New Delhi, May 18, 2022: Minister of State for External Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs, V. Muraleedharan (MoS VM) will lead the Indian delegation for the first International Migration Review Forum (IMRF), being held under the auspices of the General Assembly at the United Nations in New York from 17 May to 20 May 2022. The […]
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Exports of Indian Ceramics and Glassware Products grow by 168%
New Delhi, May 01, 2022: India’s exports of Ceramics & Glassware products for 2021-22 hit a record at US$ 3464 Million. During FY 2013-14; India’s Ceramic & Glassware products exports were valued at US$ 1292 Million. The export growth of Ceramic tiles has been achieved because of a surge in shipments of Ceramic Tiles and Sanitary […]
President of European Commission on a visit to India
New Delhi, April 23, 2022: President of the European Commission, Ursula Von Der Leyen will be on an official visit to India on 24-25 April 2022. This will be her first visit to India as the President of the European Commission. During her visit, President of the European Commission will hold bilateral talks with Prime […]
Visit of External Affairs Minister to the United States of America
New Delhi, April 10, 2022: Dr. S Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs will visit the United States of America from 11-12 April 2022. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and the Minister of External Affairs will lead the Indian delegation at the Fourth India-U.S. 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue on 11 April 2022 in Washington D.C. The US delegation […]
Ministry of Ayush invites nominations for Prime Minister’s Yoga Awards 2022
New Delhi, April 04, 2022: Ministry of Ayush has invited nominations for Prime Minister’s Yoga Awards 2022. The winners will be announced on the International Day of Yoga on 21st June, 2022. The application process of award for the year 2022 is currently being hosted on the MyGov platform (https://innovateindia.mygov.in/pm-yoga-awards-2022/).The applications/nominations can be submitted only through […]
Agreement between India and UNWFP to donate wheat to Afghanistan
New Delhi, April 01, 2022: Government of India and the United Nations World Food Program (UNWFP) signed the second ‘In-kind Contribution Agreement between the Government of the Republic of India and WFP for the donation of next batch of 10,000 MTs of wheat to the People of Afghanistan’ on March 30, 2022. The Agreement was […]
Check out the Parsi population in the country
New Delhi, March 29, 2022: As per the Census data available with this Ministry, the Parsi population (Parsi is Zoroastrian) community decreased from 69,601 in the Census 2001 to 57,264 in the Census 2011. Ministry of Minority Affairs implements Jiyo Parsi Scheme to contain the population decline of Parsis in India. The Jiyo Parsi scheme adopts […]
Status of ban on single use plastic in different states
New Delhi, March 28, 2022: The Plastic Waste Management Rules (PWMR), 2016, provides the statutory framework for plastic waste management in an environmentally sound manner throughout the country. Thirty Four States/UTs have issued notifications/orders introducing regulations pertaining to complete or partial ban on plastic carry bags and/or identified single-use plastic items, over and above the Plastic […]
Know the status of Jal Jeevan Mission right here!
New Delhi, March 26, 2022: Since August 2019, the Government of India in partnership with States is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) – Har Ghar Jal to make provision of potable water to every rural household of the country by 2024, through tap water connection at a service level of 55 litre per capita per day […]
1947 partition: Remembering the massacre that shook the world
New Delhi, March 10, 2022: Maharashtra’s Parbhani is known as the land of the saints. Amrit Pal Singh ‘Amrit’ the Sikh hermit from Punjab has just arrived there to speak up on the 1947 massacre. Swami Amrit Pal Singh ‘Amrit’ was received at the Parbhani Railway Station by Advocates Sateesh Deshpande, Gyanoba Darade, Ganesh Yadav, […]