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Singapore top FDI destination due to cleanliness:MSME minister
Union minister Giriraj Singh today credited Singapore's attractiveness for foreign investment to their focus on cleanliness and called for similar efforts in India to earn the world's respect. The MSME minister also said that when Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a call for Swachh Bharat mission in 2014, "people made fun". The prime minister emphasised on cleanliness and had said "'pehle shauchalaya, phir devalaya' (toilet first, temple later)", the minister said at the 1st edition of Swachhata Awards 2017 held here. The prime minister started it alone and later the whole country joined him, making the mission a nation-wide movement and helping many villages becoming free of open defecation, Singh said. The minister said there is figure which says that between 1977-87, Singapore saw rise in foreign direct investment and it was due to the steps the country was taking towards cleanliness. The world should also praise India for cleanliness, he said. The swachhata award ..
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle to marry on May 19
Britain's Prince Harry and his American actress fiancee Meghan Markle will marry on May 19 at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle near London, Kensington Palace announced today. The announcement comes nearly three weeks after the couple confirmed their engagement last month. "His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales and Ms Meghan Markle will marry on 19th May 2018," the palace said in a statement. The fifth in line to Britain's throne had revealed his engagement to the 36-year-old actress, best known for her role as Rachel Zane in the legal drama "Suits", last month. The couple had confirmed that their wedding ceremony will take place some time in May 2018 at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle. The couple has now set a date for the wedding, which will be paid for by the UK's royal family, including the service, music, flowers and the reception. Markle, as a Protestant Christian, will be baptised into the Church of England before the ceremony. She will also begin the ...
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle set May 19 as wedding date
Britain's Prince Harry will marry his American actress fiancee Meghan Markle on May 19 next year, Kensington Palace announced here today. The announcement comes three weeks after the couple confirmed their engagement last month and said the ceremony would take place at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle. "His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales and Ms Meghan Markle will marry on 19th May 2018," the palace said in a statement. The fifth in line to Britain's throne had revealed his engagement to the 36-year-old actress, best known for her role as Rachel Zane in the legal drama 'Suits', last month. The couple had confirmed that their wedding ceremony will take place some time in May 2018 at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle. The couple have now set a date for the wedding, which will be paid for by the UK's royal family, including the service, music, flowers and the reception. Markle, as a Protestant Christian, will be baptised into the Church of England before the ...
Bengali poet Joy Goswami to get 31st Moortidevi Award
Eminent Bengali poet Joy Goswami will be given the 31st Moortidevi Award for the year 2017, a selection board meeting announced here today. The committee, headed by poet and scholar Satya Vrat Shastri, unanimously decided to confer the award upon Goswami for his poetry collection titled 'Du Dondo Phowara Matro'. It is the first time the award will be given to a Bengali poet. 'Du Dondo Phowara Matro' is an autobiographical account of the poet's life featuring his close ones including a pet cat. The work also echoes secret trysts, chance loves and more of the fantastical quotidian which makes up the poet's consciousness. Born on 10 November 1954, Goswami is considered one of the most powerful poets in the post-Jibanananda Das era of Bengali poetry lending his voice against violence, war and genocide through his poetry. Having published over fifty titles, including a novel in verse and several collections of critical essays, the poet has received many awards including ...
