What Is An e- visa? India has decided to “invalidate” or cancel all visas issued to Afghan nationals, including about 2,000 issued in the last few months, as the Taliban began to make advances across the country. Now, all Afghans must enter India now only on special e-visas applied online. The government was concerned that […]
Tag: 27th Aug 2021
Delta Variant Sub-Lineage AY.12 – COVID 19
Delta Variant Sub-lineage AY.12: According to a report by the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), a new sub-lineage AY.12 of the Delta variant of Covid-19 that was recently classified in Israel is now being reported in many parts of India. INSACOG is a multi-laboratory, multi-agency, Pan-India network to monitor genomic variations in the SARS-CoV-2 by […]
37th Pragati Meeting
37th Pragati Meeting: The Prime Minister (PM) chaired the 37th edition of Pro-Active Governance And Timely Implementation (PRAGATI) – the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) based multimodal platform, involving Central and State governments. The PM reviewed various projects worth Rs 1,26,000 crores along with the ‘One Nation – One Ration Card’ (ONORC) scheme’. The ONORC […]
Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine For Infants – Andhra Pradesh
Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) Immunisation Drive For Infants.: The Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh has launched Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) immunisation drive for infants. Earlier in December 2020, India’s first fully indigenously developed pneumococcal conjugate vaccine “Pneumosil” was launched. It prevents pneumococcal disease. It can protect both children and adults from pneumococcal disease. The vaccine […]
Key Indicators For Asia And The Pacific 2021 – Asian Development Bank
Key Indicators For Asia And The Pacific 2021: Asian Development Bank (ADB) released a report titled as the Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2021. The report demonstrated that the region made substantial progress in the last two decades with respect to several development targets. It presents comprehensive economic, financial, social and environmental statistics […]
KAZIND-21
KAZIND-21: As part of military diplomacy and to strengthen the growing strategic relation with Kazakhstan, the 5th edition of Indo- Kazakhstan Joint Training Exercise, “KAZIND-21” will be conducted at Training Node, Aisha Bibi, Kazakhstan, from 30 August to 11 September 2021. The exercise is a joint training between both the Armies, which will boost the […]
SAMRIDH Programme
SAMRIDH Programme.: Minister of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) launched Startup Accelerators of MeitY for pRoduct Innovation, Development and growth (SAMRIDH) programme. SAMRIDH will create a conducive platform for Indian software product startups to enhance their products and secure investments for scaling their business. The programme is being implemented by MeitY Start-up Hub (MSH). Government […]
World Water Week 2021
World Water Week 2021: World Water Week 2021 is being held entirely online, 23-27 August, with the theme Building Resilience Faster. World Water Week is the leading annual event on global water issues, organized by Stockholm International Water Institute since 1991. It is a week-long global water conference held each year in late August or […]
EASE 4.0 – Important Points
EASE 4.0: Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman today unveiled the fourth edition of the Public Sector Bank (PSB) Reforms Agenda ‘EASE 4.0’ for 2021-22 – tech-enabled, simplified, and collaborative banking She also unveiled the annual report for the PSB Reforms Agenda EASE 3.0 for 2020-21. Public Sector Banks have reported […]
SUJALAM – 100 Days Campaign
‘SUJALAM’, A ‘100 Days Campaign: The Ministry of Jal Shakti began ‘SUJALAM’, a ‘100 days campaign’ to create more and more ODF Plus villages by undertaking waste water management at village level particularly through creation of 1 million Soak-pits and also other Grey water management activities. The key activities that will be organised in the […]
