Month: June 2024

BJP National President Jagat Prakash Nadda has been appointed as the Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha, taking over from Union Minister Piyush Goyal. Goyal recently won a seat in the 18th Lok Sabha representing North Mumbai and took his oath as a member on Monday. Nadda, who…

India is set to host the 64th International Sugar Organization (ISO) Council Meeting in New Delhi from June 25th to 27th, 2024. The event will see delegates from more than 30 countries, along with representatives from numerous international organizations, discussing critical issues related to the sugar and biofuel sectors. Given…

Bhartruhari Mahtab, a senior BJP member and a seven-time MP, was sworn in as the Pro-tem Speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha on June 24, 2024, by President Droupadi Murmu. In this role, Mahtab, along with a panel of chairpersons, will oversee the initial proceedings of the newly-constituted Lok Sabha,…

The National Water Mission (NWM) under the Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation (DoWR), Ministry of Jal Shakti, hosted a workshop-cum-orientation programme for Central Nodal Officers (CNOs) and Technical Officers (TOs) involved in the ‘Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain – 2024’ (JSA: CTR 2024) campaign in…

The Defence Services Staff College (DSSC) in Wellington and the Defence Services Command and Staff College (DSCSC) in Mirpur, Dhaka have formalized their collaboration through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) focused on Military Education in Strategic and Operational Studies. Both institutions train tri-service officers, preparing them for higher staff and…

Gunmen targeted religious buildings and a police post in Russia’s Dagestan region, resulting in the deaths of more than 15 people, including civilians, police officers, and an Orthodox priest. On Sunday, during the festival of Pentecost for the Russian Orthodox Church, gunmen launched attacks in the cities of Derbent and…

Tapan Kumar Deka, the current head of the Intelligence Bureau (IB), has been granted a one-year extension beyond June 30, 2024. A seasoned counter-terrorism expert and a 1988 batch IPS officer from the Himachal Pradesh cadre, Deka has played a crucial role in several key operations. During his tenure, Deka…

The Ministry of Mines, led by Union Minister of Coal and Mines, Shri G. Kishan Reddy, and Minister of State for Coal and Mines, Shri Satish Chandra Dubey, is set to launch the fourth tranche of auction for critical and strategic mineral blocks. This event will take place on 24th…