The prestigious project for establishing Centre for Bio-Resources and Sustainable Development as a Centre of Excellence was sanctioned by the Department of Biotechnology.
The Central government on Tuesday said no one died due to oxygen shortage in the country during the second Covid-19 wave. The govt, however, admitted that demand for medical oxygen saw an unprecedented surge in the second wave.
The Delhi high court Friday granted two weeks to the Central government to file its reply to a plea by Delhi Waqf Board to open the Nizamuddin Markaz where the Tablighi Jamaat congregation was held amid the COVID-19 pandemic and was locked since March 31 last year.
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday decided to restore Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) for central government employees and pensioners from July 1, 2021 while increasing the rate of allowance to 28 per cent.
With an aim to provide clean tap water to every household, the Central grant to Odisha under the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) has been increased by four times in the financial year 2021-22.
Rahul said, "Inflation continues to grow. 'Acche din' is heavy on the country. Prime Minister's accountability only towards his friends."
Accordingly, the Union Minister took charge of the ministry headquartered at the Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan in Delhi.
Yesterday's expansion saw a total of 43 new members taking oath of office, the first such exercise in the NDA govt after its return to power in 2019.
Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Monday said that Centre should take cognisance of the alleged "corruption" in the Rafale deal.
His remarks came a day after petrol prices were hiked by 31 to 35 paise while diesel by 26 to 30 paise on June 29, taking the fuel prices across the country to a historic high.
The editorial further talked about Shiv Sena MLA Pratap Sarnaik's letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, and questioned, "Why is Sarnaik being troubled after bringing a breach of privilege motion against Arnab Goswami?"
Over 30.54 cr vaccine doses have been provided by the Centre to states and UTs so far through Govt of India (free of cost channel) and through direct state procurement category.
2 crore vaccine doses have been administered in the first 72 hours of the implementation of the new revised guidelines of the National COVID Vaccination Programme, the ministry said.
The Union Cabinet, chaired by PM Modi has approved allocation of additional foodgrain under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (Phase IV)- for another period of 5 months.
India recorded less than 60,000 new coronavirus infections after 81 days taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 2,98,81,965, while the active cases further reduced to 7,29,243, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday.
It said that 28,50,99,130 vaccine doses have been provided to states and UTs so far through the Centre- free of cost channel- and through the direct state procurement category.
They said the Union Home Ministry has directed the CRPF to recall its detachment deployed with the 67-yr-old Roy.
The clarification comes on the backdrop of reports on impact of data breaches in organisations such as Air India, Big Basket and Domino's which claimed that these breaches have exposed email accounts and passwords of NIC emails to the hackers.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday in his address speech to the nation announced a centralized procurement system for Covid-19 vaccines, beginning from June 21, with 25 per cent of the procurement being made available for the private sector, as well as free vaccinations for everyone above the age of 18.
Social media company Twitter has told the ministry of electronics and information technology (Meity) that it is “committed to complying” with all clauses of the intermediary guidelines .
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