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• 12, Mar 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the curtain-raiser activities of 'Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav' and flag off a Padyatra from Sabarmati Ashram at Ahmedabad in Gujarat today. The Mahotsav is a series of events being organised by the Government to commemorate the 75th Ann

• 12, Mar 2021

The First Quad Leaders’ Summit will be held virtually today. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of Australia, Scott Morrison, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and US President  Joseph R Biden will participate in the first Leaders’ Summit of the Quadril

• 12, Mar 2021

The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority launched its first virtual trade fair yesterday to boost export of agricultural and processed food products. The fair will conclude tomorrow. In the fair, basmati rice, non-basmati rice, millets, wheat, m

• 12, Mar 2021

Union Sports Ministry has provided a financial assistance of Rs 2.5 lakh to deaf tennis player Jafreen Shaik from the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya National Welfare Fund for Sportspersons (PDUNWFS). This will help to continue her training despite hurdles in the quest to win a gold at the

• 11, Mar 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the Kindle version of Swami Chidbhavananda’s Bhagavad Gita and also address the occasion today through virtual mode. The event has been organised to commemorate the sale of over five lakh copies of the Swami Chidbhavananda's Bhagavad

• 11, Mar 2021

The Parliament gave its nod to the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2021 with Rajya Sabha passing it yesterday.The Upper House cleared the bill amid protest by Opposition parties including Congress, DMK and NCP over the issue of farm laws.The Lok Sabha has already pa

• 11, Mar 2021

The India - Uzbekistan joint military exercise DUSTLIK II commenced yesterday in Foreign Training Node Chaubatia, Ranikhet in Uttarakhand. This is the Second Edition of annual bilateral joint exercise of both armies. It will continue till the 19th of this month. The firs

• 11, Mar 2021

Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal today flagged off 3000 HP Cape Gauge Locomotive indigenously developed by Banaras Locomotive Works, Varanasi through video conferencing along with Minister of Transport and Communications of Mozambique Janfar Abdulai. Union Minister of Skill De

• 10, Mar 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has greeted  the courageous Central Industrial security Forces, CISF personnel and their families on their Raising Day. In a tweet, Mr Modi said, their role in furthering national safety and progress is deeply valued. The Prime Minister said, in  

• 10, Mar 2021

Uttar Pradesh government will launch a campaign to make golden cards of Ayushman Bharat scheme today across the state.  Our Correspondent reports that the campaign aims to drive awareness about Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) across state and enable b