Narendra Modi - Electronic Gurudev

Jan132020 by Team - The Digital IndianNo Comments

CAA and NRC – Explained

National

The newly amended citizenship act (CAA) has aroused fear among Indian citizens that it will deny citizenship to the existing Muslim minority communities in India. However, if one to dive deep into details of this act then it is clear, that it only aims to provide Indian citizenship to religiously persecuted minorities of our neighboring countries i.e. Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, provided they entered India before December 31, 2014. Since these countries are Islamic state and roughly 95% of their population is Muslim, hence only their minorities had been named in this bill. The passing of the CAB bill raised a lot of questions like - what is CAA, how is it different from NRC, will it be discriminatory against the Muslim Community and will it lead to deportation of the min...

Aug242017 by Team - The Digital IndianNo Comments

Take speedy decisions, keep poor & ordinary citizens in minds while taking decisions, PM Modi to bureaucracy

National

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked all wings of the government to work in a synchronised manner and pressed the bureaucracy to take speedy decisions, promising that honest decision-making with good intention would always be encouraged. Good governance should be a priority for the officers, he said during an interaction with a group of over 70 Additional Secretaries and Joint Secretaries in the central government, according to a PMO statement. Modi asked the officers to focus attention on the 100 most backward districts of India, so that they can be brought up to the national average level, on various development parameters. The prime minister said the combination of development and good governance is essential for the welfare and satisfaction of citizens, the statement said about ...

Aug232017 by Team - The Digital IndianNo Comments

Air India CMD Lohani has been appointed as chairman of Railway Board

National

Air India Chairman and Managing Director Ashwani Lohani was today appointed chairman of the Railway Board after the incumbent A K Mital resigned from the post, officials said. The announcement by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet came hours after Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu indicated that he had offered his resignation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi following the recent train accidents. “Necessary communication in this regard has been sent to the Ministry of Railways,” the committee said. Mital had tendered his resignation to Prabhu last evening and it was accepted today morning, sources said. Lohani, an officer of the railway mechanical service, had served earlier as the Divisional Regional Manager of Delhi. He was also ITDC chairman as well as the director of the ...

Aug182017 by Team - The Digital IndianNo Comments

PM Modi “Dollar Diplomacy” has sent China in a State of Shock

National

As both India and China refuse to cede ground in Doklam , raising the possibility of a conflict between the two countries, India has tried to checkmate China by putting China’s domination under threat. Line of Credit(LoC) are soft loans sanctioned by one country to another with low interest rates to fund infrastructure, agricultural, education projects and enhance co-operation between the two countries i. e. LoCs are soft loans to foreign countries to execute projects of their choice. China is the leader in providing LoCs to under developed and developing countries. But China by no means provides LoCs at low interest rates often sending countries into debt traps. Countries like Sri Lanka, Laos and Myanmar are debt trapped by China. In return China uses its leverage for favourable deci...

Jun242017 by Team - The Digital IndianNo Comments

President Donald Trump realises India has been ‘force for good’ in world

USA

On the eve of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s US visit, the Trump administration has dismissed reports that it has been ignoring India, saying President Donald Trump realizes that the country has been a “force for good” in the world and ties with it were important. “I think that it would be wrong to say that this administration has been ignoring or not focused on India,” a senior administration official told reporters ahead of the two-day Modi visit from June 25. The Prime Minister would meet President Donald Trump face-to-face for the first time at the White House on Monday. “I think that the US really appreciates India, and I think that President Trump realizes that India has been a force for good in the world and that it’s a relationship that’s important. And I think that will come ...

Jun102017 by Team - The Digital IndianNo Comments

Time has come to take Pakistan-occupied Kashmir back: Baba Ramdev

Bihar

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has come out with a very specific demand for the Narendra Modi government- take Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) back from Pakistan. Terming PoK as the root cause of the persistent Kashmir unrest, he said PM should work in this direction to rid the northern state from its longstanding turmoil. "PoK was the cause of all the problems in Jammu and Kashmir. The only solution I think at this point of time is India acquiring the PoK territory into its own. It's because of PoK that Pakistan was successful in pushing terrorists in to India. PM should look into this issue and make a start in a phased manner to acquire PoK", said Baba Ramdev. Baba Ramdev who is holding a Yoga camp in Motihari for last three days said that apart from the problem of PoK, Hizbul chief Hafeez S...

Jun32017 by Team - The Digital IndianNo Comments

Paris or no Paris, India is and will always be committed to climate protection: PM Modi

National, Russia

India is committed to protecting the climate, irrespective of the Paris agreement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here today but avoided a direct reference to the US withdrawing from the international deal. Addressing the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) here in the presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin, he said India has traditionally been respecting the nature and desisted from exploiting it. “Paris or no Paris, our commitment to preserving the climate is for the sake of future generations,” Modi said while responding to a question about US President Donald Trump announcing withdrawal of the USA from the Climate Change deal. He said he had made the same comment in Germany three days back when “nobody’s comment had come”, an apparent reference to Trump’s a...

Mar312017 by Team - The Digital IndianNo Comments

Modi to address world’s largest hackathon

National, Technology

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday will address the "Smart India Hackathon", said to be the world's largest hackathon. Aimed at promoting innovation, the exercise would see nearly 10,000 students producing digital solutions to 598 problems, a release from the Ministry of Electronics and IT said. The 598 problems have been identified and posted by 29 central government departments and include issues like geo-fencing of airports, online toll collection, smart traffic management, cyber attacks and smart drones to make the airspace safer. The 36-hour non-stop digital programming competition would start at 8 a.m. on Saturday in 26 different locations in the country with each location handled by one central department or ministry. The top three teams would be awarded Rs 1 l...

Mar192017 by Team - The Digital IndianNo Comments

Will Work For All Sections of Society Impartially: Yogi Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh

Yogi Adityanath was appointed as the Uttar Pradesh CM on March 18 and he took oath for the same today at the Smriti Upvam, Lucknow in the presence of Governor Ram Naik, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party President Amit Shah and other senior ministers. Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma took charge as the Deputy CM of the state and 44 other ministers took oath as the cabinet ministers. After the conclusion of the ceremony, Adityanath while addressing his first press conference as the CM said, ‘We will leave no stone unturned to fulfil the expectations of people of Uttar Pradesh.’ While talking about the government’s impartial work he said, ‘Govt will work for all section of society without any partiality, for this administration will be made accountable and answerable.’ He also ...

Mar112017 by Team - The Digital IndianNo Comments

Saffron Holi: BJP is MODIfied with historic majority in UP, sweeps Uttarakhand

Uttar Pradesh

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) vanquished all Opposition by clearly winning two and coming within striking distance in two more of the five state Assembly elections, the results of which were declared on Saturday. The victory will result in consolidation of power for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party president Amit Shah. A reshuffle in the central government and in the party hierarchy is likely. Praising Modi, Shah said, “The only factor for the win is the performance of the Modi government. ... Even his political rivals will have to admit that he has emerged as the tallest leader in the country since Independence.” Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not make a public appearance, but tweeted: “Am overjoyed that BJP has received unprecedented support from all sections of soci...