efficiently by converting the patient receiving area itself into an emergency ward as per need.Integration of the block with the trauma center will provide easy assistance to trauma team in no time. These definite steps will help in decreasing deaths in burn patients and also reducing the deformities in survivors.”Speaking on Sushruta
and India being the birthplace of reconstructive nose surgeries, Dr. Harsh Vardhan noted, “This Center has been conceived with the vision of incorporating our ancient wound management skills as well. It will be equipped with most recent advances in medicine including AYUSH medications that are available for burns wound management.In addition, the facility will also train necessary staff and personnel. Itwill be equipped with the most advanced wound management techniques and equipments such as VAC and hyperbaric oxygen chambers.”The Union Health Minister also visited the facilities in the block along with other dignitaries. Dr. Randeep Guleria, Director, AIIMS, Dr. Sunil Kumar, DG, DGHS, Dr Maneesh Singhal, Professor and Head, Department of Plastic, Reconstructive & Burns Surgery and other senior officials of the Health Ministry and faculty members of AIIMS, New Delhi were also present at the event.
ITBP conducts ‘Smart’ classes for local school- Armed man held at security checkpoint in Washington children in Hadeli, Kondagaon, Chhattisgarh ahead of inauguration In an another initiative taken by by the IndoTibetan Border Police (ITBP) in naxal affected Chhattisgarh’s Kondagaon District, the Force has started organising internet based classes for local schoolchildren. Agency News: New Delhi The classes have been started for remotely located village children in naxalism infested area Hadeli and adjoining
peripheral villages in District Kondagaon, Chhattisgarh. These classes are organised by ITBP jawans of 41st Battalion of the Force only to enhance the student’s knowledge taking the help of audio online visuals. The classes are also taken with the help of electronic equipments such as computers and projectors. These evening classes are
taken by ITBP personnel who are graduate and have experience and knowledge to organise such classes. Apart from this, various online learning videos on YouTube etc, help of e-learning websites are also taken to teach the students by giving them enough opportunities to learn and practice. This is envisaged that the value addition of one
‘Want govt to focus on education sector’ Agency News: Mumbai
It’s been 10 months since Anand Gupta, 26, left his hostel room at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai complex, shortly before the nationwide lockdown was announced in March 2020 to curb the spread of the coronavirus.A second-year Masters student in development studies, Gupta and his batch mates vacated the hostel and returned home
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after classes ended in March, planning to come back by May to take the exams that were suspended in light of the lockdown. But the en-masse transfer of classroom lectures and teaching online upended his plans.Gupta is now stuck in his ancestral village on the outskirts of Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh with no clear path ahead. Internet connectivity in the village is poor, making it more difficult for him to follow lectures, amid uncertainty over when he would be back in a physical class.“Many of us are stuck in villages where 4G network is very scarce so attending regular online lectures online turned into a nightmare for many of us,” said Gupta. Many of his friends were forced to miss important class work as the mobile network connectivity is not enough to stream lectures every day.He lives with his parents and two siblings and usually attends lectures on his phone, but adds that connectivity problems are hurting his studies. “It has been an uphill task for me to tackle,” he said.Gupta said he is acutely aware of the digital divide in the education sector, quoting the recent recently released Annual Status of Education Report (ASER 2020), “The ASER survey highlighted only 11% children had access to live online classes during days of lockdown, painting a very tragic picture. Loss of income
for people in the low-income strata of the society directly affected the future of children in the society,” he added. Across India, Gupta’s problem is shared by millions of school and college students who went to their homes in rural districts after the lockdown was clamped on March 25. But poor internet penetration meant that they couldn’t attend all lectures, missed exams or waited for months for certainty on test schedules, results and job placements. Gupta says the digital divide distresses him personally because it puts his future in jeopardy. “Online lectures are like seeing the Taj Mahal on website or visiting it on virtual reality platform of Zoom. Physical lectures are more like going to Agra and visiting the Taj Mahal,” he added.A study published in International Journal for Community Medicine and Public Health in September 2020 found 51% of college and university students in India had symptoms of depression and another 37% had that of anxiety because of irregular classes, increased financial stress of families and disturbed sleep.Gupta wants to continue higher studies, and claimed that in the last few months, money paid by the government to doctoral students has been irregular, and that many students in the higher education sector were also suffering from erratic payment of money.
hand a half hour capsule course on daily basis would in future enable the students to pursue higher studies and would help children to understand the methods of e-learning and virtual online classes. Some 50 students are being benefitted from the initiative. All these classes are organised through internet connection of jawans. As the mobile signal is weak, jawans put their mobile phones on height through bamboo/ tree trunk/ tree where it recieves network and it is connected through wi fi hotspot to the laptop used for smart classes which is projected as big screen through the projector. Sound is delivered through bluetooth speakers. The jawans in the course of educating the children; in turn, are gradually learning local Halbi language from the schoolchildren.
Agency News: Washington A man with a loaded handgun and more than 500 rounds of ammunition has been arrested in Washington at a security checkpoint near the US Capitol, authorities said.Wesley Allen Beeler of Virginia had driven to a checkpoint on Friday and tried to use a phony credential to access the restricted area
where President-elect Joe Biden will be inaugurated next week, according to a document filed in a court. Beeler was arrested on charges of possessing an unregistered firearm and ammunition, a police report said. Washington is under a high state of alert ahead of Biden’s inauguration, after a mob of Donald Trump supporters stormed the Capitol on January 6. AFP
“Pension Payment Order” promises ease of living for senior citizens: Dr Jitendra Singh Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh said in New Delhi today that the recently introduced Electronic “Pension Payment Order” (PPO) promises ease of living for senior citizens. Agency News: New Delhi Referring to some pathbreaking reforms introduced in the Ministry of Personnel, Dr. Jitendra Singh stated that the Department of Pensions in the Ministry of Personnel was often at the receiving end of complaints from senior citizens about the original copies of their Pension Payment Order getting misplaced.In such situations, the pensioners, particularly the older pensioners, had to face several hardships, he
said.Lauding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s thrust on digitalization, Dr. Jitendra Singh said, in the last six years there has been rapid progress in this direction and many of the Ministries and Departments in the Government of India were performing nearly 80% of their work through e-office even before the onset of COVID pandemic.He congratulated the officials in the Department of Pensions who had successfully introduced the provision of Electronic “Pension Payment Order” during the height of COVID pandemic, which came as a boon to several of the retiring officials who were getting superannuated during the lockdown period and were finding it difficult to physically receive the hard copy of their PPO.Significantly, the entire process was accomplished much before the targeted timeline in view of the difficulties being faced by the pensioners due to the
pandemic.Accordingly, the Department of Pensions and Pensioners’ Welfare decided to integrate the electronic PPO generated through PFMS application of CGA (Controller General of Accounts) with Digi-locker.This enables the pensioner to obtain an instant print - out of the latest copy of his PPO from the Digi-locker account.Dr. Jitendra Singh said, a number of reforms have been introduced to bring ease of living and convenience in the lives of pensioners whose population is increasing day by day with the increase in lifespan and improved status of health. He said, these include Pre-retirement Workshops and Counselling Sessions as well as assistance in meaningful engagement in the post-retirement phase of life so that the energies, the expertise and the experience of senior citizens can be optimally utilised in the service of society and for the cause of nation building.
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Amit Khatri rewrites National U20 Record in 10000m Race Walk For the second day running, a walker stole the limelight in the 18th National Federation Cup Juniors U20 Athletics Championships with a National Record time.
on February 6 in Guwahati. The 17-year-old Amit clocked 40 minutes 40.97 seconds, winning by nearly half a minute from his State-mate Paramdeep Mor, to improve on the National Record of 40:37.78 set by Akshdeep Singh, in Ranchi in 2018 and the meet mark of 42:09.44 registered by Sanjay Kumar in Coimbatore in 2018. The Rohtak lad was only living up to his reputation as a recordbreaker.Amit marked his
presence first in 2018 when he claimed the U16 5000m Race Walk National Record in 21:17.63 and set a new meet mark of 40:28.00 in the winning U20 10000m race in the National Open Race Walking Championship on Ranchi roads in February last. He previous best on track was 43:36.26 in the National Youth Championships in Raipur in February 2019. Rajasthan Hammer thrower Bhagwati Choudhary missed
the National U20 record and the meet mark by a mere centimeter when she sent the ball and chain soaring over 52.33m. It was the closest anyone got to Seema Jhakar’s mark set in Lucknow in July 2009 and will mark the 19-year-old as one to look out for when she soon moves into the senior ranks. Tamil Nadu Triple jumper Praveen Chithravel, a Youth Olympic Games finalist in 2018, went past the 16m mark for the first time since March 2019 and got the meet mark with a 16.01m jump on his fourth try. Bhupender Singh (Haryana) laid down the gauntlet with a 15.81m effort, but Praveen was equal to the task and breached the 16m mark to suggest that his injury woes are behind him.Chatru Gumnaram (Rajasthan) was another who rewrite a meet record. She won the 3000m in 9:45.87 to improve on the 9:47.28 set by Maharashtra’s Sanjivani Jadhav in Chennaj in 2014.
help the other doubles team supported under the Target Olympic Podium Scheme
i.e. Satwiksairaj RankireddyAshwini Ponnappa and Ashwini Ponnappa-Sikki Reddy.Boe has a distinguished doubles career, in which he also won the All-England Championships twice in 2011 and 2015 and was a silver medalist at the 2013 World Championships. Chirag Shetty, who has partnered Boe
in some events in the past and trained with him in Mumbai when the Badminton Tour was suspended, mooted the idea of bringing Boe on board.“I have played with him and he is a mentor, having guided me earlier. Working with him will definitely help us in the Olympic year,” Chirag Shetty said.
Agency News: New Delhi Haryana’s Amit Khatri stamped his presence as the best among the country’s crop of U20 race walkers by winning the 10000m title on the final day at the TT Nagar Stadium here on Wednesday. The curtain thus came down on the first National-level track and field competition in a year and some of the performances were indicative of how the athletes had not stopped training and were eager to test the outcome of their hard work. This showing raises expectations from the National Junior Athletics Championships which begins
Olympic silver medalist Mathias Boe to coach badminton players Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty Agency News: New Delhi
Chirag Shetty has expressed delight that the Mission Olympic Cell today approved their idea. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are currently ninth in the Race to Tokyo with 16 pairs eligible. During his tenure, Boe will also
ICICI Bank’s Q3 net profit increases 17% to Rs 5,498 cr
Agency News: New Delhi ICICI Bank on Saturday reported a 17.73 per cent jump in its December quarter consolidated net profit at Rs 5,498.15 crore, as against Rs 4,670.10 crore in the yearago period.On a standalone basis, the country’s second largest private sector lender by assets showed a 19.12 per cent rise in the post-tax profit at Rs 4,939.59 crore for the reporting quarter, up from Rs 4.146.46 crore in the OctoberDecember 2019 period.Its total income increased to Rs 24,416 crore from the year-ago’s Rs 23,638 crore,
while the total expenditure was lower at Rs 15,596 crore as against Rs 16,089 crore. The reported gross nonperforming assets ratio was at 4.38 per cent, but would have been 5.42 per cent if not for the Supreme Court order asking banks not to classify non-paying loan accounts as NPAs after the end of the loan repayment moratorium.Its overall provisions increased to Rs 2,741 crore from the yearago period’s Rs 2,083 crore, but lower when compared to the preceding quarter’s Rs 2,995 crore, as per its exchange filing. It made a contingency provision of Rs 3,012.16 crore for borrower accounts not classified as NPAs pursuant to the interim order of the Supreme Court and utilised Rs 1,800 crore of the Rs 8,772.30 crore in provisions for the pandemic made earlier.
Khelo India Zanskar Winter Sports and Youth Festival 2021 concludes
Agency News: New Delhi The festival, first of its kind was organized by the Department of Sports & Youth Services under the Khelo India banner in collaboration with the Ladakh Tourism Department. The festival was organised to showcase potential in adventure tourism and sports and aims to open a new arena in Ladakh for adventure and economy. It is one of the biggest events that has been organised to promote winter tourism in Ladakh. The 13day long festival was started on January 18th and concluded on Saturday, January 30th 2021.Member of Parliament (MP) Ladakh Jamyang Tsering Namgyal was the chief guest on the occasion while Councillor Cha Constituency Stanzin Lakpa was guest of honor. Member of Parliament Ladakh Jamyang Tsering Namgyal said that the event is a great achievement towards promoting winter sports and tourism in Ladakh. He elaborated that so far tourists would visit religious places and other sites only, but this event will change the scenario in terms of expansion of economic activities and tourism.
When finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman tables the annual Economic Survey in Parliament on Friday, policy wonks, researchers and those who track the Indian economy will be keenly watching out for one number: the growth projections for 2021-22 The annual Economic Survey is usually presented a day before the presentation of the annual budget. It serves as the official report of the economy. This year, Finance
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Meet Ruhee Dosani, Famous Digital Content Creator Who Is Ruling Social Media With Her Videos Agency News: Mumbai During the lockdown, when the world was dealing with the ongoing pandemic, light-hearted and fun content turned out to be a saving grace. Be it entertainment on OTT platforms or apps such as Instagram, the content creators made sure we get through the tough time.These digital content creators rose to fame during this time – When people were low on creativity and couldn’t pull themselves to be productive, Ruhee Dosani kept
churning videos after videos to keep her followers entertained. If you are someone who loves watching foreigners groove to
peppy Bollywood music, Ruhee Dosani’s social media page is the place to be. Described as a ‘Punjab di kudi living abroad’ on Instagram, she and her ‘We Desi’ friends are quite popular for taking on songs ranging from Bhojpuri to Punjabi and even Yashraj Mukhate’s mashups! In an exclusive interview with Outlook’s Eshita Bhargava, Ruhee Dosani spoke about her journey, what inspired her to come up with innovative content, how content creators stay monetarily afloat in the initial stages, and much more.
When Khoker asked Vikas Gupta to meet him the next time, Vikas made an excuse about body.
Roadies 9 Winner Accuses Bigg Boss Contestant Vikas Gupta Of Sexual Misconduct, Says Latter Asked For Nudes Agency News: Mumbai Winner of popular reality show Roadies 9, Vikas Khoker has accused Bigg Boss 14 contestant Vikas Gupta of sexual misconduct. Recalling the incident, Khoker claimed that Gupta had asked him to “fulfil his sexual desires” and demanded intimate images from Khoker including those of his private parts. He also slammed Gupta for trying to gain sympathy by shedding fake tears.In an interview with NavBharat Times, Khoker alleged that Gupta tried to sexually assault him by luring him on the pretext of providing him work.Vikas Khoker told the news portal, “After I won Roadies in the year 2012, many people asked me to get involved with them physically and one of them was Vikas Gupta, who had approached me to fulfil his sexual desires.”
India Needs Bold, Multifaceted Policy Response Kangana Ranaut To Play The Role Of Into Secure Robust Economic Recovery: IMF Securing a robust and sustained economic recovery will require a bold and multifaceted policy response, including investment in health infrastructure to further contain the pandemic and to ensure the availability and effective distribution of vaccines and treatments, he said. Agency News: New Delhi India must ensure that the COVID-19 pandemic is well contained and the distribution and rollout of vaccines are well managed if it wants to achieve a double-digit growth rate for the next fiscal year, the IMF said on Thursday, insisting that securing a robust and sustained economic recovery will require a bold and multifaceted policy response. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday projected an impressive 11.5 per cent growth rate for India in 2021, making the country the only major economy of the world to register the doubledigit growth this year amidst the catastrophic coronavirus pandemic.“To achieve a doubledigit growth rate for the next fiscal year, it would be important to ensure that the COVID-19 pandemic is well contained and
dira Gandhi In Upcoming Political Drama Agency News: Mumbai
the distribution and rollout of vaccines are well managed in a timely manner,” Paolo Mauro, Deputy Director of the Fiscal Affairs Department at the IMF, told PTI in an interview. Securing a robust and sustained economic recovery will require a bold and multifaceted policy response, including investment in health infrastructure to further contain the pandemic and to ensure the availability and effective distribution of vaccines and treatments, he said.The IMF projection reflects a faster than expected recovery in mobility, a rapid decline in active COVID-19 cases, and recovery in various high-frequency economic indicators in recent months, he said.The upward revision for FY21/22 to double-digit growth reflects carryover from a stronger-than-expected recovery in 2020 and a potential improvement in economic confidence from the distribution and rollout of vaccines.
What Will Economic Survey’s Growth Projections be After Pandemic? Agency News: New Delhi
Priyanka has been rather busy, promoting her new film, The White Tiger. The response has been positive. Writing about it, Hindustan Times wrote: “Based on Aravind Adiga’s Booker Prize-winning novel, The White Tiger is a cynical movie -- an angry antithesis to the crowdpleasing Slumdog Millionaire. That it has been directed by a foreigner, Ramin Bahrani, is somewhat fitting. Although the situation is changing, with Serious Men and Sir, two other films about servitude that released in the same year, mainstream Indian filmmakers generally lack the cultural perspective to tackle relevant themes such as casteism.
Minister will table it in Parliament on January 29, Friday — two days before she presents the Union Budget for 2021-22 on February 1.It was first presented in 1950-51 and submitted in the Lok Sabha along with the Union Budget until 1964. In 1964, the ministry started to release the survey a day before budget day. This practice has continued till last year. However, this year’s Economic Survey will be presented two days before the Budget, which is scheduled for February 1.The Economic Survey is
authored by Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) Krishnamurthy Subramanian and his team. In his first Survey in 2019, Subramanian had set an agenda of achieving 8% sustained Gross domestic product (GDP) growth to
make India a $5-trillion economy by 2024-25, as envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. However, the coronavirus pandemic severely impacted the Indian economy in 2020. It contracted by a massive 23.9% year-on-year (YoY) in the April June quarter. This was the first GDP contraction in more than 40 years. For the July-September quarter, India’s GDP contracted 7.5% year-on-year, as per estimates released by the National Statistical Office.
Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut is all set to play the role of India’s one and only female Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. While the actress confirmed the news about her upcoming project on social media she hasn’t yet revealed the name of the proposed movie.While talking about her upcoming project, Ranaut said that the movie will not be a biopic adding that it will be set around the time of Operation Blue Star Agency News: Mumbai Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez is gearing up to woo an international audience. The star will make her Hollywood debut with the upcoming anthology project “Women Stories”, which also stars the likes of Cara Delevingne, Eva Longoria, Margherita Buy, Leonor Varela and Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden. The movie will feature six shorts, ranging from drama to comedy, docu-drama to animation, from six women filmmakers.Fernandez will star in filmmaker Leena Yadav’s short, titled “Sharing A Ride”, sharing the screen with transgender model Anjali Lama, reported Deadline.Yadav is known for directing movies such.
and the Emergency.The film will be directed and scripted by Sai Kabir.According to recent reports Kangana Ranaut mentioned in a statement, “Yes, we are working on the project, and the script is in its final stages. It is not the biopic of Indira Gandhi. It is a grand period film. To be precise, it is a political drama that will help my generation to understand (the) socio-political landscape of current India.” Taking to social media, the actress shared a n image of
herself dressed up as Indira Gandhi.
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PM Modi lays foundation stone of environment friendly Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Phase-II and Surat Metro Rail Project Sunvilla News: Gandhinagar Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laid the foundation stone of Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Phase-II and Surat Metro Rail Project this morning through video conferencing. Speaking on this occasion, Prime Minister Modi said that two economic urban centers of the country, Surat and Ahmedabad have got the gift of more than Rs.17000 crore soon after the Uttarayan. He said that projects like Railway connectivity with Kevadiya and Metro projects of Surat and Ahmedabad will boost the economic development in the region. He said that implementation of these projects shows that the infrastructure development in the country has not stopped despite the Corona pandemic.He said that the biggest feature of these Metro rail projects is that it is being implemented with the future requirements of the people. Prime Minister Modi said that his government is working with an integrated transport approach in implementing the Metro Rail projects. He said that Metro rail projects are being implemented with the coordination of other modes of transport. He said that before 2014, only 225 kilometres metro was implemented in 10 to 12 years, but during the last 6
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat and Chief Minister Vijay Rupani were also present on this occasion. The Metro Projects will provide an environment friendly ‘Mass Rapid Transit System’ to Ahmedabad and Surat. Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Phase-II is 28.25 kilometres long with two corridors. years, 450 kilometres metro rail was implemented in the country. PM Modi said that the work of more than 1000 kilometres of metro network is in progress in the country. Praising the fast economic development in Surat and Ahmedabad, Prime Minister Modi describes these two cities as the powerhouse of Atmanirbhar Bharat.Prime Minister Modi said that Surat
Governor Acharya Devvrat and Chief Minister Vijay Rupani were also present on this occasion. Speaking on this occasion, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that today is a historic day for the people of Ahmedabad and Surat. He said that the Metro projects in Ahmedabad and Surat will improve the environment friendly, quality and cost effective public transport system.Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said that Prime Minister Modi always thinks of the welfare of people of Gujarat. He said that the new projects that have been inaugurated and started in recent times including Rajkot AIIMS, various projects at Statue of Unity, Sea plane service and Railway connectivity with Kevadiya will boost the economy of Gujarat. The Metro Projects will provide an environment friendly ‘Mass Rapid Transit System’ to Ahmedabad and Surat. Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Phase-II is 28.25 kilometres long with two
Woman in Gujarat moves consumer court seeking compensation over failed tubectomy operation Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad A woman who works as a labourer has moved consumer court seeking compensation after she got pregnant and conceived a baby following a failed tubectomy operation under the family planning scheme in Gujarat.The woman claimed that she already has three children and due to the failed tubal sterilization she got pregnant and delivered a baby again. She has sought compensation of Rs 10 lakh as the lifetime upbringing expense of the child born after the tubectomy operation.The woman has claimed Rs 2 lakh for mental shock and Rs 5000 for
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operation expenses. In all, she claimed Rs12.05 lakh from the government doctor who performed her operation in a hospital at Palanpur.The doctor, Dr. Darshan Kela who operated on the petitioner lady under family planning in a reply before the consumer court said that 1 out of 400 cases of tubal sterilization fails due to natural causes. The doctor also presented the papers citing that in case of failed operation due to unknown reasons the doctor cannot be held responsible for the same and the petitioner lady has signed the same. The doctor also presented the data that 106 sterilization operations have between 2006 to 2017 in
Banaskantha district. In most such cases, the government pays compensation to the complainant. No guarantee is given to the complainant that she may not get pregnant in the future, the doctor claimed. The doctor submitted that as the complainant has undergone the operation under family planning the state government has the policy to compensate in case of complexity or failed operation. Hence, the petitioner should claim compensation before the Health and Family Welfare department of the state. According to the government policy, a compensation of Rs 30,000 is paid in case of a failed sterilization operation.
Statue of Unity: PM Modi flags 8 trains to boost tourism
Agency News: New Delhi BJP president JP Nadda on Sunday appreciated the country’s research scientists and doctors for beating timeline for preparing ‘made in India’ anti-coronavirus vaccines and start ‘world’s biggest’ vaccination drive.“Usually it takes years to develop a vaccine. But Indian scientists and doctors have done a miracle by developing two ‘Made in India’ vaccines for the world’s biggest vaccination drive”, the BJP Chief said a day after vaccination of front-line health workers was kicked off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He said several countries are in talks with Indian Government and Corona vaccine manufacturers to get the Corona vaccine at the earliest in order to ”save their citizens.”“The fact that Covid vaccine was successfully developed and manufactured in India and we successfully started the world’s biggest Corona vaccination drive is the solid proof of the prowess, great capabilities and scientific genius of our doctors and scientists who have all the capabilities and knowledge.
Maharashtra man tells girlfriend’s family she is in Vapi, murders her and buries her in the wall of his house Agency News: Vapi
city is the world’s 4th fastest growing city at present. Describing Surat as the best model of Ek Bharat Shresth Bharat- Mr. Modi said that earlier 20 percent population were staying in slums in Surat, but after the availability of affordable housing now it reduced to only 6 percent. Prime Minister Modi said that Ahmedabad- the country’s first world heritage city has also got series of development projects like Sabarmati River Front, Kankaria Lake Front, BRTS projects etc. He said that urban economic centers like Ahmedabad and Surat will get more boost after they get connected with the country’s commercial capital Mumbai through the Bullet Train project. Mr. Modi said that Gandhinagar was once known as the city of government employees and senior citizens, but today with the host of premier educational and technology institutes, it is now building the new generation for the country. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Gujarat
corridors. The estimated cost of phase two of Ahmedabad Metro project is Rs.5384 crores. The length of Corridor-1 of phase-II is 22.8 kilometres from Motera Stadium to Mahatma Mandir, which is a completely elevated corridor. This will comprise of 20 state of the art elevated Metro Stations with interchange facility at Koteshwar Road for future provision to connect Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. The length of Corridor-2 is 5.4 Kilometres from GNLU to GIFT City with 2 elevated stations, having interchange facility at GNLU and a bridge over Sabarmati River.Phase-I of Surat Metro Rail Project, with a total length of 40.35 kilometres comprises of two corridors. Length of Corridor-1 is 21.61 kilometres and Corridor-2 is 18.74 kilometres. The Corridor-1 is from Sarthana to Dream City, which comprises of 14 elevated stations and 6 underground stations with a depot at Dream City.
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A man in Maharashtra’s Palghar killed his girlfriend last year and hid her body in the walls of his flat. He told her family that she had gone to Vapi in Gujarat when they inquired about her whereabouts. The 30-year-old man was arrested on Saturday for the murder of his girlfriend.
The accused killed the 32-year-old woman as she was pressuring him to marry her, media reports said. Police said the remains of the victim were recovered from the walls of the house in which the accused lived in Vangaon village. She seems to have been killed in October last year. The accused and the victim had been in a relationship for
the last five years. She was last seen with the accused on October 21, a media report said. The man told the woman’s family that she had gone to Vapi in Gujarat when they inquired as to why she had not been seen for some time. But when she failed to appear for many months, they approached the police. A case has been registered against the man.
Gujarat Businessman Donates Rs 11 Cr For Ram Temple Construction In Ayodhya Sunvilla News: Gandhinagar Govind Dholakiya is a businessman from Surat who owns SRK Diamond company“Lord Ram and Lord Krishna are our Ishta Devata (a term used in Hinduism denoting a worshipper’s favourite deity) This is the reason that we named our company Sri Ram Krishna Export that later own became SRK. So our family thought that when our Ishta Devata’s temple is being built after over 500 years, we should definitely make a contribution,.God does not need it, he himself is wealthy. But whatever power God has granted us, we should do something out of it. Our
he said.President Kovind had on Friday donated Rs 5,00,100 as a contribution towards the construction of Ram temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya. family thought a lot about the amount and finally decided to dedicate Rs 11 crore. The almighty has given us in abundance, therefore we decided to dedicate the amount in the honour of God,” he said.President Kovind had on Friday donated Rs 5,00,100
as a contribution towards the construction of Ram temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya.Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust is conducting a mass contact and contribution campaign for the construction of the grand temple in Ayodhya which began on January 15 and will go on till February 27.The temple will be built by adhering to the country’s ancient and traditional construction techniques. It will also be built in a manner to sustain earthquakes, storms, and other natural calamities. Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Ayodhya on August 5 to attend the ‘Bhoomi pujan’ at the Ram Janmbhoomi site.
Mask fine: Video of cop hitting woman emerges, suspended The entire incident was captured in a video and went viral on social media. In the video, the youth is heard saying that he is willing to pay the fine but the police still manhandled him Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad A video of a Navrangpura police’s mobile van constable hitting a woman whose friend was roughed up over a mask violation fine has emerged. The incident happened at HL College Road.In the video, the youth who is being forcefully put in the jeep is heard shouting that he will pay the fine but he is still roughed up. After a video of the incident emerged Constable Vikramsinh Ishwarsinh, who
hit a woman after she questioned his actions, has been suspended.Sources in the police said clashes with commuters over mask rule will only increase as the cops have allegedly been given a target to collect a certain number of memos for mask violation.DCP Zone-1 Dr. Ravindra Patel has ordered a probe into the incident. The probe has been given to B division ACP LB Jhala.Vikramsinh, a head constable, was part of Navrangpura Police inspector RJ Chudasma’s mobile van operations and was on duty at HL
College Road.They found the youth without a mask and asked him to pay. The youth began to argue with the cops and they allegedly roughed him up and put him in the mobile van. A woman, who was with him shouted at the police asking them why they were forcing him when the constable Vikramsinh slapped the woman twice.The entire incident was captured in a video and went viral on social media. In the video, the youth is heard saying that he is willing to pay the fine but the police still manhandled himZone 1 DCP Dr. Ravindra Patel said he is aware of the video and that such actions on the part of cops cannot be tolerated. He said the constable has been suspended and an inquiry has been ordered into the incident. It should be noted that many instances of clashes with police over the mask fine have been reported in the city. There are allegations that cops are acting in high handed ways to implement the mask rule. Mask violators are charged Rs1000.
Surat-Kolkata IndiGo flight makes emergency landing in Bhopal Agency News: Surat
Agency News: Vadodara In a bid to boost tourism and increase connectivity to the Statue of Unity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday flagged off eight trains that will connect Gujarat’s Kevadia to various parts of the country. Notably, these new trains will be operated from Ahmedabad, Hazrat Nizamuddin, Rewa, Chennai, Dadar and Pratapnagar.The virtual event was attended by railway minister Piyush Goyal, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath and Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray.PM Modi also inaugurated the Dabhoi Chandod converted broad gauge railway line, Chandod Kevadia new broad gauge rail line, newly electrified
Since the inauguration, several steps have been taken by the Gujarat government to promote tourism in the area. Pratapnagar Kevadia section and the new station buildings of Dabhoi, Chandod and Kevadia.Notably, PM Modi had inaugurated the Statue of Unity in October 2018, which was Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s 143 birth anniversary. Since the inauguration, several steps have been taken by the Gujarat government to promote tourism in the
area. millions of people have visited the statue since its inauguration boosting the local economy. One of the eight trains that were flagged off by the prime minister was the Ahmedabad-Kevadia Jan Shatabdi Express. This train will be equipped with ‘Vista-dome’ coaches. These modern coaches have a bigger viewing area and a mostly transparent roof. PM Modi took to Twitter to announce the last mile connectivity to the Statue of Unity by railway. He said, “You can now reach #StatueOfUnityByRail!” He hailed the development as a “historic day”. Apart from PM Modi, railway minister Piyush Goyal and chief ministers of Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh also hailed the development as “historic”.
An IndiGo Airlines flight carrying 172 passengers from Gujarat’s Surat to West Bengal’s Kolkata had to make an emergency landing in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhopal on Sunday. The plane made an emergency landing due to a technical glitch, according to officials.Bhopal’s Raja Bhoj Airport director Anil Vikram said that the IndiGo flight had to make an emergency landing just after 12 pm. As per a news agency, the pilot decided to make an emergency landing after smelling a foul odour. The aircraft is being inspected at Bhopal airport.Anil Vikram said, “The IndiGo Airlines flight from Surat to Kolkata carrying 172 passengers made an emergency landing at 12.04 pm on Sunday. The landing was safe. The pilot informed the ATC (Air Traffic Controller) about the technical glitch and made an
emergency landing safely.” Of the 172 passengers that were aboard the flight, 19 had to travel to Guwahati and Amritsar from Kolkata. These passengers were sent to Bengaluru by flight to help them get connecting flights to their destinations, he said. Earlier this week, a SpiceJet plane from Odisha with over 50 passengers on board made an emergency landing at the Kolkata airport on January 11 evening following a “cabin pressure” issue.The airline
said the aircraft, which had taken off from Jharsuguda airport in Odisha, landed safely, and no passenger or crew discomfort was reported. The company, in a statement, said, “While passing FL220 (meaning an altitude of 22,000 feet), the cabin pressure warning came on. As a precautionary measure, the crew requested emergency descent to ATC (air traffic control) and the same was approved.”It was a 78 seater plane with 54 passengers on
These passengers were sent to Bengaluru by flight to help them get connecting flights to their destinations, he said. Earlier this week, a SpiceJet plane from Odisha with over 50 passengers on board made an emergency landing at the Kolkata airport on January 11 evening following a “cabin pressure” issue board. The same plane had come to Jharsuguda from Kolkata with 74 passengers and it was a return flight.
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