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DAINIK NATION BUREAU In a piece of good news for Uttarakhand, the  Jollygrant Airport, which is  seeing operation of 12 flights a day while ferrying around eight lakh passengers per year,  has been certified  as  one of cleanest airports of the country, clearing decks for its being developed as an international airport in the coming days. This was disclosed during ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Taking serious cognisance of lack of implementation of the earlier orders to work towards preventing Ganga contamination and environmental damage caused by polythene in Uttarakhand, the Uttarakhand high court in Nainital has summoned all the 13 district magistrates of Uttarakhand. The district magistrates have been directed to appear before the high court with all the relevant documents ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU On the penultimate day of the campaigning for the prestigious Karnprayag Assembly seat- the election of which was rescheduled on March 9 following the death of a Bahujan Samaj Party  candidate-reached a fever pitch on  Monday with the state top guns of all the  parties in the contest trudging through the nook and corner of the constituency.  The ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Amidst blooming flowers seen as the quintessence of spring, the season of exuberance, Governor Dr K K Paul inaugurated the two-day Vasantotsav at Raj Bhawan on Saturday.  Following the inauguration, he released the special postal cover brought out by the postal department on Vana Tulasi, which, endowed with medicinal and religious import, grows in abundance at altitude from 750 ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The second day of the 11th Uttarakhand State Science and Technology Congress saw a science conclave and a ‘Make in India’ workshop with 16 technical sessions on Friday.   Addressing the gathering at the science conclave, the director of Institute of Himalayan Bio-resource Technology (IHBT) Palampur, Sanjay Kumar said that the objective of achieving the financial and ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Secretary (DoPT) BP Sharma inaugurated the Valedictory Function of Foundation Training Course for Assistant Section Officers (Direct Recruit ) of Central Secretariat Service (CSS) on Friday. During the occasion,  Sharma said that Assistant Section Officers (ASOs) are very important component of the structure of Government of India. The file noting prepared/written by the ASOs remain in ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The President Pranab Mukherjee presented the ‘Standard’ to 125 Helicopter Squadron and ‘Colours’ to Mechanical Training Institute of Indian Air Force at Air Force Station, Tambaram, Tamil Nadu on Friday. In his address, Mukherjee complimented the 125 Helicopter Squadron and Mechanical Training Institute of Indian Air Force and said these units have a glorious past, embedded with ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Very light to light rain/snow has been forecast at isolated places especially in higher reaches of Uttarkashi, Chamoli and Pithoragarh districts while dry weather is likely prevail in rest of Uttarakhand on Friday and Saturday. Meteorological centre director Bikram Singh said that very light rainfall occurred at a few places in Uttarakhand. Hail storm occurred at isolated ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Noted scientist professor RA Mashelkar stressed on mind prevailing over mouth, while affirming that India is home  to 1.30 million minds rather than  1.30 million mouths.   “India was innovative but had somewhere, along the way, lost this culture and the need of the hours is to regain that culture of innovation. We need to bring the scientific ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The State of Uttarakhand received 51.1   mm rainfall in the winter which is considerably less that the  normal of 97 mm. The state has experienced a minimum of 47 per cent deficient rains as compared to normal. The 51.1 mm rainfall was received between January 1 and February 22 this year. All the 13 districts of the state have received below the normal ...