The 48th meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Mission for Clean Ganga witnessed the approval of eight projects worth Rs 638 crore. The projects are aimed at cleaning and conserving the Ganges river and its tributaries. Four projects worth Rs. 407.39 crore were approved for pollution abatement in the Shamli district in an…
Shaili Singh, the long jumper, has qualified for the Asian Games 2023, to be held in Hangzhou, China, by surpassing the Athletics Federation of India’s qualifying standard of 6.45m with a jump of 6.76m, the second-best by an Indian athlete after Anju Bobby George. At the Indian Grand Prix 4 2023 athletics meet in Bangalore,…
The Indian government plans to merge two dairy schemes, the Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF) and the Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF), to encourage private sector investment in dairy and meat processing infrastructure. Despite India’s position as the world’s largest milk and one of the largest poultry meat producers, the unorganised sector…
The 100th meeting of various working groups under India’s G20 chairmanship began in Varanasi on April 17. Union Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways and Civil Aviation V K Singh inaugurated the meeting of Chief Agricultural Scientists held at Hotel Taj. Speaking on the occasion, Gen (Retd) VK Singh said that the meeting…
The annual trade figures released by the Union Ministry of Commerce states that the UAE has retained its position as India’s second most important export destination. The US is at the second position. India’s overall exports of merchandise and services increased by six percent during the same period. The third place in this category has…
President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated the National Panchayat Awards Week and conferred the National Panchayat Awards during the ‘National Conference on Incentivisation of Panchayats-cum-Award Ceremony’ in New Delhi. In her address to the gathering, the President emphasized the importance of villages in the development of the country and said that villagers should have the right to…
An MoU has been signed between Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve and the Indian Highways Management Company Limited (IHMCL) in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to enable a FASTag-based payment system at forest entry points. The initiative aims to provide visitors with a seamless and efficient entry process, allowing them to enjoy the natural beauty and wildlife of…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a series of projects worth over Rs. 3,400 crore in Guwahati, Assam. During the event, he inaugurated AIIMS Guwahati and three other medical colleges and laid the foundation stone for the Assam Advanced Health Care Innovation Institute (AAHII). The Prime Minister had laid the foundation stone for this state-of-the-art hospital…
The number of documents required to register holding or core investment companies has been reduced from 52 to 18 by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The RBI conducted a comprehensive review of the registration process for core investment companies (CICs). The necessary documents for registration now include details on access to public funds and…
The Indian government has denied a report by The Times claiming that talks on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and the United Kingdom had been halted. The report had suggested that the talks were in trouble following pro-Khalistan demonstrations outside the Indian Embassy in London during which the Indian flag was insulted. In…
