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India to be top two scientific nations in world by 2030: Harsh Vardhan

Kolkata: Union Minister for Science and Technology and Environment Harsh Vardhan on Monday said India is firmly on its course to become one of the top two scientifically advanced nations in the world by 2030. The minister said the country has made significant progress in the fields of nano technology, space science under the Narendra […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Need to step up efforts to manage electronic waste: Environment Minister

New Delhi: Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Saturday the government was trying to ensure better management of electronic waste but the implementation was tardy. “The government is trying to understand to ensure better management of e-waste, but things are not rushing and moving fast at the ground level,” Vardhan said here at the […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Kovind to inaugurate science festival in Lucknow

Lucknow: President Ram Nath Kovind would inaugurate the fourth edition of the ‘India International Science Festival-2018’ (IISF) in the state capital on Friday, officials said on Thursday. The three-day festival will be dedicated to the memory of late prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Union Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan told media persons. Uttar Pradesh […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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India to achieve land degradation neutrality by 2030: Minister

New Delhi: Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Friday that the government is committed to achieve land degradation neutrality (LDN) by 2030. In a statement issued here on the eve of “World Day to Combat Desertification”, the Minister said that India was focusing on sustainable land and resource management for livelihood generation at community level. […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
Scientists asked to develop zero-pollution firecrackers: Harsh Vardhan

New Delhi: Scientists have been asked to develop zero-pollution firecrackers that do not cause health hazards to children, Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan said today ahead of Diwali. The comments come close on the heels of the Supreme Court banning the sale of firecrackers in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) till October 31. […]

  • Tuesday, 29 June 2021
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Odisha In An Immediate Need Of 25 Lakh Doses Of Vaccine: Naba Das To Union Health Min

Odisha Health Minister Naba Das put forth a demand of 25 Lakh doses of COVID vaccines before the Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan while discussing the vaccination drive in the State on Wednesday.

  • Wednesday, 12 May 2021
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Chowkidar Narendra Modi a hit, others follow

New Delhi: A day after launching the “Main Bhi Chowkidar (I am a watchman too)” campaign on social media, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday changed the title of his Twitter account to “Chowkidar Narendra Modi”. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah followed with “Chowkidar Amit Shah” and tweeted: “The one who made cleanliness a […]

  • Monday, 03 May 2021
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BJP holds silent protest against Mamata government

New Delhi: The BJP held a silent protest here on Wednesday against the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government in wake of violence during BJP President Amit Shah’s roadshow in Kolkata which saw a bust of Bengali polymath Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar being destroyed. Union Ministers Nirmala Sitharaman, Harsh Vardhan, Vijay Goel and Jitendra Singh participated at the […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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RBI forms panel for housing finance securitisation market

New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday announced the setting-up of a committee to work for the development of housing finance securitisation market in the country under the chairmanship of Harsh Vardhan, Senior Advisor with Bain & Co. An RBI notification said that the committee would review the existing state of mortgage-backed […]

  • Friday, 30 April 2021
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Centre urges Odisha, 3 other States to join Ayushman Bharat

New Delhi: Requesting the chief ministers of Odisha, Delhi, Telangana and West Bengal to implement the Centre’s health insurance scheme, Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday wrote letters to the CMs saying that the ultimate beneficiary of this collaboration will be poor and vulnerable people […]

  • Friday, 30 April 2021
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Harsh Vardhan for action against doctors' assaulters

New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, here on Saturday, called for punitive action against those who assault healthcare professionals by stating that “strict action must be taken against anyone who assaults them.” The Union Health Minister has asked law enforcement agencies to ensure that doctors and clinical establishments discharge their duties professionally without any […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
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Harsh Vardhan reviews situation after 84 children die of encephalitis in Bihar

Patna: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday stressed the need for research on Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) that has caused the deaths of 84 children so far in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district. “There should be research to identify the disease that is still not identified and for that research facility should be developed in Muzaffarpur,” […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
Vardhan assures help to ailing children in Bihar, death toll rises to 100

Muzaffarpur: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday visited the families of the children suffering from suspected acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) even as the death toll rose to 100 in the district. Vardhan, his deputy Ashwini Kumar Choubey and Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey visited the SKMCH. “I assure the people of the area, especially […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
Muzaffarpur children death toll rises to 107

Patna: Seven more children died in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district on Monday, taking the toll due to suspected Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) to 107 and prompting the state government to announce a slew of measures to tackle the situation. According to a release issued by the district administration, 19 deaths were reported from the Kejriwal hospital […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
AES deaths: Bihar court orders probe against Harsh Vardhan, Mangal Pandey

Patna: A Bihar court on Monday ordered an investigation against Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey on charges of negligence that killed nearly 150 children due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in Muzaffarpur district over the past fortnight. The Chief Judicial Magistrate’s (CJM) Suryakant Tiwari ordered the Additional Chief Judicial […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
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