New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day speech on Thursday was one of the longest from the ramparts of the Red Fort
His sixth consecutive Independence Day speech on Thursday was nearly 95-minute long.
His longest Independence Day speech was the one in 2016, when he spoke for nearly 96 minutes, according to data available in public domain.
Last year he spoke for nearly 80 minutes.
In 2017, the duration of the speech was of 56 minutes and in 2015, it was 86 minutes.
In his first Independence Day speech as a prime minister in 2014, Modi had spoken for nearly 65 minutes.
Highlights of the speech:
On Farmers:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that it is high time when the country needs to apply scientific research and suggestions to the agriculture sector to provide food security to the nation and to increase food production.
The Prime Minister also said that the cou.....
India’s badminton star PV Sindhu scripted history on Sunday as she defeated China’s He Bing Jiao 21-13, 21-15 in the bronze medal play-off at Tokyo 2020. The 26-year-old picked up her second Olympic medal after her silver at Rio 2016 where she stumbled against Spain’s Carolina Marin in the final.
With the win over He Bingjao, Sindhu has become the first Indian female athlete to win two Olympic medals. The 5’10 shuttler, tallest among the women’s top-10 in badminton, had won a silver medal on her Olympic debut at Rio 2016.
Sindhu has also equalled India’s record individual medal haul. She and Sushil Kumar are the only two athletes to have won medals at two Olympics.
Former shuttler Chetan Anand, who won several medals at the Commonwealth Games for India, suggested that while Chinese Taipei’s Tai Tzu-Ying didn’t let Sindhu play her natural game in the semi-final, the In.....
From Paris 1900 to Tokyo 2020, India’s tryst with the Olympics spans over a hundred years but the returns haven’t been proportionate.
Although India had a single representative in Paris in 1900, Tokyo 2020 will mark 100 years since India sent their first official contingent to an Olympics at the 1920 Antwerp Games.
A century of Olympic history is filled with a number of highs – such as a record eight gold medals in hockey, six of which were consecutive; KD Jadhav’s first individual Olympic medal for an independent India and Abhinav Bindra’s historic gold at Beijing 2008.
There have also been some lows and a couple of heartbreaks along the way. Here’s a look at India’s Olympic history over the past century.
Pre-independence: Norman Pritchard and the first hockey hat-trick
India’s first brush with the Olympics came at the 1900 Paris Olympics – where Norman Pritcha.....
సాంకేతిక విజ్ఞానం అనేక రంగాల్లో విప్లవాత్మక మార్పులను తీసుకొచ్చింది. ముఖ్యంగా సమాచార రంగంలో, సమాచార వికేంద్రణలో, సామాజిక మాధ్యమాల ద్వారా సమాచార పంపిణీలో ఊహించని విధంగా సాంకేతిక విప్లవం ప్రభావాన్ని చూపిస్తోంది. సాంప్రదాయ పత్రిక నుంచి అంతర్జాల పత్రికలకు నేడు పాఠకుడు చూపు మరల్చాడు. ఫేస్ బుక్, ట్విట్టర్, వాట్సప్, గూగుల్, ఇన్ స్టాగ్రా.....
A financial shot in the arm could be just what is needed for Americans unsure about vaccination.
On May 12, 2021, the Republican governor of Ohio, Mike DeWine, announced five US 1 million lottery prizes for those who are vaccinated. Meanwhile, in West Virginia, younger citizens are being enticed to get the shot with 100 savings bonds, and a state university in North Carolina is offering students who get vaccinated a chance to win the cost of housing. Many companies are paying vaccinated employees more money through bonuses or extra paid time off.
The push to get as many people vaccinated as possible is laudable and may well work. But leading behavioral scientists are worried that paying people to vaccinate could backfire if it makes people more skeptical of the shots. And ethicists have argued that it would be wrong, citing concerns over fairness and equity.
As a behavioural scientist an.....
Overnight, Boston-based pharmaceutical company Moderna announced a new supply agreement with Australia for 25 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine.
The deal includes ten million doses against the original strain of the coronavirus to be delivered this year.
This vaccine has been widely used in countries such as Canada, United States and the United Kingdom under emergency use authorisations granted by these countries and the World Health Organisation.
Moderna’s deal with Australia also includes 15 million doses of its updated variant booster vaccine candidate, estimated to be delivered in 2022.
The agreement is subject to approval by Australia’s drug regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), for both the original vaccine and the booster. Moderna expects to submit an application to the TGA shortly .
How does Moderna’s vaccine work?
Moderna’s vaccine ag.....
దేశంలో కోవిడ్ విలయతాండవం అనేక మౌళిక సదుపాయాలలో ప్రజలు ఎదుర్కొంటున్న ఇబ్బందులను ఎత్తి చూపింది. ఆర్ధిక వ్యవస్థ ఛిన్నాభిన్నమవడమనేది పక్కన పెడితే దేశంలోని పలు పట్టణాలలో ప్రజల జీవనవిధానం, వసతులు, రోజువారీ గమనం మారుతున్న జీవన ప్రమాణాలను మన కళ్ల ఎదుట నిలబెట్టింది. ప్రపంచంలో సగం జనాభా పట్టణాలలోనే నివసిస్తున్నారు. మన దేశంలో 70శాతం స్థూల జ.....
ప్రపంచంలో ఏ మూల చూసిన ఏ మున్నది చెప్పుకోవడానికి, వైరస్ విలయతాండవం, మరణాలు, మారణ హోమాలు, వరద భీభత్సాలు, అగ్నిజ్వాలల విధ్వంసం, రాజకీయ కుమ్ములాటలు. మరో సంవత్సరం వచ్చినంత తొందరగానే వెళ్లిపోతోంది. కొత్త సంవత్సరానికి స్వాగతం పలుకుతూ, కొన్ని చేదు జ్ఞాపకలను మిగులుస్తూ, రేపు మీద ఆశను రేపుతూ నెమ్మదిగా జారుకుంటోంది.
ఈ సంవత్సరం ప్రపంచమంతా విస్.....
The Governor-General Hon. David Hurley has agreed to the Commonwealth Government’s recommendation to make an amendment to Australia’s National Anthem, Advance Australia Fair.
The second line of Advance Australia Fair will change from ‘For we are young and free’ to ‘For we are one and free.’
The new Anthem will take effect from 1 January 2021.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the change was made for all Australians.
“During the past year we have showed once again the indomitable spirit of Australians and the united effort that has always enabled us to prevail as a nation. It is time to ensure this great unity is reflected more fully in our national anthem,” the Prime Minister said.
“Also, while Australia as a modern nation may be relatively young, our country’s story is ancient, as are the stories of the many First Nations peoples whose stewardship we rightly ack.....