The projects which include Rs 27,000 crore upstream project,Rs 30,000 crore for Numaligarh Refinery Limited,Rs.10,000 crore for Indradhanush gas Grid Limited etc will be completed by 2025.
The exploration acreage in the region will be doubled from the existing 30,000 square kilometres to 60,00 sq kms by 2025.
Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister: Hardeep Singh Puri
The Mk-1A tanks will be manufactured at the Ordnance Factory Board’s(OFB) Heavy Vehicles Factory at Avadi, outside Chennai.
The Arjun Mk-1A is an upgraded version of the Arjun Mk-1 main battle tank (MBT) currently in army service.
DRDO's Chennai-based Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (CVRDE) has designed and developed the tank.
The OFB controls 41 ordnance factories split into seven government-owned entities.
The award for Teesta-V Power Station, located in the Himalayan State of Sikkim, was announced during the World Hydropower Congress, 2021.
The Blue Planet Prize of IHA has been awarded to hydropower projects that demonstrate excellence in sustainable development.
IHA is a London-based non-profit membership association operating in 120 countries.
The maiden in-person Quad (Quadrilateral Security Dialogue) summit with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga was held at White House, Washington.
And PM Modi will address the 76th session of the UN General Assembly in New York.
Over 280 km-long fencing will be set in different parts of the state at a cost of over ₹ 18 crore. Also, 1,393 km elephant-proof trenches will be built areas in areas frequented by the pachyderms at a cost of ₹ 4.4 crore. Both fencing and trenches will act as barriers, preventing wildlife to sneak into residential areas.
The Uttarakhand government permitted raising the Tehri reservoir level to EL 830 metres on August 25, 2021. Prior to this permission, dam authorities were not allowed to raise it to full level and full potential, as water and power were not getting fully utilised.
Tehri Dam is the 3rd highest among earth-fill dams and 10th highest among all dams.
Tehri Dam is a multipurpose hydropower scheme on the Bhagirathi river.
The meeting was a precursor to the upcoming India-Australia Energy Dialogue scheduled to be held next month. The meeting was co-chaired by Additional Secretary in Ministry of Coal Vinod Kumar Tiwari from the Indian side and Head of Resources Division Paul Trotman from Australian side.
State-run SJVN bagged 1,000 MW Grid connected Solar PV Power Project through Request for Proposal (RFP) floated by Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA).
The project is expected to generate 2,365 million units (MU) in the First year and the project cumulative energy generation over a period of 25 years would be about 55062 MU.
Under the terms of the agreement,Biocon Biologics Limited(BBL) will offer approximately 15% stake to Serum Institute Life Sciences (SILS), at a post-money valuation of ~$4.9 billion, for which it will get committed access to a 100 million doses of vaccines per annum for 15 years,primarily from SILS’s upcoming vaccine facility in Pune.
China’s central bank(the People’s Bank of China )has intensified its clampdown on cryptocurrencies by making all transactions in the virtual assets illegal.
The price of bitcoin fell more than 8% immediately after the announcement.
The Medical Devices Parks to be developed under the scheme will provide common infrastructure facilities at one place thereby creating a robust ecosystem.
The Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers said that the Government of Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu,Madhya Pradesh & Uttar Pradesh have been given "in-principle" approval under the scheme.
The tenure of the scheme is from FY 2020-2021 to FY 2024-2025.
World Pharmacists Day is observed on September 25 each year to pay tributes to pharmacists for the role they play in improving global health.
This year's theme, developed by the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), is “Pharmacy: Always trusted for your health”
International Pharmaceutical Federation:
HQ: The Hague,Netherlands.
Antyodaya Diwas is observed every year on September 25.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in 2014, dedicated it in honour of late Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya to mark his birth anniversary.
He was a veteran politician who was one of the key leaders of Bharatiya Jana Sangh from which the BJP emerged.
This year will mark the 105th birth anniversary of Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya.
After successfully hosting the 2018 Men’s Hockey World Cup, the temple city of Bhubaneswar will stage the prestigious FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup Bhubaneswar 2021.
This marquee event in the international hockey calendar will be held from 24 November to 5 December 2021 and will feature 16 teams.
Odisha will also host the 2023 FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela.
In a bid to promote a sustainable environment, the world's highest electric vehicle charging station was inaugurated in Kaza of Lahaul and Spiti district in Himachal Pradesh.
2.82 crore households have been electrified since the launch of SAUBHAGYA. These figures are till March 31st of this year.
SAUBHAGYA is one of the largest household electrification drives in the world. SAUBHAGYA was announced by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on 25th September 2017.
Bengaluru rose up three spots to be ranked 23rd in an annual analysis of the world's most favourable ecosystems to build a globally successful startup.
Delhi held on to its 36th position in the Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2021' by Startup Genome, with Mumbai topping a parallel 'Top Emerging Ecosystems' ranking for the second year in a row.
Silicon Valley, London, New York, Beijing and Boston complete this year's top five.
Government e Marketplace (GeM) was announced as the winner in the “Best Use of Digital Technology” category at the CIPS Excellence in Procurement Awards 2021 (CIPS Awards).
The CIPS Awards are one of the leading recognitions around procurement globally, which is conducted under the aegis of The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS), London.
GeM is a 100% Government owned Section 8 Company setup under Ministry of Commerce.
Eminent women’s rights activist, poet and author Kamla Bhasin passed away.
Bhasin has been a prominent voice in the women’s movement in India and other South Asian countries.