Project NIGAH: Delhi Customs Zone, a field formation under the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, inaugurated project ‘NIGAH’ at Inland Container Depots (ICD) Garhi Harsaru, Gurugram. Project NIGAH is an initiative to track container by using ICTM (ICD Container Tracking Module) which will help in better visibility of the container movement inside the […]
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Green Hydrogen
Green Hydrogen: At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri said India will emerge as the leader of green hydrogen by taking advantage of the current energy crisis across the globe. The ‘green’ depends on how the electricity is generated to obtain the hydrogen, which does […]
The Report ‘Road Accidents In India 2020 : Transport Research Wing
The Report ‘Road Accidents In India 2020 : Transport Research Wing The report ‘Road accidents in India — 2020’, prepared by Transport Research Wing (TRW) of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), was released recently. Road accidents parameters registered a significant decline in 2020 compared to 2019. Total accidents decreased on an average […]
Nirdeshak : Second Of The Four Survey Vessels Project
Nirdeshak : Second Of The Four Survey Vessels Project ‘Nirdeshak’, the second of the four Survey Vessels (Large) (SVL) Project being built by GRSE in collaboration with L&T shipbuilding for Indian Navy was launched on 26 May 2022 at Kattupalli, Chennai. The ship has taken its name from erstwhile Nirdeshak which was also an Indian […]
National Achievement Survey (NAS)-2021
National Achievement Survey (NAS)-2021: The Ministry of Education released the National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2021 report. The Triennial Survey was conducted in November 2021. About 34 lakh students of 1.18 lakh schools in 720 districts from both rural and urban areas have participated in NAS 2021. It is a nationwide survey to assess the learning […]
Annual Survey Of Industries
Annual Survey Of Industries: Provisional results of the Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) was released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The survey was conducted during April 2021 to January 2022 through ASI Web Portal. ASI, the principal source of industrial statistics in India, is the most comprehensive data on organised manufacturing. […]
Bilateral Security And Defence Cooperation: India-Japan
Bilateral Security And Defence Cooperation: India-Japan India and Japan agreed to further enhance Bilateral Security and Defence Cooperation, including in defence manufacturing. Highlights of the Meeting: Both sides should work jointly towards implementing their decision to have 5 trillion yen in public and private investment and financing from Japan to India in the next five […]
‘Tomb Of Sand’ Won International Booker Prize
‘Tomb Of Sand’ Won International Booker Prize: Tomb of Sand’, has become the first book written in an Indian language to be awarded the International Booker Prize. Originally published in Hindi as Ret Samadhi, the book is written by Author Geetanjali Shree and translated into English by Daisy Rockwell. The book narrates the story of […]
7th India-Canada Joint JSTCC Meeting
7th India-Canada Joint JSTCC Meeting: Two memorandums of understanding (MoUs) were renewed at the 7th India-Canada Joint Science and Technology Cooperation Committee (JSTCC) meeting. The MoUs were signed by the Indian Ministry of Science and Technology with the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and National Research Council Canada (NRC), respectively, under […]
Bongosagar Exercise
Bongosagar Exercise: The third edition of Exercise Bongosagar, bilateral naval exercise between India and Bangladesh, commenced at Port Mongla, Bangladesh. It is an annual exercise. Second edition of the exercise, held in Northern Bay of Bengal in 2020. The exercise is aimed at developing a high degree of interoperability and joint operational skills through the […]
