The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) has been working hard towards facilitating safe passenger movements for Kumbh-Mela 2019 Kumbh-Mela is scheduled to be held at Sangam, Prayagraj (Allahabad) from 15.01.2019 to 15.03.2019. IWAI has set up four floating terminals, one each at, Kilaghat, Sarasvati Ghat, Naini Bridge and Sujawan Ghat. Further, two vessels namely Read More
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India is the Partner Country in the 87th Izmir International tradeshow which begins in Turkey from Friday, September 7, 2018. In this tradeshow India will also be launching a mega business pavilion ‘Source India’ hosting 75 Indian companieswith the aim of tie-ups in order to increase India’s exports to Turkey and other neighbouring countries. This Read More
The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu to visit United States of America on September 8-9, 2018 to address the 2ndWorld Hindu Congress being held in Chicago on the occasion of 125th Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s Historic Speech at the Parliament of the World’s Religions in 1893. The Vice President will also Read More
It has come to the notice of Ministry of Shipping that a fake website link with the url: http://sagarmala.org.in/ is being sent through emails to job seekers and other genuine stakeholders of Sagarmala programme. This fake website that may appear to be similar or identical to the original Sagarmala Website contains a false advertisement about recruitment Read More
Cabinet approves continuation of the Centrally Sponsored Umbrella Scheme of Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats beyond 12th Plan The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved continuation of the Centrally Sponsored Umbrella Scheme of Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats (CSS-IDWH)beyond the 12thPlan period from 2017-18 to 2019-20. Read More
A heavy started on Sunday in Kerala. Due to this, relief operations have been affected in flood and landslide affected areas. Meanwhile, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh conducted aerial survey of two flood affected districts of Kerala. Rajnath Singh has admitted that the situation in Kerala is very dangerous. Hehas also announced help of Rs 100 crore immediately Read More
Anil Ambani’s company Reliance , which was stuck in a political dispute over the Rafael fighter aircraft deal. Today , the company has clarified that it has not received any contract of fighter aircraft from the Ministry of Defense. The company said that intentional and false allegations are being made deliberately to mislead people on this Read More
In signaling, there is continuous improvement through technological upgradation. The best equipments suitable for Indian conditions available world-wide are being adopted as a continuous process. However, whenever such systems are provided it is ensured that indigenization of the systems takes place in phased manner. A work for modernization of complete Signaling system on Indian Railways, Read More
The government has executed the projects of waste water management, solid waste management and development of ghats & crematoria for cleaning Ganga River under Namami Gange Programme. Till date, 105 projects of wastewater management, 3 projects of ghat cleaning (SWM) and 37 projects of ghat & crematoria development have been taken up. No information Read More
Government has identified the routes connecting four major metros and growth centres of the country for feasibility studies for high speed rail. Feasibility studies have been taken up for the following routes :- (i) Delhi-Mumbai, (ii) Delhi-Kolkata (via Lucknow), (iii) Mumbai-Chennai, (iv) Delhi-Nagpur segment of Delhi-Chennai, (v) Mumbai-Nagpur segment of Mumbai-Kolkata and (vi) Chennai-Bengaluru-Mysuru. Of Read More
In the last four years, 2555 km of New Line, 3396 km of Gauge Conversion and 3577 km of Doubling has been commissioned. During 2017-18, 1862 km has been commissioned including 409 km of New Line, 454 km of Gauge Conversion and 999 km of Doubling. Safety is accorded the highest priority by Indian Railways Read More
Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve Becomes 11th Biosphere Reserve from India to be Included in the World Network of Biosphere Reserve. The Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve has become the 11th Biosphere Reserve from India that has been included in the UNESCO designated World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR). The decision to include Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve in WNBR was Read More
