Digital India Week 2022: The Prime Minister has inaugurated the Digital India Week 2022 under the Digital India Programme, with the aim to strengthen Ease of Doing Business and Ease of Living. Theme: ‘Catalyzing New India’s Techade’. To transform the nation into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. During the programme, PM launched multiple […]
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Mekong – Lancang Cooperation
Mekong – Lancang Cooperation: Myanmar’s military government hosted the first high – level regional meeting since the Army took power in 2021. China’s Foreign Minister and counterparts from Mekong Delta nations attended the meeting. Foreign Minister of China along with his colleagues from Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam at the Mekong – Lancang Cooperation […]
States Startup Ranking 2021
States Startup Ranking 2021: The results of the 3rd edition of Ranking of States on Support to Startup Ecosystems were released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Gujarat and Karnataka appeared as the Best Performers in the States category. Meghalaya top among UTs and North-eastern States category. Kerala, Maharashtra, Orissa and Telangana won the […]
INAS 324 Squadron
INAS 324 Squadron: The Indian Navy commissioned a new Indian Naval Air Squadron 324 at eastern Naval Command. It will enhance the surveillance capability on the Eastern Seaboard. The unit is the Eastern Seaboard’s first Naval Squadron to use indigenously designed and built Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) MK III (MR) helicopters. It has been named […]
Development Of Enterprise And Service Hubs (DESH)
Development Of Enterprise And Service Hubs (DESH): The government plans to table the Development of Enterprise and Service Hubs (DESH) Bill to overhaul the special economic zones (SEZ) legislation. DESHs as the DESH Act will replace the current SEZ Act of 2005. WTO’s dispute settlement panel has ruled that India’s export-related schemes, including the SEZ […]
Niti Aayog Report On Alternatives To Plastics
Niti Aayog Report On Alternatives To Plastics: A Niti Ayog report has suggested on plastic alternatives or technologies making plastic degradable According To Report: India produces 3.47 mn tn of plastic waste/year, out of which 60% is collected for recycling. Goa, Delhi & Kerala have reported the highest per capita plastic waste generation, while Nagaland, […]
Large Hadron Collider
Large Hadron Collider: The world’s most powerful particle collider, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), will begin smashing protons into each other at unprecedented levels of energy beginning July 5. It is expected to throw up evidence of “new physics” — or physics beyond the Standard Model of Particle Physics, which explains how the basic building […]
Chenkurinji
Chenkurinji: Saving Chenkurinji from climate change The Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary derives its name from Gluta travancorica, a species endemic to the Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve known as ‘Chenkurinji’ in local parlance. Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area in the Western Ghats, India, located in Kollam district of Kerala and comes under the control of Agasthyamalai […]
India’s Flora And Fauna
India’s Flora And Fauna: India added 540 species to its faunal database in 2021 taking the total number of animal species to 1,03,258. The country also added 315 taxa to the Indian flora during 2021, taking the number of floral taxa in the country to 55,048. Of the 540 faunal species, 406 are new discoveries […]
Partnership For Global Infrastructure And Investment (PGII)
Partnership For Global Infrastructure And Investment (PGII): On June 26, the G-7 grouping of the world’s “most industrialised nations” Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the U.K., Japan and the U.S. along with the European Union (EU) launched a U.S.-led $600 billion Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGII) at their summit in Germany’s Schloss Elmau, where […]
