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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New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma held a series of meetings with six Union Ministers during his visit to New Delhi, discussing key issues related to agriculture, rural development, food security, renewable energy, urban infrastructure, water resources, transport, and finance.The discussions focused on accelerating major development projects and strengthening Centre-State coordination.During his meeting with Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare an…
Kathmandu, July 7 (IANS) Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah, who had avoided one-on-one meetings with foreign officials since taking office, held his first such meeting on Tuesday with visiting Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masato Kanda. Instead of meeting foreign diplomats individually, Shah has so far preferred collective interactions with Ambassadors, seeking to maintain a strict protocol governing such engagements.Three and a half months after assuming office on March 27, Shah met…
Riyadh, June 29 (IANS) India’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Suhel Khan and Saudi Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Abdulrahman Abdulmohsen AlFadley on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Cooperation in Water Resources at Saudi Water Week in Jeddah.“India–Saudi Arabia Strengthen Water Partnership at Saudi Water Week! A significant step in advancing the India–Saudi Arabia strategic partnership as Ambassador Dr. Suhel Khan and H.E. Eng. Abdulrahman Abdulmohsen A…
Gandhinagar, June 29 (IANS) Gujarat’s ongoing water conservation drive under the ‘Sujalam Sufalam Jal Abhiyan’ has increased water storage capacity by 20,789 lakh cubic feet this year, taking the cumulative rise over the past eight years to a record 1,38,039 lakh cubic feet, Water Resources and Water Supply Minister Ishwarsinh Patel said on Monday.The initiative, implemented in alignment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Catch the Rain’ campaign, has evolved into a large-scale pub…
Shillong, June 23 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Tuesday directed all government departments to intensify preparedness measures and convert contingency plans into actionable interventions as the state braces for the potential impacts of an anticipated El Nino event, stressing that “preparation before a crisis emerges is the best defence against climate uncertainties.” Chairing a meeting of the Meghalaya Climate Council at the State Guest House in Shillong, Sangma reviewed th…
Chennai, June 20 (IANS) Chennai’s drinking water reserves have received a significant boost with continued inflows of Krishna River water from Andhra Pradesh’s Kandaleru reservoir, helping improve storage levels in the city’s key water bodies amid rising summer demand. Poondi reservoir, one of Chennai’s principal sources of drinking water, has been receiving Krishna water under the inter-state water-sharing agreement between Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. Built in 1944 in the Poondi taluk of Tir…
Chandigarh, June 19 (IANS) A delegation of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM-Punjab) on Friday called on Governor and Administrator of Chandigarh, Gulab Chand Kataria, at Lok Bhavan here and submitted a memorandum highlighting various issues and demands concerning the farming community.The Samyukta Kisan Morcha delegation raised several key issues, including a legal guarantee for the Minimum Support Price (MSP), debt relief for farmers and agricultural labourers, conservation of water resources, cr…
Chandigarh, June 8 (IANS) Punjab Water Resources Minister Barinder Kumar Goyal on Monday inaugurated irrigation projects worth Rs 13 crore in the Amargarh Assembly constituency. Addressing the gathering, the minister said these projects would bring canal water to more than 3,832 acres of agricultural land in the region for the first time.He emphasised that the government is committed to strengthening irrigation infrastructure and reducing dependence on groundwater, adding that the objective is t…
Bengaluru, June 5 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar said on Friday that he had promised senior Minister Ramalinga Reddy the Bengaluru Development portfolio after becoming Chief Minister. However, he maintained that the decision on portfolio allocation rests with the party’s high command.Speaking to the media regarding Reddy’s resignation from the ministerial post on Friday, Shivakumar acknowledged the assurance he had given, saying he had told Reddy he would be allotted the Benga…