PRASHAD Scheme: The Prime Minister has inaugurated various projects in Somnath, Gujarat under PRASHAD (Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual, Heritage Augmentation Drive) scheme at a total cost of over Rs 47 crore. The Somnath Exhibition Centre, developed on the premises of ‘Tourist Facilitation Centre’, displays the exhibits from dismantled parts of the old Somnath temple and […]
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Fifth Edition Of The National Bio Entrepreneurship Competition (NBEC)
Fifth Edition Of The National Bio Entrepreneurship Competition (NBEC): The Department of Biotechnology has launched the fifth edition of the National Bio Entrepreneurship Competition (NBEC). NBEC is conducted as a part of the Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) Regional Entrepreneurship Centre, established at Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP) in partnership with BIRAC. […]
US-India Bilateral Free Trade Agreement
US-India Bilateral Free Trade Agreement: Recent comment by Minister of Commerce and Industry about the prospects of US-India bilateral free trade agreement being very bleak now Other key highlights of the speech This is the first time the position of the new administration has been made official by both the government Despite this, both the […]
Draft Electricity (Late Payment Surcharge) Amendment Rules, 2021
Draft Electricity (Late Payment Surcharge) Amendment Rules, 2021: The Ministry of Power has proposed to amend rules for facilitating electricity producers to sell power to a third party, which it said can pare fixed costs and cut retail tariff for end consumers. The ministry circulated the draft Electricity (Late Payment Surcharge) Amendment Rules, 2021, seeking […]
Re-Imagining Urban Rivers
Re-Imagining Urban Rivers: National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) and the National Institute for Urban Affairs (NIUA) had organised ‘Re-Imagining Urban Rivers’, a national level thesis competition in September 2020, under a joint project that the two organizations are implementing to promulgate river- sensitive development in our cities. This is a first of its kind […]
Defence India Startup Challenge (DISC) 5.0
Defence India Startup Challenge (DISC) 5.0: Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh launched Defence India Startup Challenge (DISC) 5.0 under Innovations for Defence Excellence – Defence Innovation Organisation (iDEX-DIO) on August 19, 2021. Thirty five Problem Statements – 13 from the Services and 22 from Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs) – were unveiled under DISC 5.0. […]
Hazara Ethnic Group
Hazara Ethnic Group: Taliban militants in Afghanistan have vandalised and blown up a statue of Shiite militia leader Abdul Ali Mazari in the province of Bamiyan, the unofficial capital of the Hazara ethnic group. Mazari, widely known as a champion of the Hazaras, was executed by the Taliban in 1995. The Hazaras are an ethnic […]
Transparency of Pollution Control Boards
Non-Transparent Pollution Control Boards: A new report by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has revealed that most of the State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) and Pollution Control Committees (PCCs) in India remain non-transparent entities when it comes to sharing information with the public. CSE is a public interest research and advocacy NGO based […]
New Development Bank
New Development Bank: During BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) meet, India proposed that NDB’s (New Development Bank) scope be expanded to strengthen Social Infrastructure besides promoting industry. Social Infrastructure includes the construction and maintenance of facilities that support social services such as healthcare, education, and housing. India is the chair of the […]
Supreme Court on Tribunal Reforms Bill, 2021
Tribunal Reforms Bill Of 2021: The Supreme Court of India (SC) has challenged the government to produce material showing its reasons for introducing the Tribunal Reforms Bill of 2021. The Bill replaces the Tribunals Reforms (Rationalisation and Conditions of Service) Ordinance, 2021 which was quashed by the Supreme Court. Issues Raised by SC: Unconstitutional Legislative […]
