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North Eastern Region throwing immense post-COVID opportunities for tourism sector in India: Dr Jitendra Singh Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh said today that there was an immediate need to avail of the post-COVID opportunities in tourism sector in India, particularly the North Eastern  Region, which can offer itself as an alternative to some of the European destinations that many regular holiday-makers may find less preferable in the immediate aftermath of high Corona prevalence over there.    At a meeting with representatives of various Tourist and Transport bodies, Dr Jitendra Singh said, the opportunity is knocking at our door and it is now up to us as to how best we are prepared to avail of this opportunity. He said, if in this season we are able to ensure a boost in our tourist inflow, it will set a trend for the followi

Shri Kiren Rijiju meets IPU President, proposes World Youth Parliament to promote fitness activities Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Kiren Rijiju met the President of Inter Parliamentary Union, (IPU) Geneva Mr Duarte Pacheco to discuss about corporation among the international parliamentarians, especially in the field of Youth Affairs and Sports today in New Delhi. Speaking about their meeting Shri Rijiju said, "We discussed about India's Fit India Movement, Yoga and how we have been able to start certain sports-related activities in the country in a controlled manner despite COVID 19." Shri Rijiju further added, "I have also requested the IPU Chairman to arrange a World Youth Parliamentarian meeting where the younger Parliamentarians can come together and promote some fitness activities during the youth exchange of different countries. Mr Pacheco was very enthusiastic about the idea." Secretary , Spo

Sikkim Beats Bihar By 2 Wickets Bengaluru, 16th March 2021: The second win for Sikkim in the Senior Women’s One Day League came in a nail-biting match today at Alur Cricket Stadium II at Bengaluru, which was won by 2 wickets in the last ball of the innings. The Winning Celebration Sikkim won the toss and chose to field first. In the first innings, Bihar was all-out for 186 runs in 47.5 overs. Apurva Kumari scored the highest of 81 runs for the side. Sikkim built the pressure from the beginning and the opponent lost early wickets to Purni Maya Gurung, who took 2 important wickets in the first over of the innings. Captain Sarika Koli took 3 wickets for the side, Tabita Subba 2 wickets, Pranita Chettri and Shristi Rai 1 wicket each. In the second innings, thou Sikkim lost its opening batter early but the situation was well controlled by brilliant batting from Ranki Rajak, who scored 74 runs, followed by Sarika Koli scoring 45 runs, Purni Maya Gurung 21 runs, Tabita Subba 14 ru

मन्त्रिपरिषद्ले अरुणाचल प्रदेश र सिक्किममा प्रसारण र वितरणको सुदृढीकरणका लागि संशोधित लागत अनुमानलाई अनुमोदन गर्‍यो प्रधानमन्त्री श्री नरेन्द्र मोदीको अध्यक्षतामा रहेको आर्थिक मामिलासम्बन्धी मन्त्रिपरिषद् समितिले इन्ट्रा - राज्य प्रसारण र वितरण प्रणालीको सुदृढीकरण गरेर अरुणाचल प्रदेश र सिक्किम राज्यको आर्थिक विकासको दिशामा ठुलो कदम चालेको संशोधित लागत अनुमान (आरसीई) लाई अनुमोदन गरेको छ। अरुणाचल प्रदेश र सिक्किममा प्रसारण र वितरणको सुदृढीकरणको लागि विस्तृत योजना 9129.32 करोड। यो योजना सिक्किम र अरुणाचल प्रदेशको सहयोगमा विद्युत् मन्त्रालय अन्तर्गत सार्वजनिक क्षेत्र उपक्रम (पीएसयू) POWERGRID मार्फत कार्यान्वयनमा रहेको छ र डिसेम्बर 2021  सम्म चरणबद्ध ढंगले कार्यान्वयन गर्ने लक्ष्य छ र आरसीई अनुमोदनबाट 36 महिनासम्म अन-सम्मानित प्याकेजहरू। कमिसन गरेपछि, सिर्जना गरिएको प्रसारण र वितरण प्रणाली सम्बन्धित राज्य उपयोगिताहरूको स्वामित्व र मर्मत गरिनेछ। यस योजनाको मुख्य उद्देश्य अरुणाचल प्रदेश र सिक्किमको कुल आर्थिक विकासको लागि सरकारको प्रतिबद्धता र सुदूर दुर्गम स्थानहरूमा ग्रिड जडान प्रदान गरेर र

Cabinet approves Revised Cost Estimates for strengthening of Transmission and Distribution in Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, in a major step towards economic development of the States of Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim through strengthening of Intra - State Transmission and Distribution systems has approved the Revised Cost Estimate (RCE) of Comprehensive Scheme for Strengthening of Transmission & Distribution in Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim at an estimated cost of Rs. 9129.32 crore. The scheme is being implemented through POWERGRID, a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) under Ministry of Power in association with Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh and is targeted to be commissioned in phased manner by December 2021 for awarded scope of works and 36 months from RCE approval for un-awarded packages. After commissioning, the created transmission and distribution system will be owned and maintained b

1,11,619 loans amounting to Rs. 24,985.27 crore extended under Stand Up India Scheme since inception The objective of the Stand Up India Scheme is to facilitate loans from Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) of value between Rs. 10 lakh and Rs.1 Crore to at least one Scheduled Caste (SC) or Scheduled Tribe (ST) borrower and one woman borrower per bank branch for setting up a greenfield enterprise in manufacturing, services or trading sector. This was stated by Shri Anurag Singh Thakur, Union Minister of State for Finance & Corporate Affairs, in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today. Giving more details, the Minister stated that as on 02.03.2021, a total of 1,11,619 loans amounting to Rs. 24,985.27 crore have been extended under the Scheme since inception. Pursuant to an announcement made in the Finance Minister’s Budget Speech for F.Y.2021-22, the margin money requirement for loans under this has been reduced from ‘upto 25%’ to ‘upto 15%’ and activities allie

Two Chinese nationals with fake Aadhaar cards detained by Bagdogra Police  Siliguri,  Police detained two Chinese nationals at the Bagdogra airport on Tuesday morning, after they failed to provide proper documents.  The arrested accused have been identified as Jang Jung and Kai Leng.According to police sources, one of the duos was travelling without any proper documents, while the other had a passport but failed to provide a visa. Upon interrogation, the police learned that the men had travelled to Karachi from Nepal on January 03. In addition to this, fake Aadhaar cards with Uttar Pradesh as their home address were recovered from their possession. In this context, DCP Kunwar Bhushan Singh stated that the men are being interrogated. Several documents were recovered from their possession.

WHO experts to discuss Oxford vaccine after suspension in some countries World Health Organization safety experts are preparing to meet over the AstraZeneca/Oxford coronavirus vaccine, whose rollout has been halted in several European countries over blood clot fears. The three largest EU nations – Germany, Italy and France – joined others in suspending the shot Monday, dealing a blow to the global immunisation campaign against a disease that has killed more than 2.6 million people. The World Health Organization, AstraZeneca, and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) have insisted the shot is safe, and that there is no link between the vaccine and reported blood clots. “We do not want people to panic and we would, for the time being, recommend that countries continue vaccinating with AstraZeneca,” WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said Monday. “So far, we do not find an association between these events and the vaccine.” The EMA said in a statement that “many thousands of

Ireland suspends AstraZeneca Covid vaccine over blood clot concerns Ireland is suspending use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid as a precautionary measure following further reports of blood clots in people who have received it, this time from Norway. The deputy chief medical officer, Dr Ronan Glynn, said Ireland’s advisory body on vaccines had recommended that deployment of the AstraZeneca jab should be “temporarily deferred” with immediate effect. He stressed, though, that there was no proof that the vaccine had caused blood clots. The first reports of blood clots in people receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine came out of Austria and caused a flurry of concern, leading to a number of European countries such as Denmark pausing their use of it pending investigations. But Ireland cited the report into a death and three hospitalisations in Norway, which came out on Saturday. “Following new information received from the Norwegian Medicines Agency on Saturday evening

Today HCM Madam Smt Sarda Tamang  visited the final day Siva maha puran at Khamdong East Sikkim. आजका मुख्य अथिति HCM Madam Smt Sharda Tamang  Golay खाम्दोङ पुर्ब सिक्किम शिव मन्दिरमा शिव महापुराणको एकादसो दिनको माहाशिवरात्रीको पावन अवशर्मा  (बिहानको सत्र) ग्रहण गर्नुभयो। पुरान समितिमा CLC Presidential  श्री Mohan Khatiwora, श्री जस्लाल प्रधान,अध्यक्ष पुरान समितिका ,, श्री टिकाराम प्रधान ,श्री बिमल भट्टराई श्री रबिन प्रधान अनि समिती लगायत पुरान परिसरमा पुरानका समितिले HCM Madam का स्वागत गरे ।

EWS Applicants Department of Personnel and Training has issued Office Memorandum No. 36039/1/2019-Estt.(Res),dated 31.01.2019, for providing 10% reservation in Direct Recruitment in civil posts and services in the Government of India, for persons belonging to the EWSs who, are not covered under the scheme of reservation for SCs, STs and OBCs, and whose family has gross annual income below Rs 8.00 lakh (Rupees eight lakh only) from all sources i.e. salary, agriculture, business, profession, etc. for the financial year prior to the year of application. Further, persons whose family owns or possesses any of the following assets shall be excluded from being identified as EWS, irrespective of the family income:-   5 acres of agricultural land and above; Residential flat of 1000 sq ft. and above; Residential plot of 100 sq. yards and above in notified municipalities; Residential plot of 200 sq. yards and above in areas other than the notified municipalities. Further, the property held by a &