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World Wildlife Day

World Wildlife Day is celebrated on March 3 by the United Nations. The main objective of this international day is to celebrate and raise awareness of world’s wild flora and fauna. World Wildlife Day commemorates the day of signature of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Sp ...

Yamunotri Ropeway Project

The state government of Uttarakhand has inked a contract with two private firms to construct a ropeway to Yamunotri from Janki Chatti in Kharsali, situated at a height of over 10,000 ft in the Garhwal Himalayas. The trek from Janki Chatti to Yamunotri is 07 km. The project will be executed by Utt ...

ASI Discovers 1,300-yr-old Buddhist Stupa in Odisha

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has found a 1,300-year-old stupa in Odisha’s Jajpur district. The stupa was found at Khandolite mining site at Parabhadi in Sukhuapada hamlet in the district. Stones from the site were supplied for the beautification project around the 12th Century S ...

India celebrates National Science Day 2023

National Science Day was observed on February 28, 2023. 'Global Science for Global Wellbeing' is the  theme of this year National Science Day The theme highlights the need for a coordinated, global approach to scientific research and innovation. National Science Day or Rashtriya ...

Trends in Maternal Mortality Report

United Nations Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG) has prepared a report on the maternal mortality rate. The report was released on February 23.  The MMEIG comprises World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Po ...

Sevalal Maharaj

For the first time the Indian Government is celebrating the birth anniversary of Banjara community leader Santh Sevalal Maharaj on a national scale. The yearlong celebrations  are being organized under the aegis of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav. Santh Sevalal Maharaj  is the spiritual &a ...

Cobra Warrior exercise

The Cobra Warrior Exercise will be held at Waddington Air Force Base in the UK in March 2023.  This multinational exercise will be participated in by countries like Singapore, Finland, the USA, South Africa, and Sweden. India is also participating in the exercise. The IAF will send five Mira ...

Desert Flag exercise VIII

Indian Air Force is participating in an international multilateral air exercise, Exercise Desert Flga VIll, in in the UAE Five LCA Tejas and two C-17 Globemaster III aircraft are to take part in the exercise. The exercise is scheduled from 27 February to 17 March. In a first, the LCA ...

APEDA inks MoU with Lulu Group to promote millets in GCC countries

Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) have collaborated with international retail hypermarket chain Lulu Group to facilitate millets export from India to the Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCCs). A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed at the Dubai Worl ...

Asia Economic dialogue 2023

Asia Economic Dialogue (AED ) 2023  is underway in Pune. This international geo-economics conference commenced on February 23 and will last till 25th February. This is the seventh edition of the AED. AED - Theme The principal theme for Asia Economic Dialogue 2023 is ‘Asia and the Em ...

India, Seychelles sign MoU on Maritime Cooperation

The Information Fusion Centre – Indian Ocean Region of India (IFC-IOR) and the RCOC (Regional Coordination Operations Centre), Seychelles recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding to further the existing cooperation in the realm of maritime safety and security. The MoU was signed to pro ...

Google blocks news to Canadians

Google is blocking some Canadian users from viewing news content. The move by the tech giant is part of a test intended to inform the search engine’s response to the Canadian government's online news bill. Google said the tests affect about 4% of Canadian users who use the world’s ...

Mad Cow Disease: What is BSE

Brazil has suspended beef export to China. The suspension comes after a case of mad cow disease was confirmed in the northern state of Para. The mad cow disease is known medically as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).  About Mad Cow Disease Known as mad cow disease in popular parl ...

NTPC ranked No.1 independent power producer globally by S&P Platts

NTPC ranked No.1 independent power producer globally by S&P Platts NTPC Limited has been ranked No.1 Independent Power Producer and Energy Trader Globally in the S&P Global Commodity Insights Top 250 Global Energy Company Rankings-2022.  These rankings are based on four key metric ...

18th UIC World Security Congress

The 18th UIC World Security Congress commenced in Jaipur on 21st February.  The 3-day Conference is being jointly organized by the International Union of Railways (UIC), Paris and the Railway Protection Force (RPF).  The World Security Congress is a globally recognized security platform ...

Khajuraho hosts first G20 Culture Working Group meet

The UNESCO World Heritage site Khajuraho located in the state of Madhya Pradesh is hosting the first Culture Working Group Meeting. The Meeting is being organised from 22nd to 25th February. More than 125 delegates from foreign countries will attend the meeting.  On the first day of ...

Nepal celebrates its 72th National Democracy Day

Nepal recently celebrated democracy day on Sunday. Every year Falgun 7 of Bikram sambat is celebrated as National Democracy day in Nepal. Falgun is the calendar of Himalaya kingdom. Democracy came into being in Nepal as a result of a revolution. A variety of programs are held across the country c ...

DUSTLIK 2023: India-Uzbekistan Military Exercise

India and Uzbekistan is conducting the fourth edition of the DUSTLIK 2023 military exercise in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. It will last till 5th March, 2023.  During the exercise, the countries trained their troops in multi-domain operations and shared their skills. India’s GARHWAL Rifle ...

World Pangolin Day

World Pangolin Day was recently celebrated on February 18. Every year the day is celebrated on the third Saturday of February month. The main objective of the celebration is to create awareness about the decline in the population of Pangolin. The population of Pangolin is decreasing rapidly in Afric ...

Manipur hosts B20 Conference

As a part of the G20 Summit, the north eastern state of Manipur recently played host to the B20 conference in Imphal. The theme of the conference was Sustainable Growth and Development. It was in line with the theme of the G20 summit, i.e.,  One Earth One Family One Future. B20 is the off ...

Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar

The Union Minister for Culture, Tourism and DoNER, G. Kishan Reddy presented the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar  (UBKYP) 2019, 2020 and 2021 on 15th February.  Sangeet Natak Akademi  (The National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama in English) in the meeting of its General Counc ...

Global Labour Resilience Index

Whiteshield has recently released its Global Labour Resilience Index (GLRI)  Limiting fluctuations Released during 2023 during the World Government Summit, the annual GLRI is a measurement tool that assesses the capacity of an economy to limit fluctuations in employment and quickly reboun ...

Vibrant Villages Programme

The Union Cabinet has approved Centrally Sponsored Scheme- “Vibrant Villages Programme” (VVP) for the Financial Years 2022-23 to 2025-26 with financial allocation of Rs. 4800 Crore. About Vibrant Villages Programme  The programme aims at comprehensive development of villages o ...

32 entities to operate as online payment aggregators

32 payment aggregators including Amazon Pay, Google India and Reliance Payment Solutions have received in-principle approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to operate as Payment Aggregators.  This includes Google, Computer Age, Amazon, NSDL, World Line, Reliance, Zomato, Innnoviti, etc ...

The First G20 Culture Group (CWG) meet in Khajuraho

Ministry of Culture is organising  the First G20 Culture Group (CWG) meet in Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh from 22nd to 25th February 2023. The overarching theme of G20 is that of “Vasudev Kutumbakam”- One Earth • One Family • One Future’. Ministry of Culture has deve ...

India-Chile

The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the signing of Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the Republic of Chile for cooperation in the field of Agriculture and Allied sectors. The MoU provides for ...

Aadi Mahotsav festival

The national Aadi Mahotsav will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 16th February, 2023 at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi. The Festival will be organized by TRIFED, Ministry of Tribal Affairs.   More than 1000 tribal artisans and artists from different parts ...

Marburg disease outbreak

The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed the first-ever outbreak of Marburg disease in Equatorial Guinea saying that the Ebola-related virus is responsible for at least nine deaths in the tiny Western African country.  In a statement on Monday, WHO confirmed the epidemic after samples from ...

World Radio Day

World Radio Day is celebrated every year on February 13 to mark the important role that radio plays in our lives and in society. Radio might be the oldest form of mass media.  The radio was invented in 1895 by Italian physicist and inventor Guglielmo Marconi.   The day was estab ...

73 airports operationalized under UDAN scheme

Ministry of Civil Aviation has launched Regional Connectivity Scheme - UDAN (UdeDeshkaAamNagrik) on 21.10.2016 to stimulate regional air connectivity and making air travel affordable to the masses.  UDAN is a market driven scheme. Interested airlines based on their assessment of demand on pa ...

National Philatelic Exhibition - AMRITPEX 2023

The Minister for Communications, Electronics & Information Technology and Railways,  Ashwini Vaishnaw recently inaugurated the National Philatelic Exhibition - AMRITPEX 2023 at Pragati Maidan in Delhi.  An exhibition on the transformative journey of India Post was also inaugurated o ...

UNESCO to declare Visva-Bharati University as World

Founded by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore in 1921, Visva-Bharati University  in West Bengal's Shantiniketan town is all set to become the world's first "living heritage university". The university will soon get the ‘heritage’ tag from UNESCO to become the world ...

Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV-D2)

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has successfully launched the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV). It was launched from the first launch pad of Satish Dhawan space centre at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The SSLV-D2 dropped EOS-07, Azzzadi SAT-2, and Janus-1 satellites. The satellites ...

Khelo India Winter Games 2023

The third edition of the Khelo India Winter Games is being held in the picturesque town of Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir and is running from February 10 to 14. The Khelo India scheme was launched to increase the sports skills of the youth in the country and also to increase the sports infrastructu ...

India stands committed to reducing emissions

Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav addressed at India Energy Week in Bengaluru. India has emerged as one of the global forerunners with the ability to show concrete and collective resolve to ensure harmony and energy security in the world To reshape the g ...

Government promoting renewable energy

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is working towards achieving 500 GW of installed electricity capacity from non- fossil sources by 2030. So far, a total of 174.53 GW capacity from non-fossil fuel based energy resources has been installed in the country as on 31.12.2022, which includes 167.75 ...

First G-20 Tourism Working Group meeting

Under the framework of G20, Ministry of Tourism will organise its first Tourism Working Group meeting from 7th to 9th February 2023 in Rann of Kutch, Gujarat. The last meeting will be held in Goa.   In G20, there are 5 inter related priority areas for tourism.  Greening of tour ...

PM Modi dedicates HAL

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has dedicated to the nation a helicopter manufacturing plant of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, HAL in Tumakuru in Karnataka The Greenfield Helicopter factory,  spread across 615 acres, will manufacture the Light Utility Helicopters. It has Heli-runway, fligh ...

Veteran filmmaker K. Vishwanath passes away in Hyderabad

Veteran filmmaker K. Vishwanath passed away in Hyderabad on February 2, at the age of 92. In a career spanning seven decades, Vishwanath wrote, directed and acted in several movies. Though his work was primarily in Telugu cinema, he also directed several Hindi remakes. Sankarabharanam is his ico ...

Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS)

The Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) will soon start providing services like the one offered by Common Service Centres (CSC). A Primary Agricultural Credit Society (PACS) is a basic unit and smallest co-operative credit institution. It works on the grassroots level.  The Gover ...

First G-20 Education Working Group (EdWG) Meeting Concludes in Chennai

The two day Ist G20 Education Working Group has concluded in Chenneai . 80 delegates from 30 countries and international organizations from member nations and special invitees participated in the meeting.  Collaboration with Universities across the globe would be the major outcome of the del ...

Digi Yatra to be implemented by March 2023

Digi Yatra will be implemented at Kolkata, Pune, Vijayawada and Hyderabad Airports by March this year.  The Digi Yatra policy is an initiative for a biometric boarding system using Facial Recognition Technology at airports.  Digi Yatra will be implemented across airports in a phased ...

Amrit Dharohar: A scheme to encourage optimal use of wetlands

Wetlands are the places where water remains accumulated throughout the year on marshy soil-like land. Wetlands are vital ecosystems which sustain biological diversity. The government will promote their unique conservation values through Amrit Dharohar, a scheme that will be implemented over the next ...

National Data Governance Policy

During the Union Budget 2023 presentation, the finance minister Nirmala Sitaraman announced that the government of India to introduce Data Governance policy which will enable access to anonymized data.  The introduction of National Data Governance Policy will enable safe access to anonymized ...

Economic Survey 2023 Presented

India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday tabled in parliament the Economic Survey 2022-2023. A flagship document of the government, the Economic Survey reviews how the economy performed in this fiscal year and the road ahead for the next fiscal.  The Finance Minister tabled ...

UK named country partner for BioAsia 2023

United Kingdom (UK) has partnered with global business firm BioAsia which is all set to organize the 20th edition of the largest event in the biotechnological industry of Asia. The BioAsia 2023 will be held from February 24 to 26 in Hyderabad.  UK’s life sciences industry is home to ov ...

Aditya-L1, the country

This year the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) plans to launch the Aditya-L1 mission from Sriharikota aboard the PSLV rocket by June or July. Aditya translates to 'the sun' .  Aditya-L1 is India’s first space-based Indian mission to study the Sun. The Aditya-L1 mission ...

India's first HPV vaccine against cervical cancer Launched

The Serum Institute of India (SII) has launched the first indigenously developed human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV)-- “CERVAVAC," against the cervical cancer in women. The launch took place on January 24, 2023, on the occasion of India's National Girl Child Day. Cervical cancer ...

Jal Jeevan Mission provides tap water to 11 crore rural households

Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) has achieved another milestone of providing tap water supply to eleven crore rural households with Prime Minister Narendra Modi describing the achievement as a great feat. He congratulated to all those who have benefitted from this initiative and complimented to those wor ...

Orange Festival in Nagaland Concludes

The 3rd edition of Orange Festival celebrated by Nagaland has concluded. The two day festival which started from 24th of January was held at Rusoma village in the Kohima district of Nagaland.  Organised to mark the harvest of organic oranges, the festival was organised in collaboration with ...

INS Vagir submarine commissioned into Navy

INS Vagir has been commissioned into the Indian Navy. Built by the Indian shipyard Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited in Mumbai with technology transfer from France, INS Vagir is the fifth submarine of the Kalvari Class submarines.   The commissioning of INS Vagir comes against the backd ...

8th India International Science Festival

These days the 8th India International Science Festival  (IISF) is being held in Bhopal from 21st to 24th January 2023. Organised at Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, this four-day science festival is all set to attract 8000 scientists, teachers, researchers and students. ...

Waterbird numbers drop in Kole wetlands

Recently, the Asian Water Bird Census (AWC) -2023 has reported that the number of birds in the Kole wetlands of Thrissur in Kerala has reduced significantly. The number of water birds in the wetland has decreased from the 15,959 birds counted during the 2022 survey to 9,904. Unscientific construc ...

Joint military exercise between India and Egypt in Rajasthan

The first-ever joint exercise between Indian Army and Egyptian Army named "Exercise Cyclone-I" is underway at Jaisalmer in Rajasthan. This 14 day exercise intends to bolster defence cooperation between India and Egypt  It focuses on sharing professional skills and interoperability ...

International Tourism Fair FITUR underway in Spain

The 43rd edition of FITUR, an International Tourism Fair, kicked off on 18th January in Madrid in Spain. The fair will last till January 22. With over 130 countries taking part in this edition, it is one of the biggest tourism fairs in the world. FITUR means Feria Internacional del Turismo. Trave ...

Bhopal Declaration Released

More than 300 intellectuals from India and abroad released the Bhopal Declaration after discussing the G-20 agenda in the two-day meeting of Think-20 under G20 in Bhopal. What is Think 20 ? The Think 20 (T20) is an engagement group comprising of think tanks from G20 countries that provides pol ...

India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline Project Well on Track

Signed in 2018, the India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline Project (IBFPL) is all set to connect Siliguri in West Bengal in India and Parbatipur in Dinajpur district of Bangladesh. Meant for importing diesel from India the 131.5 kilometre long pipeline will start supplying diesel to Bangladesh from ...

World Economic Forum 2023 underway in Davos

The world’s political leaders, economists, business leaders are now gathered in Davos, Switzerland for the 2023 World Economic Forum annual meeting on global politics, economics and social issues.   The theme of the 53rd annual meeting is “Cooperation in a Fragmented World&r ...

Thiruvalluvar Day

The Thiruvalluvar Day is celebrated annually on January 15th or January 16th in Tamil Nadu as a part of Pongal (or Sankranti) celebrations. This year, it falls on January 15th. The day is so named to honour the contribution of the 4th century AD Tamil poet Thiruvalluvar, who is best known for his li ...

Bilateral Naval Exercise ‘Varuna’ 2023

The 21st edition of the bilateral naval exercise between India and France, Exercise Varuna, has started at the Western Seaboard on January 16th, 2023. The exercise will run till January 20th.  The bilateral exercise, which was initiated in 1993, was christened ‘Varuna’ in 2001 an ...

Shillong to Get India’s first CoE in Online Gaming

Indian government has announced plans to set up the country’s first Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Online Gaming in Shillong by March 2023. India Embracing Online gaming in unprecedented way The CoE will be set up under Digital India Startup Hub through the Software Technology Parks of In ...

NOTAM System Glitch Ground US Flights

Last week America's airspace shut down for several hours following a technical glitch in a computer system used to send alerts to pilots. Grounding of flights was caused by a relatively obscure system called Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM), a vital air safety tool. The Federal Aviation Adminis ...

Lohri:Traditional harvest festival

 Lohri is one of the most important festivals bringing joy and celebrations giving a great start to the New Year.  Lohri is usually celebrated on January 13 every year in north India and especially in Punjab and North India with much enthusiasm and zeal. Lohri celebrates the pas ...

Neelakurinji listed as a Protected plant

 The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF) has listed Neelakurinji (Strobilanthes kunthiana) under Schedule III of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, including it on the list of protected plants. Hence, Neelakurinji has joined the list of 19 plants that are listed under Sc ...

Digital India Awards 2022: e-NAM wins Platinum Award

Instituted by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) the Digital India Awards (DIA) encourage and honor innovative digital solutions and exemplary initiatives by various government entities in the realm of digital governance.  DIA aims to inspire and motivate not only ...

India celebrates National Youth Day

Every year on January 12, India observes National Youth Day to mark the birthday of Narendranath Dutta, better known as Swami Vivekananda, one of the country’s greatest spiritual leaders and philosophers. He was a votary of education, self-improvement, and social justice. This national even ...

BharatPe can now operate as payments aggregator

Fintech unicorn BharatPe recently announced that it has received in-principle approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to operate as a Payment Aggregator.  The RBI’s authorization was granted to the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Resilient Innovations Private Ltd. This P ...

PM Narendra Modi addresses Madhya Pradesh Global Investors’ Summit 2023

On January 11, Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the 7th edition of ‘Invest Madhya Pradesh-Global Investors Summit’. This summit in Indore is showcasing the diverse investment opportunities in Madhya Pradesh. The two-day summit is a flagship event of the Madhya Prades ...

RRR's Naatu Naatu wins the Golden Globe for the Best Original Song

The 80th annual Golden Globe Awards have taken place in Los Angeles, with RRR winning Best Original Song for Naatu Naatu, a first for India. The film's catchy musical number beat pop heavyweights Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga and Rihanna. The song was filmed in front of Ukraine president Volodymyr ...

World Hindi Day 2023

World Hindi Day, i.e.Vishwa Hindi Diwas, is an annual celebration that takes place on January 10th every year. The rationale for celebrating this day is to establish the significance of Hindi as a language and to promote it.   Difference between World Hindi Day and National Hindi Diwas ...

Theme for National Science Day 2023

Science and Technology Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh has released the theme of National Science Day 2023. This year the theme is Global Science for Global Wellbeing. This year’s theme highlights India’s emerging global role and rising visibility in the international arena. The theme is ...

Hampi, Mysuru selected for development under Swadesh Darshan 2.0

Hampi and Mysuru  in Karnataka have been selected for development under Swadesh Darshan 2.0. scheme.   Mysuru and Hampi are among the 19 places identified across the eight states and UTs in India to be promoted under the Swadesh Darshan 2.0 Scheme. Ministry of Tourism has revamp ...

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts again

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupted again on January 5th, 2022.  Kilauea volcano is one of the world’s most active volcanoes. Webcam images show lava flow within the Halemaʻumaʻu crater in the volcano's summit caldera. The summit is inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on Haw ...

Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2023

On 9th January, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention in Indore in Madhya Pradesh.  Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas (PBD) is a biennial event held in January, to commemorate the return of Mahatma Gandhi to India from South Africa on 9th January 1915. Thi ...

Aamantran Invitation Management Portal Launched

 As part of the Government’s e-governance initiative, an online Invitation Management Portal (www.aamantran.mod.gov.in) was launched by Raksha Rajya Mantri Ajay Bhatt in New Delhi on January 06, 2023 to extend e-Invitations to dignitaries/guests and online sale of tickets to general publi ...

Thiruvananthapuram houses World's only palm-leaf manuscript museum

Located in the Kerala capital of Thiruvananthapuram, the recently opened Palm Leaf Manuscript Museum is the world’s first of its kind and deals exclusively with both obscure and celebrated tales of the erstwhile Travancore kingdom that comes lauded as Asia's first to defeat any European po ...

Pradhan Mantri National Apprenticeship Mela to be held on January 9

The Indian government is aiming to train 1 million youth per annum through apprenticeship training. Taking a step in this direction, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has decided to conduct the Pradhan Mantri National Apprenticeship Mela (PMNAM) on January 9, 2023. This e ...

Startup India Innovation Week from 10-16 Jan

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) is all set to organize the Startup India Innovation Week from January 10th to January 16th, 2023 to celebrate the Indian Startup Ecosystem and National Startup Day. This event is part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations and ...

16-year-old M Pranesh is India's 79th Grandmaster

It was the 79th Grandmaster that India produced when 16-year-old Pranesh M from Tamil Nadu clinched the title.  Pranesh achieved the required 2500 ELO rating and clichéd the title in the Rilton Cup, the first tournament of the FIDE Circuit in 2023. The tournament attracted 136 players ...

Birders discover 17 new species in Silent Valley

A bird survey conducted at Silent Valley National Park in the Nilgiri hills in Kerala has identified a total of 175 species out of which 17 were new. The survey, which took place between December 27 and 29, marked the 30th anniversary of the first bird survey at Silent Valley. 30 bird watchers an ...

Cabinet approves BIND scheme for Prasar Bharati

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved a large infrastructure development scheme for the public broadcaster Prasar Bharati that runs both Doordarshan (DD) and All India Radio(AIR). The outlay of the scheme named Broadcasting Infrastructure and Network Development (BIND) is Rs. ...

Union Cabinet Approves National Green Hydrogen Mission

The Union Cabinet has approved the National Green Hydrogen Mission with an initial outlay of 19 thousand 744 crore rupees. Ministry of New & Renewable Energy will be responsible for overall coordination and implementation of the Mission. The mission intends to make India a global hub for the ...

Legacy of Savitribai Phule

January 3rd marks the birth anniversary of Savitribai Phule. Born on January 3, 1831 in Naigaon in a lowly Mali (family in Maharashtra she was married off at the tender age of 10. Critical of the prevailing Hindu religion and custom she along with her husband, Jyotirao Phule, established several ...

Spear Phishing to target the G20 Summit

India’s premier cybersecurity agency CERT-In (India’s premier cybersecurity agency) has found that spear phishing will be the “primary vector” to target individuals and organisations associated with the G20 Summit.  The suspected “cyber adversaries” are op ...

PM to inaugurate 108th Indian Science Congress on Jan 3

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and witness the entire inaugural session of the 108th Indian Science Congress through video conferencing on January 3.  The theme of the event this year is “Science and Technology for Sustainable Development with Women Empowerment.” Th ...

PM Narendra Modi Condoles The Passing Away Of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has expressed deep grief after the the passing away of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. The Prime Minister tweeted; “Saddened by the passing away of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who devoted his entire life to the Church and the teachings of Lord Christ. He wil ...

WHO presses China for specific, real-time data on Covid

WHO presses China for specific, real-time data on Covid In the high-level meeting, the WHO asked the Chinese officials for more genetic sequencing data and data on disease impact, including hospitalisations, ICU admissions and deaths. A team of World Health Organization (WHO) met Chinese offic ...

'We are expecting you, dear friend': Vladimir Putin holds talks with Xi Jinping

'We are expecting you, dear friend': Vladimir Putin holds talks with Xi Jinping Russian President Vladimir Putin invited his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to visit Moscow and said it would demonstrate to the whole world the strength of Russian-Chinese ties on key issues. Russian Presi ...

Marion Biotech, cough syrup makers linked to Uzbek deaths, halts all production

Marion Biotech, cough syrup makers linked to Uzbek deaths, halts all production Uzbekistan cough syrup deaths: Controversy surrounding India's pharma exports doubled after reports of cough syrup-linked deaths in Africa's The Gambia. Marion Biotech - the Noida-based manufacturer of a co ...

1,53,972 people killed in road accidents in India in 2021

1,53,972 people killed in road accidents in India in 2021 While 56,007 people died in accidents on national highways, there were 37,963 deaths on state highways and 60,002 deaths on other roads. In Short Road accidents increased by 12.6% y-o-y in 2021. Fatalities and injuries rose by 1 ...

Why Zelenskyy is looking to PM Modi to help end Ukraine war

Why Zelenskyy is looking to PM Modi to help end Ukraine war The Ukrainian president recognises Modi’s influence over Russian president Vladimir Putin and wants India to play a proactive role in forging peace Within days of returning from his US trip, where he addressed the Congress, Ukra ...

UPSC Civil Services: Demands for extra attempts, age limit relaxation gain momentum

Applicants for the UPSC civil services examinations have congregated once more to express their desire for more test opportunities. According to the students, the COVID epidemic has made it impossible for them to study and prepare. Numerous students who have missed the UPSC CSE test for the previous ...

Countrywide drills, booster doses, masks- India's renewed Covid fight: Top 10

Countrywide drills, booster doses, masks- India's renewed Covid fight: Top 10 India has not witnessed a worrying surge in Covid cases like a few other nations but authorities are alert. India has renewed its fight against coronavirus even as the daily tally remains below the 300- ...

Ukraine seeks 'peace summit' with Russia, Kremlin says 'never followed conditions set by others'

Ukraine seeks 'peace summit' with Russia, Kremlin says 'never followed conditions set by others' Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has expressed he would want to have a peace summit with Russia, at the United Nations. Russia, however, seems reluctant to hold talks. In Sh ...

'Infection is inevitable': China Covid cases likely to peak in a week amid easing of curbs | 5 points

'Infection is inevitable': China Covid cases likely to peak in a week amid easing of curbs | 5 points As the Covid crisis has deepened in China, health officials have said that coronavirus cases are likely to peak in a week. Experts say China could face more than a million Covid deaths ne ...

Air chief flags ‘critical deficiencies’ in Indian Air Force

Air chief flags ‘critical deficiencies’ in Indian Air Force IAF chief Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari on Thursday said critical deficiencies in the air force needed to be swiftly addressed to retain combat edge. Indian Air Force (IAF) chief Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari on Thursday ...

A new Russian city is being built on the graves of thousands of war victims in Ukraine's Mariupol

A new Russian city is being built on the graves of thousands of war victims in Ukraine's Mariupol Russia is building a new city on the ruins of Mariupol -- Ukraine's once thriving port city and the city which became a symbol of the country's resistance to the war. Months after Ukra ...

‘Your money isn’t charity, it's an investment': Zelensky tells US

‘Your money isn’t charity, it's an investment': Zelensky tells US Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday paid a defiant wartime visit to the United States to thank the leaders for their constant support in the war against Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Z ...

Amid renewed Covid scare, do we need fourth vaccine dose? What experts say

Amid renewed Covid scare, do we need fourth vaccine dose? What experts say The poor uptake of the precautionary dose (third dose) in India raises concerns. Experts say a fourth dose is not needed. India is on high alert given the surge in cases and deaths due to Covid-19 on China. The Centre h ...

Thai navy ship sinks with over 100 sailors, 31 still in water

Thai navy ship sinks with over 100 sailors, 31 still in water Strong winds blew seawater onto the HTMS Sukhothai corvette and knocked out its electrical system Sunday evening. A Thai navy ship sunk in the Gulf of Thailand and ships and helicopters were working Monday to rescue sailors from the ...