Day: April 27, 2024

Khalistani spearhead Amritpal Singh takes political plunge

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Amritpal Singh

Dibrugarh: The suspense over Khalistani supporter Amritpal Singh, lodged in Assam’s Dibrugarh jail, contesting the Lok Sabha elections is now over. There is news that Amritpal Singh is preparing to contest elections from Khadur Sahib as an independent candidate. His lawyer and former MP Rajdev Singh has officially announced that Amritpal Singh will contest the elections. Amritpal Singh’s lawyer said, “Many people in jail have contested elections earlier also. He told that Amritpal will contest elections from Khadur Saheb. He will contest the elections not from any party but as…

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SJVN led First Multi-purpose Green Hydrogen Pilot Project

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SJVN

New Delhi: SJVN Limited has achieved a significant milestone with the inauguration of India’s first Multi-purpose (Combined Heat & Power) Green Hydrogen Pilot Project at SJVN’s 1,500 MW Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Power Station (NJHPS) in Jhakri, Himachal Pradesh. The green hydrogen produced from the project will be utilized for High Velocity Oxygen Fuel (HVOF) Coating Facility of NJHPS for meeting its combustion fuel requirements. In addition, it will also generate electricity through its fuel cell of 25 kW capacity. The first Multi-purpose (Combined Heat & Power) Green Hydrogen Generation Plant of the nation has been inaugurated…

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DoNER prioritizes Development of Tourism in North East

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DoNER

New Delhi: The 4th meeting of the Task Force for the Development of Tourism in North East ( DoNER ) was held in New Delhi today. Present in the meeting were the officials of all the North Eastern States-Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura. The other stakeholders were NITI Aayog, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprise, Ministry of Textile, Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting and private partners. The task force discussed the strategies along with…

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World Energy Congress 2024: IREDA talks Innovation

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IREDA

New Delhi: Chairperson & Managing Director of Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA) Pradip Kumar Das participated in a panel discussion on “The New Interdependencies: Trust, Security and Climate Resilience”, at the 26th edition of World Energy Congress in Rotterdam, Netherlands. During the discussion, the IREDA CMD shared insights into India’s journey towards energy transition and underscored IREDA’s crucial role in advancing renewable energy adoption within the country. He said that India’s ambitious goal of achieving 500 GW of non-fossil-fuel energy capacity by the year 2030 positions it as a beacon of hope…

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IAF ushers in DigiLocker era

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IAF

New Delhi: Indian Air Force (IAF) embarked on a transformative digital journey by integrating with the DigiLocker platform, a flagship initiative under the Digital India programme, here on April 26, 2024. In a ceremonial event held at Air Headquarters, Vayu Bhawan, the IAF and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) signed the  momentous Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to leverage DigiLocker’s secure and accessible document repository services. This pioneering integration will revolutionize the way critical service documents of IAF personnel, both serving and retired, are issued, accessed, and verified digitally.…

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General Elections 2024 sees peaceful polling across 13 States/UTs

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General Elections 2024

New Delhi: Polling in the second phase of General Elections 2024 which commenced  simultaneously across 88 PCs recorded an approximate voter turnout of 60.96%. Voters from across 13 States/UTs participated enthusiastically to cast their vote at their polling station braving the hot weather conditions. From newlyweds to senior citizens, tribals to IT professionals, PwDs, women and youngsters, all were seen in queues waiting to cast their vote. With the conclusion of phase-2, voting has been completed in 14 States/UTs for General Elections 2024. The polling was held smoothly and peacefully…

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Centre allows export of 99,150 MT onion to six countries 

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Centre

New Delhi: The Centre has allowed export of 99,150 MT of onion to six neighbouring countries of Bangladesh, UAE, Bhutan, Bahrain, Mauritius and Sri Lanka. Onion export prohibition has been imposed to ensure adequate domestic availability against the backdrop of estimated lower Kharif and Rabi crops in 2023-24 as compared to previous year and increase demand in international market. The National Cooperative Exports Limited (NCEL), the agency for export of onion to these countries, sourced the domestic onions to be exported through e-platform at L1 prices and supplied to the…

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Tejashwi Yadav says NDA depressed from voting trends

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Tejashwi Yadav

Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Tejashwi Yadav said  that NDA people are in depression after two phases of elections. While discussing with the journalists, he said that the farmers, youth, women, students, businessmen and employees of the country have come to know that if there is Modi, it is difficult to get a job, if there is Modi, it is difficult to remove unemployment, if there is Modi, it is difficult to reduce inflation, If Modi is there then it is difficult to…

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Sri Sri Ravi Shankar visited the Dorjong Monastery Institute

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Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Palampur: Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar visited the Dorjong Monastery Institute in Jia near Palampur on Thursday. On this occasion he met the head Lama of the monastery. The head Lama also honored Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and gave detailed information about the monastery. District administration officials were also present with him on this occasion. Located in the foothills of the Dhauladhar mountain range, the Dorjong Monastery Institute (DMI) is a place for study and study of Buddhism. This institute is located near Gopalpur village, about 20…

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KCR clan maintains safe distance from elections

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KCR

Hyderabad: For the first time in two decades, the family of former Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR) is not in the electoral fray in the Lok Sabha elections 2024. No member of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) founder’s family has filed nomination for the May 13 Lok Sabha elections in the state. This is the first time since the formation of TRS (now BRS) in 2001 that the KCR family is out of the electoral contest. After 2004, every time a family member contested elections After 2004, every…

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