New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Government-backed e-commerce platform DigiHaat on Friday announced that it has expanded its mobility services to 55 cities across India through partnerships with driver-owned cooperatives Bharat Taxi and Namma Yatri. The company said the expansion is aimed at promoting a cooperative and citizen-centric model in the ride-hailing sector.The newly launched ‘DigiHaat Rides’ service, which was previously operational in Delhi NCR and Bengaluru, has now been extended to cit…
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New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will distribute more than 51,000 appointment letters to newly-appointed youth in various government departments and organisations at the 19th Rozgar Mela on Saturday, said an official.The letters will be distributed via video-conferencing, and PM Modi will also address the gathering on the occasion.In keeping with the Prime Minister’s commitment to prioritising employment generation, the Rozgar Mela is a major initiative aimed at translatin…
Stockholm, May 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Sweden is “very significant”, India’s Ambassador Anurag Bhushan said on Sunday. In an interview with IANS, Bhushan noted that PM Modi’s visit is also significant as it is happening in Gothenburg, a very old city of Sweden, which has now developed into a technology, industrial and innovation heart of the Scandinavian country.PM Modi will arrive in Sweden later on Sunday after concluding his visit to the Netherlands. He had earlier v…
Gandhinagar, May 17 (IANS) Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday said that India’s recent free trade agreements with developed economies had given the country preferred access to markets accounting for nearly 70 per cent of global GDP. Addressing the inauguration of the Innovation and Incubation Centre at the National Institute of Design (NID) in Ahmedabad, Goyal said the agreements reflected the long-term economic strategy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and would suppor…
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Twelve years ago, this day, on May 16, 2014, electors of India delivered a clear mandate to elect a stable government of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It was a vote against alleged corrupt practises and reported coalition frictions during the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) regime.That day “something special happened”, according to the Prime Minister himself.”On this very …
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Rajasthan on Friday entered India’s fast-growing semiconductor ecosystem with the virtual inauguration of the state’s first semiconductor plant and a major Electronics Manufacturing Cluster (EMC) at Bhiwadi, as the Centre intensified efforts to position the country as a global electronics and chip manufacturing hub.The Electronics Manufacturing Cluster developed by ELCINA at Salarpur in Khushkhera, Bhiwadi, Rajasthan, along with the semiconductor ATMP/OSAT facility o…
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) The Ministry of Ayush has signed an MoU with the Digital India BHASHINI Division (DIBD) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to enable faster transcription and translation of Ayush knowledge systems into multiple Indian languages through advanced AI-powered language technology. Under the initiative titled “BHASHINI Rajyam – A BHASHINI Sahayogi Program,” the partnership aims to integrate the BHASHINI Platform, India’s National Langu…
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Monday hailed the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) surge in the Assembly elections, particularly in West Bengal and Assam, calling the results an endorsement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s welfare-driven policies. She congratulated Prime Minister Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP President Nitin Nabin, describing the election results announced as a ‘historic mandate’.Chief Minister Gupta said the Centre’s development agenda w…
Nagpur, May 1 (IANS) Maharashtra Revenue Minister and Guardian Minister for Nagpur and Amravati, Chandrashekhar Bawankule, on Friday appealed to the citizens of the state to participate in the census, adding that only residents of India can participate in the present exercise, and Bangladeshi or foreign nationals will not be allowed to participate. After attending the ceremonial flag-hoisting on the occasion of Maharashtra Foundation Day, Minister Bawankule, at a press conference, spoke on sever…
Jaipur, May 1 (IANS) Rajasthan Chief Minister, Bhajanlal Sharma, on Friday participated in the self-enumeration process launched under Census 2027, setting an example for citizens across the state. Accessing the official portal, he filled in his personal details and successfully submitted the required information online, appealing to citizens to join the nation-building exercise.Encouraging widespread public participation, the Chief Minister described Census 2027 as a crucial step towards streng…