Year: 2021

Government caps Trade Margin on Oxygen Concentrators; Trade Margins capped at 70%; NPPA to inform revised MRPs within a week […]

6 Atmanirbar Submaries to be produced

Defence Acquisition Council, headed by Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh, approves RFP for construction of six submarines at approx cost of Rs 43,000 crore;
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Indigenous Tumour Antigen gets TradeMark

DBT-NII Receives Trademark for India’s First Indigenous Tumour Antigen SPAG9

ASPAGNIITM is being used in dendritic cell (DC) based immunotherapy in cervical, ovarian cancer and will also be used in breast cancer. […]

Scheme Guildelines PLI Scheme of White goods released

Scheme Guidelines issued for Production Linked Incentive Scheme for White Goods (Air Conditioners and LED Lights) manufacturers in India; Applications Invited from 15th June 2021 to 15th September […]

Former Mauritius PM & President Anerood Jugnauth passes away

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi calls His Excellency Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, Prime Minister of Mauritius, to convey condolences for Sir Anerood Jugnauth […]

DPIIT has 50K Startups listed

Number of startups recognized by DPIIT goes up to Fifty Thousand; About 1.7 lakh jobs created by recognized startups in 2020-2021 […]

India exports 11,49,341 MT of Marine products

India exports 11,49,341 MT of Marine products during 2020-21; Aquaculture sector performs better; uptick in tilapia and ornamental fish exports […]

Telecom Department announces Operational Guidelines for PLI Scheme

Telecom Department announces Operational Guidelines for PLI Scheme for telecom & Networking equipment;
Aims to make India a global manufacturing hub for telecom and networking products […]

NCSM and London Science Museum Group to organise a unique travelling exhibition

NCSM and Science Museum Group, London to jointly organise a unique travelling exhibition to tell the story of global efforts to develop vaccines at pandemic speed […]

Mahindra to produce Surveillance Systems for Defence

Ministry of Defence signs contract with M/s Mahindra Telephonics Integrated Systems Ltd. to procure 11 Airport Surveillance Radars for Indian Navy & Indian Coast Guard […]

New Forex rates w.e.f 4th June for imports/exports

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs has determined that the rate of exchange of conversion of each of the foreign currencies to be in force w.e.f 4th June relating to imported and export goods. […]

ADB to loan US$ 2.5million for Sikkim Infra

June 3, 2021 News Desk 0

The Asian Development Bank and the Government of India today signed a $2.5 million project readiness financing (PRF) loan to support project preparation and design activities to upgrade major district roads in Sikkim […]

India and UK to promote industrial energy efficiency

India and UK launch new workstream to promote industrial energy efficiency at the ongoing 12th Chief Energy Ministerial; Government aims to infuse green technologies and stimulate demand for low-carbon industrial material […]

Nanorod based oxygen sensor to find oxygen in mines & altitudes

Nanorods-based oxygen sensor which works at room temperature with assistance of UV irradiation and can detect oxygen gas concentrations in places such as underground mines, at higher altitudes, inside aeroplanes and research labs […]

NITI Aayog Releases SDG India Index and Dashboard 2020–21

June 3, 2021 News Desk 0

The third edition of the Sustainable Development Goals India Index and Dashboard 2020–21 was released by NITI Aayog today […]

Bamboo Market Page now on GeM portal

June 3, 2021 News Desk 0

Union Minister of State for Agriculture& Farmer’s Welfare Shri Parshottam Rupala launches the Bamboo Market Page on Govt e-Marketplace (GeM) portal […]

Sanjiv Kohli appointed as Ambassador to Serbia

Shri Sanjiv Kohli currently serving as the High Commissioner of India to Tanzania has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Serbia […]

India-Germany consultations held on UN issues

India and Germany held bilateral consultations on UN issues between Mrs. Antje Leendertse, State Secretary, Germany and Vikas Swarup, Secretary (West) of MEA […]

PM Modi speaks to US VP Kamala Harris

Telephone conversation held between Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Vice President of the USA, Her Excellency Kamala Harris […]

India to support Maldives in Urban Development Activities

Cabinet approves Memorandum of Understanding between India and Maldives on cooperation in the field of sustainable urban development […]

Mass Media Cooperation among SCO countries approved

Cabinet approves Signing and Ratification of an Agreement on “Cooperation in the field of Mass Media” between all the Member States of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation […]

India and Argentine to explore joint Mining activities

Cabinet approves Memorandum of Understanding between India and Argentine Republic on cooperation in the field of Mineral Resources […]

India and Japan to kick start sustainable urban development

Cabinet approves Memorandum of Cooperation between India and Japan in the field of sustainable urban development […]

Harshvardhan completes term of WHO ED Chairperson

Dr. Harsh Vardhan successfully completes his tenure as Chairperson of Executive Board of WHO; “The time to act is now” says Dr Harsh Vardhan while virtually addressing 149th Session of the WHO Executive Board Meeting […]

Agri Ministers of Indo-Australia reviews cooperation & collaboration

June 1, 2021 News Desk 0

India-Australia cooperation and collaboration in the field of Agriculture; Union Agriculture Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar reviews collaboration in the field of Agriculture in a virtual meeting with his Australian counterpar […]

APEDA harnesses Dairy Export potential

June 1, 2021 News Desk 1

APEDA organizes webinar to commemorate the World Milk Day in collaboration with Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying for harnessing India’s export potential of dairy products […]

Rajnath Singh calls his Aussie Counterpart to discuss defence cooperation

June 1, 2021 News Desk 0

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh reviews bilateral defence cooperation in telephonic conversation with his Australian counterpart […]

BRICS Foriegn Ministers meet on Strengthening and Reforming of the Multilateral System

June 1, 2021 News Desk 0

Meeting of BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs/International Relations on Strengthening and Reforming of the Multilateral Systems including UN, Security Council, ECOSOC, WTO, UNTCTAD and others […]

PLI Scheme for KSMs and APIs approved

May 31, 2021 News Desk 1

Approvals accorded under Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Promotion of Domestic Manufacturing of critical Key Starting Materials (KSMs)/ Drug Intermediates and Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) […]

Agri Minister launches Horticulture Cluster Development

May 31, 2021 News Desk 0

Union Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar launches Horticulture Cluster Development Programme; Programme to be implemented in 12 clusters covering 11 States/UTs […]

Edible oil trying to stabilize while gold increases

May 31, 2021 News Desk 0

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs makes amendments in the notification related to Fixation of Tariff Value of Edible Oils, Brass Scrap, Areca Nut, Gold and Silver. […]

B. Shyam appointed as Ambassador to Iceland

May 31, 2021 News Desk 1

Shri B. Shyam currently serving as the Consul General, Consulate General of India, Osaka-Kobe in Japan has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Iceland […]

BRICS countries to collaborate on High Powered Computing

May 30, 2021 News Desk 1

High Performance Computing (HPC) and Information Communication Technologies (ICT) discussed at BRICS Working Group Meeting […]

ECLGS 4.0 to cover onsite oxygen generation and other Covid related

May 30, 2021 News Desk 1

Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) expanded – ECLGS 4.0 for onsite oxygen generation, wider coverage of ECLGS 3.0 and increase in tenorfor ECLGS 1.0 […]

Family Pension to be given to dependents of those who lost their lives due to Covid

May 29, 2021 News Desk 0

Government announces further measures to help families who lost the earning member due to Covid; Family Pension to be given to dependents of those who lost their lives due to Covid under Employees State Insurance Corporation […]

Tamil Nadu rice exported to Ghana & Yemen

May 29, 2021 News Desk 1

Fibre & protein rice ‘village rice’ from Tamil Nadu exported to Ghana & Yemen

Non-basmati rice exports witnessed an impressive growth of 146 per cent during 2020-21 […]

KVIC gets 45cr worth orders

May 29, 2021 News Desk 1

Big Boost for Khadi Artisans with Rs.45-crore Government Purchase Orders to KVIC during 2nd Covid-19 Lockdown […]

Innovative self-pollinating apple variety grown by HP farmer

May 29, 2021 News Desk 0

A farmer from Himachal Pradesh has developed an innovative self-pollinating apple variety that does not require long chilling hours for flowering and fruit setting […]

INDIAai completes one year

May 28, 2021 News Desk 1

National AI Portal (INDIAai), a joint initiative by Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY), National e-Governance Division (NeGD) and NASSCOM completes 1 year […]

DRDO develops Isothermal Tech for aeroengines

May 28, 2021 News Desk 1

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has established the near isothermal forging technology to produce all the five stages of high-pressure compressors (HPC) discs out of difficult-to-deform titanium alloy using its unique 2000 MT isothermal forge press […]

Shri Subrata Bhattacharjee appointed as Ambassador to Chile

May 28, 2021 News Desk 0

Shri Subrata Bhattacharjee the current ambassador of india to serbia has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Chile […]

Vishnu Kumar Sharma appointed as Ambassador to South Sudan

May 28, 2021 News Desk 0

Shri Vishnu Kumar Sharma currently serving as the director in the MEA has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of South Sudan […]

Second meeting of BRICS Sherpas and Sous Sherpas

May 28, 2021 News Desk 1

The second BRICS Sherpas’ and Sous Sherpas’ meeting was convened under India’s Chairship and participated by all the BRICS Countries […]

BRICS meeting held on Biotechnology and Biomedicine

BRICS meeting held on emerging issues in Biotechnology and Biomedicine with more than 60 participants, including researchers, academicians, and government officials participated […]

Twitter needs to comply with the laws of the land

Twitter needs to comply with the laws of the land; Government condemns statement issued by Twitter as totally baseless, false and an attempt to defame India to hide their own follies […]

APEDA holds virtual fair on horticultural products

Second virtual trade fair by APEDA focussing on horticultural products commences; revokes encouraging global response […]

INS Shardul arrives with Liquid Medical Oxygen from Kuwait and UAE