This website aims to make the process of getting permission to film across railways premises more efficient.
In a first, to ease the process of shooting a film on trains or at railway stations, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting’s Film Facilitation Office (FFO) and the Ministry of Railways have collaborated to create a ‘single window filming mechanism’.
This website aims to make the process of getting permission to film across railways premises more efficient.
The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) got registered in the Guinness Book of World Records on the first day of the Ganga Utsav — the River Festival 2021 for the highest number of photos of handwritten notes uploaded on Facebook in an hour.
Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat posted his message on the Ganga on Facebook, after which the Guinness activity was opened for the public at large.
The Texas-India vaccine diplomacy, a collaboration for shared global health between Indian pharmaceutical company Biological E and the Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, has led to the development of a cost-efficient vaccine against COVID-19 for USD 1.50 per dose, according to a top American scientist.
Addressing the annual 2021 gala of the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Houston (IACCGH) on Saturday, Dr Peter Hotez, Dean National School of Tropical Medicine; professor of pediatrics, molecular virology and molecular biology, at Baylor College of Medicine, said the collaboration has led to the development of the low-cost people’s vaccine in record times.
Singer and Bharat Ratna awardee Lata Mangeshkar, Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman and sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik have given their backing to the nationwide talent competitions meant to celebrate the 75th year of Independence.
On Sunday, the three celebrities digitally introduced the competitions announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his ‘Mann ki Baat’ address a week ago, saying that the “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav must be filled with colours of art, culture, songs and music.”
“Cycling is liberating, it is an elixir to the soul,” said Lt. Col. Bharat Pannu, a serving Electronics and Mechanical Engineer (EME) officer in the Army, as he bagged his third Guinness world record by cycling across the country from Gujarat to Arunachal Pradesh covering a distance of 3,800 km in nine days seven hours and five minutes.
His effort was part of the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971, which is being observed as ‘Swarnim Vijay Varsh’ in honour of the Soldiers who laid down their lives in the line of duty.
The first ship of the four Project-15B state-of-the-art stealth guided missile destroyers, Visakhapatnam, being built at the Mazgaon Docks Limited (MDL), was delivered to the Navy last Friday. Delayed by three years, the ships will be commissioned very soon.
Sliced strawberries in various shades of pink sit symmetrically on the base of strawberry sloffen, a Dutch cake-like cookie with almond paste and topped with buttercream, fresh strawberry and vanilla glaze. Boterkoek, butter cake, is another Dutch confection that Sarah Lisa, who with her husband Vibin Varghese, runs Zera Noya, a Dutch Bakery out of their home in Kadavanthra.
Commodore Deepak Kumar has taken over as the Commanding Officer of INS Venduruthy and Station Commander, Kochi Area.
He is the 45th Commanding Officer of the 77-year-old establishment that provides administrative support to Naval units in and around Kochi.
The Government of Australia has recognised Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin.
This recognition from the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) of the Department of Health will enable travellers fully vaccinated with Covaxin to travel to the country.