As per the Global TB Report 2023, published by the World Health Organization, the estimated number of drug resistant TB in India has reduced by 21% from 1.4 lakhs in 2015 to 1.1 lakhs in 2022. The Government has scaled up the availability of molecular diagnostic facilities and thereby there has been ...
Today is the Goa, Daman and Diu Liberation Day. It is observed on December 19 every year. The Goa Liberation Day is celebrated in commemoration of the Indian armed forces annexing Portuguese-ruled Goa. Goa was annexed by the Indian Army on 19 December 1961, from around 451 years of Portuguese rul ...
Indian space startups have attracted over ?1,000 crores of private investment since April in 2023 Country has the potential to reach a 100 billion USD space economy by 2040. So far, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched over 430 foreign satellites with more than 290 mil ...
Space Technology Incubation Centre (S-TIC) has been set-up to attract and nurture the young academia with innovative ideas/ research aptitude for carrying out research, motivating and encouraging them to initiate the start-ups and business in the field of Space technology & applications and deve ...
The National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) have signed a Statement of Intent (SoI). It aims to fortify policy and program frameworks contributing to India's developmental objectives. The five-year SoI grants IFP ...
The total horticulture production is estimated to be 351.92 Million Tonne, surpassing the total foodgrain production of 329.69 Million Tonne during the year, according to the 2nd Advance Estimates released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. India is the second largest ...
Centre has recently signed peace agreement with the Meitei separatist group United National Liberation Front (UNLF) in Manipur. This would encourage other valley-based insurgent groups (VBIGs) to participate in a peace process. What is the UNLF? The UNLF was formed on November 24, 1964, and ...
Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru airports have achieved Level 4+ and higher Airports International Council (ACI) Accreditation and have become Carbon neutral. Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has taken initiatives for working towards Carbon neutrality and achieving net zero carbon emission ...
India was re-elected to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Council with the highest tally at elections held at its assembly for the 2024-25 biennium. India has been re-elected to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Council after elections were held at its Assembly in London f ...
Ministry of Tourism is organizing an Industry Roundtable on Developing India as a MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) Destination at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi on 30th November, 2023. During India’s G20 Presidency, more than 200 meetings have been organized in 56 cities ...
Gurupurab or Guru Nanak Jayanti celebrates the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the first of the 10 Sikh gurus and the founder of Sikhism. This year, Guru Nanak Jayanti was observed on November 27. Guru Nanak Jayanti falls on the moon day in the month of Kartik, fifteen days after Di ...
Justice M. Fathima Beevi, the first female Judge to be appointed to the Supreme Court of India, passed away at the age of 96 in Kerala’s Kollam. From 1950, when the Supreme Court of India came into existence, it took 39 years for Justice Fathima Beevi to be appointed the country's first fe ...
This year the 525th birth anniversary of Sant Mirabai is being celebrated. Mirabai (also spelt as Meerabai) was a Rajput princess who was one of the greatest saints of the Krishna cult of Vaishnavism in 16th century India. She was the only child of Ratna Singh Rathor of Merta in Rajasthan.& ...
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will undertake a safety audit of all 29 under-construction tunnels across the country to ensure safety and adherence to the highest quality standards. The announcement has been made in the backdrop of the collapse of the under-construction Silkyara ...
Indian Naval Ship Sumedha arrived at Maputo, Mozambique on 21 November 2023 as a part of the ongoing Extended Operational Deployment to Africa. The port call is aimed at strengthening long standing diplomatic relations, reinforce maritime co-operation and boost interoperability between both the n ...
Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog have launched a new accelerator to support Australian and Indian circular economy startups. The accelerator in question is knwon as Rapid Innovation and Startup Expansion (RISE). Indian and Australian Startups and small to mid-sized enterprise ...
14th Edition of the Indo-US Joint Special Forces exercise “VAJRA PRAHAR 2023” commenced at the Joint Training Node, Umroi. The current edition is being conducted in Umroi Cantonment, Meghalaya from 21st November to 11th December 2023. The Indian Army contingent is repre ...
India hosted the 33rd Conference of the WOAH (World Organization for Animal Health) Regional Commission for Asia and the Pacific from November 13 to 16, 2023. This 4-day event was organized by the Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying, MOFAHD at New Delhi. The decision to host this event ...
The ninth edition of Joint Military exercise “Exercise MITRA SHAKTI-2023” commenced on 16th November in Aundh (Pune). Mitra Shakti exercise is a bilateral joint military exercise between armies of India and Sri Lanka. It is also known as the India-Sri Lanka Joint Training exercise. ...
The Ministry of Coal has plans to produce 1404 million tonne (MT) of coal by year 2027 and 1577 MT by year 2030, at current level production of about one billion tonne per annum. The coal to be supplied to domestic coal-based power plant is around 821 MT for the current year. The Minis ...
The 6th High-Level Meeting of the India-OPEC Energy Dialogue took place on 9 November 2023, at the OPEC Secretariat in Vienna, Austria The discussions at the meeting focused on key issues related to oil and energy markets with a specific emphasis on ensuring availability, affordability and sustai ...
The 4th edition of Bilateral Exercise between Indian Navy and Bangladesh Navy, BONGOSAGAR-23, and the 5th edition of Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) by the two navies was conducted in the Northern Bay of Bengal from 07 - 09 Nov 2023. Ships and aircraft from both navies undertook joint patrollin ...
REC Limited has signed a MoU with RailTel on 9th November 2023 to extend financial assistance upto Rs. 30,000 Crore for Infrastructure Projects to be executed by RailTel in next 5 years. These projects encompass a wide range of areas, including Data Center products and services, Telecom ...
This year 23rd Uttarakhand Foundation Day is being celebrated. It was celebrated on 9th November. It was on this day in 2000, that the state of Uttarakhand came into being. It was carving out from Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state in the country. In 2007, the name of the sta ...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) in its Global TB Report 2023 has affirmed India's success in reducing the incidence of tuberculosis by 16 per cent and mortality due to it by 18 per cent since 2015. The World Health Organization released its Global TB Report 2023 on 7th November. Accord ...
“India, in its capacity as the chair of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI), has taken a leadership stand on AI. We have maintained that AI should be guided by principles of safety & trust for users, and accountability for platforms” said Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Un ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has dedicated the 77-kilometer New Bhandu-New Sanand section of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) to the nation. This development is set to accelerate the transportation of goods from ports and manufacturing hubs in the region. Added to this, the shift ...
Indian Army and Indian Air Force contingent comprising 120 personnel is in Kazakhstan to take part in the 7th edition of Joint Military ‘Exercise KAZIND-2023’. The Exercise is being conducted at Otar, Kazakhstan from 30th October to 11th November 2023. Participation of Indian Ar ...
The Indian Council of Agriculture Research, in collaboration with the Thünen Institute, Germany, is organizing International Workshop on Food Loss and Waste Prevention in South Asian Region. The workshop will last from 30th October to 1st November, 2023. The workshop aim ...
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) celebrated its 62nd Raising Day on 24th October 2023. Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBPF) is a Central Armed Police Force functioning under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. The ITBP was raised on 24th October, 1962 during the India-C ...
