India's scientists and research scholars have made it a leading nation in terms of climate and weather research, Union Minister of Earth Sciences Kiren Rijiju said here on Saturday.
He said India will have to play a critical and leadership role in exploration of the ocean and develop resources in a sustainable manner for a balanced ecosystem
Union Earth Sciences Minister Kiren said there was a need to conduct more research in the Himalayas as we are yet to get to the position where we deserve to be
Rijiju made the announcement after a visit to the ministry's National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF) in Noida near here
Senior BJP leader Kiren Rijiju on Friday assumed charge as Earth Sciences Minister and dismissed suggestions that he was removed as minister of law and justice due to some wrongdoing.
Kiren Rijiju on Friday assumed charge as Earth Sciences Minister and thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for giving him an opportunity to handle various portfolios
Rijiju's surprise transfer was followed by the Rashtrapati Bhavan issuing another communique that said S P Singh Baghel, the minister of state for law, was being moved to the health and family welfare
Meghwal has been assigned the independent charge as minister of state in the Ministry of Law and Justice in addition to his existing portfolio
Rijjiju's term was controversial -- the government and the judiciary had a series of differences in connection with the appointment of judges
Rijiju's recent remarks on some retired judges being part of an anti-India gang had evoked strong reactions
Opposition parties, including the Congress, took a swipe at Kiren Rijiju who was moved from the law ministry to the relatively lower profile Ministry of Earth Sciences
Rijiju's remarks came hours after he was divested of the Law and Justice portfolio and made the Minister for Earth Sciences in a surprise reshuffle of ministers by the prime minister
Kiren Rijiju will move to the Earth sciences ministry, a govt notification announced on Thursday
The apex court on Monday heard the Adani vs Hindenburg case along with some other crucial cases
The plea had said the vice president and the Union minister have affirmed oaths that they will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution
The Union Home Minister himself was monitoring the situation and taking all necessary steps, the minister told reporters at the sideline of an event
Union Minister for Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju announced the appointment and transfer of judges in the High Courts on Thursday
On a day Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal appeared before the CBI in the excise policy case, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party used activist Anna Hazare
Kiren Rijiju reacted to Arvind Kejriwal remark that cases will be filed against CBI and ED officials and asked whether the Delhi Chief Minister would also file a case againt the court
He noted that when basic facilities reach the most distant villages, it becomes the foundation for justice, and the Narendra Modi government is doing just that