Israeli President Reuven Rivlin asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday to try forming a new governing coalition, moving the country into the next phase of its post-election haggling. “The law gives you, Mr. Prime Minister, 28 days, starting tomorrow, to form a government,” Rivlin said as the two stood together at the president’s residence. Rivlin’s decision to offer Netanyahu the first go at forming a government came on the day that official results from last week’s election were finalized, showing that the prime minister’s Likud party had secured one seat fewer in the Knessett, Israel’s parliament, than the rival…
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Highlights of Smart India Hackathon 2019: 20 teams with 6 team members each (3 members from India and 3 members from Singapore) to participate. 2.Each team to have 2 mentors (1 from India and 1 from Singapore) 3.The hackathon will be focused on 5 problem statements under 3 broad themes – Good health and well-being, Quality Education, Affordable and clean energy Top 4 teams will win prizes ($10,000, $8,000, $6,000 and $4,000 respectively) from the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri. Narendra Modi, along with 6 more teams with Encouragement prizes ($2,000 per team) India will hold the second edition…
Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi chaired an exclusive roundtable discussion, at New York, with 42 global captains of industry from across 20 sectors. The companies that participated in the roundtable had a combined net worth of US$ 16.4 trillion, of which their net worth in India is US$ 50 billion. The gathering included Ms. Ginni Rometty, Chairman, President and CEO of IBM; Mr. Douglas McMillon, President and CEO of Walmart; Mr. James Quincey, Chairman and CEO of Coca-Cola; Ms. Marillyn Hewson, CEO of Lockheed Martin; Mr. Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO of JP Morgan; Mr. James D. Taiclet, CEO…
Chief Minister of Rajasthan Mr. Ashok Gehlot will leave from Shirdi via flight today at 5pm and reach Raipur at 6pm today evening. Mr. Gehlot is on two-day tour to Chhattisgarh. After night stay in Raipur, Mr. Gehlot will visit village Vancharoda of Abhanpur block of Raipur district on September 27 morning. There he would inspect the model cowshed built under Suraaji Gram Yojana of State Government and attend the Kisaan Sammelan to be held in Navapara Gobra. Mr. Gehlot will leave from Raipur at 10.30am via helicopter and reach Vancharoda at 10.45am, and after visit the model cowshed there,…
Every year September 27th is observed as World Tourism Day. Tourism Minister of Chhattisgarh Mr. Tamradhwaj Sahu has extended hearty greetings of World Tourism Day to people of the state.He said that the objective of celebrating Tourism Day is to create awareness on how tourism can help in promoting social, cultural, political and economic values. State Government is making consistent efforts to promote Tourism Day in Chhattisgarh.
After publication of formation of a new district with its boundaries vide a state Gazette, state government has now invited claims and objections in written form within next 60 days. Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel had recently made the announcement for formation of new district keeping in mind the long pending demand of people of the region. As per the gazette notification issued on Friday, new district has been formed by merger of existing three tehsils of Bilaspur district and named as Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi, retaining existing boundaries of tehsils. On the proposal, the claims and objections in written form will be accepted…
Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel Shri Dharmendra Pradhan visited the Corporate Office of NMDC Limited at Hyderabad today, and reviewed NMDC’s performance. The Minister met CMD, Directors and employees of the company. Shri Pradhan, during his interaction with the top management said, NMDC, being one of the largest mining companies in India, should focus on increasing iron ore production. This will have the benefit of keeping prices in check and ensuring equitable supply of raw material to all steel producers. He further asked NMDC to carry-out sustainable and responsible mining, using digital means. The Minister directed…
Union Human Resource Minister, Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ’Nishank’ chaired the Special Meeting of the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) held in New Delhi today. The meeting was attended by Shri Prahlad Singh Patel, MoS (Independent Charge) for Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Tourism, Shri Kiren Rijiju, MoS (Independent Charge) for Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and MoS, Ministry of Minority Affairs, and Shri Sanjay Dhotre, Minister of State for Human Resource Development. 26 Education Ministers of various States and UTs, representatives of States and Union Territories, Members of CABE, Heads of Autonomous Organisations, Vice Chancellors of Universities,…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and H.E. Mr Khaltmaagiin Battulga, President of Mongolia, jointly unveiled a statue of Lord Buddha and his two disciples, installed at the historic Gandan Tegchenling Monastery in Ulaanbaatar. Prime Minister had offered prayers at the Gandan Tegchenling Monastery during his visit to Mongolia in 2015 and had announced to gift a statue of Lord Buddha to the monastery, underlining the common Buddhist heritage and civilizational links between our two countries and peoples. The Statue depicts Lord Buddha in a sitting posture along with his two disciples conveying the message of compassion along with peace and co-existence.…
The historic mission appeared to end in failure on Saturday after scientists lost contact with the Vikram lander moments before touching down on the lunar surface. Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) spokesperson Vivek Singh said that cameras from the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter had taken a thermal image of the lander and efforts were underway to establish a signal. The level of damage to the lander is unclear. Its descent went as planned until it reached an altitude of around 2 kilometers above the moon’s surface. “Subsequently the communication from the lander to ground station was lost. The data is being…