MEA welcomes Garcetti as USA’s envoy to India

NEW RECORDS BY WOMEN IN ALL FIELDS: PM

First India Bureau

Compliments to all our healthcare workers for their efforts towards keeping India healthy. On National Vaccination Day we also recall India’s strides in vaccinating people and reaffirm our commitment to building a healthy India.

“GROWING PORT SECTOR CONTRIBUTING TO ECONOMIC PROGRESS”

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has lauded the achievements of Tuticorin VOC port a Y-o-Y growth of 11.35%.

The Port has handled 36.03 Million Tonnes of cargo, as on 14.03.2023 and surpassed the target of 36 Million Tonnes, set by the Shipping Ministry 17 days ahead in the FY 2022-23.In a reply to a tweet by V.O.

Malali mosque row: VHP holds yagna

Mangaluru: The Malali mosque row here in Karnataka’s Dakshina Kannada district has surfaced again as Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) activists on Thursday performed a special ‘yagna’ seeking divine blessing and intervention for a temple to come up.

The activists performed ‘Maha Gana Yaga’ or ‘Ganapathy Homa’ to pray for construction of a temple at the site of the mosque, as per the advice of tantris. When the question was asked whether the temple will be constructed at the site of Malali mosque, tantris (foretellers) had advised that the work needs divine blessings.

Chidambaranar Port Authority, Tuticorin, the Prime Minister tweeted; “Good! India’s port sector is growing rapidly and contributing to economic progress.” (FIB)

TSPSC paper

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that new records of women in water, land and sky will prove to be milestones in building a developed India. PM Modi was responding to a tweet by Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways wherein Ministry has informed that Serang Sandhya’ has taken command of a ferry which will take people to their destination.

New Delhi (PTI): India on Thursday welcomed confirmation of Eric Garcetti as the US Ambassador to New Delhi and said it looks forward to working with him to take forward the multifaceted bilateral relations.

Considered a close aide of President Joe Biden, Garcetti received the confirmation to the post from the US Senate over two years after he was nominated to the key position.

“We welcome the confirmation of Eric Garcetti as the US Ambassador to India. We look forward to working with him to take forward the multifaceted bilateral relations,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said at a me-

We welcome the confirmation of Eric Garcetti as the US Ambassador to India. We look forward to working with him to take forward the multifaceted bilateral relations.

Arindam Bagchi, spokesperson, External Affairs Ministry

dia briefing.

The Senate voted 5242 to confirm the former Los Angeles mayor’s nomination on Wednesday. His nomination was pending before the US Congress since July 2021 when he was nominated by President Biden.

Last week, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 13-8 in favour of his nomination.

Kenneth Juster, the last US envoy in New Delhi, stepped down in January 2021 after Biden became President.

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BRS,

BJP play blame game

Hyderabad: Leaders of Telangana’s ruling BRS and Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are blaming each other for the exam paper leak that has rocked Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC). Both the parties are targeting each other in what is being seen as an attempt to take political mileage from the issue ahead of Assembly elections scheduled towards the end of 2023.

REFLECTION AFTER RAIN!

Zojila Pass opened after 68 days

Ladakh (ANI): After closure of 68 days, Border Roads Organisation (BRO) opened the strategic Zojila Pass on the Greater Himalayan Range on Thursday.

As per Defence Ministry, the pass at 11,650 feet which acts as a gateway between Union Territories of Ladakh and J&K was kept open for traffic till January 6, 2023 through relentless snow clearance operations amidst tough weather conditions, ensuring that the Pass remained

Zojila Pass was opened on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI closed for only 68 days this year as compared to 73 days last year and 160180 days in earlier years.

Since the first week of February, the snow clearance operations

Not working for forming next govt: Punjab CM Mann

Chandigarh (FIB): Asserting that the state has successfully completed the first lap of unprecedented development in the last one year, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday said the government is working not for forming the next government but for prosperity of the next generation. In a video message on the occasion of completion of one year in office, Mann said the people of the state had given a thumping verdict in favour of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) during the Assembly elections held last year.

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