New LPG connection, refill booking just a missed call away

Bhubaneswar, January 1: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday launched missed-call facility for Indane refill booking and for registering a new LPG connection through a single number – 8454955555. The facility for booking LPG refill by giving a missed-call on – 8454955555 – has been rolled out pan-India and […]

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Country-wide COVID-19 Vaccine Dry Run on January 2

New Delhi, December 31: With the objective of gearing up for the roll out of COVID-19 vaccine across the country, the Central Government has decided to conduct Dry Run in all the State and UT Governments on January 2 (Saturday). Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting to review the preparedness at […]

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Dry run for COVID-19 vaccination successfully conducted in four States

New Delhi, December 29: Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare successfully conducted a two-day dry run for activities entailed in Covid-19 vaccination in four States – Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Gujarat on Monday and Tuesday, said an official release. According to Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry, the two-day end-to-end dry run was […]

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Odisha CM writes to Centre for recasting pension structure of EPF pensioners

Bhubaneswar, December 17: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday wrote to Union Labour and ESI Minister Santosh Gangwar to address the grievances of EPF pensioners by recasting their pension structure. The Chief Minister wrote that it will benefit EPF pensioners throughout India, including around 1.62 lakh pensioners in Odisha. “I would like to draw your […]

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HelpAge India becomes first Indian NGO to receive ‘2020 UN Population Award’

New Delhi, December 11: HelpAge India, a non- Governmental Organization (NGO), became the first Indian NGO to receive ‘2020 UN Population Award. The award was given in ‘institutional category.’ The United Nations every year honours an individual and/or institution for outstanding contributions to population and reproductive health questions. This honour comes in recognition of the […]

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Covid vaccine will be available in coming few weeks: PM Modi

New Delhi, December 4: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday chaired the all-party meeting via video conferencing to discuss the Covid-19 vaccination strategy in India. “The Government is developing a comprehensive vaccination strategy. It is expected that the vaccine will be available in the coming few weeks,” said PM Modi. The Prime Minister shared his […]

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PM Modi to visit vaccine manufacturing facilities in three cities tomorrow  

New Delhi, November 27: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a three-city visit on Saturday to personally review the vaccine development and manufacturing process. The Prime Minister will visit the Zydus Biotech Park in Ahmedabad, Bharat Biotech in Hyderabad and Serum Institute of India in Pune. Modi’s visit to these facilities and discussions with […]

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Union P&NG Minister Pradhan lays stone for CBG plant in Karnataka

New Delhi, November 27: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday laid the foundation stone of Leafiniti Bioenergy’s press mud-based compressed bio-gas (CBG) plant at Jamkhandi in Karnataka through video conference. The plant will produce CBG from sugarcane press-mud and pave the way for creation of a circular economy in […]

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PM Modi to open global RE-Invest 2020 on Thursday; 50,000 delegates to attend

New Delhi, November 24: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the virtual 3rd Global Renewable Energy Investment Meeting and Expo (RE-Invest 2020), on Thursday at 5:30 PM. It is expected to be attended by over 75 international Ministerial delegations, over 1,000 global industry leaders and 50,000 delegates. It aims to accelerate the worldwide effort to […]

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India bans 43 more mobile apps, including Snack Video

New Delhi, November 24: The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on Tuesday issued an order under section 69A of the Information Technology Act blocking access to 43 mobile apps. With ban of the 43 fresh apps, at least 220 apps have so far been blocked in country since June this year. This action was […]

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