President Droupadi Murmu, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday extended their greetings on the auspicious festival of Krishna Janmashtami
Taking cognisance of increasing cyber crime incidents in view of digital penetration in the country, he noted that this was a new area of concern for agencies, investigators, regulators and legal fraternity, and called for developing technical and human expertise to tackle it.
The Vice President was addressing the 12th Convocation of the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram
After arriving from New Delhi, he first offered prayers at Hanumangarhi and then performed darshan of Ram Lala.
Emphasising on the need to be “vocal for local”, the VP said that this spirit was a facet of ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’, and reflected the essence of the ‘Swadeshi Andolan’ during India’s freedom struggle.
The role of the Vice-President of India in conducting the proceedings of the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) as its ex-officio Chairman often gets mired in controversies and allegations ranging from partisan political exercise against the opposition to being the “cheerleader” of the government.
The minister added that today the entire country rededicates itself to the unity and integrity of the nation through the Run for Unity and the National Unity Day Pledge.
Describing the Parliament as the temple of democracy where debates, discussions and dialogues take place, Vice President of India, Jagdeep Dhankhar, said on Sunday that no one expects the Parliament to engage in disturbance and disruption.
A former minister in Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP Government in Delhi, Kapil Mishra joined the BJP after being disqualified as an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA in 2019.
During his address at the fourth National Water Awards at Vigyan Bhawan here, he also called for reinvigorating traditional water harvesting structures.
