Miscellaneous

Ministry of Defence aims to mobilise 50 lakh people from its own ranks and the local communities to participate in plogging throughout the country on December 07, 2019 as part of the activities of Swachhta Pakhwada. Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh will lead the ‘Swachhta Day’ event, being organised

The Human Space Mission: Gaganyaan is targeted for December 2021. The Gaganyaan Programme has been approved by the Government of India. The design and configuration of major subsystem are finalized. The procurement and system/ subsystem realisation for tests and flight has commenced. The crew

GOAL (Going Online as Leaders) is a digitally-enabled mentorship initiative of Facebook for empowering tribal youth to become leaders for tomorrow in the respective fields. GOAL Project is stated to aim at identifying and mobilizing renowned people from industry (policy makers and influencers)

The HRD Ministry in partnership with MyGov has launched a ‘short essay’ competition for students of classes 9 to 12 for the third edition of Prime Minister’s Interaction Programme with school students "Pariksha Pe Charcha 2020” proposed to be held next month. The entries for the competition, to be

Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu launched the POSHAN Anthem in New Delhi today. The aim of the POSHAN Anthem is to inspire people to join the movement to fight the scourge of malnutrition. Speaking on this occasion the Vice President of India congratulated Prasoon Joshi and Shankar Mahadevan, the

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India on 2 nd December 2019 signed a $206 million loan to develop water supply and sewerage infrastructure in 5 cities of Tamil Nadu and strengthen capacities of urban local bodies (ULBs) for improved service delivery. This is the second project

Following the three successful rounds of bidding, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has launched the 4 th round of Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS)- UdeDeshKaAamNagrik( UDAN) to further enhance the connectivity to remote and regional areas of the country. Focus of this round would be the priority

Andhra Pradesh is making it expensive to consume liquor while it works towards implementing prohibition, and women, especially those from rural areas who led the campaign to restrict the sale of liquor, are relieved the men are sober and not squandering their earnings. On May 30, Y S Jagan Mohan

Sub lieutenant Shivangi on Monday carved out a place for herself in naval aviation history by becoming the first woman pilot in the Indian Navy, a defence ministry spokesperson said. Until now, women officers only served as observers on board aircraft such as the P-8I submarine hunters and Ilushyin

The Government has de-classified all records relating to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and Azad Hind Fauj and placed them in the National Archives of India. The details of de-classified records relating to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose are as below: Sl. No. Ministry/Office No. of records/files i Prime

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has announced institution of the first ever National Startup Awards. The National Startup Awards seek to recognize and reward outstanding startups and ecosystem enablers that are building innovative products or solutions and

मिल्कफेड अब गांव-गांव पहुंचकर पशुपालकों से गोबर भी खरीदेगा। उपलों के रूप में गोबर को दुग्ध समितियों के माध्यम से खरीदा जाएगा। इन उपलों का इस्तेमाल प्रदेश के तमाम मिल्क प्लांटों के बायलर चलाने के लिए होगा। इससे जहां पशुपालकों को आर्थिक फायदा होगा, वहीं मिल्क प्लांट में डीजल से होने वाले पर्यावरण