The Union Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Agriculture Shri Narendra Singh Tomar today inaugurated the SARAS IITF Mela 2019 at PragatiMaidan, New Delhi. Addressing the gathering, Shri Tomar congratulated everyone who is participating in the mela and wished them all the best.

National Mission on Cultural Mapping (NMCM) has been set up by the Ministry of Culture in 2017.  Mission will compile data of artists, art forms & geo location with inputs from Central Ministries, State Governments & art/culture bodies.

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) approves the acquisition of the ‘Plates & Coils Mill Division’ of Welspun Corp Limited (“Welspun”) by Laptev Finance Private Limited (“Laptev”), under Section 31(1) of the Competition Act, 2002 (“Act”)

Laptev is in the business of buying, selling, reselling, exporting, importing and trading all kinds of goods, including steel goods.

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh is in Thailand’s capital Bangkok to attend the 6thASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus). Today, on the sidelines of ADMM-Plus, Raksha Mantri held bilateral meetings with US Secretary of Defence Dr Mark T Esper, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand General Prawit Wongsuwan, Defence Minister of Japan Mr Taro Kono, Defence Minister of Australia Ms Linda Reynolds and Defence Minister of New Zealand Mr Ron Mark.

The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, witnessed an exhibition of paintings set up by the Artists-in-Residence at Rashtrapati Bhavan today (November 17, 2019). The President also felicitated the artists after witnessing the exhibition.