Satya Narayan Pradhan has been appointed as Director-General of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on a deputation basis till the date of his superannuation on August 31, 2024, or until further orders.
He was currently holding additional charge of NCB chief despite holding the responsibility of Director General of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).
Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) ,Parent agency: Ministry of Home Affairs.
Bhadrachalam in Telengana added as a destination in the IRCTC’s Ramayana Circuit train.
Bhadrachalam is home to Sree Sita Ramachandra Swamy temple.
The festivals held at this shrine before Ugadi to Ramanavami are very popular and the Sita Rama Kalyanam is a blissful event to witness.
With an aim to improve the efficiency of governance across districts, the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) will collaborate with the government of Uttar Pradesh to develop a District Good Governance Index, which will be a first in any state.
- Union Minister for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions: Jitendra Singh
Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs & Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Hardeep S. Puri today unveiled the statue of Rani Lakshmi Bai at the Maharani Lakshmi Bai college for Women, Bhiwani Rohilla in Hisar (Haryana) through video conferencing.
Rani Lakshmi Bai as a major symbol of revolt against the repression of British Raj.
India Post Payments Bank, Department of Posts & Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance co. has announced a strategic partnership for offering term and annuity products to customers through the Bank’s extensive network.
Term & Annuity Products viz. Bajaj Allianz Smart Protect Goal & Bajaj Allianz Guaranteed - Pension Goal of Both the products available on easy to sell POS platform.
IPPB:- wholly owned by the Government of India through Department of Post.
Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar virtually inaugurated the Kisan Bhawan and Beekeeper Conference at the Central Institute of Horticulture, Nagaland.
India produced 1.25 lakh metric tonnes of honey and exported 60 thousand metric tonnes in 2020-21.
Nagaland CM: Neiphiu Rio; Governor: Jagdish Mukhi.
The Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey chaired the conference of Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) / Head of Forest Force (HoFF).
The conference organised to discuss various forestry and wildlife issues for coming up with solutions and innovative ideas to meet both local and global challenges.
The nation is celebrating the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ to commemorate 75 years of Independence.On this occasion, Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, Union Minster of Civil Aviation dedicated eGCA, the e-governance platform in Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to the nation.
DGCA has implemented its e-governance platform eGCA.
On Transport Day at COP26, India, represented by NITI Aayog, participated in the fourth ministerial dialogue of the Zero-Emission Vehicle Transition Council (ZEVTC), a global forum on enhancing political cooperation on the transition to zero-emission vehicles.
India has already made great strides on introducing policies towards the faster adoption of electric mobility.
The Union Cabinet has decided to declare November 15 as ‘Janjatiya Gaurav Divas’ to mark the birth anniversary of revered tribal leader and freedom fighter Birsa Munda and honour the contributions of the members of Scheduled Tribes to Indian history and culture.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the Union Cabinet presided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The US became the 101st member of the International Solar Alliance (ISA), an inter-governmental organisation formed by India and France to accelerate the global adoption of solar power. The US special envoy for climate, John Kerry, announced at the COP26 in Glasgow that the US has joined the ISA as a member country after signing the framework agreement.
ISA HQ: Gurugram; Director General: Ajay Mathur; Members:- 124 members of UN.
National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) is a not-for-profit Company under the aegis of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) with the mission to make the internet accessible to everyone.
To facilitate its customers and partners, NIXI has gone digital by enabling digital payments across its three business units by integrating payment gateways.
NIXI has partnered with PayU and NSDL to offer the Payment gateway services.
E-Amrit is a one-stop destination for all information on electric vehicles—busting myths around the adoption of EVs, their purchase, investment opportunities, policies, subsidies, etc. The portal has been developed and hosted by NITI Aayog under a collaborative knowledge exchange programme with the UK government and as part of the UK–India Joint Roadmap 2030.
In continuation of a tradition that started in 1950, Nepal Army Chief Gen Prabhu Ram Sharma was conferred with the honorary rank of ‘General of the Indian Army’ by President Ram Nath Kovind.
Gen Sharma is on a four-day visit to India to explore ways to expand bilateral defence cooperation.
Indian Chief of Defence Staff: Bipin Rawat;
Chief of Army Staff:- Manoj Mukund Naravane.
Pneumonia is the deadliest disease for children below five years, killing about 8,00,000 children every year. In many parts of the world, the United Nations Children’s Fund states, a child dies from pneumonia every 39 seconds.
Termed as “a disease of inequality,” the disease is concentrated in poor populations across the world.
Theme for 2021: Stop Pneumonia / Every Breath Counts.