2nd Global Fintech Fest-2021: The Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, while addressing the 2nd Global Fintech Fest-2021 said, “At 87%, India has the highest FinTech adoption rate in the world against the global average of 64%.” Investment inflow in the Fintech sector has gone up to $10Bn since it started in 2016. India is […]
Category: Important Events
DigiSaksham
DigiSaksham: Union Minister for Labour and Employment launched DigiSaksham – a digital skills programme to enhance the employability of youth by imparting digital skills that are required in an increasingly technology driven era. This joint initiative with Microsoft india is an extension of the Government’s ongoing programs to support the youth from rural and semi-urban […]
UN Food Systems Summit 2021
UN Food Systems Summit: The UN Food Systems Summit is taking place in New York. It will seek to set the stage for global food systems transformation to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. It is envisioned that the Summit will have objectives and outcomes including to: Raise awareness of food systems’ centrality to […]
National Snakebite Awareness Summit
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 […]
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 […]
