Miscellaneous

Union Cabinet has approved launching of National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) to be implemented by Department of Science &Technology at a total outlay of Rs. 3660 crore for a period of five years. The Mission addresses the ever increasing technological requirements

After the success of container cargo being shipped from Kolkata to Varanasi earlier this year, Bihar’s capital Patna will be witness to a new landmark in India’s Inland Water Transport (IWT) sector with 16 TEUs of container cargo (equivalent to 16 truckloads) belonging to food giants PepsiCo India

The Union Cabinet has approved implementation of Shahpurkandi Dam Project, Punjab on river Ravi. For this, Central Assistance of Rs. 485.38 cr (for irrigation component) would be provided over five years from 2018-19 to 2022-23. Implementation of this project would help minimising some of the water

All new vehicles will be sold pre-fitted with High Security Registration Plates – HSRP from the 1 st of April next year. The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has notified amendments in Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 to this effect. The notification mandates that the High Security

Ending the country’s long wait for a programme to ensure safety of witnesses, the Supreme Court Wednesday approved a Witness Protection Scheme drawn up by the government and asked the Centre, states and Union Territories to “enforce” it “in letter and spirit”. The court held that the right to life

Ministry of Railways has decided to earmark reserved accommodation in trains for female passengers in a bid to provide solace in their journey. In this context, it has been decided that a reservation quota of six berths in 3 AC class of all Rajdhani/Duronto/fully Air Conditioned trains (having 3 AC

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said that with the assistance of Centre, Northeast will focus on bamboo industry in a big way, since this is a sector

In a bid to promote bio-fuel run vehicles, the government on Monday issued notification amending the Central Motor Vehicle Rules,1989 to include dual-fuel vehicles for agricultural tractors and construction equipment vehicles. Agriculture tractors, power tillers, construction equipment vehicles and

Agro-forestry or farm forestry will be India’s key strategy to reduce its carbon footprint so as to meet its goals under the Paris climate agreement according to the submission the country plans to make at the COP 24 climate conference that’s being held in Poland. The forest conservation division of

Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide a $85 million loan to improve the skill development eco-system in Odisha and establish an advanced skill training center, the World Skill Center (WSC), in the state capital Bhubaneswar. The project will help over 150,000 people learn skills in priority

The Ministry of Home Affairs has come out with a booklet on cyber safety for teenagers that tries to address their increased use of smartphones, gadgets, online gaming, social media and fake news. The booklet, titled “A Handbook for Students on Cyber Safety”, also deals with the problems of cyber

After devising nasal filters to keep out PM 2.5 particles, a team from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, has now come up with Pollution Net — a nano-fibre mesh that will help with indoor pollution by preventing the entry of pollutants inside homes. The product was launched at the IIT