Former RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das appointed second principal secretary to PM Narendra Modi

Recognition of Bali Jatra as a National Fair

 Ministry of Culture 

Bali Jatra commemorates rich maritime heritage and culture of Odisha

Posted On: 06 FEB 2025 5:53PM by PIB Delhi

Bali Jatra is a festival that commemorates the maritime trade and cultural exchange between Odisha and Southeast Asian countries, particularly Bali. The festival is celebrated annually in Cuttack, Odisha, and attracts million of visitors. The term Bali Jatra literally means ‘Voyage to Bali’. Every year Kartika Purnima marks the day that the seafaring traders departed for the Indonesian islands. For this festival, people of Odisha gather in large numbers in colourful attire to celebrate their glorious maritime history. The celebration features grand fairs, elaborate rides, food and dance. Indian women perform ‘Boita Bandana’, they make boats of paper or banana leaf (sholapith) with lighted lamps inside and float them down the Mahanadi as a part of the celebrations. The Bali Jatra celebrates the ingenuity and skill of those expert sailors who made Kalinga, one of the most prosperous empires of its time.

The festival is organized by Department of Culture and Tourism, Govt. of Odisha. Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (EZCC), Kolkata, an autonomous organization under Ministry of Culture, participates in this event by way of providing cultural troupes during the Jatra for organizing cultural programmes, the details of which are as under:

Under Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, a three-day National Dhara event ‘Samudramanthan’ was organized at the Odisha Maritime Museum at Cuttack to focus on the State’s glorious seafaring history, coinciding with the inauguration of the historic Bali Jatra. The event included panel and round-table discussions on the country’s maritime history locations, traditions, ship building, navigation, trade and cultural exchange, maritime security and international law.

The Jatra facilitates cultural exchange between Odisha and other States, promoting cross-cultural understanding. The Jatra also provides a platform for traditional Odia artists, craftsmen and musicians to showcase their skills which help to revive and promote Odia Culture.

This information was given by Union Minister for Culture and Tourism Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

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Sunil Kumar Tiwari

E-mail: - pibculture[at]gmail[dot]com

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Railway Advance Reservation Period (ARP) reduced to 60 days w.e.f. November 1

Indian Railways has shortened the Advance Reservation Period (ARP) from 120 to 60 days, effective from November 1.l

• All the bookings done up to 31st October this year will remain intact.
• There will be no change in the case of limit of 365 days for Foreign Tourists.

Centre revokes President's rule in Jammu & kashmir

Port Blair renamed as Sri Vijaya Puram

Om Birla elected as Speaker, Loksabha and Rahul Gandhi as Leader of Opposition

PRESS COMMUNIQUE

 President's Secretariat
PRESS COMMUNIQUE
Posted On: 09 JUN 2024 11:09PM by PIB Delhi

The President of India has appointed Shri Narendra Damodardas Modi as the Prime Minister of India. Further, as advised by the Prime Minister, the President has appointed the following as members of the Council of Ministers:-

Cabinet Ministers

1. Shri Raj Nath Singh
2. Shri Amit Shah
3. Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari
4. Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda
5. Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan
6. Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman
7. Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
8. Shri Manohar Lal
9. Shri H. D. Kumaraswamy
10. Shri Piyush Goyal

New NIA DG, NDRF DG & BPRD DG Appointed

Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) notified

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Highlights:

Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024

The law does not deprive anyone of citizenship nor does it grant citizenship to anyone. 

It merely modifies the category of people who can apply (for citizenship). 

It does this by exempting the applicants from the definition of “illegal migrant" – any person who belongs to the Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi or Christian community and is from Afghanistan, Bangladesh or Pakistan, who has entered India on or before the 31st day of December, 2014, and who has been exempted by the Central Government or the Foreigners Act, under clause (c) of sub-section (2) of section 3 of the Passport (Entry into India) Act, 1920, or the provisions of 1946 or under any rule.

Guidelines for Regulation of Coaching Centre:

Guidelines for Regulation of Coaching Centre for consideration by States/UTs by way of appropriate legal framework

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Last date to update Aadhaar details for free extended again

 

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Do not sensationalise ongoing rescue operations at Silkyara, Uttarakhand: MiB Advises TV channels

 Ministry of Information & Broadcasting

Do not sensationalise ongoing rescue operations at Silkyara, Uttarakhand: Ministry of I&B advises TV channels

Posted On: 21 NOV 2023 2:12PM by PIB Delhi

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has today issued an advisory to television channels to refrain from sensationalizing the ongoing rescue operation underway at Silkyara, Uttarakhand and from undertaking any live posts/videos from close proximity of the tunnel site where the rescue operations are underway, and ensure that the human life saving activity by the various agencies is in no way disrupted or disturbed by the very presence of cameramen, reporters or equipment near or around the operations site.

Government is keeping constant communication and making all efforts to keep up the morale of the workers trapped in the 2 km-built tunnel portion. Various Government agencies are working tirelessly for the safe evacuation of 41 workers. The operation underway around the tunnel is of an extremely sensitive nature involving saving so many lives. Telecast of video footages and other pictures relating to the operations by the TV channels specially by placing cameras and other equipment at close proximity to the rescue operations site have the potential to adversely affect the ongoing operations.

The Ministry has advised the TV channels to be cautious and sensitive while reporting on the matter especially in putting out headlines, videos & images and take due care of the sensitive nature of operation, psychological status of the family members and as well as the viewers in general.

The detailed advisory is available at the link below:

https://new.broadcastseva.gov.in

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PPG/SS (Release ID: 1978446)

No more spam SMS from companies : consent required

 Ministry of Communication

Implementation of Digital Consent Acquisition (DCA) under TCCCPR-2018

Posted On: 07 NOV 2023 3:50PM by PIB Delhi

Various entities such as banks, other financial institutions, insurance companies, trading companies, business entities, real estate companies, etc. send commercial messages to telecom subscribers thorough SMS or voice calls. These entities are referred to as Principal Entities (Pes) or Senders in Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulations, 2018 (TCCCPR-2018).

TRAI in its endeavour to curb the menace of spams through Unsolicited Commercial Communications (UCC) has taken various measures in recent past. In this pursuit, TRAI issued Direction dated 02.06.2023 under TCCCPR-2018 to all the Access Providers to develop and deploy the Digital Consent Acquisition (DCA) facility for creating a unified platform and process to register customers’ consent digitally across all Access Service Providers and Principal Entities.

In the prevalent system, the consent is obtained and maintained by various Pes. Therefore, it is not possible for the Access Providers to check veracity of consents. Further, there is no unified system for customers to provide or revoke the consent. The Digital Consent Acquisition (DCA) process has facility to seek, maintain, and revoke the consents of customers, as per the processes envisaged under TCCCPR-2018. The consent data so collected will be shared on Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Platform, established under TCCCPR-2018 for Commercial Communications, for scrubbing by all Access Providers.

A common short code 127xxx will be used for sending consent seeking messages. The purpose, scope of consent, and Principal Entity/Brand name shall be mentioned clearly in the consent seeking message sent through the short code. Only whitelisted URLs/APKs/OTT links/Call Back numbers, etc. shall be used in the consent seeking messages. The consent acquisition confirmation message to the customers shall also have information related to revocation of the consent. Further, Access Providers shall develop a SMS/ Online facility to register unwillingness of the customers to receive any consent seeking message initiated by any Principal Entity.

It is specifically highlighted that after implementing DCA, the existing consents, acquired through alternative means, shall be rendered null and void and fresh consents will have to be sought by all Pes through digital means only.

All the Principal Entities are hereby requested to take urgent necessary steps to be onboard the DCA system as per the timelines prescribed in Direction dated 02.06.2023. For any clarification/ information/ details in the matter, Pes may contact the concerned Access Providers.

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RKJ/DK/SMP

(Release ID: 1975372)

Manoranjan Mishra (from Odisha) appointed as new RBI Executive Director

 

Rashmi Ranjan Swain Appointed In-charge DGP of Jammu & Kashmir

Shri R. R. Swain, IPS (AGMUT-1991) presently posted as Special DG, CID, J&K will function as in-charge Director General of Police, Jammu & Kashmir w.e.f. 01.11.2023 in addition to his existing charge. 

1991-batch IPS officer RR Swain belongs to #Odisha

Government constitutes 8-member committee to examine ‘One nation, One election’.

Where as elections to the House of the People and Legislative Assemblies of States were mostly held simultaneously from 1951-52 to 1967 after which this cycle got broken and now, elections are held almost every year and within a year too at different times, which result in massive expenditure by the Government and other stakeholders, diversion of security forces and other electoral officers engaged in such elections from their primary duties for significantly prolonged periods, disruption in developmental work on account of prolonged application of Model Code of Conduct etc. 

Soft landing of Chandrayaan-3 on moon : Congratulations ISRO!!!

Chandrayaan-3 launched on 14 July 2023, and the lander and rover landed near the lunar south pole region on 23 August 2023, making India the first nation to successfully land a spacecraft near the lunar south pole, and the fourth country to soft-land on the Moon. 

CHANDRAYAAN-3 landing on Moon : Live telecast

Chandrayaan-3 is set to land on the moon 🌖on August 23, 2023, around 18:04 Hrs. IST.

Let’s continue experiencing the journey together as the action unfolds LIVE from 17:27 Hrs. IST on Aug 23, 2023.

• ISRO Website  : isro.gov.in
• YouTube  : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLA_64yz8Ss
• Facebook :  facebook.com/ISRO
• DD National TV

MESSAGE FROM ISRO

August 20, 2023

Message on Chandrayaan-3 Soft-landing telecast

India's pursuit of space exploration reaches a remarkable milestone with the impending Chandrayaan-3 Mission, poised to achieve a soft landing on the lunar surface. This achievement marks a significant step forward for Indian Science, Engineering, Technology, and Industry, symbolising our nation's progress in space exploration.

This eagerly anticipated event will be broadcasted live on August 23, 2023, starting from 17:27 Hrs. IST. The live coverage will be available via multiple platforms, including the ISRO Website , YouTube, ISRO's Facebook page , and DD National TV channel.

The soft landing of Chandrayaan-3 is a monumental moment that not only fuels curiosity but also sparks a passion for exploration within the minds of our youth. It generates a profound sense of pride and unity as we collectively celebrate the prowess of Indian science and technology. It will contribute to fostering an environment of scientific inquiry and innovation.

In light of this, all schools and educational institutions across the nation are invited to play an active role in this historic event. The institutions are invited to actively publicise this event among your students and faculty and organize the LIVE streaming of the Chandrayaan-3 soft landing within the premises.

Amrit Udyan : Public visit from 16 August

AMRIT UDYAN

Spread over a vast expanse of 15 acres, Amrit Udyan has often been portrayed, and deservedly so, as the soul of the Rashtrapati Bhavan.