-ThePrint.in On World Youth Skills Day, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Dharmendra Pradhan says skilling is no longer a secondary ancillary to education in India. New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government is looking to skill India’s youth with knowledge to ensure they are employable, Union Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan said at an event on World Youth Skills Day Thursday. Highlighting the government’s efforts to increase the employability of...
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Odisha supplies 3965 MT of oxygen to eight states in 10 days -Prashant K Nanda
-Livemint.com * The state has supplied oxygen to Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu, among others. * Dharmendra Pradhan is in touch with steel companies and has directed them to provide all support in terms of oxygen. The Odisha government on Sunday said that it has stepped up the supply of oxygen and has sent 3965 metric tonnes (MT) of medical oxygen in 10 days to...
More »India moving: In the times of NRC, a look at where the migrants fit in -Ravish Tiwari
-The Indian Express Census 2011 counted 14.2 crore migrants in the decade preceding it, intra-district to inter-state. Women moved for marriage, men for work, economic reforms drove the change, and Surat emerged as No. 3 destination while Chennai fell far behind. In a country with a long and often violent history of sons-of-the-soil politics, migration is a politically fraught issue. From the attacks on south Indians in Mumbai in the 1960s...
More »Upper castes get big chunk of ministerial berths
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi tried to accommodate representatives of most castes in his Council of Ministers but upper castes got a dominant presence, bagging 32 of the 58 berths. Ministers from Other Backward Classes, a crucial political constituency, numbered 13. Nine Brahmin leaders have found place in the Union cabinet, including Nitin Gadkari. Three Thakur leaders also made it, including Rajnath Singh, Jodhpur MP Gajendra Singh...
More »82% of Ujjwala families return for LPG refill
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Womenfolk in seven crore poor households no longer have to suffer smoky kitchens, thanks to the blistering pace at which the Narendra Modi government has rolled out its ‘Ujjwala’ scheme to provide free LPG connection to economically weaker families. Some 82% of these beneficiary households are returning for a refill as the transformational energy programme takes root, deepening the Modi government’s political outreach among the poor...
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