Gender equality, women’s development integral to India’s foreign policy, says EAM Jaishankar at PBD meet
The session celebrated the achievements of women leaders globally while addressing the systemic challenges that hinder progress.
The session celebrated the achievements of women leaders globally while addressing the systemic challenges that hinder progress.
Tigress Zeenat's pugmarks were yet to get desiccated on the Bengal, Jharkhand terrains but those suddenly emerged sinistrous among the panicked residents as those have lured another big cat far away from Palamau Tiger Reserve in Jharkhand and currently breathing closer to Bengal.
President Droupadi Murmu will confer the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman awards during the valedictory session of the PBD Convention in Odisha.
India will consider Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) as partners in promoting Odisha and leveraging its vast potential to drive growth and generate employment, said External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar, speaking at the business session of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas.
Concerned over repeated incidents of tigers entering Bengal from Odisha, chief minister Mamata Banerjee today asked the government in Odisha to rescue its tigers entering the Bengal border repeatedly.
Leaders of various parties on Sunday attended an all-party meeting convened by the state government ahead of the budget session of the Odisha assembly, which will start on Monday.
The departmental notification and the Chief Minister’s statement that he was aware of such notification through media reports have exposed the gaping holes in the functioning of the maiden BJP government in the coastal state.
He said the scheme, with an allocation of Rs 50 lakh to each of the 6,794 gram panchayats, was nothing but a brazen misuse of taxpayers’ money.
The NHRC, acting on a petition filed by human rights lawyer Radhakanta Tripathy, passed the order in this regard.
Hockey Association of Odisha began the day with a 5-0 win over Manipur Hockey in the Women’s category. Kujur Priyanka (20’), captain Amisha Eka (30’, 36’), Anushka Bhawre (39’), and Drupati Naik (55’) were on target for the Hockey Association of Odisha.
