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Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered a keynote address virtually at this year’s High-Level Segment of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) session on Friday, 17th July 2020 at the United Nations in New York. This was the first address by PM to the broader UN membership since India’s …

Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and MSMEs Nitin Gadkari today reviewed the CHAARDHAAM ROAD PROJECT in the State of Uttarakhand via Video Conference. Union Minister for Environment, Forests & Climate Change, Information & Broadcasting, and Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises  Prakash Javadekar, Chief Minister of Uttarakhand  Trivendra Singh …

In the wake of Covid-19 pandemic, the Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal today reviewed the Medical Oxygen supply and enhancement of capacity storage in the country. The Officials of the Department of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed that as of …

Durga Shanker Mishra, Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs launched the Mobile Application of PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) here today. This App aims to provide user friendly digital interface for Lending Institutions (LIs) and their field functionaries for sourcing and processing loan applications of street vendors …

Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan has scored 99.23% success rate in CBSE Class X Results-2020 against the overall CBSE pass percentage of 91.46%. KVS has once again topped in the category of all institutions for the second consecutive year. KVS Result Highlights: Total students appeared from KVS: 94498 Total Students Passed: 93774 …

India and China have been engaged in discussions through established military and diplomatic channels to address the prevailing situation along the LAC. Commanders from PLA & Indian Army held a meeting at Chushul, on Indian side, for the fourth round of talks, on 14 July 2020. The engagement was consistent …

Considering the security environment due to prevailing situation along the Northern Borders and the need to strengthen the Armed Forces for the Defence of our borders, a Special Meeting of the Defence Acquisition Council was convened on 15th July 2020 under the Chairmanship of Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh. The DAC …

The Government has taken a decision to allow Invalid Pension to Armed Forces Personnel with less than 10 years of qualifying service. Invalid pension is granted to the Armed Forces Personnel who is invalided out of service on account of disability which is accepted as Neither Attributable to Nor aggravated …

The issue of GST rate on alcohol based hand sanitizers has been reported in few sections of media. . It is stated that hand sanitizers attract GST at the rate of 18%. Sanitizers are disinfectants like soaps, anti-bacterial liquids, dettol etc which all attract duty standard rate of 18% under …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today reviewed the development work going on in Kedarnath Dham and also the ongoing efforts to further increase the divinity of the Dham. The discussions centred around furthering the divinity of Kedarnath temple and Jagadguru Adi Shankaracharya’s samadhi sthal, maintaining swachhata and ensuring extensive development. The …