Posted On: 28 SEP 2020 7:28 PM by PIB Delhi 1. Her Excellency Ms. Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Denmark and His Excellency, Mr. Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of the Republic of India, co-chaired a Virtual Summit between India and Denmark on 28 September 2020. 2. Prime Minister Modi and Prime Minister...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurates the “Destination North East-2020” Festival
Rich in natural beauty, folk culture and art, North Eastis fully capable of emerging as a major centre of world tourism Under the leadership of PM Modi, North-East Region will emerge as a favourite tourism and business destination of India ‘Destination North East-2020’ aims to introduce various cultures of the country to each other along...
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India urges Nations to put Nature at the heart of recovery plan post COVID19
Posted On: 24 SEP 2020 7:51 PM by PIB Delhi Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Prakash Javadekar urged nations to join hands at the start of the “UN Decade of Action and Delivery for Sustainable Development” to put nature at the heart of our recovery plan and realize the vision of “living...
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PM interacts with CMs of seven states to review status and response to COVID-19
PM receives feedback and conducts thorough review of the States, highlights regions in need of greater focus and outlines strategy to meet the challenge PM asks CMs to focus on 60 districts with high burden of cases PM asks States to increase testing substantially and ensure 100% RT-PCR tests in symptomatic RAT negative cases Limit...
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Lok Sabha passes 3 Historic and path breaking Labour Codes
Shri Gangwar elaborates several ‘Game Changer’ labour welfare provisions in the Labour Codes New Labour Codes to envisage covering over 50 crore workers from organized, unorganized and self employed for minimum wages, social security Social Security net of ESIC and EPFO to Widen opening up for all workers and self-employed Setting up of “Social Security...
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Conducting elections amid a pandemic – Democracies share valuable insights at ECI webinar
CEC underscores commitment of EMBs to the conduct of timely, free, fair and participatory elections Chief Election Commissioner, Shri Sunil Arora, today underscored the commitment of Election Management Bodies (EMBs) across the world, for the conduct of timely, free, fair and participatory elections to foster democracy in the world. Herecalledformer US President Abraham Lincoln’s allusion...
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Steps taken for Documentation of various art forms
Posted On: 20 SEP 2020 8:35 PM by PIB Delhi Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi has a scheme Survey, Research, Documentation, Dissemination & Publication which hasthe objective of preserving recordings of different arts forms, for the purpose of research and dissemination. Under the said scheme, Akademi provides grant to individuals and arts and cultural institutions...
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In a first, eight beaches of India recommended for the coveted “Blue Flag” International eco-label.
Clean beaches are a testimony to environment in the coastal area: Shri Prakash Javadekar World Bank applauds India’s coastal zone management efforts and terms India as lighthouse for the countries of the region. Posted On: 18 SEP 2020 7:41 PM by PIB Delhi On the eve of International Coastal Clean-Up Day which is celebrated across...
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Ministry of Railways announces 20 pairs of Clone Special trains from 21.09.2020
Ministry of Railways announces 20 pairs of Clone Special trains from 21.09.2020 ARP for the trains will be 10 days 19 Pairs of Clone trains will run utilizing Humsafar rakes & 1 Pair will run utilizing Jan Shatabdi Express Posted On: 15 SEP 2020 8:18PM by PIB Delhi Considering the huge demand for travel on...
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Online celebration of ‘Himalaya Diwas’ by Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology
Online celebration of ‘Himalaya Diwas’ by Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology Discusses Landslide disaster risk reduction, Himalayan seismicity– risk awareness & mitigation, and journey of black carbon towards Himalayan cryosphere’ Posted On: 14 SEP 2020 8:42PM by PIB Delhi Scientists specialising in different aspects of the Himalayas discussed a range of areas like landslide disaster...