Army officer Ponung Doming has become the first woman from the state of Arunachal Pradesh to be made a Lieutenant Colonel in the Indian Army. Chief Minister Pema Khandu took to Twitter to congratulate Doming. “A proud moment for all of us … Major #PonungDoming creates history. She is first woman Army officer from #Arunachal …
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Does US President Donald Trump deserve a Nobel Prize? At least one person in the world thinks so, and his name is Donald Trump. And Trump is so convinced about his demand that he thinks that only reason that he did not get it so far because the process is not fair. “I think I’m going to get a Nobel …
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With an aim to change the lives of those who have nothing, a shopkeeper in Delhi has been running a makeshift school for more than 300 underprivileged children beneath a metro bridge in the Yamuna Bank area for the last over eight years. Unfortunately, he has not received any assistance neither from the government nor any NGOs but that hasn’t …
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Human-animal conflict is on the rise as commercialisation and urbanisation is expanding. Animals enter residential areas adjoining forests and this often results in loss of livestock and crops. In order to check human-animal conflict, the Uttarakhand government has decided to carry out bio-fencing by growing various species of plants in those areas. A report by The Indian Express says that officials …
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The Union Cabinet has given its approval for a total ban on e-cigarettes in the country, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said tat a press conference in Delhi after the Cabinet meet. Read more Here’s more top news of the day: 1) Scam Exposed: 9,300 Kilograms Of Mid Day Meal Was Being Sold By Workers For Cash In UP …
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Recently, 28 employees have been arrested in the nutritional meal scam in Rae Bareli and Kannauj by the Uttar Pradesh government. There were protests after midday meals meant for children were found in an animal fodder godown in the Rae Bareli’s Salon area. According to a report by India Today, close to 155 bags of children’s meals were found at …
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The health department of the Delhi government has been directed by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to begin procuring high-quality anti-pollution masks ahead of Diwali. Under the seven-point action plan of the Delhi government to tackle the extreme pollution levels post-Diwali, free masks to the public feature as a key component. File Photo. BCCL A senior Delhi government official said that …
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With a 17.5 million strong overseas Indian community India is the leading country of origin of international migrants in 2019, according to new estimates released by the United Nations, which said the number of migrants globally reached an estimated 272 million. The International Migrant Stock 2019, a dataset released by the Population Division of the UN Department of Economic and …
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Ending a four-decade old practice of the state exchequer shelling out the amount annually for them, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has asked ministers to start paying their own income tax. Read more Here’s more top news of the day: 1) Noida Leads By Example, Starts Using Plastic Waste In Construction Of Roads, Bihar Follows On Friday, the construction …
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In a brave act, a Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel saved the life of a baby from a moving train at KR Puram railway station in Bengaluru on September 12. The constanble, however, sustained some injuries while trying to save the baby. Mohammad Kutty, 48, a head constable, was patrolling at the station. At 8:22pm, Yeshwantpur-Howrah train, which has only …
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