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.
The recommendation has come reportedly in view of the poor performance by the state higher education department in annual performance, informed sources.
Non-performance said to be the reason behind ouster of Rohit Pujari, a prominent face of the ruling BJD in western region of the state.
The STF had, on 14 May last, had arrested three persons including a teacher in connection with racket.
A point, missed by most, is the antiquated and dilapidated infrastructure of the railways. Replying to a question in the Rajya Sabha on 13 December 2019, the Railway Minister informed that there were 38,850 railway bridges, which were more than 100 years old. Much of the railway track is more than fifty years old, with more than 100 per cent utilisation on trunk routes. Train bogies of even prestigious trains, like Rajdhani, are more than twenty years old
They had taken shelter under the stationary goods train as it rained in torrents due to Nor'wester impact. As the goods trains started to move, the workers were crushed under the wheels.
