Reform Express Initiative: Union Railway Minister has announced five new reforms under the Reform Express initiative to modernize cargo and passenger services. The Reform Express is a comprehensive policy framework launched in 2026 to fast-track the transformation of Indian Railways into a more efficient, transparent, and passenger-friendly network. The initiative is spearheaded by the Ministry […]
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Districts as Export Hubs (DEH) Initiative
Districts as Export Hubs (DEH) Initiative: The Minister of State for Ministry of Commerce & Industry informed the Lok Sabha about the Districts as Export Hubs (DEH) Initiative. It was launched in 2019 to foster balanced regional development across all districts of the country. The objective of DEH is to identify, brand and promote products […]
Anti-Dumping Probe into Ethyl Chloroformate
Anti-Dumping Probe into Ethyl Chloroformate: The Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR), under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, has launched an anti-dumping investigation into the alleged dumping of ethyl chloroformate from China to protect the domestic chemical industry. The DGTR has also opened a separate anti-dumping investigation into imports of hexamine, another chemical […]
Smog-eating Photocatalytic Coating
Smog-eating Photocatalytic Coating: The Delhi government and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras collaborated to study “smog-eating” photocatalytic coatings on roads. Smog-eating Photocatalytic Coating is designed to neutralize harmful gases like nitrogen dioxide and volatile hydrocarbons that contribute to toxic air. It usually uses titanium dioxide as a coating which has advantages for being low-cost […]
Agri-photovoltaics (agriPV)
Agri-photovoltaics (agriPV): In the 2026-27 Budget, the outlay for the PM-KUSUM scheme nearly doubled to ₹5,000 crore, with the government considering a National Agri-photovoltaics Mission to achieve 10 GW of capacity.This move positions Agri-photovoltaics (agriPV) as a primary solution to India’s land-use conflict between food security and the 300 GW solar target for 2030.AgriPV is […]
RELIEF Initiative
RELIEF Initiative: The Government of India has approved the RELIEF (Resilience & Logistics Intervention for Export Facilitation) scheme to support exporters facing severe maritime disruptions in West Asia. It is aimed at supporting Indian exporters affected by extraordinary freight escalation, heightened insurance premia and war-related export risks arising from disruptions in the Gulf and wider […]
Vietnam : In News
Vietnam : In News A high-level bilateral meeting between the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India, and the Ministry of Ethnic and Religious Affairs, Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, was convened. It is located in the eastern portion of mainland Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, and Cambodia […]
Cotton Corporation of India
Cotton Corporation of India: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved Minimum Support Price (MSP) funding to the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) for the cotton season 2023–24. It was established in 1970. It is a Public Sector Undertaking under the Companies Act 1956. Nodal Ministry: It works under the administrative control of Ministry […]
IOS SAGAR : Second Edition
IOS SAGAR : Second Edition The second edition of Indian Ocean Ship (IOS) SAGAR commenced. Indian Ocean Ship (IOS) Sagar is a maritime security cooperation initiative in the Southwest Indian Ocean Region (IOR). It is the second edition of Indian Ocean Ship (IOS) SAGAR initiative. It is designed as a unique operational engagement programme that […]
Discovery of the Xi-cc-plus Baryon at CERN
Discovery of the Xi-cc-plus Baryon at CERN: The Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has announced the discovery of a new particle, the Xi-cc-plus, a heavy baryon that will help physicists better understand how the strong force binds protons, neutrons and other composite particles together. The Xi-cc-plus consists of […]
