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  • ‘So Proud Of NDMC…’: Danish Envoy Hours After Calling Out Trash-Ridden New Delhi Lane In Viral Video |

    Denmark’s envoy to India Freddy Svane said on Wednesday that he is pleased with the New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) official’s quick responce after he posted a video highlighting a trash-filled service lane near the Danish and Greek embassies in New Delhi. “This is the service lane; I posted a video a few hours ago to demonstrate that it can be a mess, but it only requires human intervention. And here we have the NDMC heroes who listened to this, not complaining, just . Why should we leave such a beautiful lane for a service lane full of trash? And now these great people have taken action, which is fantastic. “I am so proud that the NDMC took action in minutes,” news agency ANI quoted Svane as saying.

    “We will not file complaints because that is not the issue. It’s not about pointing at someone. This is about using your human nature to point out an issue that affects all of us. This is about individual action, which is extremely important. So we are not filing complaints. I’m not complaining about x, y, or z, but I am very proud and grateful that the NDMC acted quickly,” he added while speaking to ANI.

    Freddy Svane, the Danish envoy to India, issued an urgent call for action on Wednesday in response to the deteriorating state of cleanliness near New Delhi embassies.

    Standing near his embassy in what should have been a service lane, the envoy pointed to trash strewn about, lamented the unsanitary conditions, and urged authorities to prioritise action over rhetoric. After he posted the video, the NDMC quickly took charge of the situation and launched a cleanliness drive near the embassies and service lane.

    In the video obtained by ANI, a JCB and sanitation workers are seen cleaning up the area and collecting garbage. Envoy also highlighted the officials’ prompt response after he posted a video, stating that he posted the video because he was saddened by the unclean area as a result of human misbehaviour.
     

  • SC asks official to convey to NDMC Mayor, Delhi Police chief to stop demolition in Jahangirpuri

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the apex court Secretary-General to convey the earlier order to stop demolition in the riots-hit Jahangirpuri here to the NDMC Mayor and the Delhi Police Commissioner immediately.

    A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana, in the forenoon, ordered the stopping of the demolition drive by authorities in the area of Delhi and agreed to hear a petition challenging the action of the civic bodies allegedly aimed against the accused of the communal offences.

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    Later, it took note of the submissions of senior advocate Dushyant Dave that despite the order of the apex court the demolition was on as the authorities are saying that the same has not been communicated to them.

    “It will be too late otherwise,” Dave said urging urgent remedial action on the part of the top court. “Ok. Communicate it through Secretary-General or Registrar General (of the apex court) immediately,” the CJI said.

  • IIIT-Raipur’s faculty among world’s top 2 per cent scientists

    Express News Service
    IIIT-Raipur’s faculty among world’s top 2 per cent scientists

    A professor at the International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT)-Naya Raipur Dr Ruhul Amin has been listed among the world’s top two per cent most-cited scientists by the US-based Stanford University. The exhaustive list has 1,59,683 names with 1,492 scientists, doctors and engineers from India. Dr Amin has over 75 research papers in journals and conference proceedings of international repute in just five years of his professional career. His primary research interest lies in the areas of Cryptography and Information Security. A majority of Indians who have found a place in the list are from IITs, IISc and top educational institutes from across the country. “It’s a matter of great pride for us,” said PK Sinha, Vice Chancellor of IIIT. 

    NMDC’s new production record on iron-ore

    The nation’s largest PSU in the field of iron ore mining National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC), which has two complexes in south Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada and one at Donimalai in Karnataka, has set new production records during the crisis year of 2020. In January 2021 the NMDC achieved 3.86 million tons (NT) against 3.31 MT in January last year, registering a growth of 16.7 per cent. The January 2021 production and sales are the highest ever since the inception of NMDC. On a single day on January 31 it accomplished production of 1.65 lakh tons, the highest for any day so far. 

    V-Reach nurtures youth leadership

    With an objective to acquire new management skills, sharpen the existing ones and develop leadership qualities, a unique ‘V-Reach’ programme has been launched in Korba by the London-based Vedanta Group. Over 5,000 such staff are to be identified, who began their career as graduates in various capacities working for different companies of the group. “The selected youths besides acquiring leadership traits under the V-Reach programme also get the right set of circumstances with key responsibilities in future”, said Abhijit Pati, CEO-Balco. 

    ‘CG Mart’ to sell women-made goods

    A ‘CG Mart’, the first-of-its-kind trade centre in Chhattisgarh where only products prepared by the women workers in cattle-shed and various Self-Help Groups (SHGs) inhabiting the forest areas would be sold under one roof, is coming up in the capital. The move would help generate business of local products and further support women. After the capital Raipur, such ‘CG Mart’ will be opened in every district of the state. The products would largely include honey, herbal medicines, handloom fabric, kosa textile, Bastar artefacts, mustard seeds among others.