(For the Quarter ending June 2021) Posted On: 31 MAR 2021 8:17PM by PIB Delhi The Government of India, in consultation with Reserve Bank of India, has decided to notify the amounts for the issuance of Treasury Bills for the quarter ending June 2021 as under: Notified Amount for Auction of Treasury Bills (April 1,...
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Since launch of Jal Jeevan Mission, over 4 Crore rural homes provided with tap water connections
Announced by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on 15th August, 2019, with the aim to provide tap water supply to every rural home by 2024, Jal Jeevan Mission has reached a new milestone of providing over 4 Crore rural households with tap water supply. Now, 7.24 Crore (38%) i.e. more than 1/3rd of rural households...
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A women-led startup develops deep-tech for reliable low-cost internet services to rural areas
Astrome, a women-led startup, has developed an innovative wireless product that gives fibre like bandwidth at fraction of cost of fibre to help telecom operators deliver reliable low-cost internet services to suburban and rural areas. Reaching internet access to remote places in countries like India is difficult because laying fibre is too expensive. There is...
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Maharashtra, Karnataka, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Chhattisgarh report high Daily New Cases
Vaccination Coverage has crossed 6 cr across the country Posted On: 29 MAR 2021 11:17AM by PIB Delhi Eight States, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Chhattisgarh have reported high number of COVID daily new cases. 84.5% of the new cases are reported from these 8 states. 68,020 new cases were...
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Most challenging year for Railways – Shri Piyush Goyal
“One year of lock down. Covid 19 has demonstrated the resolve of Railways to fight back and emerge stronger”- Shri Goyal “Time to rewrite the destiny and future of Railways. – Self sustaining, Modern, Passenger Friendly , Punctual, Safe and First Choice of Businesses .”- Shri Piyush Goyal Shri Piyush Goyal reviews the performance of...
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General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu
General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal & Puducherry and Bye Elections to the House of the People and Legislative Assemblies of various states– Ban on Exit Poll. Election Commission of India, in exercise of the powers under sub-section(1)of Section 126A of the Representation of the People Act,...
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34 green zone sites approved for NPNT compliant drone operations
Ministry of Civil Aviation has granted permit to “No-Permission-No-Takeoff’ (NPNT) compliant drone operations at 34 additional green zones to facilitate, smoothen, and promote drone operations in the country. The approved sites allow drone usage up to 400 ft Above Ground Level (AGL). These zones are in addition to the twenty-six green zone sites approved dated...
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PM’s departure statement ahead of his visit to Bangladesh
I will be visiting Bangladesh on 26-27 March 2021, at the invitation of Her Excellency Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. I am happy that my first foreign visit after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic will be to our friendly neighbouring country, with which India shares deep cultural, linguistic and people-to-people ties. I look forward to...
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COVID19 Vaccination-Day 69
More than 5.46 Cr COVID19 vaccine doses administered 15.20 lakh vaccine doses given till 7 pm today Posted On: 25 MAR 2021 9:31PM by PIB Delhi The cumulative number of COVID19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 5.46 Crore today. A total of 5,46,65,820 vaccine doses have been given, as per the provisional...
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Webinar with Chile on Defence Industry Global Outreach for Collaborative Partnership
A webinar between India and Chile was held on 25 March 2021. The Theme of webinar was “Indian Defence Industry Global Outreach for Collaborative Partnership: Webinar and Expo”. It was organized under the aegis of Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence through Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers (SIDM). Secretary (Defence Production), Shri Raj Kumar; Head of the Technological...