Automotive Skills Development Council (ASDC) and Hero MotoCorp have joined hands for a comprehensive two-wheeler short term training course.
Utilising the content provided by Hero MotoCorp, ASDC will deliver a variety of learning modules and certifications in automotive servicing.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Shashank Goel, IAS of 90 batch as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
Shailesh Kumar Singh, IAS of 91 batch has been appointed as Additional Secretary and Development Commissioner, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
In-line with the Government's vision to boost defence exports to friendly foreign countries, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) signed a contract with Govt. of Mauritius (GoM) for export of one Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH Mk III) for Mauritius Police Force.
The Govt. of Mauritius already operates HAL built ALH and Do-228 aircraft.
Over 76 thousand 500 ‘Agri Nutri Gardens’ have been established under the Agri Nutri Garden Week’ as against the target of 7 thousand 500.
Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Rural Livelihood Mission(DAY-NRLM) observed this week from 10th to 17th of January.
It is the Mission’s agenda to support every rural poor household to have an Agri Nutri Garden to fulfill nutri needs
NITI Aayog, Rocky Mountain Institute(RMI),and RMI India released a report, titled Banking on Electric Vehicles in India.
The report outlines the importance of priority-sector recognition for retail lending in the electric mobility ecosystem.
It provides considerations and recommendations regarding the inclusion of Electric Vehicles in RBIs priority-sector lending guidelines
Coal Secretary Dr. Anil Kumar Jain launched Koyla Darpan Portal to share Key Performance Indicators related to the Coal Sector.
The portal will have the Key Performance Indicators related to Coal Production, Status of Coal Stock in Thermal Power Plants, Allocation of Blocks, Monitoring of Major Coal Mines and Coal Price.
Portal is accessible through the website of the Ministry of Coal for maximum public reach
The Amar Jawan Jyoti flame at India Gate has been merged with the flame at the National War Memorial in New Delhi.
The ceremony to merge the Amar Jawan Jyoti Flame was presided over by the Chief of Integrated Defence Staff Balabhadra Radha Krishna.
India Gate was unveiled in 1931 and it was built to honour the 70 thousand soldiers of British India who gave supreme sacrifice
In order to commemorate the 125th birth anniversary of the great freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and as part of the year long celebrations, the government has decided to install a grand statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at India Gate in New Delhi.
Till the work for the statue is completed, a hologram statue of Netaji will be present at the same place.
PM Narendra Modi will unveil the hologram statue of Netaji at India Gate on 23rd January.
The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode launched a startup funding scheme called ‘IndSpring Board’ to encourage new startups in partnership with Indian Bank.
The scheme launched as part of an agreement between IIMK’s business incubator Laboratory for Innovation Venturing and Entrepreneurship (LIVE) and Indian Bank, will help startups by providing loans up to Rs 50crore
After Indian Army's Surgical Strike across the Line of Control (LoC) in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in September 2016, there was a similar strike, although on a lesser scale, to target terrorists within the Kashmir Valley. Narrating the story about this strike is a new book 'Operation Khatma'.
The book is eyewitness account by two journalists- R C Ganjoo and Ashwini Bhatnagar
DeHaat, the technology-based platform offering end-to-end agricultural services to farmers in India, announced its acquisition of Maharashtra-based B2B agri-input marketplace startup, Helicrofter.
DeHaat serves over 700,000 farmers across Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd (KMBL) has introduced the Same Day Settlement (SDS) feature for merchants for payments received on its Point of Sale (PoS) terminals.
At a time when digital payments are soaring, the SDS facility is especially useful for businesses with immediate cash flow requirements, those with high inventory turnover and the need to replenish stocks frequently.