Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addresses during the 12th convocation ceremony of Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT), in Pune, on May 15, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI India will be a developed nation by 2047, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on May 15 while laying emphasis on the advancement of technology amid a rise in … Read more
Union Minister of State for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences (I/C) Jitendra Singh. File | Photo Credit: ANI Union Minister Jitendra Singh on May 8 discussed the issue of rationalising awards given to scientists to avoid duplicity and bring transparency and reviewed the status of the creation of a Science Media Communication Cell (SMCC). … Read more
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. | Photo Credit: ANI Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will hand over a fast patrol vessel and a landing craft to the Maldives as India’s “gift” during his visit to the island nation from May 1 to 3. The Defence Ministry said this on Sunday, a day ahead of Mr. Singh’s visit … Read more
Pro-Khalistani leader and Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh. File. | Photo Credit: ANI Fugitive radical preacher Amritpal Singh who has been booked under National Security Act has been arrested from Punjab’s Moga, police said on April 23. Amritpal’s arrest comes a month after the police launched a massive crackdown against him and his outfit ‘Waris … Read more
Rajnath Singh tests positive for Covid-19 | file photo | Photo Credit: ANI Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has tested positive for COVID-19, officials said on Thursday. The Minister is currently under home quarantine with mild symptoms, they said. A team of doctors examined him and advised him rest, the Defence Ministry said. He was scheduled … Read more
Ambasamudram ASP, Balveer Singh | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin announced in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday that he had issued instructions to suspend Balveer Singh, the former Assistant Superintendent of Police of Ambasamudram sub-division in Tirunelveli district, who was recently accused of custodial torture and placed in vacancy reserve … Read more
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi is undergoing “an era of transformation” to make it a developed nation by 2047, Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has said, urging the Indian diaspora to be a part of this “once in a lifetime” change. Mr. Shekhawat, the Union … Read more
Workers engaged under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at a tribal settlement in Tamil Nadu. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The financial burden of wages to the beneficiaries of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) should also be shouldered by State governments, in order to make them more proactive … Read more
Union Minister for Defence, Rajnath Singh at the India Pavilion during the Aero India 2023, in Bengaluru on Monday. | Photo Credit: ANI India does not believe in giving “sermons or cut-and-dried” solutions to countries in need of assistance, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday, February 14, 2023. In an address to his counterparts … Read more
Bhagat Singh Koshyari. File | Photo Credit: PTI The President of India has accepted the resignation of Bhagat Singh Koshyari as Governor of Maharashtra, a release said on February 12. Jharkhand Governor Ramesh Bais will be the new Governor. Last month, Mr. Koshyari said he had conveyed to PM Narendra Modi his desire to step … Read more