Posted On: 15 JUN 2021 7:09PM by PIB Delhi “Time has come to revise norms to incentivise the farming and distribution of Coarse grains in India “- said Piyush Goyal, Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public, Railways and Commerce & Industry, while reviewing the policy framework for procurement, distribution, and disposal of coarse […]
MoU for new water aerodromes and new seaplane routes in India : Hardeep Puri
New Delhi, June 15(BPNS) A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Government of India and Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India for development of Sea Plane services in India was signed on Tuesday. Hon’ble Minister of State (I/C) Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Mansukh Mandaviya and Hon’ble […]
Agriculture has always been a high priority for India ,Narendra Singh Tomar
New Delhi, June 15(BPNS) Greetings to all the Excellencies in the 42nd Session of FAO Conference. I hope and wish that you, your families and the citizens of your countries are safe and doing well in these difficult times of COVID-19 pandemic. I am happy to participate in the 42nd Session of the FAO Conference being held […]
Agriculture has always been a high priority for India, Narendra Singh Tomar
New Delhi, June 15(IANS) Greetings to all the Excellencies in the 42nd Session of FAO Conference. I hope and wish that you, your families and the citizens of your countries are safe and doing well in these difficult times of COVID-19 pandemic. I am happy to participate in the 42nd Session of the FAO Conference being held […]
CEC emphasises voter centric services to be delivered swiftly &efficiently
New Delhi, June 15(BPNS) Election Commission of India today organized a virtual conference of the Chief Electoral Officers of all the States and UTs. The conference primarily focused on key thematic issues like smooth, efficient and voter friendly services, updation/purity of the electoral roll, integration of IT Applications, extensive voter outreach program, Media & Communication strategy, […]
PM to deliver keynote address at the 5th edition of VivaTech on 16th June
New Delhi, June 15(BPNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver the keynote address at the 5th edition of VivaTech on 16th June 2021 at around 4 PM. The Prime Minister has been invited as a Guest of Honour to deliver the keynote address at VivaTech 2021. Other prominent speakers in the event include Mr. Emmanuel Macron, President of […]
Few fishing boats to venture out in sea from Chennai after ban ends
Chennai, June 15(BPNS) Even as the fishing ban in Tamil Nadu has ended on Monday midnight, less fishing boats are likely to venture into the sea for deep-sea fishing. Around 1200 fishing boats are attached to the Kasimedu Fishing harbour and only about 350 boats are likely to venture out into the sea on Tuesday. […]
Micro plastics in aquifers near waste dumping yards of Chennai, Study
Chennai, June 15(BPNS) A study conducted by a team of researchers from Anna University and St Josephs college of Engineering, Chennai has detected the presence of microplastics in water bodies near the corporation’s waste dumping yards. The micro plastics measuring less than 5mm was found in water sources near the Corporation dumping yards of Peungudi […]
TASMAC sold 164 crore of liquor in TN on reopening day
Chennai, June 15(BPNS) The Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation(TASMAC) has on Monday, the day of reopening of the liquor outlets and bars sold liquor worth 164 crore rupees in the state. According to reports from the TASMAC, Madurai zone accounted for the maximum sales at Rs 49.54 crore followed by Chennai region with sales worth […]
Puducherry has 355 fresh Covid 19 cases, five deaths
Puducherry, June 15(BPNS) The Union territory of Puducherry reported 355 fresh Covid -19 cases taking the total tally of those affected by the pandemic to 1.13 lakhs. The fresh cases in the past 24 hours as on Tuesday 10 am, shows that there is a fall in the number of fresh cases giving relief to […]