Scheme Special Assistance To States For Capital Investment For 2022-23: The Government has launched a Scheme Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment for 2022-23. Under this Scheme, financial assistance is provided to the States Governments in the form of 50-year interest free loan for capital investment projects. For the 2022-23 Financial Year (FY) a […]
Month: October 2022
World’s First CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) Terminal
World’s First CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) Terminal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the “world’s first CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) terminal” at Bhavnagar in Gujarat on September 29. This is a three-year-old project that is expected to infuse Rs 4,000 crore in developing the existing port infrastructure at Bhavnagar. The Bhavnagar port […]
Operation GARUDA
Operation GARUDA: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has launched a multi-phase Operation GARUDA to dismantle drug networks with international linkages. The CBI is doing this in close coordination with enforcement actions across international jurisdictions through INTERPOL and Narcotics Control Bureau with special focus on Indian Ocean Region. Operation GARUDA seeks to target drug networks […]
Global Innovation Index
Global Innovation Index: India has climbed to the 40th rank in the Global Innovation Index of World Intellectual Property Organization. This is a huge leap of 41 places in 7 years. The World Intellectual Property Organization yesterday released the Global Innovation Index 2022 in which Switzerland has emerged as the world’s most innovative economy for […]
Pacific Islands
Pacific Islands: The United States announced $810 million in new funding for Pacific islands at a summit with President Joe Biden amid inroads by China in the strategic but sparsely populated region. The White House said $600 million will be in the form of a 10-year package to clean up and develop dirty waters to […]
Abortion
Abortion: In a historic judgment, the Supreme Court declared that single women with pregnancies between 20 and 24 weeks are entitled to access the same safe and legal abortion care as married women. The judgment came in an appeal by a person who wanted to terminate her pregnancy before her term completed 24 weeks. The […]
