Shillong, July 14 (IANS) The North Eastern Space Applications Centre (NESAC) is playing an increasingly significant role in strengthening India’s border security while accelerating development across the Northeast through space-based technologies, Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh said on Tuesday. Reviewing NESAC’s ongoing programmes at its headquarters in Umiam, Meghalaya, the minister said the Centre is carrying out geo-spatial mapping of the India-Myanmar inter…
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Nairobi, June 23 (IANS) The High Commissioner of India to Kenya, Adarsh Swaika, on Tuesday held a meeting with the country’s Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry discussing strengthening of cooperation in the field of climate action.“High Commissioner Adarsh Swaika called on the Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry, Hon. Deborah Mlongo Barasa,” the High Commission of India in Nairobi wrote on X.“The discussions focused on strengthening In…
Agartala, March 7 (IANS) Tripura’s food grain production has increased by 12 per cent this year compared to last year, while participation of youths in the agriculture sector has also risen, with many adopting innovative practices, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Ratan Lal Nath said on Saturday. After inaugurating the state-level ‘Kisan Mela 2025-26’ and the conferment of State and District Level Best Farmers Awards at Pragna Bhavan here, the minister said that farmers play …
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) A new Niti Aayog report has underscored that agriculture must play a central role in national transformation, given that the sector contributes 19.73 per cent of national income at current prices and engages 46 per cent of India’s total workforce (of which, 64 per cent are women), as the country pursues the vision of “Viksit Bharat at 2047”.The report, authored by Professor Ramesh Chand, Member, NITI Aayog, emphasised two principal pillars of this vision: raising p…