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Kanth police station in Moradabad is setting an example for other police stations in Uttar Pradesh after finding a place in India’s top 10 best-performing police stations for the year 2020. The police station was selected in the list of best-performing police stations by the centre after assessing its performance on different parameters. To incentivise more effective functioning and bring healthy competition, the Home Ministry each year comes up with a list of best police stations. Nongpok Sekmai in Manipur’s Thoubal district has been selected as the best performing police station in the country, followed by AWPS-Suramangalam in Tamil Nadu’s…
New Delhi: To promote export of saffron from Kashmir in the US, the Consulate General of India, New York in association with Jammu & Kashmir Trade Promotion Organisation (JKTPO) and US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) on Thursday organised a virtual conference. The event was aimed to increase the export of this globally renowned spice in the US. “J&K is the largest producer of the best quality saffron in the world. As we embark on to explore the potential markets, events like these will help us to reach potential buyers in every country and will increase the brand value of our…
By Akash Upadhyay in New Delhi Involving citizens in the fight against cyber crime, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is building a network of cybercrime volunteers. Government through its website www.cybercrime.gov.in/ aims to raise a group of “cybercrime volunteers” to flag “unlawful content” on the Internet. Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) has been established under the Ministry of Home affairs (MHA) to act as a nodal point at the National level in the fight against cybercrime. One of the important objectives of I4C is to create ecosystem that brings together academia, industry, public and government in prevention, detection,…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Mann ki Baat helped All India Radio (AIR) generate four times the revenue, the government spent on its advertisement reveals a Right To Information (RTI) reply. The information came to light after Aniket Gaurav filed an RTI application to know about the total expenditure incurred and revenue generated since the premiere of the show in 2014, till September 2020. As per the reply, the government spent Rs 7.29 crore on various advertisements issued for the publicity of Mann Ki Baat, through various mediums, it helped All-India-Radio generate a whopping Rs 30.28 crore. Mann Ki…
Lucknow: Coming out in support of India’s most populated state of Uttar Pradesh in controlling Covid-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) praised the Yogi government for its COVID-19 management strategy. The WHO termed state’s attempt to fight the deadly coronavirus as ‘exemplary’ and a good example for other states to follow. “The UP government’s strategic response to COVID-19 by stepping up contact tracing efforts is exemplary and can serve as a good example for other states,” Roderico Ofrin, WHO Country Representative, said in the statement. Since the outbreak of Coronavirus, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his officers are on their…
In yet another flight test, the Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) System tracked the target accurately and successfully neutralised the airborne target. The flight test, second in the series was conducted on Tuesday at around 03:42 pm from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, off the coast of Odisha. The test was carried out once again, against the high-performance Jet Unmanned Aerial Target called Banshee, which simulates an aircraft. The Radars acquired the target from a long-range and tracked it till the mission computer automatically launched the missile. Continuous guidance was provided through Radar data link. The missile entered…