India Subcontinent

New Delhi: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, chaired a high-level meeting on Mission Swacch Bharat today. He called for making Swacch Bharat a mass movement, and linking it to economic activity. Mission Swacch Bharat will be launched on October 2nd, with Gandhiji as the inspiration, to create a Clean …

Melbourne: “India is one of the most youthful population of the world. 58% of our population is below the age of 29 years. The population dependency ratio is declining and is expected to rise only after 2030,” said Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister of Labour & Employment in his …

New Delhi: Over 1,10,000 persons have been rescued so far by the Armed Forces and NDRF from different parts of Jammu & Kashmir in the ongoing rescue and relief operations in the flood ravaged State. A third batch of Naval Marine Commandos with Rubberised Inflatable Craft (Geminis), Out Board Motors …

Bhuj(Gujarat): The Union Home Minister of India, Shri Rajnath Singh inaugurated the integration of Border Security Force (BSF) with Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications and Geo informatics (BISAG) project of Gujarat Government today at BSF Camp, Bhuj. The Home Minister was briefed about the details and utility of BISAG and …

New Delhi: Over 77,000 persons have been rescued so far by the Armed Forces and NDRF from different parts of Jammu & Kashmir in the ongoing rescue and relief operations in the flood ravaged State. Out of which 17,000 civilians were rescued in Srinagar and adjoining areas. Eighty transport aircraft …

New Delhi: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today received Emeritus Senior Minister (ESM) of Singapore Mr. Goh Chok Tong. ESM Goh was accompanied by Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office and Second Minister for Home Affairs and Trade and Industry S Iswaran and Minister of State for National Development Desmond …

Mumbai: HCL Infosystems Ltd., India’s premier Distribution, IT Services and Solutions Company, today announced the appointment of Premkumar Seshadri as Executive Vice Chairman of the Company. Premkumar has been serving as a non-executive director on the HCL Infosystems board since March 2014. Announcing the appointment, Dr. Nikhil Sinha, Chairman of …

Dhaka: Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has urged governments to manifest “power of belief” while strategising against the disease burden. Often, self-determination outweighs the resource crunch and logistical difficulties. Addressing the opening session of the 67th General Meeting of WHO Regional Committee at Dhaka today, the Indian Minister said, …

New Delhi: The Government has approved the Indian contingent for the Asian Games-2014. Shri Sarbananda Sonowal, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development, Entrepreneurship and Youth Affairs & Sports took the decision regarding the Indian contingent in consultation with the Prime Minister. The total number of participants shall be …

New Delhi: A massive rescue and relief operations by the Indian Armed Forces is on in Jammu and Kashmir with more helicopters and rescue materials including boats pressed into service today. Armed Forces and NDRF so far rescued 47227 persons in different regions of J&K. Army has deployed 220 columns …