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The Minister said the technology can cut construction cost by around this share while delivering four times the strength of a conventional road, and can stretch the maintenance cycle so that major maintenance is needed only after about fifteen years in suitable applications.

The record road runs 1.85 km and was pursued jointly by the CSIR-Central Road Research Institute of New Delhi and Jindal Steel Limited, with the record conferred at an event addressed by Dr Jitendra Singh.

The Minister cited the decline in out-of-pocket expenditure as an indicator of the growing financial protection available to citizens, and listed it alongside other outcomes of the health-system transformation.

Speaking at the inauguration of the new health facilities in the state, the Union Health Minister praised the Sanjeevani programme for carrying healthcare to people's doorsteps and making testing available for this many health parameters.

The Union Health Minister said that under PM-ABHIM the Government of India has sanctioned this many Critical Care Blocks across the States and Union Territories, creating a nationwide network of critical-care capacity.

The Union Health Minister said the mission was framed after the COVID-19 pandemic, with the aim of strengthening the ability of the health system to answer future pandemics and public health emergencies while routine healthcare continues without disruption.

The Ministry of Defence described the Colombo Security Conclave exercise as aligned with this vision, which frames India's approach to security and development cooperation with its maritime neighbours.

The exercise was built around non-traditional security challenges rather than conventional naval combat. Delegations and maritime security experts from member states and observer nations of the Conclave worked through simulated operational scenarios for more than 72 hours, covering maritime terrorism, narcotics smuggling, human trafficking, and illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.

The three-day exercise was held under the aegis of the Colombo Security Conclave and concluded at this command, with the opening address delivered by Rear Admiral Manoj Jha, Chief Staff Officer (Operations) of the same command.

The release describes the second stamp as displaying the logo of India's BRICS Chairship together with these two ideas, which India placed at the heart of its year at the head of the grouping.

The stamps carry these words in English and the same inscription in Hindi.

A pair of commemorative postage stamps was released in New Delhi on the sidelines of the 18th BRICS Summit to mark the completion of two decades of the grouping.

The release sets out the scale of the educational network that ELC 2.0 can reach, and says higher education comprises nearly that many universities along with around seventy thousand educational institutions, with an estimated enrolment of 4.33 crore students.

Lead Democracy. The release says ELC 2.0 carries that tagline and reimagines Electoral Literacy Clubs as structured, visible and digitally enabled platforms across schools, colleges and universities, encouraging young and first-time voters to understand democracy and take part in it meaningfully.

The Commission held the fifth conference in the series there, and the participants were students and teachers drawn from schools, colleges and universities across Gujarat.

The Council was informed that Phase 1A had reached about eighty two per cent physical completion, and the Minister urged the implementing agencies to keep strict supervision so that this revised target is met.

The Minister told the Council that this many countries, among them Portugal, the United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, Thailand, the Netherlands, Denmark, Oman, Israel, Germany, the Republic of Korea, Italy, New Zealand and Singapore, had signed memoranda of understanding for collaboration on the project.

The release says the project reviewed by the Governing Council is coming up there, and that it seeks to revive and showcase a maritime legacy spanning over five millennia, with the aim of making the town a globally known centre of maritime heritage, knowledge, education and tourism.

The agreement is specifically for operating, consolidating and expanding that facility, which the release says is strategically placed along major international shipping routes and has a state-of-the-art ship lift system along with modern docking facilities.

The release introduces Drydocks World as a DP World company in its opening line and records that its Chief Executive Officer, Captain Rado Antolovic, signed the joint venture agreement with Cochin Shipyard.