India

Government has directed NCCF and NAFED to initiate procurement of 5 lakh tonnes of onion for the buffer requirement directly from the farmers.

In the current year, the Government has directed NCCF and NAFED to initiate procurement of 5 lakh tonnes of onion for the buffer requirement directly from the farmers as Rabi-2024 harvest started arriving in the market. For the procurement, NAFED and NCCF are to pre-register the onion farmers to ensure that payments to the farmers Read More…

India International

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks with the Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi had a telephone conversation today with Mr. Alexander De Croo, Prime Minister of Belgium. PM congratulated PM De Croo on recent successful hosting of the First Nuclear Energy Summit in Brussels. Both leaders reviewed the excellent relations between India and Belgium. They discussed ways to further strengthen the bilateral partnership Read More…

Defense India

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh celebrates Holi with soldiers in Leh

Rajnath Singh celebrated the festival of colours Holi with soldiers in Leh on March 24, 2024. He was accompanied by Chief of the Army Staff General Manoj Pande and General Officer Commanding, Fire and Fury Corps Lt Gen Rashim Bali. Addressing the soldiers, the Raksha Mantri commended their valour, determination and sacrifice as they serve Read More…

India Politics

Is necessary hue and cry over the arrest and remand of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal?

By  our Special Correspondent Thrissur, March 23 (IVC)  Is it necessary  for making such a hue and cry over  the  arrest and  remand  in custody  of Enforcement Directorate, Delhi Chief  Minister, Arvind Kejriwl?                 Kejriwal was arrested on March 21 evening  and was remanded on March 22  in the custody  of the ED for six Read More…

India

Inauguration of the Gyaltsuen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck Mother and Child Hospital

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and H.E. Tshering Tobgay, Prime Minister of Bhutan, inaugurated the Gyaltsuen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck Mother and Child Hospital, a state-of-the-art hospital, built with the assistance of the Government of India in Thimphu. The Government of India has supported the development of the 150 – bedded Gyaltsuen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck Mother Read More…

India kerala

Let  us  leave  Mohiniyattam alone

By  our Art  Correspondent Thrissur, March 22 (IVC)   It  was  quite   strange to   come  to  the  baseless  conclusion  that  the  reported  statement of Kalamandalam Satyabhama  pertained to  Mohiniyattam artiste R L  V Ramakrishnan.                 It  is time to contemplate  whether the reported  statement of   Satyabhama  was worth making   such  a hue and cry for her Read More…

India International

DRI seizes over 1.5 kg cocaine worth around Rs. 15 crore, two, including a Nigerian National, held

Continuing its crackdown on the trafficking in narcotic drugs, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officers unearthed an international syndicate and seized 1.59 kg (gross wt.) cocaine, valued at about Rs 15 crore, in New Delhi, today. The syndicate engaged in smuggling of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) into India from Africa via Indo-Nepal border. Acting Read More…

India International

41st Steering Committee Meeting of the International Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy holds Industry Outreach Programme

The fourth day of the 41st Steering Committee Meeting of the International Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy (IPHE), being hosted by India in New Delhi during March 18 – 22, 2024, has been organized as a Stakeholders’ Consultation Day, as part of the Industry Outreach Programme of the Steering Committee Meeting. The Read More…