Current Affairs
November 26 , 2019
Government Launches Portal for Subsidy Scheme Under PMAY
Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri launched Credit Link Subsidy Scheme Awas Portal through which people seeking to avail housing subsidy under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban will be able to track their applications. Under CLSS, the Centre provides interest subsidy of up to around Rs 2.67 lakh on home loans to individuals, which reduces the pri...
November 25 , 2019
India to host SCO forum of Young Scientists and Innovators next year
The 5th Meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Member States Heads of Ministries and Departments of Science and Technology and Permanent Working Group on S&T Cooperation concluded in Moscow, Russia. India will host the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Forum of Young Scientists and Innovators in 2020, a proposal it had mooted in t...
November 23 , 2019
Jal Shakti Minister releases short documentary film on Water Conservation named 'SHIKHAR SE PUKAR'
Union Minister for Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat released a short documentary film on Water Conservation named 'SHIKHAR SE PUKAR' in New Delhi. The film has been made to promote 'Jalshakti Abhiyan' and is based on the Journey of an IAS Officer Ravindra Kumar, who climbed Everest this year to attract the attention of people from top of the Eve...
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...