A two-week online short-term internship programme of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) began here on Monday. As many as 60 university-level students from diverse academic disciplines have been shortlisted from different parts of the country to participate in it.
P K Mishra, principal secretary to prime minister, has remembered Bibek Debroy, chairman of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (EAC-PM), who had passed away recently.
He said the lab-to-land gap between science and farmers has to be reduced. ''We are continuously making efforts to ensure timely delivery of correct information from scientists to farmers. Krishi Vigyan Kendra is also making many efforts in this direction,'' he added.
On the eve of the crucial assembly by-elections in Uttar Pradesh, the opposition Samajwadi Party has attacked the BJP government and also asked the Election Commission that no policeman should check anyone's ID.
BJP candidate Rajan Naik, who was with Vinod Tawde at the meeting in Hotel Vivanta, said, "The bundles of money found in the hotel have nothing to do with the BJP."
Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav has alleged that the BJP government is laying landmines by destroying social harmony by dividing the society on caste and communal lines.
Bharatiya Janta Yuva Morcha workers on Saturday took out a ‘Samosa’ march in Shimla, following CID probe into the missing Indian snack allegedly meant for Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister.
Chhattisgarh is set to witness a transformative overhaul in its road infrastructure, with Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari announcing ambitious plans that aim to elevate the state’s road network to match the quality of American highways within two years.
"BJP gives inciting speeches and speaks lies in order to divert people's attention from core issues," he alleged at a press conference in Nagpur.
Addressing a press conference here, senior leader Dr Daljit Singh Cheema said the AAP had come to power in the State on the promise of eradicating the drug menace within one month.
