India, Sept. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister for Railways Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw today held a detailed safety review meeting at Rail Bhawan. The meeting was attended by the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Railway Board; Members of the Railway Board, General Managers of Zonal Railways, Director Generals (DGs) and Divisional Railway Managers (DRMs). During the meeting, the Railway Minister gave directions to address technical deficiencies related to signall...
India, Sept. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister for Railways Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw; Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Shri Piyush Goyal; Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra Shri Eknath Shinde, along with other dignitaries, flagged off the inaugural service of the new train between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) and Sawantwadi Road today, marking a significant step towards strengthening direct rail connectivity between Mumbai and the Konkan reg...
India, Sept. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: 1st Prize Project: Six Laning of Chilakaluripet Bypass on NH 16 in Andhra Pradesh, Under RO-Vijayawada 2nd Prize Project: Eight Lane Vadodara - Kim Expressway, Padra to Vadodara Section of Vadodara - Mumbai Expressway in Gujarat 3rd Prize Project: Gagariya-Bakhasar section of NH-925 and Satta- Gandhav section of NH-925A, Under RO-Jaipur Consolation prize Project: Annual Maintenance including Incident Management of Trichy - K...
India, Sept. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare and Rural Development Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan chaired a high-level meeting in Mumbai on Thursday to review Self-Help Group-bank linkages and individual enterprise financing under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM). The meeting laid out a concrete roadmap for ensuring faster, adequate and accessible credit for women entrepreneurs, while al...
India, Sept. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, and Minister of State, PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh today held a joint round table with StartUps and Investors, and also launched BIO-NIVESH, a strategic platform aimed at strengthening engagement between biotechnology innovators and the investment community and catalysing the flow o...
India, Sept. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: A simple yet powerful molecular strategy to create highly efficient piezoelectric biomaterials using peptides-the natural building blocks of proteins could help develop implantable medical devices that power itself using body movements such as heartbeat, breathing, or walking Piezoelectric materials are special materials that can convert mechanical force, such as pressing, bending, or stretching, into electrical energy. This uniqu...
India, Sept. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW), Sarbananda Sonowal, visited The Energy and Resources Institute's (TERI) Gwal Pahari campus in Gurugram today and reviewed a series of green shipping initiatives, positioning the sector's decarbonisation as a priority area for his ministry. Sarbananda Sonowal, who planted a tree during the visit to mark the occasion, was briefed on the National Centre of Excellence for Green Ports ...
India, Sept. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Raihan (name changed), a 29-year-old resident of Agra district in Uttar Pradesh, faced serious personal, social and economic challenges due to alcohol dependence. Educated up to the high-school level and unemployed, he struggled with low self-esteem, emotional distress and uncertainty about his future. His recovery was made more difficult by an unstable home environment. Raihan's father was also affected by alcohol dependence, whi...
India, Sept. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The National Mass Pledge Against Drug Abuse has been scheduled this month to mark the 6th anniversary of the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan (NMBA). The Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is the Nodal Ministry that aims to mobilise 10 Crore+ citizens through both physical and online participation. In this connection, two high-level coordination meetings chaired by Joint Secretary (Drug Prevention) in the Ministry Dr. San...
India, Sept. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Occupational Safety Training Programme under the National Action for Mechanised Sanitation Ecosystem (NAMASTE) Scheme was inaugurated in West Bengal, with the first batch commencing for sanitation workers of the Durgapur Municipal Corporation. The programme was organised under the NAMASTE Scheme of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, with technical support from the CSIR-Central Mechanical Engin...