‘New Education Policy will make India’s education system more robust & inclusive’

Bhubaneswar, August 31: The New Education Policy-2020 (NEP) encompasses provisions that bolster Prime Minister Narendra Modi Government’s resolve to provide quality education to all, tweeted Union Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. In a series of tweets, Pradhan said, “Designed to enhance essential & analysis-based learning and critical thinking of students, NEP […]

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Union Ministers lay stone for academic block, library & staff quarters at Koraput CUO

New Delhi/Koraput: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Union Education Minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank laid the foundation stone for academic block, library and staff quarters at Central University of Odisha (CUO), Koraput through video conferencing on the occasion of 12th Foundation Day of the CUO. “CUO has established itself as a […]

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Jan Dhan has benefitted over 1.5 crore poor people in Odisha: Pradhan

Bhubaneswar: Jan Dhan has benefitted more than 1.5 crore poor people in Odisha covering more than 74 lakh households, said Union Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday. Highlighting various initiatives being taken by the Narendra Modi Government for financial inclusion with a vision to provide banking to the unbanked, funding […]

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Digital India has touched lives of millions of Odias in more ways than one: Pradhan

Bhubaneswar: Claiming that Prime Minister Narendra’s Modi Digital India initiative has enhanced the reach of Government benefits even to the remotest places and has delivered succour to those in need, Union Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday said that it has touched lives and brought convenience to millions of […]

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‘Modi Govt committed to strengthen water security in Odisha’

Bhubaneswar: Maintaining that availability of clean water for drinking and irrigation has been one of the major challenges that has concerned Odisha, over the years, Union Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday said that the Narendra Modi Government has been working to overcome challenges of water scarcity and provide piped […]

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Pradhan donates one month’s salary to PM Relief Fund to fight Coronavirus war

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday donated his one month’s salary to Prime Minister National Relief Fund to fight the new Coronavirus aka COVID-19 pandemic, which has so far claimed 25 Indian lives and wreaked havoc globally. The Union Minister also released Rs crore from his MPLADS […]

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Odisha CM, Union Minister Pradhan show gratitude to COVID-19 fighters by clapping & ringing

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Union Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday showed show gratitude to health workers at the forefront of the fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the country by clapping and beating bells. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a televised address to the […]

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Pradhan writes to Union MSME Minister Nitin Gadkari for CTTC Extension Centre in Angul

Bhubaneswar: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday requested the Centre to open an Extension Centre of Central Tool Room and Training (CTTC), Bhubaneswar at Angul. In a letter to Union MSME Minister Nitin Gadkari, Pradhan wrote, “The Central Tool Room and Training (CTTC), Bhubaneswar is among 10 TRs/TDIs in […]

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SUM Ultimate Medicare inaugurated in Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar: SUM Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM), the multi-super specialty quaternary care hospital of the Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA), was thrown open for public on Saturday in the presence of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan here. Speaking on the occasion the Chief Minister hoped that […]

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India-US Summit is a momentous occasion for bilateral relations: Pradhan

Bhubaneswar: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday described the Summit level meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump as a momentous occasion for India-US bilateral relations. Speaking at an event in New Delhi, he said that both the leaders have once again emphasized the importance […]

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