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.
NDA's Vice-Presidential candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar's resignation as West Bengal Governor has been accepted by President Ram Nath Kovind.
Veteran Congress leader and former Union Minister Margaret Alva was on Sunday announced as the opposition's Vice Presidential candidate.
Following the announcement, Modi said he believes Dhankhar will be an outstanding Chair in the Rajya Sabha and guide the proceedings of the House with the aim of furthering national progress.
The Vice-President said sporadic incidents cannot undermine India's commitment to the values of pluralism and inclusivity.
Naqvi, who was the Muslim face of the Modi government, did not get re-nominated by the BJP to the Upper House, making it necessary for him to resign from the government as per the Constitutional requirement.
