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BJP to launch 'Sewa Pakhwara' on Sunday to mark PM Modi's birthday

The BJP will reach out to different sections of society and organise various welfare activities across the country as it launches 'Sewa Pakhwara' (fortnight of service) to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 73rd birthday on Sunday. The exercise will continue till October 2, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, a practice the BJP has been following annually for the past several years. The prime minister himself will be part of the launch of several development initiatives on his birthday. With 'Vishwakarma Jayanti' falling on Sunday, Modi will launch his government's ambitious scheme, "PM Vishwakarma", which is aimed at helping artisans and craftsmen and others engaged in traditional skills on the occasion. As practitioners of these traditional occupations come largely from Other Backward Classes, the scheme with an outlay of Rs 13,000 crore is also being seen as the ruling BJP's outreach to the politically important segment. He is scheduled to inaugurate the first phase of In

RML Hospital to open speciality OPD for transgenders on PM Modi's birthday

Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital here will inaugurate a speciality OPD for the transgender community on the occasion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday on Sunday. Besides, a blood donation camp will also be organised on that day. The hospital's Medical Superintendent Dr Ajay Shukla will inaugurate this special OPD and blood donation camp. He said this speciality OPD service will be available to transgenders every Friday from 2 pm to 4 pm and there will be a separate registration counter for the same. An endocrinology facility with hormone analysis and free hormonal treatment, a psychiatry facility with clinical-psychological assessment, and plastic surgery will also be available at the OPD, Dr Shukla said. Also, dermatology, urology and paediatrics services and all related blood investigations will be made available at the OPD, he said, adding that it will have gender-neutral/transgender washroom facilities. When asked what prompted the launch of the Speciality OPD for transgend

PM Modi pays tribute to former Singapore PM Yew on 100th birth anniversary

Yew was Singapore's prime minister from 1959 to 1990 and during his rule, Singapore became the most-prosperous country in Southeast Asia

PM Modi remains leader with highest global approval ratings after G20

Notably, this is a huge number by a far margin, as the second-best approval rating is enjoyed by Switzerland President Alain Berset (64%) and Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (61%)

PM to inaugurate phase 1 of Int'l Convention and Expo Centre on Sunday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the first phase of India International Convention and Expo Centre (IICC), named YashoBhoomi, in Dwarka and also the extension of Delhi Airport Metro Express line from Dwarka Sector 21 to a new metro station at Dwarka Sector 25 on Sunday. Noting that it is Modi's vision of having a world class infrastructure for hosting meetings, conferences and exhibitions in the country, officials said the operationalisation of YashoBhoomi at Dwarka will be a big boost to the exercise. With a total project area of over 8.9 lakh sq m and total built up area of more than 1.8 lakh sq m, it will find its place among the world's largest MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions) facilities, they said. The convention centre, built across more than 73,000 sq m of area, comprises 15 convention rooms including the main auditorium, the grand ballroom and 13 meeting rooms with a total capacity of holding 11,000 delegates. It has the largest LED media

PM GatiShakti: 106 infra projects worth Rs 11 trn recommended for approval

As many as 106 big-ticket infrastructure projects of different ministries worth Rs 11 lakh crore have been recommended for approval under the PM GatiShakti initiative so far this fiscal, an official statement said on Thursday. These projects have been recommended by the Network Planning Group (NPG) constituted under the PM GatiShakti initiative launched in October 2021. During the 55th Network Planning Group (NPG) meeting, six projects -- including three each from Railways and Road Transport and Highways ministries -- with a total cost of Rs 14,081 crore were assessed. "This takes the total number of projects assessed by NPG to 106 with a total value of about Rs 11 lakh crore, since the launch of PM GatiShakti approach," the commerce and industry ministry said. The inter-ministerial NPG meets every fortnight and appraises infra projects to ensure multi-modality, synchronisation of efforts, and comprehensive development in and around the project location. The initiative was launche

'Man of global alliance': Union Cabinet congratulates PM on G20 success

Union Cabinet unanimously clears Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's resolution

The G20 sidelights: Numbers, tales, hoardings, messages - and beyond

PM Modi began the summit by mentioning a 2,500-year-old pillar in New Delhi with a message in an "ancient language" that translates into "welfare and happiness of humanity should always be ensured"

President Murmu, PM Modi welcome G20 leaders, delegates at grand dinner

President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday welcomed G20 leaders and delegates at a grand dinner hosted for them at Bharat Mandapam, the venue for the Summit, here. They welcomed the guests before the start of the dinner at a dais, with its backdrop depicting the ruins of the Nalanda University in Bihar and India's G20 presidency theme -- 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam - One Earth, One Family, One Future'. Nalanda university ruins, a UNESCO world heritage site in Bihar, was one of the oldest universities of the world. President Murmu is hosting the ceremonial dinner for the G20 leaders, international delegates and other dignitaries at the Bharat Mandapam. The newly built international convention and exhibition centre and its verdant lawns dazzled at night with colourful illumination while its gurgling fountains and the 'Nataraja' statue placed on front of the state-of-the-art building created a pretty picture. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, International

It's a consensus on day 1: The G20 adopts New Delhi Leadership Declaration

With one more day to go for the leaders' summit, most of the time will be used in discussing the fine print of the communique and the softer side of India's G20 summit

Consensus reached on New Delhi G20 Leaders' Summit Declaration: PM Modi

Difference of opinion on the war has been the biggest hurdle to a joint statement being achieved at the summit so far

G20 officially adopts New Delhi Leadership Declaration, says PM Modi

PM Narendra Modi thanked G20 sherpas, ministers and all officials for working hard to make joint declaration possible

G20 Summit 2023: Ancient musical instruments to be played at special dinner

G20 Summit 2023: The ceremonial dinner will be held at the Bharat Mandapam venue of the summit in the national capital

Who all will attend the President's G20 dinner today? Check full list here

G20 dinner: Apart from the event's host, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar with his wife Sudesh Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and former President Ram Nath Kovind will join the dinner

G20 Summit commences in New Delhi today: Check full schedule, agenda

India is hosting the G20 Leaders' Summit in the national capital at the newly inaugurated Bharat Mandapam on September 9-10

G20 Summit will chart new path in human-centric development: PM Modi

Invoking Mahatma Gandhi, he said on X that it is important to emulate his mission of serving the underprivileged, the very last person in the queue

PM Modi presents 12-point draft for strengthening India-Asean cooperation

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday presented a 12-point proposal for strengthening India-ASEAN cooperation in areas like digital transformation, trade and economic engagement while addressing contemporary challenges like terrorism and deepening the strategic partnership. Modi attended the 20th ASEAN-India Summit here in the Indonesian capital. Secretary-General of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Dr Kao Kim Hourn also attended the summit. Two joint statements -- one on Maritime Cooperation, and the other on Food Security were also adopted at the summit, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a statement. At the summit, Prime Minister Modi held extensive discussions with ASEAN partners on further strengthening of ASEAN-India Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and charting its future course, it said. The prime minister reaffirmed ASEAN's centrality in the Indo-Pacific region and highlighted the synergies between India's Indo-Pacific Ocean Initiative (IPO

PM Modi in Jakarta: 'ASEAN central pillar in India's Act East policy'

Modi also called for building a rules-based post-Covid world order and strengthening the voice of the Global South

PM spells out dos and don'ts for ministerial colleagues during G20 meet

Modi spoke on the issues during his interaction with the Union Council of Ministers in which he laid down the dos and don'ts to be observed by them during the upcoming G20 summit

PM spells out dos and don'ts for ministerial colleagues during G20 meet

Modi spoke on the issues during his interaction with the Union Council of Ministers in which he laid down the dos and don'ts to be observed by them during the upcoming G20 summit