News Headlines : 18th December 2021

  • PM lays the foundation stone of Ganga Expressway in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
  • Ganga Expressway will pass through Meerut, Hapur, Bulandshahr, Amroha, Sambhal, Budaun, Shahjahanpur, Hardoi, Unnao, RaeBareli, Pratapgarh and Prayagraj.
  • Pays tributes to Pandit Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaq Ullah Khan, Thakur Roshan Singh whose martyrdom day falls tomorrow.
  • “Ganga Expressway will open new doors of progress for UP”.
  • “When the whole of UP grows together, the country progresses. Therefore, the focus of the double engine government is on the development of UP”.
  • “The priority of the government is to bring the benefits of development to whoever is left behind in the society and is backward. The same sentiment is reflected in our agriculture policy and in the policy related to farmers”.
  • “People of UP are saying – UP plus Yogi, bahut hai upyogi- U.P.Y.O.G.I.”
  • Need to Indianise education system : Vice President.
  • Vice President stresses the need for India to emerge as global hub of innovation & learning.
  • VP says India was once hailed as Vishwa Guru and calls for reviving glorious tradition of holistic education.
  • Sri Naidu said NEP is a holistic and visionary document, an important milestone in the quest to improve the indicators of education. He underlines the important role of technology in democratizing eeducatio.
  • Vice President inaugurates Rishihood University.
  • New generation ballistic missile ‘Agni P’ successfully test-fired by DRDO.
  • A drone has been captured by BSF troops in Ferozepur, Tarn Taran Sahib We’re approx at a 400m distance from international borders with the fence 200m behind us. We noticed this made-in-China drone movement when it was going back to Pakistan.
  • Government demolished Duping Appeasement by Determination to Development with Dignity, Says Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.
  • Around 136 crore 66 lakh doses of COVID vaccines administered in Nation wide vaccination drive; Recovery rate stands at 98.38 per cent.
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Goa tomorrow to take part in the 60th anniversary celebrations of Goa Liberation Day .
  • Tajikistan Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin called on LS Speaker Om Birla in Parliament today. They discussed civilizational ties between the two countries; exchanged views on crucial areas of mutual cooperation such as COVID-19 mitigation, education, tourism.
  • In Cricket, KL Rahul to be vice-captain for upcoming three-match Test series against South Africa.