Current Affairs
November 22 , 2019
Global Bio-India Summit to begin in Delhi
Three-day Global Bio-India Summit will begin in New Delhi. It will be one of the largest biotechnology stakeholders’ conglomerates to be held in India for the first time. It will bring academia, innovators, researchers, start-ups, medium and large companies together on the same platform. over three thousand delegates from around 25 countries and ov...
November 21 , 2019
Census 2021 to be conducted in 16 languages-Home Ministry
The Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) expects Census 2021, which will be conducted in 16 languages, to cost around ₹8,754 crore. Certain changes have been made in the questionnaire on the suggestions of Technical Advisory Committee. In September, the mammoth nationwide exercise will be carried out in 16 languages. The reference date for the censu...
November 20 , 2019
Union Minister for Rural Development inaugurates SARAS at IITF 2019 in New Delhi
Union Minister for Rural Development Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated the SARAS India International Trade Fair at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi. Empowering rural women through Self-Help Groups is one of the top priorities of the government. More than seven crore women have joined Self-Help Groups so far and the Ministry is making all efforts to take...
November 19 , 2019
Yogi Adityanath inaugurates North India's 1st sugar mill which will produce ethanol
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has inaugurated North India's first sugar mill which will produce ethanol direct from sugarcane. The mill was inaugurated in Pipraich area of Gorakhpur. Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister said his government is working to restore the pride of Sugar Bowl’ of east Uttar Pradesh....
November 18 , 2019
India to host the 8th International Conference on Agricultural Statistics in New Delhi
The 8th International Conference on Agricultural Statistics (ICAS-VIII) will be organized by the Ministry of Agriculture in New Delhi from 18th to 21st November 2019. The conference will be inaugurated by the Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar and Chief Guest will be Bill Gates. The conference will be organis...
November 16 , 2019
Andhra Pradesh CM launches 'Nadu-Nedu' programme with Rs 12,000 crores to transform School Education
With an aim to transform the government schools in the state into vibrant and competitive institutions, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy launched the ‘Nadu-Nedu’ programme. That the government will overcome all the challenges with a goal to meet the requirements of what the changing world expected from the youth then years from no...
November 15 , 2019
CSIR-IMTECH signs MOU with IIT Bombay for collaborative research
CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH), Chandigarh signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay to promote collaborative research. The MoU will facilitate exchange of ideas, development of new knowledge and enhance high quality research acumen between the researchers and faculty of both the in...
November 14 , 2019
NCDEX ties up with NSE Indices to launch AGRIDEX, India's first agri index
The National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) has launched India’s first agri index — ‘NCDEX Agridex’, for easy reference to price variations in agricultural commodities. Launched with a composition of 10 leading liquid contracts on the NCDEX platform at present, the index is now available as ‘indicative’. It will be made tradable after b...
November 13 , 2019
Sishu Suraksha APP to be launched in Assam
The Assam State Commission for Protection of Child Rights is going to launch a mobile app Sishu Suraksha on the occasion of Children’s Day. The purpose of the app is to empower citizens to take moral responsibility of protecting future generations. The app can be used by anyone in the state to lodge a complaint which will be directly registered at...
November 12 , 2019
J&K govt sets up panel to declare Dal Lake as Eco-Sensitive Zone
The Jammu and Kashmir government has set up a ten-member committee to declare Srinagar's famous Dal Lake and its surrounding areas as an eco-sensitive zone (ESZ), following concerns over its shrinking size. Pollution and encroachments have resulted in the Dal Lake shrinking from its original area of 22 square kilometers to about 10 square kilometer...