Home Minister Amit Shah will launch a unique initiative Mera Gaon Meri Dharohar as part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav in New Delhi today. It is a pan-India initiative of the Ministry of Culture under the National Mission on Cultural Mapping.

Mr. Shah will officially launch the virtual platform during a grand projection mapping show at the Qutub Minar. The virtual platform
www.mgmd.gov.in
will connect people with villages of India. Our correspondent reports that the program also includes a Samvaad between people from different villages and Mr. Shah, offering a unique opportunity to interact with the heart and soul of India's villages.

BJP’s S Phangnon Konyak on Tuesday became the first woman member from Nagaland to preside over Rajya Sabha. On July 17, she became the first ever woman member of Rajya Sabha to be appointed to the panel of vice-chairpersons.

“Marking a significant moment in history, the first woman member from Nagaland in the Rajya Sabha, S Phangnon Konyak presided over the House today,” an official statement said.

To address the shortage of doctors in Uttar Pradesh, the state government is considering a proposal to increase the retirement age of government doctors from 62 years to 65 years, said a report by Hindustan Times.

Currently, there are 14,000 doctors working across 19,000 sanctioned posts in the state.

“We need more doctors for which the proposal to increase retirement age from the present 62-years to 65-years has been made. But those doctors opting to work till 65 years of age will not be given administrative charge after age 62 years," said a senior health official in the report.

India finished 2nd on the medals tally at the recently concluded ISSF Junior Shooting World Championships 2023 in Changwon, South Korea. Indian shooters bagged 17 medals, which include 6 Gold, 6 Silver, and 5 Bronze. The championships saw 90 Indian shooters vie for medals in pistol, rifle, and shotgun competitions in the under-21 age category. The majority of the medalists were Khelo India athletes. Seven Indians managed to bag more than one medal. Abhinav Shaw and Kamaljeet won two golds each. Sainyam won three medals — gold in the 10m air pistol women, and a bronze each in the 10m air pistol mixed team and women’s team events.

The appointment will be effective from 1 August, 2023, the firm said in a stock regulatory filing on 25 July.

“We hereby inform you that the Board of Directors at its meeting held today, i.e., on July 25, 2023, has appointed Mr. Rajesh Kannan as President & Chief Digital and Information Officer (‘CDIO’), Senior Management Personnel of Tata Motors Limited (‘the Company’) w.e.f August 1, 2023," Tata Motors said.

Kannan has twenty-eight years of experience delivering transformative, end-to-end digital and IT engagements for global organisations across multiple sectors and industries including retail, consumer products, media and advertising, banking, insurance and financial services, the firm said.

The Nation celebrates the Kargil Vijay Diwas today, remembering the sacrifice made by soldiers of the Indian Army. On this day, the country commemorates the Army’s triumph over Pakistani troops in Kargil, Ladakh, in 1999, after more than 60 days of battle. 

The main function was held at Kargil War Memorial in Drass. Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh, Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan, Army Chief General Manoj Pande, Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar, other top Army Commanders and Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh Brig (Retd) BD Mishra attended the ceremony at Drass among others. They laid wreaths at the memorial to pay tributes to the soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice for the country during the Kargil War. 

The beautiful Indian state of Goa has been chosen to host the world’s biggest and most prestigious national pageant for men, the Rubaru Mr. India competition. This renowned event will take place this August with the national finals taking place at the Bogmallo Beach Resort on August 5. In the month of August, Goa will welcome 32 of the most handsome, charismatic and talented men from different parts of India for the 19th season of the Rubaru Mr. India competition. Alongside the handsome candidates, several notable and prominent personalities from the fashion world and the beauty pageant industry will also travel to Goa for this prestigious event. At the culmination of the competition on August 5, 2023, the entire India will learn the name of the most handsome man in the nation.

In the ongoing Safe City project of the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government, the Urban Development Department has decided to include the Safe City app in the Smart City app in order to assign responsibilities to every department to carry out the work within the stipulated time, the government said in a press release.

This information was given in a presentation on the Safe City project before Chief Secretary Durga Shankar Mishra.

Under the project, data collection of CCTVs in 17 Municipal Corporations and Gautam Budh Nagar was expected from the Urban Development Department in the first phase, to which information was given about the progress. It was said that the committee has to be constituted as soon as possible.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) in its meeting held on Tuesday passed the draft guidelines for Institutional Development Plan for Higher Education Institutions (HEIs).

Globally, there is an increasing interest in quality and standards, reflecting both the rapid growth of higher education and its cost to the public and the private finances.

According to UGC, higher educational institutes in India too will need to demonstrate that it takes quality to a significantly more advanced level and puts into place the means of attaining, demonstrating and assuring that sustainable quality.

Deepak Miglani, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, the Ministry of External Affairs said in on Tuesday.

Miglani is presently serving as Director in the Ministry of External Affairs.

India and Sao Tome and Principe (STP) have enjoyed warm and friendly relations since its independence in 1975. Leaders of the both countries have been meeting on the side lines of some of the international fora, such as the United Natins and NAM among others.