More than 58,000 veterans have failed to receive their pensions for April and they have promoted the defence ministry to intervene in the matter. They have requested the Centre to disburse their pending pension immediately. According to the ministry data, a total of 58,275 veterans have been devoid of their pension for the month of April. Reasons For Not Receiving Pensions The ministry said veterans did not receive their pensions due to not submitting their life certificates on the SPARSH platform. The cut-off date for submitting was March 31. Earlier, the last date for the mandatory submission of these certificates was November 2021, which was extended considering the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the ministry had directed the Defence Accounts Department to disburse the p...
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General BS Raju Appointed As Deputy Chief Of Army Staff, Know Important Things About Him!!
Lt Gen BS Raju has been appointed as the new Deputy Chief of the Army Staff of India. Army Chief General MM Naravane has also congratulated Lt Gen BS Raju on being appointed as the Deputy Chief of Army Staff. Let us tell you that Lt Gen BS Raju will assume office on 1 May 2022. Commanded DG Military Operations Lt. General Raju is currently heading the DG Military Operations under the Government of India. Take. General Raju is going to take over his new responsibility as Vice Chief of Army Staff despite not being an army commander. Earlier he had commanded over 15 Corps based in Srinagar. General BS Raju was initially commissioned into the Jat Regiment on 15 December 1984. His career spanned over 38 years, where he was part of several important regimental, staff and instructional appoi
Read MoreHardik Patel To Join BJP, Leaving Congress Behind; Criticises His Own Party
Days after criticizing his own party, Gujarat Congress leader Hardik Patel praised the centre ruling BJP. Hardik Patel said BJP has a better ability to make better political decisions as compared to others. He also said that he is proud to be a Hindu. He also put an end to all the speculation about joining the BJP. On these speculations, he said that all these things are baseless speculation. Hardik Patel is angry with INC's plan to include Naresh Patel in the party before these assembly elections. He felt that if Naresh Patel joins the Congress, he will lose his clout as the leader of the Patel community. He criticized the working pattern of Congress a week ago. On Friday, Hardik said that he has conveyed his opinion to the party's high command to make changes in it. He is hopefu...
Read MoreCentre Appoints Economist Suman Bery As NITI Aayog’s Vice-Chairman; Know More About His Career!
The central government appointed economist Suman Bery as the vice-chairman of NITI Aayog after Rajiv Kumar resigned from the post on 22nd April 2022. Kumar had been appointed because the vice-chairperson of NITI Aayog five years ago. The cabinet committee had accepted Rajiv Kumar’s resignation and appointed Suman Bery as NITI Aayog’s full-time member and later because the vice-chairperson. Suman Bery was the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER)'s director-general for a period of 10 years from 2001 to 2011. Being one of the senior visiting fellows at the Centre for Policy Research, Delhi. He's a world Fellow within the President of the United States International Center for Scholars’ Asia programme in Washington, DC. Also, he's a non-resident Fellow of Bruegel whic
Read MoreSri Lanka Crisis: Can Economic Relief Packages Without Political Reform Solve Problem?
As negotiators from the International fund try and talk of a bailout for the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka at talks in Washington, they’ll little doubt press the requirement for stringent economic reforms. Any such rescue action will ultimately fail unless political changes are made, too. Politics helped create the country’s current crisis. An earlier government led by then-president Mahinda Rajapaksa borrowed heavily from China et al. to finance ambitious infrastructure projects, saddling states with unsustainable debts. His brother, former defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa, then swept to power in 2019 and packed the govt. With cronies and relatives, including Mahinda Rajapaksa as prime minister and another brother as minister. In the subsequent year, the preside...
Read MoreAgnipath Recruitment Scheme Likely To Transform Defence Sector; Does It Have Organisational Flaw?
Under the new Agnipath Pravesh Yojna recruitment drive, soldiers to be called Agniveers (literally, fire warriors) are going to be recruited for a three-year tour of duty with no pension entitlement but with the promise of yet to be specified ‘assistance’ in getting post-discharge employment. Battle or ‘attributed to military service’ casualties are treated at par with regular soldiers. a hard and fast percentage from such intake is going to be absorbed as regular soldiers on merit. The primary motivation for this scheme is the reduction of the burgeoning pension bill of the military. Additional advantages cited are reducing the age profile of the armed forces, improving career prospects of normal soldiers, strengthening the society with military connections, instilling sterling mili...
Read MoreEurope Faces Extreme Heat Reaching 120 Degrees Fahrenheit; Climate Crisis Is Omnipresent
It won't be wrong to say that the climate crisis is omnipresent as Europe records the highest temperature of 120 Fahrenheit (48.8C) in Sicily. Mr Carlo Buontempo, director of EU'S climate monitoring service said, "2021 was a year of extremes including the hottest summer in Europe, heatwaves in the Mediterranean, flooding and wind droughts in western Europe." He also added, "The understanding of weather and climate extremes is becoming increasingly relevant for key factors of society." EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) Report Details The report reveals that the average temperature in Europe has increased by more than 2 degrees in the past year. In its fifth annual report of C3S, it shows that Sicily, Italy recorded the highest ever temperature in Europe at 48.8C (120F). ...
Read More‘BJP Extorting Money In Bulldozer’s Name’: Deputy CM Manish Sisodia’s Letter To MLA
The politics unveiling in the Jahangirpuri violence case in Delhi is now taking a new turn. The Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi has written a letter to all his MLAs asking them to stand with the public against the bullying of the BJP. Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has written a letter to the MLAs of the Aam Aadmi Party and said that BJP goons are threatening the landlords and shopkeepers of Delhi. Those people are threatening and saying that give money or else they will get bulldozers run at your shop-house. He said in the letter that BJP is going from MCD. In such a situation, recovery has started. Sisodia wrote that AAP MLAs should help the people. They should catch the blackmailing BJP goons and hand them over to the police. Sisodia has tweeted about this. He wrote ...
Read MorePrashant Kishore Into Congress: What Will Be His Role In Country’s Oldest Party? Read Here!
There is a lot of speculation about election strategist Prashant Kishor i.e. PK joining the Congress. For the last four days, Prashant has had several meetings with Congress President Sonia Gandhi and other big leaders. PK also gave a presentation of 600 slides on Thursday. This included the new Congress forming the strategy to win the elections. It is being said that Sonia Gandhi's green signal has been given to include Prashant Kishor in the party. Now there will be a meeting of PK with the big leaders of Congress and other parties involved in the UPA alliance and after that, a formal announcement will be made. What is Prashant Kishor's plan for Congress? Prashant Kishor prepared a presentation of 600 slides for the upliftment of Congress. According to media reports, so far o...
Read More‘Hind Di Chadar’: PM Modi Says On 400th Prakash Purab Celebrations Of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur
Pm Modi on the pious occasion of the 400th Prakash Purab Celebrations of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur addresses the nation from the Red Fort. On this occasion, he talked about the sacrifices made by the Sikh gurus and their teachings too. He said that our Sikh gurus have always protected India's culture and focused on the nation to grow as one with their ideology. PM's Insight On Guru Teg Bahadur We all have seen that PM shares a spiritual relationship when it comes to people who led as ideals of India. Sri Guru Teg Bahadur is one of them. He says that " The holy Gurudwara reminds us how great was the sacrifice of Guru Teg Bahadur Ji to protect our great culture. At that time there was a storm of religious fanaticism in the country. India, which is considered religion as a matter of p...
Read MoreDelhi’s 14 Point Summer Plan To Combat Climate Issue And Promote Green Delhi
Delhi gets into the mode of a new 14 point summer plan to promote green Delhi and clean Delhi. The main motive is to tackle the issue of climate control. At present, it has two ready in to apply plans and 12 long term plans, which will roll out soon according to the action plan. The environment minister of Delhi, Gopal Rai releases the plan on Monday after discussion with officers from irrigation, environment, flood, civic bodies, DDA, Delhi Fire services and many other concerned departments officers. Details Of The 14 Point Plan The two ready to start plan includes "Anti-open burning and Anti-road dust campaigns from 12th April And 15th April", respectively. For the Anti-open burning program, 500 teams will be working from ten different departments. The main aim is to monitor...
Read MoreHow Scaling Up The ORGANIC FARMING Led To The Financial Disaster In SRI LANKA??
organic farming may sound like a solid idea regarding an environment-friendly solution in the food and health industry. But this same thing led to a huge disaster in the economy of Sri Lanka says the experts. Organic farming is so much in vogue these days as the environmentalists are backing the idea of food free of chemicals and fertilizers. But the reality is that it's now impossible to switch to Organic farming in a go. As we clearly see the most recent example of Sri Lanka which followed this policy. Today, Sri Lanka is facing its worst crisis ever in terms of economic, social, and political matters. Lessons To Be Learned From Lanka's Failure : According to Ted Nordhans, organic farming is a practical approach when we talk about agriculture activities with respect to climate a...
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