hammarskjold medals for 2 posthumously
New Delhi: Two fallen peacekeepers from India — Rifleman Brijesh Thapa and Private Ravi Kumar — are among the 117 who posthumously received the Dag Hammarskjöld medal. Thapa served with the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) and Kumar was deployed with the UN Interim Force in lebanon (UNIFIl).
‘esanad’ with parinam manjusha merged
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar jointly inaugurated the integration of ‘eSanad' with Parinam Manjusha. ‘eSanad' is aimed at online verification of the documents with an objective to extend contactless, cashless and paperless document attestation/ apostille service to applicants in India and abroad.
Sumitra to release mann ki baat book on radio
New Delhi: lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan will release ‘Mann Ki Baat' - A social revolution on Radio and present the first copies to President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday. The book has been written by BlueKraft Digital Foundation and published by lexisNexis.
centre appoints five members in ncm panel
New Delhi: Facing flak from the Opposition over vacancies in the National Commission for Minorities (NCM), the Centre has appointed five members to the panel. The NCM, which has the responsibility of protecting interests of the minority communities, was left with no member in March this year.
postal services’ handling grievances reviewed
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday reviewed the handling of grievances related to the postal services and asked what action had been taken against the officers responsible for lapses.