Author: Samikhsya Bureau

The Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) on Tuesday credited the Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme for effecting a positive change in age-old mindsets of society towards the girl child as seen in the positive trend of more births of girls since the scheme’s inception in the past four years in the country. Defending itself against criticism on the scheme in a section of the media on the effectiveness and extent of expenditure on the campaign to raise awareness about the girl child, it said the primary goal of the scheme was to create national mass awareness and…

(UNI) India on Tuesday shared the coordinates of the zero point of the Kartarpur corridor along the international border with Pakistan and invited officials from Islamabad for further discussions. This was done in “pursuant” to the decision taken by the Government of India on November 22, 2018 to expeditiously realise the long pending proposal to establish Kartarpur Corridor, an MEA release said here. India has also proposed two set of dates, February 26 and March 7, 2019, for the visit of Pakistan delegation to New Delhi to discuss and finalise the modalities so that the Indian pilgrims can visit the…

Continuing to take up the issue of farmers in the run up to the Lok Sabha elections, the Congress has sent a memorandum to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging immediate action on issues pertaining to farmers. In a letter to the PM, president of the All India Kisan Congress Nana Patole, reminded the government of its promises to the farmers and urged it to “concentrate on these promises immediately”. Among the issues raised in the memorandum were total farm loan waiver, fixing a price for milk products, coming up with a “big” scheme to tackle flooding and droughts and the…

ଜ୍ୟୋତି ରଞ୍ଜନ ମହାପାତ୍ର ସ୍ୱାଧୀନତା ସଂଗ୍ରାମ କାଳରେ ଆମରି ଜାତୀୟକବି ବୀରକିଶୋର ଦାସ ଲେଖିଥିଲେ “ଧଳା ବଦଳରେ କଳା ହେଲେ ଜୋକ, କଟିବ କି କୋଟି ଜନତାଙ୍କ ଦୁଃଖ-ଚାଷୀ ମୂଲିଆଙ୍କ ଖପୁରୀକୁ ଚିରି, ଦିଲ୍ଲୀ ଦରବାର ଗଢ଼ିବା କି?’ ଉକ୍ରଳମଣି ପଣ୍ଡିତ ଗୋପବନ୍ଧୁ ଦାସ ଲେଖିଥିଲେ, “ମିଶୁ ମୋର ଦେହ ଏ ଦେଶ ମାଟିରେ, ଦେଶବାସୀ ଚାଲିଯାଆନ୍ତୁ ପିଠିରେ’ । ନେତାଜୀ ସୁବାଷ ଚନ୍ଦ୍ର ବୋଷ ଆହ୍ୱାନ ଦେଇଥିଲେ, “ତୁମେ ମୋତେ ରକ୍ତ ଦିଅ, ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ସ୍ୱାଧୀନତା ଦେବି’ । ସେହି ଡାକରା  ଗୁଡ଼ିକ ଆଜିର ଦିନରେ କ୍ରମାନ୍ୱୟରେ ପରିବର୍ତ୍ତିତ ହୋଇଯାଇଛି ‘(୧) ଧଳା ବଦଳରେ କଳା ହେଲେ ଜୋକ, କଟିଲାଣି କୋଟି ଜନତାଙ୍କ ଦୁଃଖ, ଚାଷୀମୂଲିଆଙ୍କ ଖପୁରିକୁ ଚିରି, ଦିଲ୍ଲୀ ଦରବାର ଗଢ଼ିଲେଟି’, (୨) ମିଶୁ ଦେଶ ପାଣ୍ଠି ମୋ ନିଜ ପାଣ୍ଠିରେ, ଚାଲିଯାଏ ମୁଁ ଦେଶବାସୀଙ୍କ ପିଠିରେ’ ଓ (୩) “ମୋତେ ତୁମ ରକ୍ତ ଦିଅ, ମୁଁ…

New Delhi, Jan 22 (UNI) To encourage and acknowledge the children for their good works, President Ramnath Kovind on Tuesday conferred the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar 2019 to 26 awardees  including one joint award for National Child Award (now renamed as Bal Shakti Puraskar) under different categories at Rashtrapati Bhawan here. Kartik Kumar Goel and Adirika Goyal of Madhya Pradesh were awarded for bravery and service to the society as the two children provided food, water and first aid to the passengers of the Chhattisgarh Express, which was stranded between the riots and the stone crusade during the India…

(UNI) FundsIndia, the country’s largest retail investment platform,today announced launching of FundsIndia SmartSIP, in association with Franklin Templeton AMC, for its customers. This first-of-its-kind service combines the discipline of SIP along with dynamically managing the monthly SIP allocation to each fund based on market conditions, according to company sources. SmartSIP invests in an equity fund and a debt fund, from the Franklin India stable, every month. By default, the equity fund’s allocation would be 70 per cent and the debt fund would receive 30 per cent. However, allocation to the equity fund and the debt fund will dynamically change every…

(UNI) Michael Møller, head of the UN in Geneva, has warned delegates to the Conference on Disarmament that cyber-security challenges, and the existence of new weapons systems and technologies, are not being sufficiently addressed or reflected in current arms control regimes. Mr Møller, who acts as the Secretary-General of the Conference, was speaking at the opening of the first 2019 meeting of the Geneva-based Conference, which, although it is the only multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, has been deadlocked for over 20 years, the last arms control agreement successfully negotiated by the body was the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, in 1996.…

Civilian Welfare Foundation, a non profit organisation working with Gender , Disability and Child Education is collaborating with Five Mad Men, a one of a kind gastro play pub to launch a series of programmes supporting Bengal Paralympics. The para athletes have always faced obstacles in their social and personal frontiers. Even the RPWD Act, 2017 along with its all possible attributed clauses did not change an inch or made any difference in the scene of paralympic affairs. In 2018 para-Asian games, India para-athletes won 72 medals with a relatively smaller contingent of 190 compared to 570 athletes to the…

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad Researcher Dr Aalok Khandekar is coordinating an ‘Air Pollution Governance Across Cities Study’ (known as the 6+ Cities Study) to characterize how coordination between ‘understanding’ and ‘governing’ air pollution is happening in different cities. It also supports comparative insight and cross-city dialogue. Originally, there were six cities in the study with research groups in Beijing, Bangalore, Houston, Philadelphia, New York City, and Albany, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, a US Government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. The study has now been…

(UNI) Calling on governments to take human rights obligations into account when designing economic reforms, an independent United Nations rights expert said that human rights impact assessments are key to the process. Highlighting the vital role of human rights on policymaking, the independent expert on foreign debt and human rights, Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, published the Guiding Principles on Human Rights Impact Assessments of Economic Reforms to assist states, international financial institutions, creditors, civil society and others, to ensure that economic policies are embedded in human rights. “The thrust of the Guiding Principles is that states cannot shy away from their…

Terming the claims by the Indian Journalists’ Association (Europe), at an event held in London, that the 2014 Lok Sabha polls as well as the 2018 five-state polls were rigged, as a validation of its doubts on the working of the EVMs, the Congress on Monday demanded that at least 50 per cent of the VVPATs should be verified with the paper trails. Talking to reporters here, AICC spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said,”the event at London only validates the concerns of the Congress on the working of the EVMs. It adds wight to the argument of the Congress that the…

ସମୀକ୍ଷା ବ୍ୟୁରୋ ରାଜ୍ୟ ରାଜନୀତିକୁ ଯଦି ନିରିଖେଇ ଦେଖାଯାଏ ତେବେ ସ୍ପଷ୍ଟ ହେବ ଯେ, ରାଜ୍ୟର ପ୍ରମୁଖ ତିନୋଟି ଦଳର ଅନେକ ନେତା ଅଛନ୍ତି ଯେଉଁମାନେ ଭବିଷ୍ୟତରେ ମୁଖ୍ୟମନ୍ତ୍ରୀ ହେବାକୁ ମନେ ମନେ ସ୍ୱପ୍ନ ଦେଖୁଛନ୍ତି ଓ ପାଗ ଭିଡି ବସିଛନ୍ତି । ସ୍ୱପ୍ନ ଦେଖିବାରେ କାହାର ଆପତ୍ତି ନାହିଁ । ହେଲେ ସ୍ୱପ୍ନକୁ ସାକାର କରିବା ପାଇଁ କିଛି ନେତା ଯେପରି କୌଶଳ ଅବଲମ୍ବନ କରୁଛନ୍ତି ତାହା ସମସ୍ତଙ୍କୁ ଆଶ୍ଚର୍ଯ୍ୟ କରିଛି। ସାଧାରଣତଃ ଯିଏ ଚାହିଁବ ସେ ନେତା ହୋଇଯିବ ବା ମୁଖ୍ୟମନ୍ତ୍ରୀ ହୋଇଯିବ ତାହା ନୁହେଁ। ଏପରିକି କଳବଳ କୌଶଳଠାରୁ ଆରମ୍ଭ କରି କୋଟି କୋଟି ଟଙ୍କା ଖର୍ଚ୍ଚ କଲେ ମଧ୍ୟ ଜଣେ ବିଧାୟକ କିମ୍ବା ସାଂସଦ ହେବା ସମ୍ଭବ ହୋଇପାରିବ ନାହିଁ। ତାହା ଯଦି ହୋଇଥାନ୍ତା ତାହାହେଲେ ଦେଶର ଧନୀ ସେଠ ଆଜି ସାଂସଦ କିମ୍ବା ବିଧାୟକ ହୋଇଯାଇଥାନ୍ତେ। ହେଲେ ବର୍ତ୍ତମାନ ଯେଉଁମାନେ ନେତା ହୋଇ ସାଂସଦ…

Actress Hazel Keech who wedded to cricketer Yuvraj Singh in 2010, used the viral ten year old Challenge to public her battle with depression. Sharing her picture from decade ago the actress has said ‘I was battling depression straving myself, had bulimia, dyed my hair dark and kept it long trying to fit in’

A professor of Jadavpur university allegedly insisted a student to take bathe with him in any river. The student revealed that the professor Kanak Sarkar asked her for that while she was on her way for a presentation. University has divested Sarkar of his duties.

Honor is ready to launch its flagship smartphone Honor view20 on 29th January and it will be world’s first ever smartphone to feature a 48 megapixel rear camera with secondary TOF sensor and comes with an in-display selfie snapper besides features a punch-hole design as front camera is embedded in the screen.

UK members of parliament rejected a deal by the prime minister Theresa May with the EU on the terms of Britain’s exit from the bloc.May had sustained heaviest parliamentary defeat of any British PM in the era of democratic after the deal was rejected by 230.

As per the OnePlus Assured Upgrade plan OnePlus 6T  buyers can now avail guaranteed buyback value of a maximum of 70% of the device’s purchase value through Servify

In a fit of madness or what 27 year old Nick Naydeb of Washington jumped off the 11th floor of Royal Caribbean cruise to make a video for Instagram after being propped by his friend. The authorities have banned Nick and his friend from sailing in the cruise ever again after seeing the clip.

Reacting to the uncivil and objectionable remark by Sadhana Singh of BJP, the ex- BSP MLA Vijay Yadav issued the warning that either Sadhana make unconditional apology to Mayawati or he would pay Rs.50 lakh to one who gets him Sadhana’s head.

କେଦାର ମିଶ୍ର ହଠାତ୍ ଓଡିଶାର ବିଜେପି ନେତାମାନଙ୍କୁ ଜଣେ ବିଚିତ୍ର ସମର୍ଥକ ମିଳିଯାଇଛନ୍ତି। ଇଚ୍ଛାକୃତ ହେଉ ବା ଅନିଚ୍ଛାକୃତ ଭାବରେ ଓଡିଶା ବିଜେପିର ନେତାମାନେ ଏଇ ଦୁଇ ତିନି ଦିନ ହେଲାଣି ପୂର୍ବତନ କେନ୍ଦ୍ରମନ୍ତ୍ରୀ ଶ୍ରୀକାନ୍ତ ଜେନାଙ୍କୁ ଭୂରି ଭୂରି ପ୍ରଶଂସା କରୁଛନ୍ତି। ଶ୍ରୀକାନ୍ତ ବାବୁ ବିଜେପିର ବିଚାର କିମ୍ବା ସଂଗଠନ ସହିତ ତାଙ୍କ ୪୫ ବର୍ଷର ଦୀର୍ଘ ରାଜନୈତିକ ଜୀବନରେ କେବେବି ପାଖାପାଖି ନଥିଲେ। ପୁରୁଣା ଜନତାଦଳର ନେତା ଭାବରେ ସେ ପ୍ରାଥମିକ ଭାବରେ ଅଣ କଂଗ୍ରେସ ଓ ପରବର୍ତ୍ତୀ ସମୟରେ କଂଗ୍ରେସର ନେତା ସାଜିଛନ୍ତି। ୧୯୭୭ ରେ ପ୍ରଥମେ ବିଧାନସଭାକୁ ନିର୍ବାଚିତ ହେବା ପରଠୁ ଶ୍ରୀକାନ୍ତଙ୍କ ରାଜନୀତିରେ ବହୁ ଚଢା ଉତ୍ତୁରା ହୋଇଛି। ତେବେ ରାଜନେତା ଭାବରେ ଓଡିଶାବାସୀ ଶ୍ରୀକାନ୍ତ ଜେନାଙ୍କ ତିନୋଟି ଚେହେରା ଦେଖିଛନ୍ତି। ତାଙ୍କର ପ୍ରଥମ ଓ ସବୁଠୁ ସଫଳ ରାଜନୈତିକ ଚେହେରା ହେଉଛି ୧୯୭୭ ରୁ ୧୯୮୯ ଯାଏଁ ଓଡିଶା ବିଧାନସଭାର ସଦସ୍ୟ ଭାବରେ…

Sources in New Delhi confirmed on Monday that wanted diamond trader Mehul Choksi has surrendered his Indian passport to the High Commission in Guyana. Sources asserted that India continues its efforts through legal and diplomatic channels to pursue Choksi’s return from Antigua. ”It may be kept in mind that whenever an Indian citizen acquires foreign nationality, he is expected to surrender his Indian passport. Indian continues to pursue Choksi’s return with the Government of Antigua through diplomatic and legal channels,” sources said. Choksi and his nephew, Nirav Modi, left India about a year ago, just before their involvement in a…