The government will organise 'Mera Pehla Vote Desh Ke Liye' in Higher Educational institutions across the country from tomorrow to ensure universal enlightened participation of youth in elections. The main objective of the initiative is to engage and encourage young voters to come out and vote and to convey the importance of voting for the larger good of the nation. The programme will be continued till 6th of March.

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has urged the youth of the nation to make their voices heard. He highlighted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s clarion call to the country's youth and first-time voters to exercise their franchise in large numbers. Mr Pradhan informed that he had directed all Higher Educational institutions in the country to conduct comprehensive voter awareness activities at their campuses to galvanize Yuva Shakti. The initiative symbolizes the importance of Elections and the pride of voting in the largest democracy in the world.

The President of India has appointed former Supreme Court judge Justice AM Khanwilkar has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Lok Pal.

Justice Lingappa Swamy (former HP HC Chief Justice & Karnataka HC Judge), Justice Sanjay Yadav(former Allahabad HC CJ) and Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi(former Karnataka HC CJ & Allahabad HC judge, present Chairperson of the Law Commission of India) are the judicial members.

Former civil servants Sushil Chandra(ex-CEC), Pankaj Kumar and Ajay Tirkey are appointed as non-judicial members of Lokpal.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the Swaminarayan Medical College in Gandhinagar, Gujarat on Tuesday.

Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel was also present during the inauguration ceremony.

The Swaminarayan Medical College committee elated with the presence of Home Minister Amit Shah and CM Patel in the ceremony.

Meanwhile, Vice President of Swaminarayan University, Swami Bhaktvatsal said that the College has been constructed at a cost of Rs 150 crores.

The Centre on Tuesday declared Jamaat-e-Islami, Jammu and Kashmir as an ‘unlawful association’ under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 for a further period of five years, citing its close links with militant outfits and its continuous support to extremism and separatism in the Union territory.

“Pursuing Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Ji’s policy of zero tolerance against terrorism and separatism, the government has extended the ban on Jamaat-e-Islami, Jammu Kashmir for five years.

As the world grapples with the growing burden of cancers, researchers are exploring a new tool to better screen this deadly disease.

Raman spectroscopy allows for the analysis of molecular composition, which can be useful in distinguishing between normal and cancerous tissues. But do you know who gave the world this revolutionary tool? It was an Indian.

Dr CV Raman discovered the phenomenon of Raman scattering in 1928, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930. This age-old discovery, today, plays a key role in identifying and analysing biological tissues.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin inaugurated the memorial for former Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Chennai's Marina Beach on Monday.

CM Stalin also inaugurated the renovated former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Annadurai's memorial, also located on Marina Beach.

An underground museum, 7D screens, touchscreen displays, selfie points, a library, highlights of the leader's life, and many other features are part of the new Karunanidhi Memorial.

Actor Rajinikanth was also present on the occasion.

The world's first Vedic clock, designed to showcase time according to the ancient Indian traditional Panchang, has been installed in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain district and is set for unveiling on March 1.

Scheduled for virtual inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Vedic clock stands tall on an 85-foot tower within Ujjain's Jantar Mantar, adjacent to the Government Jiwaji Observatory, according to a report in The Times of India.

This unique clock will exhibit information related to Vedic Hindu Panchang, planetary positions, Muhurat, astrological calculations, and predictions, and also indicate Indian Standard Time (IST) and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Time calculation is based on the duration from one sunrise to the next.

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Sunday inaugurated the 2nd State Level Shehri Samridhi Utsav organised by Tripura Urban Livelihood Mission in Children's Park, Agartala.

At the event, women from SHGs displayed traditional handmade products to the CM.

The programme, which was organised by the Tripura Urban Livelihood Misson, will continue until March 3.

The Chief Minister, while speaking to the media, expressed his happiness to attend the inaugural function of the 2nd State Level Shehri Samridhi Utsav and said that it gives a major boost to women's empowerment.

As part of its efforts to spread voter awareness, the Election Commission has tied up with the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) and the Department of Posts (DoP) to amplify its outreach to electors ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

The EC signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with both the organisations in the presence of Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Monday. As part of the agreement, the IBA and DoP with its members and affiliated institutions or units will extend support in promoting voter education through their extensive network on a pro-bono basis, employing various interventions to empower citizens with knowledge about their electoral rights, processes and steps for registration and voting, the Election Commission said in a statement.

In a first in the private sector, two facilities for the manufacture of ammunition and missiles were opened by Adani Defence and Aerospace in Kanpur on February 26.

The twin-facility complex, spread over 500 acres, was inaugurated by Army Chief Gen. Manoj Pande and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

Speaking at the event, Gen. Pande said 32 variants of ammunition in 12 categories were identified for manufacture by the Indian industry in phase one. “All cases are likely to fructify in the next one year, as per the envisaged timelines. Approval has been already obtained for five additional ammunition categories to be developed in phase two,” Gen. Pande said on the ammunition indigenisation plan. “Simultaneously, MAKE programmes for developing new-generation ammunition, including electronic fuses currently not held in the inventory, are also being processed.”