Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has today announced that the DadasahebPhalke Award for the year 2020 will be accorded to legendary actress Ms Asha Parekh The award will be presented at the National Film Award ceremony in New Delhi. Announcing the decision Union Minister Shri Anurag Thakur said “I am …

Bathukamma festival represents the culture and identity of the people of Telangana and involves the worship of Maha Gauri – “Life Giver” in the form of Gauri Devi Ministry of Culture organized the celebration of Bathukamma festival being at Kartavyapath, India Gate, New Delhi, today. Bathukamma Festival is an annual celebration …

President of India Inaugurates Integrated Cryogenic Engine Manufacturing Facility of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited; Also Lays The Foundation Stone for The Zonal Institute of Virology (South Zone) The President of India, SmtDroupadiMurmu, inaugurated the Integrated Cryogenic Engine Manufacturing Facility of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in Bengaluru today (September 27, 2022). She …

Manufacturing continues to be the largest institutional employer in the country, employing about 38.5% of the workers, according to the fourth round (January-March 2022) of the Quarterly Employment Survey (QES), which is a part of the All India Quarterly Establishment based Employment Survey (AQEES). The survey, which was released by …

On September 27, at 4:44 am IST, the DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft collided with the space rock Dimorphos (just 160 metres wide). NASA has confirmed that the collision of the auto-rickshaw sized 600 kilogram weighing DART, on the football stadium-sized Dimorphos, about five billion kilogram in mass (orbiting …

On August 18, 2022, the Investment Board Nepal signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with India’s National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) Limited to develop the West Seti and Seti River (SR6) projects — a total of 1,200 MW. Interestingly, nearly four years have passed since China’s withdrawal from the project …

There is a buzz in India about the prospects of the country becoming a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. India’s External Affairs Minister has been actively canvassing for the country’s candidature, meeting his counterparts from several countries. He has repeated the call, made often in the past, …

Earlier, the government had extended the due date for the Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20 to September 30, 2022. Foreign Trade Policy provides a framework for increasing exports of goods and services as well as generation of employment and increasing value addition in the country. The Commerce Ministry on Monday announced …

Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs launches ‘SwachhToycathon’, a competition to design toys from waste material In response to Prime Minister’s clarion call for making the toy industry environment friendly, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) is taking a step towards achieving circularity in toy sector. Under the National …

Union Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati, Shri Giriraj Singh will launch the App tomorrow Ministry of Rural Development has developed “JALDOOT App” that will be used across the country to capture the water level of selected wells in a village. Union Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Shri …

AVGAS 100 LL, special aviation fuel meant for piston engine aircrafts and Unmanned Ariel Vehicles launched today Nation will save precious foreign exchange with launch of indigenous AVGAS 100 LL IndianOil becomes the first Oil Marketing Company to produce and market AVGAS 100 LL in the country Highlighting the importance …

In one of the first initiatives to promote eco-alternatives to banned single use plastics and innovation and startup ecosystem in the country, the National Expo on alternatives to banned single use plastics items and Conference of Startups -2022, was inaugurated today at Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai, On this occasion, a …

Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS), launched under Startup India initiative in 2016 by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has committed Rs. 7,385 crore to 88 Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) as of 24th September 2022. These AIFs in turn have invested Rs. 11,206 crore in 720 startups. FFS has …

Chief Justice of India U.U. Lalit on Monday assured a litigant that a dedicated platform is being planned to livestream Supreme Court proceedings. The Chief Justice’s remarks came a few days after Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, in a similar fashion, spoke in open court about the opening up of a Right …

In a bid to make India’s $10 billion chip-making initiative more attractive to investors, the Centre on September 21, approved changes to the scheme for the development of a semiconductor and display manufacturing ecosystem. Semiconductors are the thumbnail-sized building blocks of almost every modern electronic device from smartphones toconnected devices …

The Union government is pushing tech giants to make smartphones compatible with its homegrown navigation system within months, worrying the likes of Samsung, Xiaomi and Apple who fear elevated costs and disruptions as the move requires hardware changes, according to two industry sources and government documents seen by Reuters. NaviC …

Post India- UAE CEPA, India’s non-petroleum exports to UAE grow by 14% Year-on-Year during June-August 2022 Growth in exports achieved amidst significant global macroeconomic headwinds India-UAE CEPA bears fruit; India’s non petroleum exports to UAE grow by more than 5 times The India-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) which came …

“PM-JAY beneficiaries are the most important stakeholder in the largest public health insurance scheme”: Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya “PM-JAY has been successful in bridging gap between the rich and underserved population groups in terms of accessibility of healthcare services in the country” “Target of 10 lakh Ayushman Cards to be made …

A two day National Conference of Ministers of Environment, Forest and Climate Change was held in Ekta Nagar, Gujarat on 23-24th September, 2022. The conference was inaugurated by the Prime Minister virtually. During  a  parallel session on Control and Prevention of Pollution, the States were informed regarding guidelines  on ‘Swachh Vayu …

Centre to focus on key sectors like semiconductors to achieve PM Modi’s vision of an ‘aatmanirbhar Bharat’ Reduction in compliance burden brings down cost and enhances ease of doing business in the country Production Linked Incentive Scheme (PLI) gives huge boost to localised manufacturing with all 14 schemes being operational …