Conference of data users (Ministry of Home Affairs) WHAT Officials of Registrar General of India proposed the census data for 2021 to be collected through a mobile app. The census 2021 would be the world’s largest such exercise. The reference date is 1st October 2020 for Jammu & Kashmir and snow bound areas of Himachal Pradesh & Uttarakhand. While for the rest of country the reference date is 1st March 2021. Besides headcounts, it…
Continue readingInternational Convention on World Homoeopathy Day (AYUSH) WHAT A two day convention is being organised on 9-10th April 2019 by the Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH) on the occasion of the World Homoeopathy Day. The World Homoeopathy Day (WHD) is observed every year on April 10. THEME: ‘Linking research with education and clinical practice: Advancing scientific collaborations’. HOMEOPATHY Homoeopathy is one of the most popular medical systems in India, in fact, a…
Continue readingRise in non-communicable diseases (Vice President’s Secretariat) WHAT Addressing the Annual Meeting of the National Interventional Council (NIC) of the Cardiological Society of India, Vice-President of India has described the rise in non-communicable diseases as a “deeply disturbing trend”. Burden of Non-communicable diseases increased from 30 per cent to 55 per cent between 1990 and 2016. Communicable diseases dropped from 61 per cent to 33 per cent in the same period. FACTORS High…
Continue readingWater storage level goes down (Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation) WHAT The water storage available in 91 major reservoirs of the country goes down by one percent as compared with March ending. NORTHERN REGION The northern region includes States of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan. There are six reservoirs. WESTERN REGION The Western region includes States of Gujarat and Maharashtra. There are 27 reservoirs. CENTRAL REGION The Central…
Continue readingNuGen Mobility Summit 2019 (Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises) WHAT The International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT) is organizing a NuGen Mobility Summit, 2019, at Manesar, NCR, from 27th to 29th November 2019. The Summit is being organized in association with SAENIS, SAE INDIA, SAE International, NATRiP, DIMTS, Department of Heavy Industry, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, SIAM and ACMA. AIM The event aims to bring together the automotive…
Continue readingAddresses 32nd Convocation of IGNOU (Vice President’s Secretariat) WHAT Vice-President said that time has come to complete overhaul of the education system. Re orient present education system to inculcate values, morals and ethics in students and to re-established itself as a knowledge and innovation hub. More focus on learning-by-doing apart from remolding the syllabi. Special attention should be paid to giving our youngsters exposure to our great history, tradition and culture. Framers of Education…
Continue reading4th Session of India-Ukraine working group (Ministry of Commerce & Industry) WHAT The 4th Meeting of India-Ukraine Working Group on Trade and Economic Cooperation (IU-WGTEC), under the India-Ukraine Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technical, Industrial and Cultural Cooperation was held today in New Delhi. TRADE STATUS …
Continue readingEMISAT (Department of Space) WHAT India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C45) today successfully launched EMISAT and 28 international customer satellites from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR in Sriharikota. Source: PIB Summit on “Empowering Young Grampreneurs to Create Jobs” (Vice President’s Secretariat) WHAT The summit on “Empowering Young Grampreneurs to Create Jobs” is organised by the Bharatiya Yuva Shakti Trust (BYST), in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. While addressing, Vice-President of India…
Continue readingGI Certification for five varieties of Indian coffee (Ministry of Commerce & Industry) WHAT Government of India has recently awarded Geographical Indication (GI) to five varieties of Indian coffee. They are: Coorg Arabica coffee Wayanaad Robusta coffee Chikmagalur Arabica coffee Araku Valley Arabica coffee Bababudangiris Arabica coffee Coorg Arabica coffee is grown specifically in the region of Kodagu district in Karnataka. Wayanaad Robusta coffee is grown specifically in the region of Wayanad district which is…
Continue readingMoU : India and Saudi Arabia (Cabinet) WHAT The union cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister was appraised about an MoU signed in February, 2019 between India and Saudi Arabia for cooperation in the field of Housing. The MoU will promote technical cooperation in the field of Housing, including affordable/low income housing and enhance participation of authorities and companies in the housing and infrastructure projects undertaken in both the countries. It will also promote sharing…
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