National Snakebite Awareness Summit: National Snakebite Awareness Summit was recently organised in virtual mode by the Integrated Health and Wellbeing Council, New Delhi. The summit was held on the eve of the International Snakebite Awareness Day, observed on 19 September every year. India is registering an alarming number of deaths due to snakebite. Most of […]
Category: Important Events
G-20 Agriculture Meet 2021
G-20 Agriculture Meet 2021: India’s Agriculture Minister addressed the G20 Agriculture meeting virtually. It is one of the ministerial meetings organised as part of the G20 Leaders Summit 2021 to be hosted by Italy in October 2021. Highlights of the Meet: Signed a final statement named the “Florence Sustainability Charter”. It will strengthen cooperation between […]
Planetarium Innovation Challenge
Planetarium Innovation Challenge: MyGov India, under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), has launched the Planetarium Innovation Challenge for Indian start-ups and tech entrepreneurs. The challenge invites applications from start-ups and tech entrepreneurs to develop state-of-the-art technology for our Planetariums. The challenge aims to bring together the tech firms and Start-ups (based out […]
Shoonya Campaign
Shoonya Campaign: NITI Aayog and Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) and RMI India have launched the Shoonya Campaign. RMI is an independent nonprofit organization founded in 1982. It is an initiative to promote zero-pollution delivery vehicles by working with consumers and industry. The campaign will promote the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) in the urban deliveries […]
Project Udaan
Project Udaan: With an aim to break the language barrier that many students face when they join institutes of higher education, IIT-Bombay launched ‘Project Udaan’. It enables translation of textbooks and other study material related to engineering and other streams. Ganesh and his team have built an Artificial Intelligence-based translation ecosystem, which can help translate […]
Connect Karo 2021
Connect Karo 2021: The Union Home Minister addressed the ‘Connect Karo 2021’ – Towards Equitable, Sustainable Indian Cities’ Event. It is part of a global series of events that World Resources Institute (WRI) India organizes and hosts, to bring together Indian and global leaders, and other stakeholders committed towards designing inclusive, sustainable and climate forward […]
FOSS4Gov Innovation Challenge
FOSS4Gov Innovation Challenge: The government has extended the last date of participation and submission in FOSS4Gov Innovation Challenge till 15th of September. Ministry of Electronics and IT has appealed to the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) innovators to participate in large numbers to drive the FOSS revolution to its maximum potential. In July this […]
Shikshak Parv 2021
Shikshak Parv 2021: The Shiksha Parv is being celebrated by the Ministry of Education from 5th-17th September to recognize the contributions of teachers and to take New Education Policy (NEP) 2020 a step forward. The Prime Minister launched multiple key initiatives in the education sector on the occasion. Five Initiatives Launched: Indian Sign Language Dictionary: […]
DefExpo 2022
DefExpo-2022 The 12th edition of DefExpo will be held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat in March 2022. DefExpo is a flagship biennial event of the Ministry of Defence, showcasing the land, naval, air as well as homeland security systems. The aim of the DefExpo 2022 is to build upon the vision to achieve Atmanirbharta’ in defence and […]
World University Rankings 2022
World University Rankings 2022 Edition: The Times Higher Education (THE) recently released its World University Rankings 2022 edition. THE, formerly known as The Times Higher Education Supplement (THES), is a magazine reporting specifically on news and issues related to higher education. Earlier, Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) released the QS World University Rankings 2022. The rankings cover […]
