Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra has gifted a rare Thar 700 to Udaipur prince Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar. Mahindra recently handed over the keys of brand-new Mahindra Thar 700 — available in a limited number and will be the last units of the current-generation model, reports www.cartoq.com. Thar 700 is priced at Rs 9.99 lakh. “The Mewar family of Udaipur is a known automobile aficionado and almost 20 years ago, they inaugurated the vintage car museum in the city of lakes,” said the report. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, part of the $20.7 billion Mahindra Group, in June announced the launch of…
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UK-based transplant surgeon, (Dr.) Majid Mukadam was felicitated here on Saturday. Dr. Mukadam campaigns for organ donations in temples, mosques, churches and gurudwaras in that country, which can help save precious human lives. Speaking at the felicitation function, Mukadam said that Asian patients were disadvantaged as they had to wait prolonged period, or even die, due to unavailability of matched or suitable donor organs. “One of the main reasons for this disparity is the reluctance, occasionally refusal, of the Asian communities to donate their organs, as the matching also depends on genetic make-up,” Mukadam said. There are numerous misconceptions and…
Trinamool Congress MP Prasun Banerjee on Saturday appeared before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) here in connection with the Narada sting operation probe even as he accused the probe agency of harassing him and his fellow party leaders in the investigation. The CBI on August 29, issued summons to several Trinamool Congress ministers and leaders in the Narada sting footage case, in which the politicians were purportedly seen taking hoards of cash from representatives of a fictitious company for extending favours. The agency will conduct a voice sample test of the persons purportedly seen in the sting footage, which…
Pilots of the Indian Air Force (IAF) conducted test flights of the MiG 35 fighter aircraft during an ongoing air exhibition in Zukhovski, Russia.An Indian Air Force (IAF) delegation had visited Russia for the International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS 2019 air show that was held at the Zukhovski International Airport near Moscow between August 27 and 29. The delegation was led by Air Marshal Amit Dev, Director General Air Operations. The delegation was also shown the Sukhoi 57E, the export version of the fifth-generation Russian supersonic stealth jet fighter at the air exhibition. “The Indian delegation were shown MiG-35 and…
Singer-songwriter Prateek Kuhad will end this year with a world tour. From October to December, Prateek will play 30 shows across three continents and travel to cities in the US, Canada, France, Germany, Spain, India and more. As for Indian cities, he will perform in Hyderabad, Surat, Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru, Delhi and more. “I’ve already got to tour and play to fans in so many parts of the world. Excited to get on the road again,” said Prateek. The world tour will take him back to North America where he will be performing nine shows across Los Angeles, San Francisco,…
Health Ministers from the World Health Organization (WHO) member countries of the Southeast Asian region will be meeting in the national capital next week to discuss issues like the health impact of climate change, the high burden of tuberculosis (TB) and strengthening capacities for emergency risk management. The seventy-second regional committee session of the WHO Southeast Asia will be held from September 2 to September 6 at the Hyatt Regency hotel here. Some key issues which will be discussed at the meeting, include the elimination of measles, cervical cancer and other non-communicable diseases, as well as strengthening of health services…
The government on Friday announced the mega-merger of 10 PSU banks into four, where the Punjab National Bank, the Oriental Bank of Commerce and the United Bank to merge become the second-largest PSB while the Canara Bank and the Syndicate Bank will amalgamate to make the fourth-largest PSU bank entity. Also in the series of mergers announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at a briefing here, the Union Bank, the Corporation Bank, and the Andhra Bank will be merged to become the fifth-largest PSU bank and the Indian Bank and the Allahabad Bank merge to be the seventh-largest. Post consolidation,…
Keeping in mind health concerns, the Bihar government on Friday put in place a ban on ‘pan masala’, which, however, will be applicable for one year. Bihar Food Safety Commissioner Sanjay Kumar said: “Total 12 companies in the state have been totally barred from production, storage, transportation, exhibition and sale of ‘pan masala’ either in packed or loose form for next one year from today”. An order issued by the Health Department said that under the Indian Constitution, any state government can ban the consumption of products that are injurious to people’s health to provide them a nutritious and healthy…
Embassy of India and the India Tourism Office, Singapore, held a Road Show and Indian Food Festival at Hotel Westin in Jakarta.The event was organised on Thursday as part of the ongoing celebration of the 70th Anniversary of India-Indonesia Diplomatic Ties, where promoting bilateral tourism was identified as one of the core sectors, an embassy statement said. Ambassador Pradeep Kumar Rawat welcomed the gathering and addressed the audience, which included delegates from India and leading travel operators from both the countries.Rawat informed about free e-visa, which was announced in May 2018, during the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to…
Emerging technology, like blockchain technology, Artificial Intelligence, virtual reality, drones, cloud computing — are all on the table of the Narendra Modi government as it pushes ahead to realise the goal of better e-governance for citizens.As part of its vision of providing a One Government experience to citizens, the Modi government is moving forward rapidly to implement the India Enterprise Architecture (IndEA) — a single window digitisation solution for cashless, paperless and faceless services. At an e-Governance conference held in Shillong, Meghalaya, earlier this month, representatives of all the state governments and Union Territories, as well as business houses, brainstormed…