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1 Janjatiya Gaurav Divas being celebrated across the country today; President Murmu extends greeting on birth anniversary of Bhagwan Birsa Munda

In a tweet, President said, on Janjatiya Gaurav Divas, my greetings to fellow citizens, especially brothers and sisters of the tribal society.

President Droupadi Murmu has extended her greeting to the people on the birth anniversary of Bhagwan Birsa Munda today and said that tribal communities made great contributions to the freedom struggle.

She said tribal communities have enriched the life of the nation with their arts, crafts and hard work.

15-Nov-2022 News in Details
2 COP27: India says access to Finance, Technology for developing countries must to protect planet earth

India has told the developed countries that access to Finance and Technology to developing countries is must to protect earth from apocalyptic changes

Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav said this, while speaking at a High-Level Ministerial Dialogue on Climate Finance in the ongoing COP27 summit at Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.

Raising concerns over the issue of climate finance, the Minister said that the commitment made by the developed countries to mobilize 100 billion dollars from diverse sources by 2020 was a meager amount and remains unachieved till now. He added that the current needs of developing countries are estimated to be in the order of trillions.

15-Nov-2022 News in Details
3 Spanish Film Director and writer Carlos Saura to be given Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award at 53rd IFFI

Spanish Film Director and writer Carlos Saura will be conferred the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award 2022 at the upcoming 53rd edition of the International Film Festival of India at Goa. The announcement was made by the Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, L Murugan in New Delhi today.

Addressing a curtain raiser press conference ahead of the 53rd International Film Festival of India, The Minister said, the international section is an important and focused area of this time, and more than 180 films have been selected to screen at the festival. The Minister informed that a children's film package, suggested by UNICEF, has been introduced for the first time in IFFI, and which would include the screening of about seven films.

15-Nov-2022 News in Details
4 India International Trade Fair to begin today at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi

The 41st India International Trade Fair (IITF) will begin today, November 14, at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi.

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will inaugurate the fair, which will continue till the 27th of November. This year the theme of the trade fair is  Vocal For Local, Local to Global. The 14-day mega event assumes a special significance as it coincides with celebrations of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’. 

Twenty-nine States and Union Territories are participating in the event.  Bihar, Jharkhand, and Maharashtra are Partner States while Uttar Pradesh and Kerala are participating as  Focus States in the fair. 

15-Nov-2022 News in Details
5 India International Trade Fair to begin at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi

The 41st India International Trade Fair (IITF) will begin today, November 14, at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi.

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will inaugurate the fair, which will continue till the 27th of November. This year the theme of the trade fair is  Vocal For Local, Local to Global. The 14-day mega event assumes a special significance as it coincides with celebrations of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’. 

Twenty-nine States and Union Territories are participating in the event.  Bihar, Jharkhand, and Maharashtra are Partner States while Uttar Pradesh and Kerala are participating as  Focus States in the fair. 

14-Nov-2022 News in Details
6 PM pays tribute to former PM Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth anniversary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today paid tribute to former Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth anniversary. In his message on Twitter, Prime Minister recalled Nehru's contribution to the nation.

14-Nov-2022 News in Details
7 Cochin Shipyard to build India's first hydrogen fuel cell catamaran vessel in Varanasi

Cochin Shipyard has signed an MoU with Inland Waterways Authority of India to build the country's first hydrogen fuel cell catamaran vessel for Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. The Shipyard also signed another MoU for the construction of six electric catamaran vessels for Uttar Pradesh and two such vessels for Guwahati.

The MoU was signed at Varanasi in the presence of Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, Union Minister for Heavy Industry Mahendra Nath Pandey, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and a host of other dignitaries.

12-Nov-2022 News in Details
8 India, Cambodia sign 4 MOUs in the areas of culture, wildlife & health

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar had a bilateral meeting with the Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on the sidelines of the ongoing ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Saturday. Wide-ranging discussions were held on bilateral ties including human resource, de-mining and development projects.

The leaders witnessed exchange of 4 MoUs signed in areas of culture, wildlife and health. These included one in the field of health and medicine between the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of India and Ministry of Health, Cambodia.
 

12-Nov-2022 News in Details
9 India-ASEAN relationship forms the central pillar of India's ACT-EAST policy: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar

Addressing the 19th ASEAN-India Summit on Saturday, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar stated that India-ASEAN relationship forms the central pillar of India's ACT-EAST policy. He noted that deep cultural, economic and civilizational ties have existed between India and South East Asia from time immemorial. This connect has provided a foundation to build a strong relationship in the modern times from a central partnership in 1992 to a comprehensive strategic partner in 2022.

Hailing 30 years of ASEAN-INDIA friendship, Vice President said that the 3 decades have seen a multifaceted and multidimensional growth in engagements from connectivity to climate change, security to space, education to ecology and technology to trade which shows the commitment towards a brighter future.

12-Nov-2022 News in Details
10 Atal Innovation Mission launches women centric challenges under ANIC program

Atal Innovation Mission of NITI Aayog today launched the Women centric challenges under the 2nd edition of Atal New India Challenge (ANIC). The Woman centric challenges address the major issues faced by women from all spheres of life. These include driving women hygiene through innovation, innovations to improve women’s safety, professional networking opportunities for women, innovations that make working mothers’ life better, and easing the life of Rural Women.

10-Nov-2022 News in Details