April 27, 2015
External Affairs, Home, PMO
News A team comprising of ministers , senior officials from ministries of Home, Defence, External Affairs and NDMA today left for Nepal to coordinate rescue and relief operations in the quake-hit country. Since the communication lines down and the disaster in Nepal making things unmanageable, India is sending UAVs to Kathmandu ...
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April 22, 2015
External Affairs, Make In India
News Ambassador of India, Ajay Bisaria, participating in a panel discussion at the India-Central Europe economic meeting, welcomed ”Go India” as a strong compliment to ”Make in India”. He also announced that Poland had been included in the next phase of India’s e-visa scheme. This would further facilitate business engagement. On ...
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April 22, 2015
External Affairs
News Moving beyond its earlier emphasis on Jammu & Kashmir being a “disputed” area, China has agreed to host India’s Northern Army Commander this year, a visit that went on hold five years ago after Beijing insisted on issuing stapled visa to the officer because J&K came under his command. ...
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April 22, 2015
Other Ministries
News One of the early actions of Modi government was to crack the whip on the bureaucracy. Coming late to work was frowned upon, long lunches were out and afternoons on the golf course were well, disapproved. In their place came timeliness, late hours and in many cases, even working ...
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April 22, 2015
Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, Swachh Bharat
News Maharashtra government has decided to appoint ‘swacchata doots’ or cleanliness ambassadors in every village to help achieve the target of building 56 lakh toilets across the state over the next five years. Half of them will be women and each cleanliness ambassador will be given an annual renumeration of ...
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April 22, 2015
Swachh Bharat
News If you book a venue for any social, political or family event, you will be held responsible for cleaning up the area. You may lose a certain portion of the security deposited with municipal bodies or local authorities for failing to clean up the venue within six hours after ...
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April 19, 2015
Swachh Bharat
News Urban local bodies in all 118 towns on banks of the river Ganga in five states will maintain the 500 metre area along the river and connecting drains as a ‘litter-free zone’. Unemployed youth in these urban areas will be hired to ensure the upkeep of the zone. The ...
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April 18, 2015
Swachh Bharat
News The government has decided to outsource the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan publicity campaign to a professional agency for the next four years and has earmarked nearly Rs 200 crore for this. The Swachh Bharat mission is to be implemented at a total cost of Rs 62,009 crore with a targeted ...
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April 18, 2015
Communications and IT, External Affairs
News The historic city of Xi’an in northwest China is busy developing a new software city inspired by the Bengaluru model. Local authorities are looking up to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for assistance in this regard and want him to sign a contract with the Chinese government to this effect ...
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April 18, 2015
External Affairs
News Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Canada has generated a potential business worth more than 1.6 billion Canadian dollars, according to official figures released by the Harper government. Sixteen commercial agreements and announcements were made by Canadian and Indian companies and organisations during Prime Minister Modi’s visit this week. ...
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