Day: 1 February 2024

Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and Tribal Affairs, Shri Arjun Munda inaugurated Girls Hostel “Phalguni” and “Chayan Bhawan” of Agricultural Scientists Selection Board (ASRB) at Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), Pusa, Delhi. For this, along with developing agricultural infrastructure, work is being done through various schemes and programs. The Prime Minister wants that our farmers should not be left behind, for this farming is also being linked with modern technologies. The Prime Minister is also encouraging people to work in the agriculture sector with the help of satellite.…

A new technology to synthesize thin hard surface coatings by high velocity air fuel spray has been developed as an eco-friendly safe alternative to hard chrome plating used on various car parts, instruments and kitchen utensils. Has the potential to emerge. Chrome plating is used because it is hard and wear resistant as a coating. However, it contains chromates, fluorites and hexavalent chromium which make it carcinogenic in nature. Now researchers have begun a search for a safe, eco-friendly alternative with equivalent or better resistance but crack-free coating. Deposition of…

Union Civil Aviation and Steel Minister Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia virtually inaugurated the flight service connecting New Delhi to Dehradun and Pithoragarh. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Shri Pushkar Singh Dhami also participated in this program from Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The flight connecting the two cities is to be operated by “Fly Big” under the RCS (regional connectivity scheme) UDAN scheme. Pithoragarh Airport has been developed as 2B VFR airport under UDAN-RCS scheme at a cost of Rs 6.68 crore. RCS flight between Dehradun and Pithoragarh was provided under flight 4.2. Fly Big…

Indian Naval Warship Sumitra has carried out another successful anti-piracy operation off the east coast of Somalia, foiling a piracy attempt on FV Iman. In this operation, fishing vessel Al Naimi and its crew (19 Pakistani nationals) were rescued from 11 Somali pirates. Indian Navy's indigenous offshore patrol frigate INS Sumitra has been deployed for anti-piracy and maritime security operations east of Somalia and in the Gulf of Aden. The warship had received a distress message on 28 January 2024 regarding the hijacking of an Iranian-flagged fishing vessel (FV) Iman,…

Giving a new impetus to the progress of Jabalpur with better road connectivity, Union Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 9 National Highway projects costing Rs 2,367 crore and total length of 225 km in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh on January 30, 2024. Among the projects inaugurated, a 1.5 kilometer long bridge has been built on Jamni river on Tikamgarh-Jhansi road at a cost of Rs 43 crore. This will make it easier to reach the tourist destination Rajaram's temple Orchha. Construction of a 2-lane paved…