India pledges 1-billion-tonne emissions cut: A big forward step for climate action

India pledges 1-billion-tonne emissions cut: A big forward step for climate action

This comprehensive package is much more than what was expected of India and marks a significant climate action commitment. (File/Reuters) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced ambitious plans to reduce India’s projected emissions by a billion tonne until 2030. Modi’s ‘Panchamrit’ policy announcement at the COP26 climate change meeting in Glasgow saw him accede … Read more

Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission: Everything you must know about ‘India’s largest health infra scheme’

Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission: Everything you must know about ‘India’s largest health infra scheme’

PM Modi had recently also launched a scheme, the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), a flagship digital initiative scheme that will help create a unique health ID for every citizen, digital healthcare professionals and facilities registry Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday tweeted he is all set to visit Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi and Siddharthnagar to … Read more

India has scripted history says PM Modi after inoculation of 100 crore vaccine doses

India has scripted history says PM Modi after inoculation of 100 crore vaccine doses

PM Modi visited Delhi’s Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital to congratulate health workers and nurses on the achievement. (Credit: ANI) India has attained the milestone of administering 100 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses today prompting Prime Minister Modi to remark that the country has scripted history. PM Modi termed the milestone a triumph of Indian science, enterprise … Read more

PM Modi praises Kashmiri saffron: What makes it special? Benefits, uses explained

PM Modi praises Kashmiri saffron: What makes it special? Benefits, uses explained

In recent years, nutritionists and doctors have also recommended the use of saffron to reduce the chances of cancer infection and cure memory loss. Kashmiri saffron clinches the GI tag, a fact PM Modi highlighted during Sunday’s Mann Ki Baat! Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Mann ki Baat address on Sunday exhorted people to … Read more

Modi, UK foreign secy launch virtual vaccines hub to fight Covid 19, future pandemics

Modi, UK foreign secy launch virtual vaccines hub to fight Covid 19, future pandemics

The hub will also build partnerships to develop innovation ‘moonshots’ that can define vaccine delivery over the next decade and beyond. In a step towards strengthening collaboration on tackling Covid-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and British foreign secretary Dominic Raab on Wednesday announced a virtual UK-India vaccines hub which will see experts from India … Read more