In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ inaugurated “Ānandam: The Center for Happiness” in Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Jammu virtually.
Anandam - the Centre for Happiness' aligns with the National Education Policy 2020, aiming to achieve holistic wellbeing for all.
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor: Manoj Sinha
5 MoUs include that on Disaster Management, Resilience and Mitigation,between Bangladesh National Cadet Corps & NCC of India,establishment of a framework of Cooperation in Trade Remedial Measures,tripartite MoU on Establishment of Sports facilities at Rajshahi College & tripartite MoU on resources for Bangladesh-Bharot Digital Service & Employment and Training Center.
Passenger train ‘Mitali Express’ connecting Dhaka and New Jalpaiguri was inaugurated.
India is to participate in French-led naval drill La Perouse for the first time in the Bay of Bengal next month. Australia, Japan and the US will also participate in La Perouse.
The exercise is scheduled between April 5 and 7. After La Perouse,the India-French Varuna exercise will also take place.This time, it will also include the United Arab Emirates.
A 100-bed hostel for boys and girls,modern sports medicine and physiotherapy centres as well as top coaches would be part of the centre to come up at the state government-run Padma Shri Mohd Shahid Synthetic Stadium.
The union sports ministry will fund the centre and Uttar Pradesh Sports Directorate will run it in consultation with Uttar Pradesh Hockey.
India has delivered 20,000 litres of the pesticide Malathion to Iran via the strategic Chabahar port to help mount a coordinated regional response to the threat posed by swarms of desert locusts.
This was the second consignment of Malathion(first in June 2020), a 95% ultra-low volume pesticide, supplied to Iran under a government-to-government locust control programme.
Iran witnessed its worst locust invasion of the past 25 years in 2020.
The total amount to be disbursed for the four projects is around 29.30 million Yen ($ 265,000).
Since 1989,GGP has been supporting relatively small-scale projects implemented by non-profit organizations through Japanese diplomatic missions in developing countries.
India is one of the largest recipients of Japanese Official Development Assistance(ODA).
The decision in a petition against West Bengal's decision to fell the trees,in order to construct Road Over Bridges and widen the Roads.
The committee will be headed by Dr.MK Ranjitsinh Jhala, a wildlife expert and former Chairman of the Wildlife Trust of India.
The order was passed by a Bench of Chief Justice of India SA Bobde & Justices AS Bopanna & V Ramasubramanian.
The report, titled 'Investment Opportunities in India's Healthcare Sector', also said India's healthcare sector has the potential to generate 27 lakh jobs in India between 2017 and 2022 -- over 5 lakh new jobs per year.
The report outlined a range of investment opportunities in the country's healthcare sector across hospitals, pharmaceuticals and medical devices.
FDI inflows in healthcare sector increased from $94 mn in 2011 to $1275 million in 2016.
The two sides exchanged views on contemporary issues of mutual interest in the areas of nuclear, chemical, biological disarmament and non-proliferation, conventional weapons, outer space security and strategic export control.
The dialogue will contribute to the India- Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
In February 2021,India-Japan held 9th round dialogue regarding the same.
Tide is a leading UK-based fintech which is set to launch in India as its first overseas market.
As per the alliance,Tide members, small and medium-sized enterprises,will get the option to open current and savings accounts at RBL Bank through Tide’s platform.Tide will also focus on serving unregistered and unorganised sector,helping bring these SMEs into the mainstream.
Tide CEO:Dr. Oliver Prill;
RBL Bank MD and CEO:Vishwavir Ahuja.
Founded by US-based transgender activist Rachel Crandall, International Transgender Day of Visibility is marked on March 31 every year, with the aim to celebrate transgender individuals’ contributions to society.
The day also calls upon us to counter the homophobic, biphobic and transphobic social attitudes that inflict incredible harm on the lives of LGBTQ+ individuals.
Winners:
Best Film:Thappad;Best Director:Om Raut (Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior);Best Actor in a Leading Role(Male): Irrfan Khan (Angrezi Medium);Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female):Taapsee Pannu (Thappad);Best Actor (Critics):Amitabh Bachchan (Gulabo Sitabo) and Tillotama Shome (Sir);Best Director(Critics):Prateek Vats(Eeb Allay Ooo!) etc.
Lifetime Achievement Award was given to Irrfan Khan as well.
The Convention Centre,named after the legendary Bundelkhand King Maharaja Chhatrasal, has been built at a cost of around Rs 51 crore 43 lakh under Swadesh-Darshan scheme.
In order to promote India as MICE Destination (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions),‘MICE Roadshow – Meet in India’ was held between 25-27 March 2021 at CCC.
MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Union Tourism Prahlad Singh Patel inaugurated the CCC.
HDFC Bank was adjudged the ‘India’s Best Bank for SMEs’ at the Asiamoney Best Bank Awards 2021.
Award was given in recognition of HDFC Bank’s transformation of its micro, small and medium-sized enterprise (MSME) business over the past few years.
Survey aims to identify which banks in each market have excelled over the past 12 months.
Asiamoney is a Hong Kong based financial magazine.
The wireless product 'Giga Mesh' could enable telecom operators to deploy quality, high-speed rural telecom infrastructure at five times lower cost.
The Multi-beam E-band product,Giga Mesh, packs 6 Point-to-Point E-band radios in one, thereby distributing the device’s cost over multiple links and hence reduces capital expenditure.
Neha Satak,Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer at Astrome
Bangalore based Ujjivan Small Finance Bank has joined hands with nStore to digitise offline retailers and small businesses in the country.
Under this partnership, the lender will offer a mobile application 'nLincs' to its current account holders who own local businesses.With this new application, the merchants can sell their merchandise online.
CEO:
nStore:Pradeep Kumar Sampath;
Ujjivan SFB: Nitin Chugh
After receiving the necessary approval from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the refurbished and upgraded North Runway(which was closed since June 2020) at Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru has commenced operations.The Runway will continue to be categorised as CAT I.
CAT IIIB-equipped South Runway has been operational since December 6, 2019.
Both runways operate in low visibility and adverse weather conditions.
The towns will start getting solar energy through the first of its kind renewable energy project from 2023.
The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), a central government PSU, which will develop the system in Andhra Pradesh, has agreed in principle to Bihar’s proposal to feed clean power to the two towns and some important government installations in Patna.
Bihar will purchase 200 MW hybrid power through the SECI.
The Letter of Agreement defines provisions for civil aviation security responsibilities and functions at the upcoming international airport at Jewar,Noida.
The contract of construction of the airport has been awarded to YIAPL,which is a joint venture of the Airport Authority of India (AAI), the Government of Uttar Pradesh, and Zurich international airport.
In a bid to promote theatre in Kashmir,a two-week-long Annual Drama Festival was organised by the Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages (JKAAL) at Tagore Hall in Srinagar.
The festival was aimed to revive the theatre activities and create awareness among the youth about the importance of Kashmir theatre.
In a bid to promote Ayurveda as the mainstream treatment for the prevalent lifestyle related diseases,Vinoba SevaPratisthan(VSP), in collaboration with the Ministry of AYUSH, successfully organized a 3-days “Ayurveda Parav" in Bhubaneswar from 26th to 28th March 2021.
The 3-days event was inaugurated by Dr Raghunath Mohapatra,Member of Rajya Sabha along with others.
Under this MoU,the Mechanism for Marketing of Minor Forest Produce (MFP) through Minimum Support Price (MSP) & Development of Value Chain for MFP will be implemented. To begin with there are plans to set up 1 Van Dhan Vikas Kendra in the UT.
MSP for MFP is a flagship scheme of Ministry of Tribal Affairs that aims to provide remunerative and fair prices to forest produces.
Van Dhan Kendras are established through Van Dhan Yojana programme for marketing MFPs.
Suresh Prabhu, who is India's Sherpa to G-20 and G7, attended the second virtual meeting of Sherpas of Group of Seven (G7) and guest countries.
During the meeting, the key priority issues under UK's G7 Presidency agenda were discussed, including preparations for the COP26 Summit and global health cooperation.
G7 consists of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan,the UK and the US.
