The Centre has decided to extend the validity of Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, FCRA registration certificates of certain categories of FCRA registered entities.

Home Ministry said, the validity of registration certificates of such entities whose validity was extended till 31st March 31st of this month and whose renewal application is pending will stand extended till this year or till the date of disposal of the renewal application, whichever is earlier.

The Ministry said, validity of FCRA entities whose 5 years validity period is expiring during 1st April 2022 to 30th June 2022 and who have applied for renewal before expiry of 5 years validity period will stand extended up to 30th June 2022 or till date of disposal of renewal application, whichever earlier.

The ten-day Red Fort Festival - Bharat Bhagya Vidhata will begin today at the iconic 17th-century monument, Red Fort in New Delhi. Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Zubin Irani will inaugurate the festival. The festival will remain open between 11 AM to 10 PM daily.

It will feature a wide range of experiences including “Matrubhumi” - Projection Mapping Show, a Cultural Parade, Khao Galli, live performances at Rang Manch, dances of India, Anokhe Vastra, and Khel Manch.

‘WINGS INDIA 2022’, Asia's largest Civil Aviation event will take off today at Begumpet airport in Hyderabad. Coinciding with the Azadi Ka Amith Mahotsav, the fifth edition of the biennial event will be held with the main theme, “India@75: New Horizon for Aviation Industry”.

The four-day show is being organized by the Ministry of Civil Aviation and FICCI and is expected to provide a congenial forum catering to the rapidly changing dynamics of the sector. Focussing on new business acquisition, investments, policy formation, and regional connectivity, the WING India is expected to provide a much-desired fillip to aviation. Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said that Wings India 2022 epitomizes the Government of India’s commitment to transform India into the world’s top civil aviation hub.

The second inter-ministerial meeting to discuss the celebration of International Day of Yoga - 2022 was held in New Delhi today. Several Union Ministers attended the meeting and gave information about the activities being carried out by their ministries to create awareness about International Day of Yoga and suggestions to enhance the outreach.

The meeting was organized with the aim of making International Day of Yoga to be observed on 21st June, success.

Union Ministers Sarbananda Sonowal,  Piyush Goyal, Mansukh Mandaviya,  G Kishan Reddy, Bhupendra Yadav, Smriti Irani, Ashwani Vaishnav and Purushottam Rupala were present in the meeting.

President Ram Nath Kovind has said every one to work together to achieve a Tuberculosis-free India by 2025.  In his message on the eve of World Tuberculosis Day today, Mr Kovind congratulated all the TB champions who have battled the disease and are showing the way for others.

World Tuberculosis Day is observed on 24th March to raise public awareness about Tuberculosis. On this day in the year 1882, Dr. Robert Koch announced the discovery of the bacteria that causes TB. It paved the way for the diagnosis and cure of this disease.

The President said the outbreak of COVID and the emergence of new variants of coronavirus had brought unprecedented stress on the country’s health care system.

On the occasion of Shaheed Diwas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated Biplobi Bharat Gallery at Victoria Memorial Hall, via video conferencing. Remembering the martyrs on the Shaheed Diwas, the Prime Minister said that the tales of sacrifice of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev inspire all of us to work tirelessly for the country.  

The Prime Minister started his address with expressing condolence for the victims of violent incident in Birbhum and expressed the hope that the state government will ensure punishment for the perpetrators of such a heinous crime.  He assured of all the cooperation from the centre to nab the culprit.

The Prime Minister said New India is bringing back the heritage of the country back from abroad where ancient statues used to be smuggled to with impunity.  The Prime minister said in the decades before 2014,  only a dozen statues could be brought to India. But in the last 7 years, ,  this number has increased to more than 225.

India has successfully test-fired surface to surface supersonic cruise missile BrahMos in Andaman and Nicobar. The extended range missile hit its target with pinpoint accuracy. Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari congratulated on the successful test-firing of BrahMos missile.

Australia’s world number one Ash Barty has decided to retire from professional tennis at the age of 25. The announcement comes less than two months after she won her home Australian Open, her third Grand Slam singles title.

Barty said in an emotional video posted Wednesday on social media: “I wasn’t quite sure of how I was gonna do this . . . it’s hard to say … I’m so happy and I’m so ready. I just know at the moment in my heart for me as a person this is right.”

“I’ve given absolutely everything I have to this beautiful sport of tennis, and I’m really happy with that. For me, that is my success,” she said.

The Padma award winners for the year 2022 today visited the National War Memorial, NWM, in New Delhi for the first time. Those who visited NWM include Padma Bhushan winners Devendra Jhajharia and Sachchidanand Swami and Padma Shri winners Sardar Jagjit Singh Dardi, Kaajee Singh and Pandit Ram Dayal Sharma.  The awardees went around the memorial, paying floral tributes to the armed forces personnel who, since Independence, have made supreme sacrifice to protect the nation. They appreciated government’s initiative of organising the visit to NWM and its efforts to popularise the monument among people.

The Padma Awards were presented by President Ram Nath Kovind at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-I yesterday. The Civil Investiture Ceremony-II is scheduled to be held on 28th of this Month.

Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya will inaugurate the Step-Up to End TB-World TB Day Summit on the occasion of World TB Day on 24th of this month in New Delhi. Chief Guest at the summit will be Governor of Uttar Pradesh, Anandiben Patel, who will attend the summit virtually.

The Health Ministry said, this two days summit will provide a forum to showcase the National TB Elimination Programme’s learnings and successes. The summit will be attended by the Health Ministers of various states, State Health officials and other key stakeholders, working on the issue of TB elimination in the country. During the event, Union Health Minister will award well-performing states and districts for achieving improved levels of TB elimination. TB survivor will also share her story and journey of overcoming this disease.