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02 Jan

Shri Dharmendra Pradhan launches Missed Call Facility for LPG consumers

The News Horizon0 CommentsNationalLPG consumers, Missed Call Facility, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan

Shri Dharmendra Pradhan launches Missed Call Facility for LPG consumers- a major step towards Government’s efforts to boost ease of living Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, in an event in Bhubaneswar, today launched Missed Call Facility for LPG consumers, a major step towards government’s efforts to boost ease of living. Indian Oil LPG customers can use single missed call number 8454955555 for refill booking- for all India and for new connection- for Bhubaneshwar City. Shri Pradhan also rolled out the second phase of world class premium grade petrol (Octane 100), branded as XP100 by Indian…

01 Jan

Indian Railway launches upgraded e-Ticketing Website & Mobile App for booking of online Railway Tickets

The News Horizon0 CommentsTravele-Ticketing Website, Indian Railway, Mobile App, Railway Tickets

Following the vision of ‘Digital India’ of Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, Indian Railways has revamped & upgraded its e-ticketing website www.irctc.co.in and IRCTC Rail Connect Mobile App, which are used for booking of Railway tickets ‘online’. The Upgraded e-ticketing Website & App, offering “Best-in-class” features, has been launched by Hon’ble Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry and Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Shri. Piyush Goyal today on 31st December, 2020. This will be a New Year gift by the Railways to all passengers. Speaking on the occasion, he said “The Railways is committed to serving the…

01 Jan

Income Tax Department conducts searches in Kolkata

The News Horizon0 CommentsFinance/MoneyIncome Tax Department, Kolkata

Kolkata : The Income Tax Department carried out search and seizure action on two Kolkata-based Groups engaged in manufacturing & trading of Steel, trading of marbles & stones, food grains etc. The search action has resulted in unearthing of incriminating evidences revealing various shell entities being used for raising bogus share capital/unsecured loans, discrepancies in stock and out of the books cash transactions. The Groups have accepted that they used paper/shell companies to route back their own unaccounted money. A total concealment of income amounting to Rs. 178 crore has been detected so far including excess stock of Rs. 38…

01 Jan

Virtual Agri-hackathon Atmanirbhar Krishi inaugurated

The News Horizon0 CommentsAgricultureAtmanirbhar Krishi, Virtual Agri-hackathon

• To make Agriculture profitable and attract youth towards agriculture are challenges of the Agri-hackathon: Shri Narendra Singh Tomar • Agri-Startups can help improve the lot of farmers Agri India Hackathon: Building Smart India with Self-Reliant Agriculture Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated the Virtual Agri-hackathon 2020 organised by the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation and Farmers’ Welfare in association with IARI, Pusa, New Delhi today. Speaking on the occasion Union Agriculture Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar said that besides the hard-work of the farmers the research of scientists has led to self-sufficiency in…

01 Jan

Shri Suneet Sharma takes over the charge of new Chairman & CEO of Railway Board

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New Delhi : Shri SuneetSharma, has taken over the charge of new Chairman & Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Railway Board (Ministry of Railways) and ex-officio Principal Secretary to Government of India. The appointments committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Shri Suneet Sharma as Chairman & CEO of Railway Board. Prior to this, Shri Suneet Sharma worked as General Manager, Eastern Railway. Shri Suneet Sharma joined the Indian Railways in 1979 as a Special Class Apprentice while he was studying engineering at IIT Kanpur. A graduate in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering he has more than 40 years of…

01 Jan

Mandatory implementation of FASTag wef new year day; hybrids lanes to remain operational till 15th February, 2021

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Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has mandated fitment of FASTag with effect from 1st January, 2021, in M and N categories of motor vehicles sold before 1st December, 2017. Category ‘M’ stands for a motor vehicle with at least four wheels used for carrying passengers. Category ‘N’ stands for a motor vehicle with at least four wheels used for carrying goods, which may also carry persons in addition to goods. It is clarified that this Central Motor Vehicle Rule stands in force as it is. However, at hybrid lanes of fee plazas on National Highways, fee payment can be…

31 Dec

Union Education Minister announces the dates of CBSE Board examinations- 2021

The News Horizon0 CommentsEducationCBSE Board Exams, X and XII CBSE exams

Union Education Minister announces the dates of CBSE Board examinations- 2021 Class 10th and 12th Board Examinations to be held from 4th May 2021 to 10th June, 2021 – Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ Results of Class 10th and 12th Board Examinations to be declared by 15th July, 2021 - Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ Practical exams of Class 12th to start from 1st March, 2021 - Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ Union Education Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ today announced the dates of commencement of CBSE Board examinations. Shri Pokhriyal said that Class 10th and 12th Board Examinations will be held from 4th May 2021…

31 Dec

India gets its highest situated meteorological centre

The News Horizon0 CommentsSciencemeteorological centre, MoES, The Ministry of Earth Sciences, Vigyan Samachar

New Delhi, Vigyan Samachar: The Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) launched a new Meteorological Centre in Leh. Situated at ~3,500 meters above sea level, the facility is the country's highest meteorological centre. It was inaugurated by the Hon'ble Minister of Science and Technology, Health and Family Welfare, and Earth Sciences, Dr Harsh Vardhan through a virtual event web-cast live from New Delhi. He dedicated the facility to the people of Leh and Ladakh. India presently has 28 meteorological centres spread across the country. These centres serve to provide accurate and timely weather-related informations to India Meteorological Department (IMD), which is…

31 Dec

ArogyaSetu App receives Jury’s Choice Award

The News Horizon0 CommentsHealth & FitnessArogyaSetu, COVID-19, Digital India Awards 2020

New Delhi (India Science Wire): ArogyaSetu App is aimed at augmenting the initiatives of the Government of India, in proactively reaching out to and informing the users of the app regarding risks, best practices and relevant advisories on the containment of COVID-19. The App has been conferred the Jury’s Choice award during Digital India Awards 2020. Hon’ble President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind, conferred these awards via video conferencing in a virtual award ceremony with participations from multiple locations including the Rashtrapati Bhawan & VigyanBhawan, New Delhi, along with Bhopal, Chennai, Kolkata and Patna. The eOfficeApp was also conferred…

31 Dec

Consortium launched to monitor genomic variations in SARS-CoV-2 virus

The News Horizon0 CommentsHealth & Fitnesscoronavirus, diagnostics, genome sequencing, morbidity, mortality, mutation, public health, roadmap, sentinel surveillance, strategy, super-spreader, therapeutics and vaccines

New Delhi (India Science Wire): The Government of India has launched a Consortium comprising 10 research laboratories from different parts of the country to monitor the genomic variations in the SARS-CoV-2 virus on a regular basis. Called Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Consortia (INSACOG), it will ascertain the status of the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 (SARS-CoV-2 VUI 202012/01) in the country, establish a sentinel surveillance for early detection of genomic variants with public health implication, and determine the genomic variants in unusual events/trends such as super-spreader events, high mortality/morbidity trend areas etc. The consortia comprised of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), National Institute…