The Vice President, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu today said that education must not only foster scientific spirit and entrepreneurial endeavour in students but also create in them a thirst to innovate.

Addressing the 17th Convocation of University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES) in Dehradun today, Shri Naidu called for imparting Entrepreneurial Education in our technical institutions so that a larger number of our graduates do not end up as mere job seekers but possess the confidence and the skills to create businesses, jobs and wealth.

The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, received His Excellency Mr Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, at Rashtrapati Bhavan today (November 29, 2019).

ormer Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Sushil Kumar, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, NM, passed away in the early hours on 27 November 2019 at Army Hospital (Research & Referral), New Delhi, after a prolonged illness.

The 2 days workshop/orientation programme on Electoral Literacy Clubs (ELCs)for Civil Society Organizationsfrom 24 States and UTs and State Level Master Trainers from Maharashtra and Haryana was organized on 28-29thNovember, 2019 at United Service Institution of India, New Delhi.

Para 11 of the press note on Estimates of Gross Domestic Product for the second quarter (July -September), 2019-20 should be read as:

11. Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF) at Current Prices is estimated at Rs 13.82 lakh crore in Q2 of 2019-20 as against Rs 13.