The National Commission for Women (NCW) in collaboration with the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII) announced the launch of 100 Entrepreneurship Awareness Programmes (EAPs) for potential women entrepreneurs across the country at Vikram University in Ujjain. The aim of the one ...
The Ministry of Coal has achieved a remarkable feat with a substantial surge in overall coal production during the month of May’23, reaching 76.26 Million Tons (MT), surpassing the figures of the month May’22 of 71.21 MT, representing an increase of 7.10%. The production of Coal India ...
All India Institute of Medical Scinces (AIIMS) Nagpur has become the 1st of all AIIMS to receive the NABH accreditation National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers (NABH) NABH accreditation is at par with the world's leading hospital accreditation standards. ...
National Trust for the Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Intellectual Disability and Multiple Disability has organised 'Autism Conclave' at National Institute of Social Defence (NISD), Dwarka, New Delhi on 30th May 2023. Various experts, professionals, role models and ...
World Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Day takes place on 30th May every year. World Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Day brings the global Multiple Sclerosis community together and to raise awareness and campaigns with everyone affected by multiple sclerosis (MS). The theme for World MS Day 2020-20 ...
China has launched its latest manned space mission - whose crew includes its first civilian astronaut, Gui Haichao. China has sent three astronauts to its Tiangong Space Station. The Shenzhou-16 mission took off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi desert in the country’s no ...
The second meeting of the Anti-Corruption Working Group under the G20 India Presidency recently concluded at the Tehri, Uttarakhand. Over 90 delegates from 20 member states, 10 invitees and nine international organizations participated in the three-day meeting. At the Second Anti-Corruption Worki ...
Defence minister Rajnath Singh is on a visit to Nigeria between May 28-30, 2023 to attend the swearing-in ceremony of the President-elect of Nigeria Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Rajnath Singh will attend the swearing-in ceremony at Eagle Square in Abuja on 29th May. He will also meet the outgoi ...
NITI Aayog will be organising its 8th Governing Council Meeting on the theme of ‘Viksit Bharat @ 2047: Role of Team India’ on May 27, 2023 in New Delhi. Eight prominent themes will be discussed during the day-long Meeting including (i) Viksit Bharat@2047, (ii) Thrust on MSMEs, (iii) I ...
The Mumbai Trans Harbour Link Road, the longest sea link in India, will likely be open to the public towards the end of 2023. The total length of Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) is about 21.8 km, sea length about 16.5 km and land length about 5.5 km. MTHL aims to connect Mumbai with Navi Mu ...
According to a latest research, Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) has the potential of increasing the risk of developing potentially disabling chronic disease multiple sclerosis (MS). EBV is a member of the Herpesvirus family, and is one of the most common human viruses. Epstein-Barr can hibernate inside ...
National Medical Commission (NMC) The National Medical Commission (NMC) is currently developing new guidelines to assess candidates with disabilities in medical courses. These guidelines have been formulated by a 16-member expert panel which was set up after the Delhi High Court directed the N ...
The Ministry of Civil Aviation has launched UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik ) 5.1 to further enhance the connectivity to remote areas of the country and achieve last mile connectivity through helicopters. For the first time under RCS (Regional Connectivity Scheme) -UDAN, this round is designed speci ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has addressed the 76th Session of the World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland on Sunday via video message. In his address for the event , he said the covid-19 pandemic underscored the need for greater collaboration in building resilient global systems ...
Under the framework of G20, Ministry of Tourism is organizing its 3rd Tourism Working Group meeting from from 22nd to 24th May 2023 in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. The first Tourism Working Group meeting was held from 7th to 9th February 2023 in Rann of Kutch, Gujarat. The 2nd Tourism ...
The overall coal production in India has gone up by 47 per cent to 893.08 million tonnes during the last nine years, Coal production of 893.08 MT in 2022-23 was the highest in the country’s history. As per the recently finalised ‘Action Plan for 2023-24’ by the Ministry ...
The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (MoA&FW), Government of India is celebrating World Bee Day at Raja Bhoj Agriculture College, Warasivni, Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. Bees help to pollinate plants that create the food that we eat. But bee numbers have been dropping over the years ...
International Museum Expo 2023 is being held in New Delhi. First of its kind International Museum Expo, it was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This three-day event is taking place from 18th to 20th May at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi. The International Museum Expo is being or ...
The Union Cabinet has approved the Production Linked Incentive Scheme 2.0 for IT Hardware with a budgetary outlay Rs. 17,000 crore. Context: Electronics manufacturing in India has witnessed consistent growth with 17% CAGR in last 8 years. In 2023 it crossed a major benchmark in production &ndash ...
Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) has achieved another milestone of providing tap water supply to twelve crore rural households. Jal Jeevan Mission is a central government initiative under the Ministry of Jal Shakti. It aims to ensure access of piped water for every household in India. Jal Jeevan ...
Samudra Shakti-23, the bilateral exercise between India and Indonesia, commenced on 14th May in Indonesia. The indigenously built anti-submarine warfare corvette INS Kavaratti is taking part in this exercise. The 4th edition of Samudra Shakti-23 will last till 19th May. Objectives of Sam ...
To catalyze youth action for climate change as a build up to June 5, World Environment Day, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav launched a mobile application, called “Meri LiFE” (My life). This app is inspired by the concept of LiFE, envisioned by the Prime Minister at CO ...
This year the G20 meetings are being held under year-long Indian presidency in India. The 3rd the Energy Transitions Working Group Meeting (ETWG) meeting will be held in Mumbai from 15th to 17th May, 2023. The three-day meeting will see over 100 delegates representing G20 member countr ...
INS Garuda recently marked its glorious 70 years of service to the Indian Navy. INS Garuda is the premier Naval Air Station of the Southern Naval Command located in Kochi in Kerala. With a rich history and significant contributions to naval aviation, INS Garuda holds a unique position as the cradle ...
Atal Pension Yojana (APY) is a flagship social security scheme of the Government of India. The scheme was launched with the objective of delivering old age income security to all citizens of India, particularly to the workers in the unorganised sector. The scheme has completed eight years of impl ...
The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has termed media reports saying large lithium reserves being identified in Rajasthan as "baseless". Geological Survey of India said that no lithium found in Rajasthan's Nagaur district. It is to mention that GSI is carrying out exploration for ...
9th May is the birth anniversary of Gopal Krishna Gokhale. 2023 marks his 157th birth anniversary. Gopal Krishna Gokhale was an Indian social reformer, educationist, and great patriot. He was born on 9th May, 1866 at Kotluk village in present-day Maharashtra (then part of the Bombay Presidency) ...
The sixth India-Canada Ministerial Dialogue on Trade and Investment (MDTI) is being held in Ottawa in Canada. Union Minister of Commerce Piyush Goyal is in Canada where he will discuss key issues pertaining to trade with his Canadian counterpart, Mary Ng. MDTI is a bilateral mechanism which pr ...
National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) and National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) recently organized the ‘River-Cities Alliance (RCA) Global Seminar: Partnership for Building International River-Sensitive Cities’ in New Delhi. River Cities Alliance The River Cities Alliance (RCA ...
Tension has gripped several parts of Manipur recently after a solidarity march organised by a tribal students’ union, the All Tribal Students’ Union Manipur (ATSUM), to oppose the demand for inclusion of the Meitei community in the Scheduled Tribe (ST) category. The All Tr ...
