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Varansi : PM Narendra Modi will gift 13 new projects of Rs 1,200 crore to Kashi by laying their foundation and also inaugurate around 33 ready projects of Rs 600 crores during his proposed visit in july.      Divisional commissioner Deepak Agarwal and district magistrate K. R. Sharma said that final date for the PM`s proposed visit has not been received from the PMO so far, but in view of possibility for his arrival between July 7 and 10 all preprations are being made in the district.                       The officials are also finalising the list of the projects r eady for inauguration by the PM following chief minister Yogi Adityanath`s stricts directives issued on June 25 that only the projects which would start operating immediately after inauguration, be included in the list.        Among 33 ready projects of around Rs 600 crores, maximum 11 are of Urban Development and being executed by smar...

BHEL's former chairman V. Krishnamurthy passed away Venkatraman Krishnamurthy, the former chairman of BHEL , Maruti Udyog and SAIL passed away at the age of 97.   He was born in Karuveli, Tamilnadu. He was famously known as the 'turnaround man' and started his career as a technician on the airfields during world war second. After that, he did a diploma in electrical engineering and rose up through the ranks of the Madras Electricity Board.

Guwahati:  The flood situation in Assam remained grim on Saturday with the death count rising to 118 and Silchar town in Cachar district submerged for the sixth straight day, officials said. Ten more people have died in the past 24 hours two each from Barpeta, Dhubri, Karimganj and Udalguri district and one death each from Cachar and Morigaon - due to floods and landslides.      The total population affected by the floods declined to 33.03 lakh in 28 district as against the previous day's of figure of 45.34 lakh in 30 district, a bulletin issued by the Assam State Management Disaster Authority (ASDMA) said.

 Covid-19 figures today: Delhi (1,118 cases), Mumbai (1,724 cases), Chennai (171 cases), Bangalore (582 cases) Coronavirus live news update: With 8,822 new coronavirus cases reported in one day, the number of Covid-19 cases in India rose to 4, 32, 45,517 on Wednesday, while the number of  cases activity increased to 53,637, according to the Union Health Ministry. . Data. The death toll from the disease has risen to 5,24,792 with 15 deaths reported in  24 hours, according to data updated at 8 am. The number of active cases now accounts for 0.12% of  total infections, while the nationwide Covid-19 recovery rate is recorded at 98.66%, the Health Ministry said. know.  Covid cases in Delhi are rapidly increasing  again, with 1,118 cases  reported on Tuesday. The highest number of cases  since May 10. According to the medical bulletin released by the Delhi government, two people have died from the infection. However, the positivity rate fell from 7.06% ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi signals 'mission mode', government pledges 100,000 by the end of 2023   NEW DELHI: The government on Tuesday announced the recruitment of 100,000 people in various departments and ministries of the central government over the next 18 months in "mission mode", a period ending just four to five months ago the Narendra Modi government would no longer seek public mandate  to come to power. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed the state of human resources in all departments and ministries and ordered the government to recruit 10,000 missionaries within the next 1.5 years," the Prime Minister's office said. tweets.  The April, 3  first reported that the Prime Minister is focusing on filling  vacancies quickly and starting the process within months. Then, each ministry and sector prepared a list of vacancies and sanctioned positions. During a four-hour marathon  meeting with all central government secretaries in April, the Prime ...

 Alok Kumar Choudhary has took rate as the brand new Managing Director (MD) of State Bank of India (SBI).  Alok Kumar Choudhary has took rate as the brand new Managing Director (MD) of State Bank of India (SBI). His appointment comes withinside the wake of the superannuation of Ashwani Bhatia as Managing Director on May 31, 2022. Choudhary turned into formerly Deputy Managing Director (Finance) on the bank. As the brand new MD, he might be managing retail enterprise and operations.  Per a notification issued via way of means of the Department of Financial Services, the brand new MD`s appointment is with impact from the date of assumption of workplace and as much as the date of his superannuation (June 30, 2024), or till similarly order, whichever is earlier. Following Choudhary`s appointment, SBI now has 4 MDs. The different MDs are Challa Sreenivasulu Setty, Swaminathan J and Ashwini Kumar Tewari.  Important Takeaways For All Competitive Exams:  1) State Bank o...

Ambassador Rabab Fatima, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations has been appointed because the Under Secretary General of the United Nations.  Ambassador Rabab Fatima, Bangladesh's Permanent Representative  to the United Nations, has been appointed Secretary-General of the United Nations. Secretary General Antonio Guterres  announced the appointment of Ambassador Fatima. She succeeds Courtenay Rattray of Jamaica, who has been appointed Chief of Staff. Interesting facts about Rabab Fatima:  1)  Ambassador Rabab Fatima is the primary lady diplomat from Bangladesh to be appointed to this post. 2) With his appointment as Secretary-General of the United Nations, Rabab Fatima has become the highest-ranking Bangladeshi official in the United Nations system. 3) The appointment of Rabab Fatima demonstrates Bangladesh's close attachment to  the multilateral diplomatic system and recognizes the professionalism of Bangladeshi diplomats. Rabab Fati...