New Delhi [India], September 12 (ANI): Future wars will not only require jointness of all three services in terms of logistics but will also require the support of other bodies like research and development, industrial backup and industry manpower, said Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday.

Jodhpur Mar 21 PTI The Rajasthan High Court on Monday granted the permission to transfer two petitions to it from the Jodhpur District and Sessions court in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case in which actor Salman Khan is an accused Hearing of these two petitions will now take place in the high court along with the one already pending before it Khan had moved a petition in the high court seeking transfer of these two petitions to it so that all the three cases are heard at one place After a brief hearing Justice PS Bhati granted permission to transfer the two petitions to the high court where one petition by the state is already pending Hearing of all these cases will now take place at one place which will save valuable time said Khans counsel HM Saraswat Khan had challenged his five years conviction in a case relating to hunting of two blackbucks in the District and Session court on April 5 2018 Another petition by the state challenging Khans acquittal in a case under the Arms Act had already been pending in the same court Apart from this the state had also challenged the acquittal of five others comprising actors Saif Ali Khan Neelam Kothari Sonali Bendre and Tabbu apart from a local This petition had been pending hearing in the high court While all these three different petitions belonged to the same matter we had prayed for transferring the two petitions pending in the District Session court to the high court so that all the three matters could be heard in the same court said Saraswat At earlier occasions the states counsel had sought time to file his reply but during the final arguments on the petition he did not object to the two pleas being transferred to the high court After this the court had kept the order reserved which was finally pronounced on Monday paving the way for the resumption of hearing which has been stalled since long PTI COR CK

New Delhi [India], March 9 (ANI/NewsVoir): SatCom Industry Association's (SIA-India) report "A Balanced Approach for Spectrum Allocation - Support for a Thriving 5G/IMT & Satellite Sector in India" was released by Dr V K Saraswat, Member, NITI Aayog, on Tuesday, March 8, 2022.

Chennai Feb 25 PTI NITI Aayog Member Science and Technology V K Saraswat on Friday called on Chief Minister M K Stalin at the Secretariat here and discussed about various opportunities of cooperation between the Centre and the state Under the Cooperative Federalism mandate of NITIAayog Member VK Saraswat met Chief Minister M K Stalin to discuss various opportunities of cooperation between the Centre and State the National Institution for Transforming India NITI Aayog serving as a think-tank to the Centre said in its official handle on the micro-blogging site Saraswat also handed over a report to the Chief Minister that discusses plans to strengthen Tamil Nadus journey towards planned urbanisation NITI Aayogs report on Reforms in Urban Planning Capacity in India was presented to M K Stalin in the presence of Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan to strengthen Tamil Nadu journey towards planned urbanization another tweet said and shared the image of Saraswat handing over the copy to the Chief Minister PTI VIJ VIJ HDA HDA

Jammu Dec 17 PTI NITI Aayog Member V K Saraswat on Friday termed the performance of Jammu and Kashmir on all developmental indicators over the last two years as significant and urged the government functionaries to keep up with their work for further improving the lives of the people He reviewed the progress made by Jammu and Kashmir on various growth and development indicators over the last two years in a meeting with the chief secretary and the administrative secretaries of the administration as well as the senior officers of the central ministries and NITI AayogSaraswat said Strong districts and blocks will strengthen the states which in turn will support the nation to grow strong and prosperous The focus of the developmental initiatives therefore has to be on the districts and blocks He stated the NITI Aayogs developmental policy push is in line with Sabka Sath SabkaVikas SabkaVishwas and SabkaPrayas mantra of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to remove developmental deficits and income inequalities in the countryThe prime minister has identified agriculture and industry sectors as two important drivers of pushing GDP growth in the country and therefore focussed attention has to be trained on these sectors for improving productivity wages prospects and income in these sectors the NITI Aayog member pointed outThe chief secretary stated that Jammu and Kashmir has followed a whole of government approach in improving transparency increasing enforcement institutional deepening and importantly in building the trust of the people PTI AB NSD NSD

New Delhi Sep 29 PTI Over 470 students will be awarded their PhD degrees at the fifth convocation of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will be the chief guest at the convocation to be held Thursday in virtual mode owing to the pandemic Satish Garkoti Rector II of the university said 479 students have registered for the convocation All are PhD students Their names will be announced during the online ceremony and they will be able to collect the degrees and certificates later he said The first convocation of the university was held in 1972 when G Parthasarathi was the vice-chancellor The practice resumed in 2018 after a gap of almost 46 years with JNU chancellor Dr V K Saraswat as the chief guest Vice President Venkaiah Naidu was the chief guest at the third convocation in 2019 which saw protests by students over hostel fee hike forcing then HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank to stay inside the venue for over six hours Last year the convocation was held online due to Covid with President Ram Nath Kovind gracing the occasion PTI SLB MGA MGA

Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 5 (ANI): With the Covid-19 pandemic majorly disrupting the education sector, school teachers say that it had turned them into students too as they learnt to adapt to the new normal.