Folk music legend and freedom fighter Fakir Alamgir passed away in Dhaka. He was suffering from Coronavirus infection and suffered a heart attack. He was 71.
Odisha's National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) has recently completed the testing of the second unit of 800 MW capacity at Darlipali. With this, the total installed capacity of NTPC has now reached 66875 MW. At present, NTPC Group has 71 power stations including 29 renewable projects.
The government of Taiwan has announced to set up its first office named "Taiwan" in Lithuania soon. Taiwan's government has made this announcement as it seeks to strengthen its diplomatic presence around the world with increasing pressure from Beijing.
The government of Arunachal Pradesh signed an MoU with Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Centre for Policy Research and Analysis-IIM Shillong for collaborating as a knowledge partner for capacity building of State Government officers.
In a bid to boost exports of agricultural produce from Ladakh and enhance farmers' incomes, the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority, or Apeda, has decided to promote and brand organic items from the region.
The Essential Defense Services Bill has been introduced recently in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament. The purpose of which is to prevent the employees of all state-owned ordnance factories from going on strike across the country. In this bill, the government will be able to declare the services mentioned as essential defence services.
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