Asia Pacific Public Sector Cyber Security Executive Council: MICROSOFT: Microsoft has launched the first-ever “Asia Pacific Public Sector Cyber Security Executive Council”. It was launched with the aim of building a strong communications channel to address cyber threats and to share best practices among participating countries. Cybersecurity Council comprises policy makers and influencers from […]
BRICS Foreign Ministers Meeting 2021
BRICS Foreign Ministers Meeting: BRICS foreign ministers meeting held virtually on June 1, 2021. During the minister’s meet, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar highlighted significant principles which were guiding BRICS. He also referred to international law and the UN Charter which recognizes sovereign equality of all states and respects territorial integrity. According to him, […]
World Milk Day 2021
World Milk Day: Every year, the first day of June is observed as World Milk Day. On this occasion, the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying announced the launch of the Gopal Ratna Awards and integration of the e-Gopala App with the UMANG platform. UMANG Platform: Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance (UMANG) […]
State Of Finance For Nature Report 2021
State Of Finance For Nature Report: The UN report, titled State of Finance for Nature, analyzes the investment flow in nature-based solutions (NbS) and identifies the future investment needed to meet the climate change, biodiversity and land degradation targets (set in three Rio Conventions). The report was jointly produced by the United Nations Environment […]
Government e-Marketplace (GeM) : Scope Expansion
Government e-Marketplace (GeM): Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs Piyush Goyal called upon Government e-Marketplace (GeM), public procurement portal to expand its scope and include more participants in GeM portal for public procurement of both Products & Services. GeM is an online marketplace that was launched in 2016. Objective: To ensure that public […]
One Nation One Standard Mission Of BIS
One Nation One Standard” Mission Of BIS: RDSO (Research Design & Standards Organization) of Indian Railways has become the FIRST Institution to be declared SDO under “One Nation One Standard” mission of BIS ( Bureau of Indian Standards) which is an Institution under Department of Consumer Affairs. To attain “ Nation One Standard” vision […]
Dr. K.P. Krishnan Committee
Dr. K.P. Krishnan Headed Expert Committee: Dr. K.P. Krishnan headed the expert committee on the Variable Capital Company has submitted its report on the feasibility of Variable Capital Companies in the International Financial Services Centres in India to the Chairperson of the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA), Shri. Injeti Srinivas. The IFSCA set […]
Central Government Health Scheme
Central Government Health Scheme: Union Minister of Health launched the revamped Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) and the Umbrella schemes of Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN) and Health Minister’s Discretionary Grant (HMDG) on National Health Authority (NHA)’s IT platform for providing cashless, paperless and citizen-centric services. Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS): The CGHS is a […]
‘Pradhan Mantri Gareeb Kalyan Package for Health Workers Fighting COVID-19
‘Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP) Insurance Scheme For Health Workers Fighting COVID-19’: The Union Government has extended the ‘Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP) Insurance Scheme for Health Workers Fighting COVID-19’ for one year This will continue to provide the safety net to the dependents of health workers, who are deputed to take […]
What is SATAT Initiative?
SATAT Initiative: Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas presided over a virtual ceremony in which a number of initiatives were launched to provide major fillip to the SATAT initiative. This included signing of a Cooperation Agreement by Oil and Gas majors including IndianOil, HPCL, BPCL, GAIL and IGL, for the promotion and development […]
