Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali, an autonomous institute under the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, has developed non-toxic metal phosphate-based ink with excitation dependant luminescent properties which are highly stable under practical conditions such as temperature, humidity and light, etc.
Union Minister for Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan has launched the phase 2 of Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship (MGNF).
The MGNF is a two-year long fellowship created as an opportunity for young, dynamic individuals to contribute to enhancing skill development at the grassroots.
The two-year fellowship seeks to combine classroom sessions by academic partner IIMs.
Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar addressed the inaugural session of WHO SEAR High-Level Meeting for Renewed TB Response.
South-East Asia Region bears the highest burden of TB disease among all six Regions.According to her, TB has been a major cause of death for decades and has now surpassed HIV/AIDS and malaria.
In view of a much needed solution for providing effective long range Marine communication, the Radio over Internet Protocol (ROIP) System at Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata (SMP, Kolkata), was inaugurated.
ROIP system is being introduced as a marine communication mode, for the first time in any Major Indian Port.
It shall cover the entire Hugli river Estuary from Kolkata to Sandheads.
Union Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya M. Scindia virtually flagged off the first direct flight on the Shillong – Dibrugarh route under the Regional Connectivity Scheme – UdeDeshKaAamNaagrik (RCS-UDAN) of the Government of India. Shillong is the hub of education for entire North-East India.
Shillong is one of the highest & wettest places in the world.
CM of Meghalaya:- Conrad Kongkal Sangma
A new anthology, "Writing for My Life", released brings together some of the most exemplary stories, essays, poems and memories by celebrated award-winning author Ruskin Bond. It is published by Penguin Random House India (PRHI). It comes 25 years after the publication of his another anthology, "The Best of Ruskin Bond".
Anthology, a collection of selected literary pieces or passages, or works.
Indo-Canadian Anita Anand became just the second woman to be appointed Canada’s minister of national defence as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his new cabinet.
The ministers were sworn in by governor-general Mary May Simon in a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa.
She is the first woman to serve as defence minister since Kim Campbell in the 1990s.
First conducted in 2018, the Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue (IPRD) is the apex international annual conference of the Indian Navy, and is the principal manifestation of the navy’s engagement at the strategic-level.
The National Maritime Foundation is the navy’s knowledge partner and chief organiser of each edition of this annual event.
Rajnath Singh and EAM Jaishankar will address sessions.
The Department of School Education and Literacy had launched the National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy,
NIPUN Bharat Mission on 5th July, 2021 with the aim to achieve the goal of universal proficiency in foundational literacy and numeracy for every child by grade 3, as envisaged by National Education Policy 2020.
Fair trade regulator CCI approved HDFC Bank's acquisition of 4.99 per cent shareholding in HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company.
In June 2021, HDFC Bank had said its board has given approval to buy more than 3.55 crore shares in group firm HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company for over Rs 1,906 crore from the parent company Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC).
CCI is a statutory body within the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
In a major outreach to the friendly foreign countries as also to the defence manufacturing industries of the world, Raksha Mantri Mr. Rajnath Singh chaired the Ambassadors’ Round Table for Def Expo 2022, in New Delhi on October 25, 2021.
DefExpo 2022 will be Asia’s largest defence exhibition.
As part of the vision to further strengthen India’s position globally in terms of Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices, the Department of Pharmaceuticals, in partnership with Invest India, will host an Investor Summit.
The theme of the summit is “Opportunities and Partnerships in Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices”.
Minister of Health and Family Welfare: Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya
To commemorate the 75th Infantry Day on 27 October, The Indian Air Force recalled the history of vintage aircraft 'Parashurama'-- one of the refurbished Dakotas-- that played a major role in transporting troops of the 1st Sikh Regiment to Srinagar during the war with Pakistan in 1947.
It is also remembered as the first military event of Independent India.