11:12 am: MIM party will support the No Confidence motion in Lok Sabha today not only for failure on part of Modi Govt to implement State Reorganisation Act but failure to fulfill their promise to provide employment to youth and for injustice to Muslim Women and Minorities: Asaduddin Owaisi (ANI)
11:11 am: We have to be future ready in implementing technologies vital for the growth and prosperity of the nation. Technology will allow far greater penetration of services such as education, healthcare, and banking to our citizens: PM
11:10 am: We have set a target of 100 GW of installed solar power by 2022. Efficiency of solar modules currently available in the market is around 17%-18%. Can our scientists take a challenge to come up with a more efficient solar module, which can be produced in India at the same cost: PM
11:09 am: CPI(M) supports no-confidence motion being brought against BJP govt. Its betrayal of the promise of special status for Andhra Pradesh is inexcusable. Its all-round failure & evasion of parliamentary accountability needs to be highlighted, tweets CPI(M)'s Sitaram Yechury (ANI)
11:06 am: We have approved a 'Prime Minister’s Research Fellows' scheme. Under this, bright minds from the best Institutions in the country, like IISc,IIT,NIT, IISER and IIIT will be offered direct admission in Ph.D in IIT and IISc. This will help address brain-drain from our country: PM
11:05 am: We have been supporting Special Category Status for AP since the beginning. We want that people of AP to get justice. When no-confidence motion is moved you have to talk about government's failures, we contacting a lot of people: Congress' Mallikarjun Kharge (ANI)
11:01 am: Our Government has already given the go-ahead to establish 3rd LIGO detector in the country. It will expand our knowledge in basic sciences in the areas of lasers, light waves and computing. I am told that our scientists are tirelessly working towards making this a reality: PM Narendra Modi (ANI)
11:00 am: The issue has been handed over to Neeraj Kumar by Supreme Court appointed committee, we will have to wait for them: IPL Chief Rajiv Shukla on Md. Shami (ANI)
10:59 am: We are committed to increasing the share of non-fossil fuel based capacity in the electricity mix above 40% by 2030. India is a leader in the multi-country Solar Alliance and in Mission Innovation. These groupings are providing a thrust to R&D for clean energy: PM Narendra Modi
10:56 am: Our scientific achievements need to be communicated to society. This will help inculcate scientific temper among youth. We have to throw open our institutions and laboratories to our children. I call upon scientists to develop a mechanism for interaction with school-children: PM
10:55 am: It cannot be said to be case of individual persecution by state: Supreme Court while dismissing Bimal Gurung's plea seeking protection from arrest (PTI)
10:50 am: An 'Ethno-Medicinal Research Centre' has been set up in Manipur to undertake research on the wild herbs available in the North-East region, which have unique medicinal and aromatic properties. State Climate Change Centres have been set up in 7 North-Eastern States: PM Narendra Modi
10:49 am: I welcome the TDP's decision to leave the NDA. The current situation warrants such action to save the country from disaster. I appeal to all political parties in the Opposition to work closely together against atrocities, economic calamity and political instability: Mamata Banerjee (ANI) Click Here To Read More
10:48 am: The time is ripe to redefine ‘R&D’ as ‘Research’ for the ‘Development’ of the nation. Science is after all, but a means to a far greater end; of making a difference in the lives of others, of furthering human progress and welfare: PM Narendra Modi
10:47 am: I am told that this is just the second time in over a century, that the Indian Science Congress is being held in the North-East. This is a testimony to the resurgent spirit of the North East. It bodes well for the future: PM Narendra Modi
10:46 am: Will see what happens in Parliament, which party chooses to go which way. In a way it is election year and all states have demands and issues, it is not right to comment on it. It is a custom, before actual elections there is always a rehearsal: MA Naqvi on BJP-TDP break-up (ANI)
10:44 am: PM Narendra Modi addressing the 105th Session of Indian Science Congress in Manipur
10:39 am: Aam Aadmi Party's Punjab unit president and MP Bhagwant Mann resigns from his post
