Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (September 7) inaugurated the “Shikshak Parv” conclave through video conferencing and launched multiple key initiatives in the education sector. The theme of `Shikshak Parv-2021` is “Quality and Sustainable Schools: Learnings from Schools in India”. The objective of the Shikshak Parv-2021 is to encourage innovative practices to ensure not only continuity of […]
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Keshav Desiraju, an IAS officer who formerly served as India’s Union health secretary, passed away on Sunday morning. He was 66. Desiraju was an IAS officer of the 1978 batch from the Uttarakhand cadre and contributed to mental health and community healthcare. He is also known as the architect of India’s mental healthcare act of
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Uday Bhatia has authored a new book titled “Bullets Over Bombay: Satya and the Hindi Film Gangster”, which has been released. The book was published by HarperCollins Publishers. The book highlights the iconic Indian film “Satya” and its legacy. About the book In 1998, Satya opened to widespread critical acclaim. At a time when Bollywood
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The government has appointed Harsha Bhupendra Bangari as the managing director (MD) of the Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM Bank). She will serve as MD of Exim bank for a period of three years or until further orders of the government. Bangari will take place of MD David Rasquinha, who was appointed for five years
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Arun Kumar Singh is the new Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) as the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MoPNG) on Monday. According to an order from the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT), he has been
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Equitas Small Finance Bank (SFB) has launched an initiative enabling customers to book fixed deposits (FDs) on Google Pay in under two minutes without having to open a bank account. The offering was made possible by connecting application programming interfaces (APIs) built by fintech infrastructure provider Setup. To start with, this functionality will be available for Google
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Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Sunday launched Covid-19 Affected Livelihood Support Scheme to provide assistance to those who had been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in the State. Under the scheme, Govt has received a total of 22,336 applications so far. 7,943 applications have been verified and beneficiaries will be given the assistance
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The Govt of Gujarat has announced an 11% hike in dearness allowance for its employees and pensioners with effect from July 1st, 2021. Now, the New DA rate will be 28%. prior to this, Central Govt raised DA for its employees from 17 percent to 28 percent in July. He said that this decision has been taken in line with the DA
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Key Highlights: The 75 countries include Jamaica, Ireland, Turkey, Kenya, Mongolia, Israel, Finland, France, and Canada, Singapore, Russia, US, Indonesia, Greece and Cyprus among others. The corner will be an exclusive space to promote GI tagged tribal art and craft products besides natural and organic products. TRIFED will also be establishing an Atmanirbhar corners in 75 embassies of
International Literacy Day (ILD) is celebrated on September 8. According to the UNESCO website, this year, the theme for International Literacy Day is ‘Literacy for a human-centered recovery: Narrowing the digital divide’. The theme of 55th International Literacy Day is Literacy for a human-centered recovery: Narrowing the digital divide. History of International Literacy Day: The 8th
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