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Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) was set up on 26 September 1942. This year, this one of the largest R&D organisations of India is celebrating its 81st Foundation Day. 37 laboratories spread across the country, celebrate this special day at their own place. Delhi based CSIR laboratory the National …

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has expressed pride for Indian Innovators as India climbs to the 40th rank in  the Global Innovation Index of World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). “Innovation is the buzzword across India. Proud of our innovators. We’ve come a long way and want to scale even …

Facing a threat: Kangayam bulls graze at ‘Korangadu’, a pasture land. Exotic species are invading the grassland, posing a threat to the native grasses. In the Tamil landscape, the word Kaalai (a bull) immediately conjures up the image of a five-foot animal having pigmented skin with a big hump, a …

The National Disaster Management Authority celebrated its 18th Formation Day today in New Delhi. The vision of NDMA is “To build a safe and disaster resilient India by developing a holistic, proactive, multi-disaster oriented and technology - driven strategy through a culture of prevention, mitigation, preparedness and response”. The theme for this …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

National Action Plan for Toys (NAPT) 2020 was introduced to promote the Indian toy industry including traditional handicrafts and handmade toys with the objective of establishing India as a global Toy hub. Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) along with 14 ministries of Central Government is currently …

Government to de-notify 207 hectares of land in the National Wildlife Sanctuary of Chambal – Shri Tomar Due to the sanctuary area being revenue land, sand availability will be at the local level, employment will increase Farmers will get high yield seeds from the seed farm and the socio-economic level …

Recently, an outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) has been declared in Uganda following the affirmation of a relatively uncommon Sudan pressure case. EVD, previously acknowledged as Ebola haemorrhagic fever is an endemic with occasional outbreaks that arise totally on the African continent. Ebola virus was first located in 1976 close to the Ebola River in what’s now the Democratic Republic of Congo. It maximum commonly impacts humans and nonhuman primates (along with monkeys, gorillas, and chimpanzees). It is because of an contamination with a set of viruses within the genus …

Recently, The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has eliminated the Central Bank of India (CBI) from its Prompt Corrective Action Framework (PCAF) after CBI showed development in diverse economic ratios, inclusive of minimal regulatory capital and Net Non-Performing Assets (NNPAs). The RBI had imposed the PCA norms on CBI in June 2017 because of its excessive internet NPA and Negative Return of Assets (RoA). PCAF PCA is a framework beneathneath which banks with weak economic metrics are positioned beneathneath watch with …