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Secretary Rural Development N N Sinha flags off consignment of kits New Delhi, May 29 (Punjab Post Bureau) – In its fight against COVID -19, Gandhi Smriti and DarshanSamiti New Delhi and Lupin Human Welfare Association, Rajasthan on May 29, 2020 sent 200 PPE Kits, 50 Thermometer, 10,000 PCS NITRILE GLOVES, 11000 masks and 500 FACE Shields to tribal district …

Discussions center around calibrated opening up of hotels and hygiene/safety issues Amritsar, May 29 (Punjab Post Bureau) – A delegation of leading Online Travel Agents (OTAs) of India called upon Union Minister of State (I/C) Tourism & Culture Shri Prahlad Singh Patel today in New Delhi. The discussion centered around calibrated opening up of the hotels and accommodation units, issuing …

Amritsar, May 29 (Punjab Post Bureau) – Indian Railways has been running Shramik special Trains on a daily basis throughout the country to ensure that migrants can travel back to their homes. It has been observed that some people who are availing this service have pre-existing medical conditions which aggravates the risk they face during the COVID-19 pandemic. A few …

Amritsar, May 29 (Punjab Post Bureau) – In keeping with the initiative of Govt of India to promote Solar Power and objective to achieve 100 GW of solar power by 2022 as part of the National Solar Mission, a 2 MW Solar Photovoltaic Plant was commissioned at INS Kalinga, Visakhapatnam by Vice Adm Atul Kumar Jain, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, Flag …

Mumbai, May 29 (Punjab Post Bureau) – Shri G.R Chintala has taken over as the Chairman of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) with effect from  May 27, 2020. Previously he was the Managing Director of NABFINS a subsidiary of NABARD headquartered in Bengaluru.            Chintala a Post Graduate from the prestigious Indian Agricultural …

About 1.25 crore free water bottles given to nearly 50 lakh migrants in travelling New Delhi, May 28 (Punjab Post Bureau) – Indian Railways has distributed more than 85 lakh free meals and about 1.25 crore free water bottles to migrants travelling in Shramik Special Trains since 1st May 2020. This includes meals being prepared by Indian Railways’ PSU IRCTC and distributed …

New Delhi, May 28 (Punjab Post Bureau) – In line with the announcement made in the Union Budget, Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman formally launched the facility for instant allotment of PAN (on near to real time basis) here today. This facility is now available for those PAN applicants who possess a valid Aadhaar number …

New Delhi, May 28 (Punjab Post Bureau) – According to the National Weather Forecasting Centre of the India Meteorological Department: Advance of Southwest Monsoon With the strengthening of westerlies and increase in convective clouds, the southwest Monsoon has further advanced into some parts of Maldives-Comorin area, some more parts of south Bay of Bengal, remaining parts of Andaman Sea and …

New Delhi, May 28 (Punjab Post Bureau) – Cabinet Secretary held a meeting with Municipal Commissioners, District Magistrates of 13 COVID-19 hit cities to take a review of the situation.  Chief Secretaries of all States and Union Territories concerned attended the meeting.                    The meeting bears significance as these 13 cities are …

New Delhi, May 28 (Punjab Post Bureau) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India today signed a $177 million loan to upgrade 450 kilometers (km) of state highways and major district roads in the state of Maharashtra.               The signatories to the Maharashtra State Road Improvement Project were Shri Sameer …