PM Modi has reached 'pinnacle' of good governance: Prakash Javadekar
Mumbai/UNI: Former Union minister Prakash Javadekar hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for reaching the “pinnacle" of good governance and said corruption and malpractices have almost stopped in the tenure of the BJP led NDA government as Aadhar and PAN cards are linked to all government departments.
Narendra Modi's Cabinet reshuffle: Prakash Javadekar, Ravi Shankar Prasad quit
New Delhi: Senior Union Ministers Prakash Javadekar and Ravi Shankar Prasad have quit their positions, just ahead of a crucial reshuffle of PM Narendra Modi-led Cabinet on Wednesday.
Centre approves financial assistance to 67 families of journalists who succumbed to Covid-19
New Delhi/IBNS: In a suo-moto move, the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting and Press Information Bureau under the guidance of Prakash Javadekar, had compiled and collated the details of journalists who lost their lives due to the pandemic in the years 2020 & 2021 and started a special drive to provide assistance to their families under the Journalist Welfare Scheme.
Prakash Javadekar tests positive for COVID-19
New Delhi/UNI: Union Information & Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar on Friday said he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
Prakash Javadekar and US envoy John Kerry discuss climate finance, joint research
New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: India's Environment and Climate Change Minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday held an “engaging and fruitful discussion” with US climate envoy John Kerry, who is on a three-day visit to the Asian country.
Guidelines for regulation of OTT platforms to be implemented soon: Centre
New Delhi/IBNS: The Centre on Tuesday informed that rules and guidelines related to the regulation of Over-The-Top (OTT) platforms are almost ready and will be implemented soon.
Support of political parties towards 'Bharat Bandh' is hypocrisy: Prakash Javadekar
New Delhi, Dec 8 (UNI) Information and Broadcasting (IB) Minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday described the support of political parties towards the 'Bharat Bandh' by farmers as hypocrisy.
Assam CM Sonowal writes to I&B Minister Javadekar for retaining AIR and DD, Dibrugarh’s status
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has written a letter to Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar raising the issue of Prasar Bharati’s directives for reassigning All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan Kendra (DDK) in Dibrugarh as relay centres only, curtailing their capacity to produce own programmes while they would only broadcast/telecast AIR and DDK, Guwahati’s programmes.
Economy returning to track faster than expected: Prakash Javadekar
New Delhi/UNI: The Government on Wednesday said signs are now becoming clear that the country's economy is getting back on track faster than expected and that India will rebuild the world's fastest-growing economy by defeating the Covid-19 pandemic.
New Delhi/IBNS: A day after a Pakistani lawmaker suggested his country's role in Pulwama attack in 2019 in which at least 40 soldiers were killed, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar demanded that the Congress must apologise to the country for floating "conspiracy theories" and remarks about the incident.
Prakash Javadekar slams Chidambaram, Digvijaya on their remarks on Art 370
New Delhi/UNI: Criticizing statements of Congress leaders P Chidambaram and Digvijaya Singh regarding Article 370, Information and Broadcasting Minister and senior BJP leader Prakash Javadekar on Saturday said that the Congress leaders are speaking in unison with the separatists.
Local factors behind 95 pc of Delhi's pollution: Prakash Javadekar
New Delhi/UNI: Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate change Prakash Javadekar on Thursday said that around 95 per cent of the factors adding up to Delhi's pollution were local, while the stubble burning only contributes around 5 per cent to it.
Protests happening in Panjab over farm laws are political: Prakash Javadekar
Panaji/UNI: Union Minister for Forest and Environment Prakash Javadekar on Sunday said that protests happening in Panjab over the farm laws are political.
Centre releases SOP for resuming media production, directs minimum physical contact
New Delhi/IBNS: The Centre on Sunday released a set of guidelines for resuming work in the media production industry amid the coronavirus pandemic which necessitates 'minimal physical contact', PPEs for hairstylists and make-up artists among others.
Attackers of health workers in India to face strict punishment as Modi government clears ordinance
New Delhi/IBNS: In a landmark step to protect the health workers in the wake of several attacks on doctors treating COVID-19 patients, the Narendra Modi government on Wednesday passed an ordinance to award a strict punishment to the guilty.