Uncovering India

25/01/2024

Jai Hind. Atal Setu on Mandovi river lit up with tricolour lights on the eve of Republic Day.

26/09/2022

Celebrating its 61st Raising Day, the largest air base of Indian Navy, INS Hansa has upgraded its infrastructure for ensuring safety of civilian aircraft coming into Dabolim International Airport, which is operated by the Indian Navy.
The instances of flights getting diverted due to poor visibility at airport will reduce as the Indian Navy has upgraded the Instrument Landing Systems of the airport under the Government of India’s MAFI project.
Under the MAFI (Modernisation of Airfield Infrastructure) project, Ministry of Defence is modernising 37 airfields of Indian Air Force, Indian Navy, and the Coast Guard.

Indian Navy strengthens navigational aids and infrastructure of INS Hansa under Modernisation of Airfield Infrastructure (MAFI) project; better sighting of runway ensured; safety of passengers enhanced

20/12/2021

At a time when entire focus was on human sufferings during Covid lockdown, Kolkata based youngster Disha PaI took up cudgels to save the stray dogs from starvation and illness.

During two waves of Covid-Lockdown when there was lot of focus on the sufferings of human beings, young Disha PaI from Kolkata took up the cudgels to support...

10/10/2021

Handloom saree weavers in Phulia in West Bengal cry for State and central government intervention as they struggle with the aftermath of prolonged Covid-lockdown.

Handloom saree weavers in Phulia, West Bengal, are struggling to survive in the aftermath of Covid-lockdown for two consecutive years.Phulia is a small town ...

11/05/2021

The indigenously made Covaxin has 81% efficacy against Covid-19 virus and has been found effective against at least three Covid mutated variants - UK and Brazil mutated variants along with 'B.1.617.1', an emerging variant in India, says ICMR-NIV senior scientist Dr Pragya Yadav.

The indigenously made Covaxin has 81% efficacy against Covid-19 virus and has been found effective against at least three Covid mutated variants.This was inf...

05/05/2021

The Super Speciality Block at Goa Medical College is being commissioned today. The facility has been equipped with an oxygen tank of 20,000 litres. 150 oxygen beds will be utilized initially for patients and the same shall be scaled up as per the requirement.: CM

24/04/2021

For most people the martyrdom of a soldier is nothing more than a social media post, a column in a newspaper.
For politicians martyrdom is another cheap gimmick to garner some political mileage.
The pain is only felt by the families the soldiers leave behind guarding our frontiers.
Now about to turn 42, Jitendra Singh, is a security guard by profession, residing in Surat,
he has been writing letters expressing his gratitude to the families of martyrs since the Kargil War in (1999).
Till date he has written over 5,000 letters to martyrs’ families.
He has information and addresses of nearly 38,000 army personnel’s families.
Defence correspondent Aritra Banerjee speaks to Jitendra Singh about his endeavour for Uncovering India .

For most people the martyrdom of a soldier is nothing more than a social media post, a column in a newspaper.For politicians martyrdom is another cheap gimmi...

09/03/2021

Terminally patients now can get some Dilasa with the availability of palliative care center in Ponda, Goa which provides quality end-of-life care free of charge.

With doctors giving up on terminally ill patients, especially cancer patients, their only solace is the Dilasa Palliative Care Centre in Ponda taluka of Goa,...

09/03/2021

Terminally patients now can get some Dilasa with the availability of palliative care center in Ponda, Goa which provides quality end-of-life care free of charge.

With doctors giving up on terminally ill patients, especially cancer patients, their only solace is the Dilasa Palliative Care Centre in Ponda taluka of Goa,...

03/03/2021

Identify your goal and work hard to achieve it, says Lt Cdr Vartika Joshi, skipper of the all Naval women officers crew of Navika Sagar Parikrama voyage which undertook circumnavigation of globe on sail boat INSV Tarini in 2017-18.
According to Lt Cdr Joshi, lot of time is spent on identifying one's career goal. But once identified, one should not leave any stone unturned to pursue his or her goal.
She also exhorted young girls to take up adventure sports and do outdoor activities.
Navika Sagar Parikrama was a circumnavigation of the globe by female officers of the Indian Navy.
The six-member all-woman team circumnavigated and managed the whole operation in their first ever global journey, on INSV Tarini.
The voyage lasted 254 days, from 10 September 2017 to 21 May 2018, with only 4 port calls, in Fremantle, Australia; Lyttelton, New Zealand; Port Stanley, Falkland Islands; and Cape Town, South Africa, and a forced technical halt at Port Louis, Mauritius, crossing the equator twice and passing through 3 oceans.
The crew was shortlisted after receiving applications for volunteers for the voyage.
The expedition was flagged off by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Goa on 10 September 2017.
The crew comprised:
Lt Cdr Vartika Joshi, also the skipper, from Uttarakhand
Lt Cdr Pratibha Jamwal, from Himachal Pradesh
Lt Cdr Aishwarya Boddapati, from Telangana
Lt Cdr P Swathi, from Andhra Pradesh
Lt Shourgrakpam Vijaya Devi, from Manipur
Lt Payal Gupta, from Uttarakhand.

Identify your goal and work hard to achieve it, says Lt Cdr Vartika Joshi, skipper of the all Naval women officers crew of Navika Sagar Parikrama voyage whic...

19/08/2020

Major Cliff D'Souza from Bardez Siolim, a Goenkar born brought up in Goa, was awarded GoC-in-C Commendation card this Independence Day for busting a terrorist hideout and nabbing a terrorist alive.
speaks to Mrs Celeste D'Souza, mother of this valiant son of Goa.

Major Cliff D'Souza from Bardez Siolim, a Goenkar born brought up in Goa, was awarded GoC-in-C Commendation card this Independence Day for busting a terroris...