New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday highlighted that Indian Railways has undergone a fundamental shift and is setting new benchmarks through sustained reforms and technology.In this context, he shared an article written by Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on how the safety ecosystem of Indian Railways has been transformed in the past decade through clear policy, the induction of modern technology and continuous injection of funds.The Prime Minister’s Office poste…
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New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The Office of the Prime Minister of India on Friday highlighted an IANS report on World Bank President Ajay Banga backing job creation as the core of development strategy and citing India’s cooperative model as an example of scalable growth.The story shared by PMO India on the social media platform X underscores the importance of employment-led growth and the global recognition of India’s development approach.Banga emphasised that development efforts must move beyo…
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, the government has appointed Vir Vikram Yadav as the new Director General of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), replacing Faiz Ahmed Kidwai.Yadav, who is currently serving as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, will now head India’s aviation regulator at a time when the sector is expanding rapidly.With rising air traffic, growing airline fleets and increased focus on safety,…
Oslo, March 27 (IANS) India and Norway held discussions on enhancing bilateral and India-Nordic engagements covering various sectors, including sustainability and climate, innovation and digitalisation, shipping and tunneling, Arctic. The talks were held during a meeting between Additional Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Pooja Kapur and State Secretary, Norway’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik. During the meeting, Kravik recalled his recent visit to India to a…
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) The Centre has constituted seven empowered groups of officials and experts to handle the fallout of the Iran war on specific sectors of the Indian economy, including oil, gas, fertilisers, supply chains, and inflation. The empowered groups, comprising senior officials from the Prime Minister’s Office and the Cabinet Secretariat, were based on directions from Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) to review the evolvi…
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Senior IAS officer Ravi Mittal (2016 Chhattisgarh cadre) has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office, an official statement said on Thursday. “The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Shri Ravi Mittal, IAS (CG:2016) presently in the cadre as Deputy Secretary, Prime Minister’s Office, for a tenure of four years from the date of assumption of charge or until further orders, whichever is earlier,” said an o…
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Vikram K Doraiswami, presently High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the People’s Republic of China, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Thursday. A 1992 batch Indian Foreign Service officer, Doraiswami is expected to take up the assignment shortly.He was appointed as the High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom in August 2022 after having served as India’s High Commissioner to Ba…
New Delhi/Ahmedabad, March 11 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi interacted with people at the airport while returning from Delhi, where they had travelled for meetings with the BJP’s central leadership, officials said on Wednesday.According to officials, the two leaders on Tuesday evening met travellers and other citizens at the IGI Airport in an informal setting, engaging with them without any formal protocol arrangements.They sat among membe…
Bengaluru, March 4 (IANS) Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, R. Ashoka, on Wednesday alleged that the Karnataka government was attempting to take over land belonging to the Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation (KSIC) at its T. Narasipura unit. He claimed that the move would jeopardise the future of the iconic Mysore Silk brand.In a statement, Ashoka alleged that the state government was seeking to acquire a five-acre land parcel earmarked for the expansion of the …
Chennai, March 2 (IANS) Tamil Nadu BJP has criticised Chief Minister M.K. Stalin for not receiving Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Tamil Nadu, terming it a departure from the state’s long-standing political traditions. In a statement, TN BJP spokesperson A.N.S. Prasad said the Prime Minister unveiled development projects worth Rs 4,400 crore in Madurai.Prasad said that extending courtesy to visiting Prime Ministers has been part of Tamil Nadu’s political culture, irrespectiv…