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Digi Yatra app user base crosses the one million mark

The number of passengers who have installed the Digi Yatra application on their mobile phones has crossed one million this week. Since its inauguration by Minister of Civil Aviation and Steel Jyotiraditya M. Scindia on 1st December 2022, 1.746 million people have used this facility. The Digi Yatr ...

UNDP Partners With DAY-NULM Towards Empowering Women entrepreneurs

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) have entered into a collaborative partnership aimed at empowering women to make well-informed career choices in the field of entrepreneurship. DAY-NULM has a very impor ...

National Internet Exchange Of India (NIXI) celebrates its 20th Foundation Day

National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) celebrated its 20th Foundation Day today, reaffirming its unwavering dedication towards building India’s internet infrastructure.  This momentous occasion marked two decades of NIXI’s exceptional contributions to create a robust and incl ...

Fourth G-20 Tourism Working Group Meeting

Under the framework of G20, Ministry of Tourism is organizing its 4th Tourism Working Group meeting from from 19th to 22nd June 2023 in Goa.  The first  Tourism Working Group meeting was held from 7th to 9th February 2023 in Rann of Kutch, Gujarat. The 2nd Tourism Working Group meeting ...

Pune to host the G-20 4th Education Working Group Meeting

The Ministry of Education all set to host the 4th Education Working Group (EdWG) meeting in Pune in Maharashtra.  The event will take place from June 20th to 21st, 2023, and will witness the participation of 85 delegates from G-20 member countries, guest countries and esteemed organizations ...

SAI20 Summit Concludes in Goa

The SAI20 Summit of the SAI20 Engagement Group under India's G20 Presidency has concluded in Goa.  The three-day SAI20 Summit under India's G20 Presidency was hosted by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG). Supreme Audit Institutions (SAI20) is the Engagement Group o ...

Geological Survey of India Training Institute Gets NABET Accreditation

The Geological Survey of India Training Institute (GSITI) has been awarded with the accreditation by the National Accreditation Board of Education and Training (NABET). GSITI functions under the Ministry of Mines, Government of India. The award has been given to the GSITI for the yeomen services ...

National Mission on Advanced and High-Impact Research (MAHIR)

Ministry of Power and the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy have joined hands to launch a new initiative called the National Mission on Advanced and High-Impact Research (MAHIR).  Under the initiative, the stakeholders intend to leverage emerging technologies in the power sector through i ...

First International Cruise Vessel Flagged off

Union minister of ports, shipping & waterways Sarbananda Sonowal flagged off the maiden international cruise vessel —MV Empress—from Chennai to Sri Lanka.   The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush, Sarbananda Sonowal flagged off the maiden Interna ...

National Commission for Women

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 ...

Coal Production Goes up to 76.26 Million Tonne in May 2023

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 ...

AIIMS Nagpur Becomes First To Receive NABH Accreditation

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.  ...

Autism Conclave

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

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 launches Shenzhou-16 mission

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 ...

Second Anti-Corruption Working Group Meeting (ACWG) of G20

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 ...

Rajnath Singh Visits Nigeria to attend swearing-in of President Bola Tinubu

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 to Hold 8th Governing Council Meeting Today

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 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 ...

Does Epstein-Barr virus Cause Multiple Sclerosis?

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 ...

NPC Guidelines on Admissions and Quota for Disabled People

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 ...

Ministry of Civil Aviation launches UDAN 5.1 for helicopter routes

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 ...

World Health Assembly

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 ...

Third G-20 Tourism Working Group Meeting

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 ...

India achieves 47 % growth in coal production in past 9 years

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 ...

National Program to Mark World Bee Day

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 Inaugurated

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 ...

IT Hardware PLI 2.0

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 Provides Tap Water To 12 Crore Rural Households

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

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 ...