The Indian Railways is in the process of finalising theme-based tourist circuit trains through private and state-owned service providers in a move to display the country’s rich cultural heritage.
To promote the first-of-its-kind theme-based trains, the railways have dedicated more than 3,000 AC and non-AC coaches of various categories to run around 190 tourist circuits.
The first Bharat Gaurav train may begin by January, 2022.
The government has constituted an Empowered Group of Secretaries (EGoS), headed by the Cabinet Secretary and comprising the heads of 19 ministries or departments, which will be a monitoring mechanism for the development and implementation of the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan (NMP).
PM Gati Shakti - National Master Plan for Multi-modal Connectivity.
In its journey towards localizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and instituting robust SDG progress monitoring systems at the national, State/UT, and local levels, NITI Aayog has achieved yet another milestone with the launch of the inaugural SDG Urban Index & Dashboard (2021-22).
The index and dashboard are a result of the NITI Aayog-GIZ and BMZ collaboration.
Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairperson, NITI Aayog.
Pratham, a civil society organisation dedicated to improving the quality of education among underprivileged children in India and across the world, has been conferred the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament, and Development for 2021.
The international jury of the Indira Gandhi Prize was headed by the former Chief Justice of India, Justice T.S. Thakur.
It consists of a monetary award of Rs 25 lakh along with a citation.
ICICI Bank has announced the launch of its online platform, 'Trade Emerge', to offer comprehensive digital banking & value-added services to exporters and importers across India.
This digital facility is associated with 'India Filings', an online business and tax compliance platform. It will also help traders avail certain export benefits under India's Foreign Trade policy.
El Salvador plans to build the world's first "Bitcoin City", funded initially by bitcoin-backed bonds.
El Salvador plans to issue $1 billion in tokenised US-dollar denominated 10-year bonds to pay 6.5 per cent via the Liquid Network.
Half of the funds of the so-called “volcano bond” will be converted to Bitcoin and the other half will be used for infrastructure.
El Salvador (Central American country): President: Nayib Bukele, Capital: San Salvador.
Kartika Purnima (Boita Bandana) is celebrated on the full moon of the Kartika month where people across the State head for the nearest water body to set afloat tiny banana, paper, or thermocol boats with diyas, betel leaves, crackers, fruits and coins.
The festival is a mass commemoration of the state’s glorious maritime history when it was known as Kalinga.
Telangana was adjudged best performer in inland fisheries, while Andhra Pradesh was named the best marine state in the country by the Centre.
Balasore in Odisha was named the best marine district, and Balaghat in Madhya Pradesh received the award for the best district in inland fisheries.The award for the best hilly and Northeastern state in the sector was given to Tripura.
the best hilly & Northeastern state in the sector was given to Tripura.
The 20th edition of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) flagship event ‘Connect 2021’ will be held here from November 26 to 27.
The objective of this program is to take the state’s GDP to US$ 1,000 billion by 2030.
CII Tamil Nadu President S Chandrakumar said Chief Minister MK Stalin would inaugurate the event on November 26.
On January 10, 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Vibrant Gujarat Global Conference-2022 in Gandhinagar.
The theme of the three-day summit has been 'Self-reliant Gujarat to Self-Reliant India".
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has chosen to host the conference under PM Modi's leadership.
Anita Desai, one of India’s best-known authors nationally and internationally, has been conferred with the Tata Literature Live! Lifetime Achievement Award for 2021. A household literary name in India, Mrs. Desai’s authorship has spanned more than 50 years, with memorable works such as Fire On The Mountain, Cry The Peacock, A Village By The Sea, The Clear Light Of Day, etc.
World Bank will provide $250 million loan for a school education project in Andhra Pradesh, which will cover over 50 lakh students in the southern state.
The project will cover about 40 lakh students (6-14 year age group) in over 45,000 government schools, and over 10 lakh children (3-6 years) enrolled in Anganwadis, and about 1,90,000 teachers.