Miscellaneous

Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) has unveiled its new product, the Atmospheric Water Generator (AWG), an innovative solution to meet the ever-increasing need for drinking water worldwide, today at Aero India 2019. Chief of the Army Staff General Bipin Rawat, inaugurated the AWG in

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) made a spectacular entry at the Aero-India 2019 with the first ever ‘Drone Olympics' competition for UAV's held on Thursday at Air Force Station, Yelahanka, Bengaluru. The Aero India exhibition, with the theme - ‘The Runway to a Billion Opportunities’ designed to

KERALA POLICE on Tuesday inducted a humanoid police robot into the force, becoming the first police department in the country to use robot for police work. The robot named KP-Bot was unveiled by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan at the state police headquarters, where the robot would be deployed to

After the successful first edition of States’ Startup Ranking in 2018, where 27 States and 3 Union Territories participated, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) today launched second edition of Startup Ranking for 2019. The Startup Ranking framework aims to rank the

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the implementation of Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana – Gramin (PMAY-G) beyond March, 2019 (PMAY-G) Phase-II as follows: Total target for construction of 1.95 crore houses under PMAY-G Phase-II upto 2022. Continuation of rural

The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal for construction of Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) covering a distance of 82.15 kms. (68.03 kms. elevated and 14.12 km. underground) at a total completion cost of Rs. 30,274 crores. Central financial assistance of Rs. 5,634 crores in the form of

The Union Cabinet on Monday gave its approval to the National Policy on Electronics 2019 (NPE 2019), proposed by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). The Policy envisions positioning India as a global hub for Electronics System Design and Manufacturing - (ESDM) by

Investigation Tracking System for Sexual Offences (ITSSO) and Safe City Implementation Monitoring Portal also launched Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Minister for Women and Child Development, Maneka Sanjay Gandhi here today jointly launched the Women Safety initiative of Emergency Response

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has said cyber crimes pose a challenge to traditional policing and called upon the Police personnel to hone their skills to tackle the threats posed from the cyber world. Inaugurating the Cyber Prevention, Awareness & Detection Centre (CyPAD) of Delhi Police and

Union Minister of Textiles, Smriti Zubin Irani, launched four projects in North East for the development of silk sector through video conference in New Delhi today. She inaugurated Muga silk seed production centre in Tura, Meghalaya, silk printing and processing unit in Agartala, Tripura, Eri spun

In its 20 th Executive Committee meeting held on 15 th February, 2019, sewerage infrastructure and other projects worth Rs.1387.71 cr focusing on towns along river Yamuna have been approved. The projects involve construction and renovation of sewage treatment plants, online monitoring systems of

TWENTY-FOUR youngsters, including three women, most of them tribals from the backward and conflict-torn Gadchiroli, will board a bus to Mumbai next week to collect diplomas from Mumbai University’s School of Economics and Public Policy. Many of them never got around to completing their Class 12, but