World Employment And Social Outlook – Trends (WESO Trends) 2022: ILO The International Labour Organisation (ILO) released a report titled World Employment and Social Outlook – Trends (WESO Trends) 2022. The Outlook remains fragile because the future path of the pandemic remains uncertain. The WESO Trends includes comprehensive labour market projections for 2022 and 2023. […]
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National Centre For Good Governance (NCGG)
National Centre For Good Governance (NCGG): In order to promote inclusive good governance, strengthening of local institutions and effective implementation of government programmes, the National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG), Government of India and National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj (NIRD & PR), Hyderabad signed MoU on 17th January 2022. The main purpose […]
International Roaming SIM Cards: Revised T and C
International Roaming: As part of the policy reforms initiated in telecom sector, the Department of Telecom (DOT) has issued the “Revised terms & conditions for issue/renewal of NOC for sale/rent of International Roaming SIM Cards/ Global Calling Cards of Foreign Operators in India”. The revised terms & conditions strengthens the mechanism to protect the interests […]
Sustaining Food Production under Environmental Stress
Sustaining Food Production under Environmental Stress: Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh addressed the India-UK meet on “Sustaining Food Production under Environmental Stress” through virtual mode. The Workshop is being organized jointly by National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), Mohali, an institute under Department of Biotechnology, Government of India and University of Birmingham, UK and supported by […]
North East Cane and Bamboo Development Council
NECBDC: NECBDC sponsored a training programme on “Bamboo Shoot Processing and Preservation” which was conducted by the NECBDC empanelled cluster M/s Delicacies food processing Center, Meghalaya the same venue from 13th to 17th, December 2021. North East Cane and Bamboo Development Council (NECBDC) is under the Ministry of DoNER, Govt. of India. Formerly known as […]
Segregation of Domestic Hazardous Waste
Domestic Hazardous Waste: Segregation of domestic hazardous waste remains a distant dream for most Indian cities in absence of robust framework and infrastructure. Indore is the only city in the country that safely handles its domestic hazardous waste. Domestic Hazardous Waste is any chemical or product that can cause serious illness or pose an environmental […]
Open Data Week
Open Data Week: The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has announced the initiation of the Open Data Week to encourage the adoption of open data and promote innovation across India’s urban ecosystem. It is being conducted during the third week of January, i.e., from 17th January 2022 to 21st January 2022. The idea […]
What is Web 3.0?
Web 3.0: The concept of Web3, also called Web 3.0, used to describe a potential next phase of the internet, created quite a buzz in 2021. World Wide Web, which is also known as a Web, is a collection of websites or web pages stored in web servers and connected to local computers through the […]
National Technical Textiles Mission
National Technical Textiles Mission: The Ministry of Textiles cleared 20 strategic research projects worth Rs 30 crores in the areas of Specialty fibers and Geotextiles under the Programme ‘National Technical Textiles Mission.’ It was approved in 2020 by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) with the aim to position the country as a global […]
Oxfam Report: Inequality Kills
Oxfam Report: The Oxfam report titled “Inequality Kills’’ was released, the report pointed out a stark income divide worsened by the Covid pandemic, globally and in India. Magnitude of Growing Inequities: Widening economic, gender, and racial inequalities—as well as the inequality that exists between countries—are tearing our world apart. The wealth of the world’s 10 […]
