Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir) May 16,: The Azaala platform, a one-stop solution for the redressal of grievances, has provided the people of Rajouri with an easy and efficient way to get their issues resolved, officials said.
The live phone-in programme has allowed people to connect directly with the concerned officials, providing them with a platform to voice their concerns and grievances, they said.
Special cells have also been constituted to trace grievances on social media, ensuring that no issue goes unnoticed, they added.
According to an official note, the district administration of Rajouri, under the guidance of Deputy Commissioner Vikas Kundal, has been working tirelessly to provide prompt and effective services to the citizens.
n the run-up to providing solutions to the people’s issues, the launch of the Azaala platform, live phone-in programme and special cells for tracing grievances on social media has revolutionised the way governance is delivered in this remote and rugged part of the country.
Bangkok, Thailand,May 15,2023: Thailand’s reformist opposition has won the most seats and the largest share of the popular vote in a general election after voters resoundly rejected the military-backed parties that have ruled the Southeast Asian country for nearly a decade.
With nearly all votes counted on Monday, the progressive Move Forward Party (MFP) and the populist Pheu Thai Party were projected to win about 286 seats in the 500-member House of Representatives.
But uncertainty remains about whether they would be able to form the next government due to skewed parliamentary rules that allow 250 members of a military-appointed Senate to vote on the prime minister.
That means MFP and Pheu Thai will need the support of smaller parties to establish a new administration.
The biggest winner of Sunday’s vote was MFP, a progressive youth-led party that contested the general elections for the first time on a bold platform of reforming the monarchy and reducing the power of the military by rewriting the country’s constitution and ending conscription.
With 99 percent of votes counted, the MFP looked set to take the biggest share of the lower-house with a total of 147 seats, preliminary results published on the election commission website showed. The figure includes 112 from the 400 seats that are directly elected and 35 from the 100 seats allocated to parties on a proportional basis.
Damascus, May 14,2023: The Syrian government agreed on Saturday to extend the permission for the United Nations to use two border crossings on the Turkish border for three more months until August 13, the Syrian envoy to the UN headquarters in New York said.
“The Syrian Arab Republic has decided to extend the permission it granted to the UN and its specialized agencies to use the two border crossings of Bab Alsalama and al-Ra’i for an additional period of three months ending on 13 August 2023,” Bassam Sabbagh said on social media.
The envoy reiterated the government’s commitment to ensuring stability and improving the living conditions of all Syrians after a series of devastating earthquakes rocked northwestern Syria in February. The border crossing were reopened to allow for deliveries of relief aid.
Bengaluru, May 11,2023: Karnataka has recorded a voter turnout of 73.19 per cent in 2023 state assembly election, which is the highest-ever since 1952 in the state.
“Karnataka has created a new record for itself. Final voter turnout for Karnataka Election 2023 stands at 73.19 per cent,” Karnataka Chief Electoral Office said here on Thursday evening.
Most of the pollsters are predicting a hung verdict in the state, except two who are giving BJP and Congress a comfortable majority.
Voters in Bengaluru Urban have been a disappointing breed as only 52.33 per cent of them have come out to exercise their franchise. Last year the percentage of voter turnout in the city was nearly 55 per cent.
Interestingly, the neighbouring Bengaluru Rural stood in the second spot in overall voters turnout data, registering 85.08 per cent, next to the No.1 district of Chikkaballapur where as much as 85.56 percent voters turned out to exercise their franchise.
Largely, peaceful voting has taken place in all 224 assembly constituencies in the state and no repoll has been indicated in any of the 58,545 polling stations, the EC said.
This year’s voter percentage overpassed the previous record of 72.44 per cent, which was recorded in 2018. In 2013, it was 71.83.
Counting of votes is scheduled for May 13.
The last assembly election had thrown up a hung assembly with the BJP emerging as the single largest party with 104 seats, falling slightly short of getting a majority.
The BJP is banking on its micro-management team, Modi magic and 72 new faces to take them past the magic figures of 113 and break a 38-year-old poll jinx of overthrowing the ruling party from power.
The Congress is expecting an absolute majority to gain momentum to position itself as the main opposition player in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
JDS is expecting to play kingmaker’s role in case of a hung verdict, while Aam Aadmi Party, which is in power in Punjab and Delhi, has also fielded candidates.
All the major parties ran their campaigns with full steam, but the resolve to ban Bajrang Dal in Congress manifesto gave a handle for Prime Minister Narendra Modi led BJP to portray Congress party as anti-Hindu by saying that they had a problem with Lord Ram, and now have with Bajrang Bali.
This forced the Congress party on the backfoot who started to clarify on Bajrang Dal ban with Veerappa Moily, first among the party leaders, who said the state governments do not have any rights to ban any organisation, except the central government, and denied that there was any proposal to ban Bajrang Dal.
Barbs like venomous snake, Vishakanya and Nalayak beta were hurled against each other during the poll campaign, which forced the election commission to issue an advisory, asking them to uphold their dignity.
While AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge called Modi a venomous snake and his son and Congress candidate Priyank Kharge called PM a nalayak beta, BJP candidate Basanagouda Patil Yatnal asked if former Congress President Sonia Gandhi is a vishkanya.
New Delhi, May 11,2023: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the programme marking National Technology Day (NTD) 2023 and dedicate several scientific projects to the nation at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi on Thursday.
The programme will also mark the commencement of celebration of the 25th year of National Technology Day, which will be held from May 11 to May 14.
“The National Technology Day 2023 has a special focus on Atal Innovation Mission (AIM)” said the PM office in a statement.
Highlighting the theme of this year’s National Technology Day, the AIM Pavilion will showcase multiple innovative projects and provide an opportunity for the visitors to witness live tinkering sessions, engage in tinkering activities, witness outstanding innovations and products by Startups.
During the programme, Prime Minister will also inaugurate the Expo showcasing scientific & technological advancements made in India in the recent past. He will also release commemorative stamp and coin on the occasion.
The celebration of National Technology Day was started by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1999 to honour Indian scientists, engineers and technologists for successful conduct of Pokhran tests in May 1998.
Since then, National Technology Day is observed every year on May 11. It is celebrated with a new and different theme every year. This year’s theme is ‘School to Startups- Igniting Young Minds to Innovate’.
As per the statement by the Prime Minister office, the Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone and dedicate to the nation multiple projects related to scientific and technological advancement in the country, worth more than Rs 5800 crore.
“This is in line with the Prime Minister’s vision of Aatmanirbhar Bharat through strengthening scientific institutions in the country” it said.
The release said the projects whose foundation stone would be laid include Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory – India (LIGO-India), Hingoli; Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Jatni, Odisha; and Platinum Jubilee Block of Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai.
LIGO-India, to be developed in Hingoli, Maharashtra, will be one of the handful Laser Interferometer Gravitational wave observatories in the world.
It is an extremely sensitive interferometer of 4 km arm length capable of sensing gravitational waves generated during the merger of massive astrophysical objects such as black holes, and neutron stars.
The LIGO-India will work in synchronisation with two such observatories operating in the United States; one in Hanford, Washington and the other in Livingston, Louisiana.
“The projects that will be dedicated to Nation include Fission Molybdenum-99 Production Facility, Mumbai; Rare Earth Permanent Magnet Plant, Visakhapatnam; National Hadron Beam Therapy Facility, Navi Mumbai; Radiological Research Unit, Navi Mumbai; Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Visakhapatnam; and Women & Children Cancer Hospital Building, Navi Mumbai” it said.