An MoU was signed between the Department of Animal husbandry (DAHD) and Dairying and the Ministry of Food Processing Industry (MoFPI). This MoU will facilitate extension of benefits to dairy entrepreneurs and dairy industries through convergence of various schemes of the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur conferred the first-ever Sports Authority of India's Institutional Awards to 246 athletes and coaches in New Delhi. A total of 162 athletes and 84 coaches have been conferred awards in the Outstanding Award and Best Award category for their performance in national and international competitions with cash awards.
The Supreme Court has allowed the Central Government to disinvest its remaining shares in Hindustan Zinc Limited. The Bench of Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and A.S. Bopanna held that the Centre can disinvest the remaining 29.5 percent of its shares in Hindustan Zinc, since it is not a government company anymore.
India reaffirmed its strong commitment to strengthening Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) in the 21st Annual Council of Ministers (COM) meeting. The largest and pre-eminent organization in the Indian Ocean Region, is promoting peace, security, and prosperity in the region as well as in the wider Indo-Pacific. IORA COM was held in a hybrid format in Dhaka.
At the end of this meeting, Dhaka Communique was adopted.
Union Health Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated the Health Pavilion at India International Trade Fair in New Delhi. The Minister reached the venue by riding a bicycle to generate awareness and promote a healthy active lifestyle in view of the rising burden of Non-Communicable Diseases, NCDs in the country.
The theme of this year’s Health Pavilion is to create awareness about lifestyle diseases,
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has given its approval for provisioning of mobile services in Uncovered Villages of Aspirational Districts across five States of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra & Odisha. The project would be funded by the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF).
The project will be completed within 18 months after the signing of the Agreement.
North Eastern Region Community Resource Management Society (NERCRMS) is a registered society under the aegis of North Eastern Council, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region. The society is dedicated towards the transformation of far flung rural areas of North Eastern Region (NER) of India through different livelihood initiatives.
The overall objective of the project is to “improve the livelihoods of vulnerable groups"
In a major development, tripartite settlement for wage revision of Manganese Ore India Ltd. (MOIL) workers were signed between management of MOIL and the representatives of the recognized union, in presence of Chief Labour Commissioner, Government of India, in a high level function organized at Shram Shakti Bhawan.
This wage revision is for 10 years’ duration, benefitting close to 6,000 company employee
The Jhansi project is one of the three ultra-mega solar parks that are proposed to be set up in the region to generate 2,000 MW solar power in "plug and play mode" under the Centre's Ultra Mega Renewable Energy Power Parks (UMREPP) scheme. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of the 600 MW ultra-mega solar park in Jhansi.
India gets reelected to the Executive Board of UNESCO with 164 votes for the term 2021-25,” the Paris-based Permanent Delegation of India to UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation). India has been reelected to the UNESCO Executive Board, one of the three constitutional organs of the United Nations, for the 2021-25 term.
The election of members of the executive board took place in November 2021.