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February 21, 2017 6:03 PM

Govt committed to well-being of every child in India: Maneka Gandhi

Standard Operating Procedure for protection and care of children in street situations was released in New Delhi today. Speaking on the occasion in New Delhi, Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi said government is committed to the well-being of every child in India. <br/><br/&...

February 21, 2017 5:41 PM

Health Ministery to study deaths due to pollution soon: Dave

Environment Minister Anil Dave today said a study will soon be conducted by Health Ministry on global reports linking deaths to air pollution. <br/><br/>Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, Mr Dave's remark came after a recent study, 'State of Global Air 2017', stated that ...

February 21, 2017 5:35 PM

Over Rs 153 cr awarded to 10 lk people to promote e-payments

Nearly ten lakh citizens have got awards worth over 153(point)5 crore rupees till 20th of this month under Lucky Grahak Yojana and Digi Dhan Vyapar Yojana for embracing digital payments. <br/><br/>Among the 9.8 lakh winners, there are 9.2 lakh consumers and 56 thousand merchants. 120 con...

February 21, 2017 5:32 PM

Court frames charges against 3 alleged ISIS operatives

A special court in New Delhi today framed charges against three persons for allegedly hatching a criminal conspiracy to raise funds for the ISIS and recruiting people for the terror outfit. District Judge Amar Nath listed the matter further hearing on March 29.<br/><br/>The National Inve...

February 21, 2017 5:32 PM

CBI arrests ED joint director in corruption case

CBI today arrested J P Singh, the then Joint Director in Enforcement Directorate, who is facing the agency's probe for allegedly receiving bribe from accused in IPL cricket-betting scam investigated by him.<br/><br/>Singh, a Indian Revenue Service officer of the Customs and Excise w...

February 21, 2017 5:06 PM

Jaishankar holds talks with China's top diplomat

Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar today held talks with China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi ahead of a key strategic dialogue tomorrow to improve bilateral ties hit by Chinese reluctance to support India's admission into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) and back a United Nations ban on JeM lead...

February 21, 2017 4:35 PM

Ravi Shankar Prasad launches Cyber Swachhta Kendra

Minister of Electronics and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad today launched Cyber Swachhta Kendra in New Delhi for Botnet cleaning and Malware analysis. Later, addressing media Mr. Prasad said Cyber Swachhta Kendra is a part of Government's digital India initiative to create a secure cyber space by detec...

February 21, 2017 4:35 PM

26 members of US Congress calls on PM Modi

A bi-partisan delegation of twenty-six members of the United States Congress jointly called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi today. <br/><br/>Welcoming the Congressional Representatives, Mr Modi said the visit augurs well for bilateral exchanges following the new US Administr...

February 21, 2017 4:13 PM

PM Modi to unveil 112-ft tall Shiva idol in Coimbatore on February 24

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will unveil a 112-ft tall bust of Lord Shiva or Adiyogi at Isha Foundation in Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu on the occasion of Shivaratri on Friday. In a tweet today, Mr Modi said, he will attend the event at Isha Yoga Centre organised by Isha foundation. During the event, Mr...

February 21, 2017 3:54 PM

Govt releases new format for recording, reporting road accident data

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways today released the new format for recording and reporting road accident data. Addressing media in New Delhi, Senior Advisor of Transport Reseach Wing in the Ministry Kirti Saxena said, the uniform format has been drawn on the lines of developed countries and w...

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