Author: BharatSpeaks
New Delhi: NITI Ayog, CEO, Amitabh Kant on Friday emphasised that more than data and numbers passion for rivers is required to rejuvenate them. Kant said that rivers, particularly in India, are a symbol of faith, hope, culture and sanity as well as a source of livelihood for millions. Emphasizing on community participation he said “Data and numbers are not sufficient, what is needed is passion amongst people for rivers. Passion and people combinedly can make administration to work towards the river rejuvenation.” His statement came during the second day of 5th India Water Impact Summit 2020, the focus was…
Noida: The much-awaited Jewar international airport’s passenger terminal will be designed by a consortium of Nordic, Grimshaw, Haptic and STUP architects chosen by Zurich Airport International through a three-phase, design competition held between June and August 2020. The winning design by Nordic, Grimshaw, Haptic and STUP showed a perfect amalgamation of Swiss efficiency and Indian hospitality. Officials said the design of passenger terminal is being made keeping modern and seamless passenger experience in mind. It will set new benchmarks in sustainability for airport terminal buildings in India, envisioning green spaces inside and around the building, offering a concept for a…
Kanth police station in Moradabad is setting an example for other police stations in Uttar Pradesh after finding a place in India’s top 10 best-performing police stations for the year 2020. The police station was selected in the list of best-performing police stations by the centre after assessing its performance on different parameters. To incentivise more effective functioning and bring healthy competition, the Home Ministry each year comes up with a list of best police stations. Nongpok Sekmai in Manipur’s Thoubal district has been selected as the best performing police station in the country, followed by AWPS-Suramangalam in Tamil Nadu’s…
New Delhi: To promote export of saffron from Kashmir in the US, the Consulate General of India, New York in association with Jammu & Kashmir Trade Promotion Organisation (JKTPO) and US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) on Thursday organised a virtual conference. The event was aimed to increase the export of this globally renowned spice in the US. “J&K is the largest producer of the best quality saffron in the world. As we embark on to explore the potential markets, events like these will help us to reach potential buyers in every country and will increase the brand value of our…
By Akash Upadhyay in New Delhi Involving citizens in the fight against cyber crime, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is building a network of cybercrime volunteers. Government through its website www.cybercrime.gov.in/ aims to raise a group of “cybercrime volunteers” to flag “unlawful content” on the Internet. Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) has been established under the Ministry of Home affairs (MHA) to act as a nodal point at the National level in the fight against cybercrime. One of the important objectives of I4C is to create ecosystem that brings together academia, industry, public and government in prevention, detection,…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Mann ki Baat helped All India Radio (AIR) generate four times the revenue, the government spent on its advertisement reveals a Right To Information (RTI) reply. The information came to light after Aniket Gaurav filed an RTI application to know about the total expenditure incurred and revenue generated since the premiere of the show in 2014, till September 2020. As per the reply, the government spent Rs 7.29 crore on various advertisements issued for the publicity of Mann Ki Baat, through various mediums, it helped All-India-Radio generate a whopping Rs 30.28 crore. Mann Ki…