The Central government has decided to extend the tenure of NITI Aayog's chief executive officer Amitabh Kant by a year till June 30, 2022.This is the 3rd time that Kant's tenure has been extended. The 1980 batch IAS officer was appointed as the CEO of the government think-tank on February 17, 2016, for a fixed two-year term.He was later given an extension till 30 June 2019.
Deepti Sivan’s fascination for Shankar Mahadevan’s journey from a software engineer to one of Bollywood’s biggest musicians led to the inception of Decoding Shankar. The 45-minute documentary bagged the Best Biographical Film award at the Toronto International Women’s Film Festival.
The Centre’s Digital India initiative through BharatNet PPP Model looks to connect each village in the country with broadband connectivity. The project is part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement on August 15, 2020, to provide broadband connectivity to all inhabited villages in 1000 days. The BharatNet project is implemented in the PPP model in 16 States.
NITI Aayog released a comprehensive study on the not-for-profit hospital model in the country, which is a step towards closing the information gap on such institutions and facilitating robust policymaking in this area. The report was released by NITI Aayog Member Dr VK Paul, in the presence of CEO Mr Amitabh Kant, Additional Secretary Dr Rakesh Sarwal.
Bombay Samachar (as it was called then) started as a weekly in 1822 to primarily inform the readers about ship movements and commodities, and gradually evolved into a true city newspaper with a focus on trade. Fardunjee Marzban, a Parsi scholar, started the publication four years after the Bengali newspaper ‘Samachar Darpan’ was launched.
India approved a fourth Covid-19 vaccine, and its first mRNA vaccine, Moderna’s mRNA-1273, thereby clearing the path for importing foreign regulator-approved Covid vaccines to India without bridging clinical studies. Moderna vaccine which has 94.1 percent efficacy will be available here through its Indian partner Cipla.
Storage for the medium term for Moderna vaccine is in the range of -25 to -15 °C.
The US has appointed Indian-American career diplomat Atul Keshap, an old India-hand at the state department, as the country's Charge'd Affairs in Delhi. He most recently served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs and as the US Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives.
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) said the initiative, called '"Fund for Industrial Research Engagement'" (FIRE), will help increase research opportunities in the space of Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML), platform systems, circuits and architecture, Internet of Things (IoT), materials and devices, security, and so on from edge to cloud.
Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), established in 2009.
During the meeting, Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) plans of Ministries and their CPSEs, status of implementation of budget announcements & measures to expedite infrastructure investment were discussed.
Smt. Sitharaman said that the Budget for Financial Year 2021-22 provided a capital outlay of Rs. 5.54 lakh crore, a sharp increase of 34.5% over the Budget Estimate of 2020-21.
The intent of the innovative initiative is to empower Women as vital drivers of the overall development process in the UT by identifying & empowering Women Entrepreneurs as role models, providing them with markets, networks, training & continuous support and subsequently building an ecosystem to inspire other local women entrepreneurs.
J&K Chief Secretary, Arun Kumar Mehta, inaugurated SDRF first Battalion’s 24×7 mental health helpline ‘SUKOON’ at its headquarters.
This initiative, launched by SDRF First Battalion Kashmir in collaboration with Mission Youth J&K and Tourism department, will guide the caller to avail services of clinical psychologists, therapists, counsellors and psychiatrists.
Coal Controller’s Organization, a subordinate office under the Ministry of Coal, released one of its two flagship publications, the ‘Provisional Coal Statistics 2020-21’.The ‘Provisional Coal Statistics 2020-21’ contains provisional information regarding the performance of the Coal and Lignite sector in the last fiscal year 2020-21.
Union Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs, Shri Pralhad Joshi.
Glacial Lake Atlas will utilize In Carrying Out Climate Change Impact Analysis And Disaster Mitigation Planning. The current glacial Lake Atlas is based on the Ganga River Basin inventory lakes to the foothills of the Himalayas covering an area of 2.47.109 sq. km.
The Ganga River Basin research section encompasses part of India and the cross-border area.
NHP-Bhuvan webpage was also launched by the Chairman, ISRO, Dr. K Sivan.
Atmanirbhar Krishi App was launched by the Office of Principal Scientific Adviser to the GoI, Prof. K. Vijay Raghavan.
Data related to soil type, soil health, moisture, weather and water table were aggregated and analyzed to generate personalized insights related to crop selection, fertilizers requirements and water needs for each farmer at the farm-holding level.
FM announced a Rs 1.1-lakh crore loan guarantee scheme for Covid-affected sectors, including Rs 50,000 crore for the health sector.
She announced the enlargement of the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) given as part of the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Package by Rs 1.5 lakh crore from the present corpus of Rs 3 lakh crore.
Rs 93,869 cr allocated this year for free foodgrain scheme.
An official statement citing a notification issued by the Department of Justice said that Justice Malimath, the senior-most judge of Himachal Pradesh High Court, will perform the duties of the office of the chief justice of that high court with effect from July 1.
Chief justices and judges of the 25 high courts retire at the age of 62 years.
Justice Narayana Swamy demits office on June 30.
Twitter has appointed its global legal policy director Jeremy Kessel as the new grievance officer for users in India. Under the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021, social media intermediaries have to appoint an official to address complaints from Indian subscribers.
Facebook-owned messaging platform WhatsApp has appointed Amazon Pay executive Manesh Mahatme as Head of Payments in India. Prior to this, Mahatme spent seven years in Amazon Pay, where he was Director and Board member of Amazon Pay India and led product, engineering, and growth teams.