BJP is reportedly planning a three-week-long campaign to celebrate PM Narendra Modi's 71st birthday on September 17. The campaign seeks to motivate BJP's officers—left disillusioned by the COVID-19 second wave—ahead of Assembly elections in several states. newsbytesapp.com/news/politics/…
Previously celebrated as 'Seva Saptah,' the birthday celebrations will be expanded to 'Seva aur Samarpan Abhiyan.' At a recent meeting, BJP National Gen. Secy. Arun Singh unveiled the details of this campaign to the party's top functionaries at the national and state level.
Some key features of the campaign include 14 crore ration bags printed with Modi's picture, five crore "Thank you, Modiji" postcards mailed from booths nationwide, identifying 71 spots for clean-up in rivers, etc. #NarendraModi
Singh reportedly told BJP workers that the distribution of ration bags with the PM's picture will help strengthen the impression that "Modi is a messiah of the poor." He also stressed that a ration bag has more impact than a wall painting.
The BJP is also planning a high-voltage social media campaign with videos of beneficiaries thanking Modi for COVID-19 vaccines or his help during the pandemic. In vernacular media, noted writers will comment on Modi's governance.
As a part of the campaign, the saffron party will also launch a registration drive for children who lost their parents and are covered under the COVID-19 relief PM-CARES scheme. The campaign will also entail public mobilization toward bidding for mementos received by Modi.
To recall, plagued with deaths, the second wave is believed to have dented people's confidence in the Modi govt. After the second wave abated, Modi overhauled his Cabinet, signaling a reset. Since then BJP has launched campaigns such as the Jan Ashirwad Yatra for public outreach.
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Google announced the Doodle for Google 2022 competition winners, flagging off Children's Day celebrations in India. Shlok Mukherjee from Kolkata has been declared the winner out of 115,000 entries from over 100 cities by participants between Grades 1-10. newsbytesapp.com/news/lifestyle…
Mukherjee wrote, "In the next 25 years, India will have scientists develop their own eco-friendly robot for humanity's betterment. India will have.. intergalactic travels from Earth to space. India will develop more in the field of yoga & Ayurveda..."
"We were especially heartened that the advancement of technology and sustainability emerge as common themes across many of the Doodles," Google said. For the theme "In the next 25 years, my India will...," Google's team of judges finalized 20 doodles.
FTX and its talismanic leader Sam Bankman-Fried have fallen from the upper rungs of the crypto universe. Of course, his inner circle is under investigation. Among them is Nishad Singh, an Indian-origin engineer who was also his housemate. Today's story is about him. #SBF_FTX 1/6
Singh joined FTX as its Director of Engineering in 2019. Prior to that, he was part of its sister organization Alameda Research, which is at the center of the current controversy. He had joined Alameda in 2017. More on the controversy later. 2/6
Singh’s resume is top notch. He studied at Crystal Springs Uplands School, a top private school in California. He graduated from the University of California, Berkley, with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and computer science. He had also worked as at Facebook. 3/6
As Rishi Sunak emerged victorious in the race to become United Kingdom's prime minister—the third in two months—on Monday, over 7,000 kilometers away, Indians were celebrating that he has proved "Winston Churchill" wrong. Read on for the complete story. newsbytesapp.com/news/world/ris…
In light of Indian-origin Sunak's appointment as the UK PM, Indians are celebrating that Indian-origin people have proved their mettle to show Churchill was wrong. Post-independence, India has been swiftly growing & is the world's biggest democracy & a major trade destination.
As Indians were celebrating the takeover by an Indian-origin man as the premier of the UK—accused of looting India during its rule—Indian billionaire businessman Anand Mahindra found a unique way to be part of the celebrations.
Have you wondered about the veracity of stories regarding unidentified flying saucers? We may soon get an answer. NASA has established a first-of-its-kind panel to study unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) or unidentified flying objects (UFOs). newsbytesapp.com/news/science/n…
A group of 16 scientists will spend the next nine months looking into events involving bizarre flying objects or unnatural phenomena. Over the course of this period, NASA's new panel will study about UAPs & lay the foundation for future studies on them by NASA & other agencies.
The team will analyze data gathered from various sources. This data will be analyzed to see if they shed any light on UAPs or not.
Rishi Sunak scripted history on Monday after winning the race to lead the Conservative Party & became the PM of the United Kingdom. The attention is now on his wife—Akshata Murty too, as they move into 10 Downing Street. Here's more about her. newsbytesapp.com/news/world/abo…
Sunak was on Tuesday officially appointed as the 57th UK PM by King Charles III. The former British finance minister, who is of Indian origin, is also the first-ever Hindu prime minister of the UK.
Born to Indian billionaire and Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy and author-turned-philanthropist Sudha Murthy in 1980 in Karnataka's Hubli, Akshata Murty had a modest upbringing. She initially lived with her grandparents as her parents built their careers in Mumbai.
India recorded its lowest number of daily COVID-19 cases in 196 days, or more than 6 months, with a three-digit tally of 862 on Tuesday. The total number of active cases has also dropped below 23,000 as per data from Union Health & Family Welfare Ministry. newsbytesapp.com/news/india/cov…
Nearly 65L people died worldwide as a result of several waves of COVID-19, which were initially recorded in November 2019 & quickly put everything on halt. Some studies claim 94L more people (compared to the reported global total) died between January 2020 & December 2021.
Total number of confirmed cases in India so far stands at 4,46,44,938, while number of deaths reported in the country on Tuesday climbed to 5,28,980 since the beginning of the pandemic. The recovery rate currently is 98.76%, with 4,40,93,409 patients having recuperated so far.