India will host the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Tourism Ministers’ Meeting (TMM) on 17th -18th March 2023 in Kashi (Varanasi). Kashi has been designated as the first cultural capital of the SCO. India is the current chair of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). Duri ...
The coast of the US state Florida has been hit by the Red Tide, a phenomenon often seen in the seas The phenonmennon has littered the Florida with dead fish and burning the throats of those going to the beach. The phenomenon, caused by toxic algae that kills sea life paralyzing the central n ...
The India-US Fifth Commercial Dialogue meeting was held in New Delhi on 10th March. The Commercial Dialogue is a part of ongoing efforts to strengthen US-India Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership. During the meeting, Indian Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal an ...
Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways, under its Sagarmala Programme, has pushed a number of reforms and initiatives in the maritime industry to strengthen the country's socio-economic and regulatory environment. One of the key initiatives of the Ministry is to promote and develop a uniq ...
The Union Ministry of Food Processing Industries organized a two-day ‘Millet Fair cum Exhibition’ in Madurai, Tamil Nadu from 6-7 March, 2023. The event was organised as part of the Millet Mahotsav series, in collaboration with the Department of Micro, Small and Medium Enterpris ...
Launched in October 2021 with a view to strengthening healthcare infrastructure across India the PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM) was recently in news when World Bank announced the extension of 2 complimentary loans of 500 million USD each to India to support the scheme.&n ...
The Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) in association with Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Jammu launched a new programme, Executive MBA in Corporate Affairs and Management at New Delhi. The programme was launched by Shri Manoj Govil, Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Gover ...
Recently released by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) and EMBER the “Indian States’ Energy Transition” Report has devised a scoring system called States’ Electricity Transition (SET) to measure performance. The report analysed 16 stat ...
The Indian Government has approved its largest hydropower project in Arunachal Pradesh. The project, Dibang Multipurpose Project (MPP), is located in the mountainous region. The project's primary objective is to serve flood control and is based on storage. This project wi ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 (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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
