Silk empowering women in UP backwaters
Virendra Singh Rawat Silk production or sericulture is empowering women in the backwaters of Uttar Pradesh. The State Rural Livelihood Mission, in collaboration with the UP silk department, has rolled…
UP eyeing Rs 50k crore investment in defence
Virendra Singh Rawat Upping the ante on the manufacturing roadmap, Uttar Pradesh is eyeing an investment of Rs 50,000 crore in aerospace and defence (A&D) sector. The Yogi Adityanath government…
Podcast – US-China AI war
Virendra Singh Rawat Chinese startup DeepSeek has ruffled the feathers in the US-dominated tech world with its new open source AI model that costs a fraction of what ChatGPT needs…
UP logs tourist inflow of 650 million in 2024
Virendra Singh Rawat Uttar Pradesh has logged a tourist inflow of almost 650 million in calendar 2024. This is a growth of nearly 17 percent from 480 million in 2023,…
International Space Station ‘captures’ Maha Kumbh
Virendra Singh Rawat Maha Kumbh 2025, the world’s largest religious and cultural congregation, was captured on Sunday in stunning images from the International Space Station (ISS). Shared by astronaut Don…
Career bureaucrat Alok Ranjan decodes Happiness
Virendra Singh Rawat Career bureaucrat turned author and motivator Alok Ranjan has expanded his writing portfolio with a contemporary text on the topic of Happiness. Ranjan launched his latest book…
UP bullish on highways projects
Virendra Singh Rawat The highways sector in Uttar Pradesh continues to make big strides with new projects totalling more than Rs 15,000 crore in the proposal stage. These projects will…
UP expects 100 million pilgrims on ‘Mauni Amavasya’
Virendra Singh Rawat Uttar Pradesh estimates arrival of 100 million pilgrims during the forthcoming ‘Mauni Amavasya’ holy bathing ritual on January 28 and 29 at Prayagraj. In the ongoing Maha…
UP clears muni bonds for Varanasi, Prayagraj, Agra
Virendra Singh Rawat The Uttar Pradesh government has cleared the municipal bonds proposal for three cities including Varanasi, Prayagraj and Agra. The three municipal corporations would join the league of…
Budweiser maker to invest Rs 1k crore in UP
Virendra Singh Rawat Budweiser maker AB InBev will invest Rs 1,000 crore in a new manufacturing plant in Uttar Pradesh. AB InBev is a leading global beverage company headquartered in…