Mumbai, March 20 (IANS) Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will lead discussions among 200-plus startup founders and investors at Bharat Innovates deep-tech pre-summit beginning at IIT Bombay on Saturday, an official said. The two-day event to showcase startups, investor interactions, and industry networking will feature around 137 promising deep-tech startups selected from more than 3,000 applications received from across the country, said an official statement.The Bharat Innovates ini…
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New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday launched celebrations to commemorate 5 billion meals of Akshaya Patra Foundation and said that serving 5 billion meals in the advancement of educational objectives is a remarkable achievement of Akshaya Patra Foundation. The theme of this event, ‘From a Well-Nourished and Well-Educated India to a Developed India’, underscored the significance of a nourished and educated society in realising our national resolve to build ‘Viksit…
Bhubaneswar, March 6 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday met senior leaders of the Odisha unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the party’s headquarters in Bhubaneswar and held discussions on a range of issues, including preparations for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Odisha BJP President and Rajya Sabha candidate Manmohan Samal, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Mukesh Mahaling, Rajya Sabha candida…
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Showcasing India’s vibrant knowledge ecosystem, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, on Monday, called upon envoys from more than 50 countries to collaborate with the country’s innovation-driven and multidisciplinary education system. Speaking at the Study in India Edu-Diplomatic Conclave 2026 organised by the Ministry of Education at Sushma Swaraj Bhawan, Union Minister Pradhan said the country continues to remain a bright spot in the global economic landscape,…
Kolkata, March 1 (IANS) BJP President Nitin Nabin, on Sunday, launched a scathing attack against the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal, urging people to put an end to the misrule by ousting the government from power in the upcoming Assembly polls. Speaking at the launch of BJP’s Parivartan Yatra in West Bengal from Cooch Behar district, Nabin said, “We have to free Bengal from misrule of the corrupt Trinamool Congress government. People in Bengal are yearning for change. This time people…
Kolkata, March 1 (IANS) Amid the forthcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a mega rally at Brigade Parade Ground in central Kolkata on March 15.The mega rally will also mark the end of the “Parivartan Yatra” by the West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that started on Sunday. Nine separate rallies will start from nine locations in the state on Sunday and Monday.However, there will be no rallies on March 3 and March 4, because of t…
Kolkata, Feb 27 (IANS) Union Minister for Home Affairs Amit Shah’s scheduled participation in the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) ‘Parivartan Yatra’ programme amid the preparations for the Assembly elections has been postponed by a day.Initially, the Union Home Minister was supposed to flag off the party’s ‘Parivartan Yatra’ programme from Raidighi in South 24 Parganas district on March 1. However, that programme has been postponed by a day and rescheduled for March 2.“On March 1, the Union…
Jamshedpur, Feb 26 (IANS) Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday expressed deep regret over a controversial chapter relating to the judiciary in a Class 8 social science textbook published by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), and announced the immediate withdrawal of all printed copies.Speaking to the media during his visit to Jamshedpur, the Minister said the government had taken the matter very seriously. “We have decided to recall all copies…
Jamshedpur (Jharkhand), Feb 26 (IANS) President Droupadi Murmu is set to arrive in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, on Thursday to lay the foundation stone for a Rs 100 crore Shri Jagannath Temple project along Marine Drive in Kadma.During her visit, the President will also tour the Manipal TATA Medical College in Jamshedpur and interact with students.Preparations have been intensified at Marine Drive ahead of her arrival. Authorities and organisers have erected seating enclosures, installed barricades an…
Kolkata, Feb 23 (IANS) With the crucial Assembly elections in West Bengal scheduled later this year, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will flag off the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) ‘Parivartan Yatra’ programme from South 24 Parganas district on March 1, marking the formal launch of the party’s statewide campaign initiative.As per the schedule finalised so far, the first ‘Parivartan Yatra’ will begin from the Raidighi Assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district on the morning of Marc…