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The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has approved the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and the Vereniging van Registercontrollers(VRC), the Netherlands. The MoU would help instrengthening and development of the Accounting, Financial and Audit Knowledge Base between the Netherlands and India. …

According to the latest report by Cyclone Warning Division of the India Meteorology Department, Delhi:(at 1900Hrs IST)   DATE/TIME (IST) OF OBSERVATION 1830 HRS IST OF 25-11-2020 / 1300 UTC OF 25.11.2020 INTENSITY VERY SEVERE CYCLONIC STORM WIND SPEED: 120-130 KMPH GUSTING TO 145 KMPH.     LOCATION LATITUDE/LONGITUDE OVER …

The National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has released the press note on Employment Outlook of the country covering the period September, 2017 to September, 2020 based on the administrative records available with selected government agencies to assess the progress in certain dimensions. A detailed note …

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi was apprised of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Cooperation in the field of Physical Culture and Sport signed among BRICS Countries. Cooperation in the field of sports among the five countries will help in expanding knowledge and expertise in …

In the ongoing Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2020-21, Government continues to procure Kharif 2020-21 crops at its MSP from farmers as per its existing MSP Schemes. Paddy procurement for Kharif 2020-21 is continuing smoothly in the procuring States & UTs of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Chandigarh, …

According to the Cyclone Warning Division of the India Meteorology Department, Delhi:  (at 13.45 Hrs IST)  The severe cyclonic storm NIVAR over southwest Bay of Bengal moved northwestwards with a speed of 11 kmph during past six hours and lay centred at 1130 hrs IST of 25th November, 2020 over southwest Bay of Bengal about …

In today’s Pragati meeting, multiple projects, grievances and programmes were reviewed. The projects taken up were of the Ministry of Railways, MORTH, DPIIT and Power Ministry. These projects, with a total cost of Rs 1.41 lakh crore, were related to ten states and union territories, including Odisha, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, …

The MET Department said, the weather system has moved west-north westwards with a speed of 11 km per hour during the past six hours and lay centred at about 110 km east-southeast of Cuddalore, 120 km east southeast of Puducherry and 214 km south southeast of Chennai. It is very …

Addressing the gathering of students, teachers and former students, the Prime Minister asserted that Universities are not just a center of higher education but they are a power house of making characters and providing inspiration. He said that for a long time we have not used the full capacity of …

The visit has been cancelled. The press release said that both of them are in isolation at their homes as per doctor’s advice. In the meanwhile, Bangladesh reported 39 deaths due to Coronavirus on Wednesday. It is the second highest number of deaths since September 21 when 40 people had died …

Manoj Ahuja, CISCE Chairman Dr. G. Immanuel, Dr. Abdul Jaleel Marthya – Principal, MP International School, Kasaragod, Ms. Neeraj Singh – HOD PE & Sports, Jaypee Public School, Greater Noida and students Prakriti Adarsh of Jaypee Public School, Greater Noida & Yasir Ameer Ali of MP International School, Kasaragod and …

After four months of continuous camp, it would give the athletes a longer break of three weeks, from December 12 2020 to January 5 2021. During this three week break, a comprehensive strength and conditioning program will be given to the athletes by the Chief Coach and the Scientific Advisor …

The MET Department in Chennai says it is set to further intensify into a very severe cyclonic storm later in the day today. It is expected to make a landfall from late this evening between Kaaraikal and Maamalla-Puram close to Puducherry. During its landfall, the wind speed is expected to …

The Ministry of Home Affairs, government of Singapore said in a press release on Tuesday that an investigation was launched against 37 individuals for their suspected radical inclinations.   Out of these 14 are Singaporeans and rest are foreigners including 15 from Bangladesh. Most of the Bangladeshis were working in …

The All India Presiding Officers Conference began in 1921. This year is also being celebrated as the centenary year of the Presiding Officers Conference.  To celebrate the centenary year, the two day Conference is being held in Kevadia, Gujarat on 25-26 November.  The Theme for this year’s Conference is “Harmonious …

Alphabet Inc’s Google has paid Rs 33,737 crore for a 7.73 percent stake in Reliance Industries’ (RIL) digital subsidiary, Jio Platforms, joining the list of global investors such as Facebook. The transaction also marks the US technology giant’s biggest-ever investment in an Indian company. With this, Jio Platforms has raised …

According to the Cyclone Warning Division of the India Meteorological Department (IMD): (At 20.30 Hrs) The cyclonic storm ‘NIVAR” over southwest Bay of Bengal moved westwards with a speed of 05 kmph during past six hours and lay centred at 1730 hrs IST of 24th November, 2020 over southwest Bay of Bengal about 320 …

In view of Cyclonic Storm “NIVAR”, the Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba chaired the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) meeting today through video conferencing with the Chief Secretaries of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Andhra Pradesh and Secretaries of different ministries. Gauba said that our aim should be to ensure that there is no …

Dimapur, 24 November 2020. Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Mukund Naravane arrived at Dimpaur, Nagaland on Monday, 23 November 2020 on a three days visit to review the security situation in North East Region.  On arrival at Dimapur, the Army Chief was briefed by Lieutenant General Anil Chauhan, General …

Cyclonic Storm “NIVAR” is centred about 380 km East-Southeast of Puducherry and 430 km Southeast of Chennai.  Cyclone “NIVAR” is very likely to intensify further into a severe cyclonic storm during the next 12 hours and is very likely to cross Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coasts between Karaikal and Mamallapuram around …