Mumbai, May 27 (IANS) The banking sector will play a transformative role in helping India achieve its Viksit Bharat vision by mobilising capital, promoting entrepreneurship and accelerating financial inclusion, State Bank of India Chairman C S Setty said on Wednesday.In his address to shareholders in the bank’s annual report, Setty said the sector would play a transformative role in mobilising capital, supporting infrastructure development, fostering entrepreneurship and driving financial incl…
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New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Vice President CP Radhakrishnan on Tuesday showered praise on India’s growth and progress across all spectrums in the past decade, ranging from poverty alleviation to a big infrastructure push to extensive public welfare programs. His admiration for the country’s firm growth index and the bright prospects ahead comes in the backdrop of the Narendra Modi government completing 12 years in power at the Centre.“During the past decade, the progress achieved in Bharat ha…
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday marked the completion of 12 years since the NDA government first assumed office at the Centre in 2014, describing the period as a journey of good governance, development and national transformation under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. As the BJP-led NDA government completed 12 years in office, the Centre also planned a nationwide outreach campaign under which Union ministers, BJP leaders, chief ministers and Mem…
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Monday held India’s largest biomedical and technology transfer facilitation here and 41 public‑health technologies were transferred to industry partners, an official statement said.The event marked the establishment of country’s first structured platforms dedicated to biomedical innovation showcasing and technology transfer under the ICMR Medical Innovation Patent Mitra initiative.The initiative aims to translate ind…
New Delhi/Itanagar, May 24 (IANS) Arunachal Pradesh Governor Lt Gen K.T. Parnaik (Retd) said that Sainik Schools have played a transformative role in nation-building by nurturing generations of disciplined, patriotic and service-oriented youth across the country. The Governor attended the Sainwinians’ Annual Meet at Manekshaw Centre in New Delhi.Alumni of Sainik School Rewa, including Chief of Army Staff, General Upendra Dwivedi, Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Admiral Deve…
Chandigarh, May 23 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said on Saturday that the state government is committed to ensuring that adequate irrigation water reaches every farming field. For this purpose, the Irrigation Department should form farmer groups and construct community tanks for every 10 acres or more of agricultural land.”These tanks will be filled with canal water, and irrigation will be carried out through micro-irrigation systems. The Government will provide 85 per cent su…
Mumbai, May 22 (IANS) Shiv Sena Spokesperson Krishna Hegde, on Friday, demanded that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) should conduct a probe into the rise of the digital-only political satire outfit ‘Cockroach Janata Party’ (CJP). He said that the investigation should emphasise on whether there is an attempt to create “unrest” in the country, similar to what transpired in Nepal and Bangladesh.Talking to IANS, Hegde said: “An NIA inquiry should be initiated about how the ‘Cockroach Jan…
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday shared details about his meeting with the Council of Ministers, saying that discussions focused on boosting ‘Ease of Living’, improving the ‘Ease of Doing Business’, and accelerating reforms to realise the shared vision of a ‘Viksit Bharat’.Taking to the social media platform X, PM Modi said, “Had a fruitful meeting of the Council of Ministers yesterday. We exchanged perspectives and best practices relating to boosting ‘…
Mumbai, May 19 (IANS) The Maharashtra government on Tuesday signed Memorandums of Understanding with NTPC Limited and Lalitpur Power Generation Company Limited (Bajaj Group) to set up power projects with a total generation capacity of 25,400 MW. The project development entails a total investment of Rs 6,50,000 crore and is expected to generate 23,500 jobs.Minister of Renewable Energy Atul Save said the developers would carry out due diligence and ground-level surveys to finalise project sites in…
Gandhinagar, May 18 (IANS) Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat on Monday completed the online self-enumeration process for Census-2027 from Lok Bhavan in Gandhinagar and appealed to citizens to participate in the exercise before May 31, as the state rolled out the country’s first fully digital census self-enumeration system. The Governor used the official online platform introduced under Census-2027, which allows citizens to submit their demographic details digitally via a web portal and a mob…