President to inaugurate SC's new annexe building Wednesday
New Delhi, Jul 16: President Ram Nath Kovind will inaugurate a new state-of-the-art annexe building of the Supreme Court Wednesday.
The Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and other judges of the top court will be present at the inauguration.
The additional court complex, which embodied new and contemporary technology, was built in order to cope up with the space constraints in the old court complex.
The complex has been designed as GRIHA (Green Rating for integrated Habitat Assessment) compliant rated energy efficient building complex.
Its rooftop solar power grid connected system has the maximum solar power capacity--1400 kWp (kilowatt peak) than any building in Delhi-NCR has till date. The grid is capable of managing 40 per cent of the peak consumption.
The new building will have five functional blocks and one service block and these blocks are four to nine storeys high and have a three-level basement with car parking capacity of about 1800 units.
The basements are connected to the old complex of the apex court by three all weather underground passages.
The additional complex built with a total built-up area of 1,80,700 square metres and imbibed technology intensive features.
It consisted of two auditoriums having seating capacity of about 620 and 250 persons and it also housed a conference-cum-meeting room.
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PM Modi speaks to Iranian president, discusses 'serious' situation in West Asia
New Delhi (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday night spoke to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian over the phone and discussed the "serious situation" in West Asia.
Modi expressed deep concern over the escalation of tensions in the region and the loss of civilian lives as well as damage to civilian infrastructure.
The prime minister told the Iranian President that the safety and security of Indian nationals, along with the need for unhindered transit of goods and energy, remain India's top priorities.
“Had a conversation with Iranian President, Dr Masoud Pezeshkian, to discuss the serious situation in the region. Expressed deep concern over the escalation of tensions and the loss of civilian lives as well as damage to civilian infrastructure,” Modi said in a post on X.
The prime minister also reiterated India's commitment to peace and stability and urged dialogue and diplomacy to end the crisis.
The prime minister had spoken to leaders of several West Asian countries in the last 10 days in the wake of the coordinated offensive launched against Iran by the United States and Israel, in which the Islamic country's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, was killed last month.
In retaliation, Iran has fired drones and missiles at Israel and US military installations around the Gulf region, including the global business and aviation hubs of Dubai and Doha.
Modi earlier spoke to the leaders of Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Jordan, Israel and Qatar, and expressed concern over the attacks on their countries, and condemned the violation of some nation’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
He also discussed the welfare and security of the Indian community residing in those countries.
Around 1 crore Indians live in the Gulf and West Asia. While about 10,000 Indian citizens live, study and work in Iran, more than 40,000 live in Israel.
