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New Delhi: Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, Minister of Communications and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region, visited the vibrant Cultural Corridor set up at Bharat Mandapam yesterday, as part of the ongoing ITU-WTSA 2024 conference. The corridor is designed to share a glimpse of India’s rich heritage with thousands of international delegates participating in the…

Shillong: Vice Admiral Rajesh Pendharkar, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Naval Command, flagged off the motorcycle expedition ‘Northeast Odyssey’ today from Shillong, Meghalaya. The event was attended by Lt Gen Sanjay Malik, GOC, 101 Area, and Air Marshal Inderpal Singh Walia, SASO, Eastern Air Command. The expedition, organized in association with TVS Motor Company, aims…

Dubai, UAE:INS Shardul, as part of its long-range training deployment, has successfully concluded its visit to Port Rashid, Dubai. This visit marks another significant milestone in bolstering maritime cooperation between India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). During the port call, the crew of INS Shardul engaged in a series of key activities, including interactions…

Manama, Bahrain: The Indian Navy’s First Training Squadron (1TS), comprising INS Tir and ICGS Veera, concluded a successful long-range training deployment to Manama, Bahrain. The visit, aimed at enhancing regional maritime cooperation, involved high-level meetings, operational exchanges, and community outreach activities, further strengthening ties between the Indian Navy and Bahrain. During the port call, Captain…

New Delhi: Union Minister for Education, Dharmendra Pradhan, engaged in a meaningful interaction with scholars of five newly classified classical languages — Prakrit, Pali, Marathi, Bangla, and Assamese — at a special event today. The event saw the presence of Chamu Krishna Shastry, Chairman of the Bharatiya Bhasha Samiti; M. Jagadesh Kumar, Chairman of UGC; alongside…

New Delhi: Union Minister for External Affairs, Dr. S. Jaishankar, inaugurated the second edition of the art exhibition “Silent Conversation: From Margins to the Centre” in New Delhi. The four-day exhibition, organized by the National Tiger Conservation Authority in collaboration with the Sankala Foundation, the National Human Rights Commission, and the International Big Cat Alliance, aims…

New Delhi:Ashok Kumar Singh, Director General (DG) of the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), chaired the 86th meeting of the Medical Benefit Council in New Delhi today. The meeting saw key decisions aimed at improving the quality of healthcare services provided by ESIC, with a focus on enhancing medical service delivery for insured persons (IPs)…

Moga, Punjab: The Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME), Government of India, today organized the National SC-ST Hub (NSSH) Conclave in Moga, Punjab, aimed at promoting entrepreneurship among Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) communities. The event, which saw the participation of around 700 aspiring and existing SC/ST entrepreneurs, aimed to spread…

New Delhi: The Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM) under the Ministry of Rural Development held a National Conclave on Women-Led Entrepreneurship in New Delhi yesterday. The event aimed to boost women entrepreneurship by encouraging banks to extend loans to individual women entrepreneurs in rural areas. The conclave saw Secretary of Rural Development, Shailesh Kumar…

New Delhi: The Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM), under the Ministry of Rural Development, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with nine Public Sector Banks and one Private Bank to empower rural women entrepreneurs. The partnership includes prominent banks such as Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Bank of Maharashtra, Canara Bank,…