Business
CESL enters the EV market
CESL expands into electric 2 wheelers and 3 wheelers on World Environment Day; CESL signs agreements for over 30,000 vehicles with Goa, and Kerala for two- and three-wheelers […]
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Foreign Relations
Indian visa or stay stipulation period of foreign nationals extended
Indian visa or stay stipulation period of foreign nationals stranded in India due to COVID-19 pandemic to be considered as deemed to be valid till 31.08.2021 […]
Health Care
Traditional Medicines of BRICS nations to be Standardized
Webinar on Harmonization of Regulation of Standardization of Traditional Medicinal Products of Brics Countries held […]
Finance
RBI projects economy at 9.5% in 2021-22
RBI Monetary Policy Committee keeps Repo rate unchanged at 4%; Economy projected to grow at 9.5% in 2021-22; Rs. 15,000 crore liquidity support to contact-intensive sectors like hotels, tourism, etc. […]
Corona Virus
Margin on Oxygen Concentrators capped
Government caps Trade Margin on Oxygen Concentrators; Trade Margins capped at 70%; NPPA to inform revised MRPs within a week […]
World
6 Atmanirbar Submaries to be produced
Defence Acquisition Council, headed by Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh, approves RFP for construction of six submarines at approx cost of Rs 43,000 crore;
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Technology
Indigenous Tumour Antigen gets TradeMark
DBT-NII Receives Trademark for India’s First Indigenous Tumour Antigen SPAG9
ASPAGNIITM is being used in dendritic cell (DC) based immunotherapy in cervical, ovarian cancer and will also be used in breast cancer. […]
Technology
Scheme Guildelines PLI Scheme of White goods released
Scheme Guidelines issued for Production Linked Incentive Scheme for White Goods (Air Conditioners and LED Lights) manufacturers in India; Applications Invited from 15th June 2021 to 15th September […]
Foreign Relations
Former Mauritius PM & President Anerood Jugnauth passes away
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi calls His Excellency Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, Prime Minister of Mauritius, to convey condolences for Sir Anerood Jugnauth […]
Technology
DPIIT has 50K Startups listed
Number of startups recognized by DPIIT goes up to Fifty Thousand; About 1.7 lakh jobs created by recognized startups in 2020-2021 […]
Agriculture & Commodities
India exports 11,49,341 MT of Marine products
India exports 11,49,341 MT of Marine products during 2020-21; Aquaculture sector performs better; uptick in tilapia and ornamental fish exports […]
Technology
Telecom Department announces Operational Guidelines for PLI Scheme
Telecom Department announces Operational Guidelines for PLI Scheme for telecom & Networking equipment;
Aims to make India a global manufacturing hub for telecom and networking products […]
Foreign Relations
NCSM and London Science Museum Group to organise a unique travelling exhibition
NCSM and Science Museum Group, London to jointly organise a unique travelling exhibition to tell the story of global efforts to develop vaccines at pandemic speed […]
Business
Mahindra to produce Surveillance Systems for Defence
Ministry of Defence signs contract with M/s Mahindra Telephonics Integrated Systems Ltd. to procure 11 Airport Surveillance Radars for Indian Navy & Indian Coast Guard […]
Finance
New Forex rates w.e.f 4th June for imports/exports
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs has determined that the rate of exchange of conversion of each of the foreign currencies to be in force w.e.f 4th June relating to imported and export goods. […]
Finance
ADB to loan US$ 2.5million for Sikkim Infra
The Asian Development Bank and the Government of India today signed a $2.5 million project readiness financing (PRF) loan to support project preparation and design activities to upgrade major district roads in Sikkim […]
Foreign Relations
India and UK to promote industrial energy efficiency
India and UK launch new workstream to promote industrial energy efficiency at the ongoing 12th Chief Energy Ministerial; Government aims to infuse green technologies and stimulate demand for low-carbon industrial material […]
Technology
Nanorod based oxygen sensor to find oxygen in mines & altitudes
Nanorods-based oxygen sensor which works at room temperature with assistance of UV irradiation and can detect oxygen gas concentrations in places such as underground mines, at higher altitudes, inside aeroplanes and research labs […]
General
NITI Aayog Releases SDG India Index and Dashboard 2020–21
The third edition of the Sustainable Development Goals India Index and Dashboard 2020–21 was released by NITI Aayog today […]
Agriculture & Commodities
Bamboo Market Page now on GeM portal
Union Minister of State for Agriculture& Farmer’s Welfare Shri Parshottam Rupala launches the Bamboo Market Page on Govt e-Marketplace (GeM) portal […]
Foreign Relations
Sanjiv Kohli appointed as Ambassador to Serbia
Shri Sanjiv Kohli currently serving as the High Commissioner of India to Tanzania has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Serbia […]
Foreign Relations
India-Germany consultations held on UN issues
India and Germany held bilateral consultations on UN issues between Mrs. Antje Leendertse, State Secretary, Germany and Vikas Swarup, Secretary (West) of MEA […]
Foreign Relations
PM Modi speaks to US VP Kamala Harris
Telephone conversation held between Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Vice President of the USA, Her Excellency Kamala Harris […]
Foreign Relations
India to support Maldives in Urban Development Activities
Cabinet approves Memorandum of Understanding between India and Maldives on cooperation in the field of sustainable urban development […]
Foreign Relations
Mass Media Cooperation among SCO countries approved
Cabinet approves Signing and Ratification of an Agreement on “Cooperation in the field of Mass Media” between all the Member States of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation […]
Foreign Relations
India and Argentine to explore joint Mining activities
Cabinet approves Memorandum of Understanding between India and Argentine Republic on cooperation in the field of Mineral Resources […]
Foreign Relations
India and Japan to kick start sustainable urban development
Cabinet approves Memorandum of Cooperation between India and Japan in the field of sustainable urban development […]
Health Care
Harshvardhan completes term of WHO ED Chairperson
Dr. Harsh Vardhan successfully completes his tenure as Chairperson of Executive Board of WHO; “The time to act is now” says Dr Harsh Vardhan while virtually addressing 149th Session of the WHO Executive Board Meeting […]
Agriculture & Commodities
Agri Ministers of Indo-Australia reviews cooperation & collaboration
India-Australia cooperation and collaboration in the field of Agriculture; Union Agriculture Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar reviews collaboration in the field of Agriculture in a virtual meeting with his Australian counterpar […]
Agriculture & Commodities
APEDA harnesses Dairy Export potential
APEDA organizes webinar to commemorate the World Milk Day in collaboration with Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying for harnessing India’s export potential of dairy products […]
Foreign Relations
Rajnath Singh calls his Aussie Counterpart to discuss defence cooperation
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh reviews bilateral defence cooperation in telephonic conversation with his Australian counterpart […]
Foreign Relations
BRICS Foriegn Ministers meet on Strengthening and Reforming of the Multilateral System
Meeting of BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs/International Relations on Strengthening and Reforming of the Multilateral Systems including UN, Security Council, ECOSOC, WTO, UNTCTAD and others […]
Health Care
PLI Scheme for KSMs and APIs approved
Approvals accorded under Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Promotion of Domestic Manufacturing of critical Key Starting Materials (KSMs)/ Drug Intermediates and Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) […]
Agriculture & Commodities
Agri Minister launches Horticulture Cluster Development
Union Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar launches Horticulture Cluster Development Programme; Programme to be implemented in 12 clusters covering 11 States/UTs […]
Agriculture & Commodities
Edible oil trying to stabilize while gold increases
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs makes amendments in the notification related to Fixation of Tariff Value of Edible Oils, Brass Scrap, Areca Nut, Gold and Silver. […]
Foreign Relations
B. Shyam appointed as Ambassador to Iceland
Shri B. Shyam currently serving as the Consul General, Consulate General of India, Osaka-Kobe in Japan has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Iceland […]
Foreign Relations
BRICS countries to collaborate on High Powered Computing
High Performance Computing (HPC) and Information Communication Technologies (ICT) discussed at BRICS Working Group Meeting […]
Finance
ECLGS 4.0 to cover onsite oxygen generation and other Covid related
Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) expanded – ECLGS 4.0 for onsite oxygen generation, wider coverage of ECLGS 3.0 and increase in tenorfor ECLGS 1.0 […]
Corona Virus
Family Pension to be given to dependents of those who lost their lives due to Covid
Government announces further measures to help families who lost the earning member due to Covid; Family Pension to be given to dependents of those who lost their lives due to Covid under Employees State Insurance Corporation […]
Agriculture & Commodities
Tamil Nadu rice exported to Ghana & Yemen
Fibre & protein rice ‘village rice’ from Tamil Nadu exported to Ghana & Yemen
Non-basmati rice exports witnessed an impressive growth of 146 per cent during 2020-21 […]
Business
KVIC gets 45cr worth orders
Big Boost for Khadi Artisans with Rs.45-crore Government Purchase Orders to KVIC during 2nd Covid-19 Lockdown […]
Agriculture & Commodities
Innovative self-pollinating apple variety grown by HP farmer
A farmer from Himachal Pradesh has developed an innovative self-pollinating apple variety that does not require long chilling hours for flowering and fruit setting […]
Technology
INDIAai completes one year
National AI Portal (INDIAai), a joint initiative by Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY), National e-Governance Division (NeGD) and NASSCOM completes 1 year […]
Technology
DRDO develops Isothermal Tech for aeroengines
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has established the near isothermal forging technology to produce all the five stages of high-pressure compressors (HPC) discs out of difficult-to-deform titanium alloy using its unique 2000 MT isothermal forge press […]
Foreign Relations
Shri Subrata Bhattacharjee appointed as Ambassador to Chile
Shri Subrata Bhattacharjee the current ambassador of india to serbia has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Chile […]
Foreign Relations
Vishnu Kumar Sharma appointed as Ambassador to South Sudan
Shri Vishnu Kumar Sharma currently serving as the director in the MEA has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of South Sudan […]
Foreign Relations
Second meeting of BRICS Sherpas and Sous Sherpas
The second BRICS Sherpas’ and Sous Sherpas’ meeting was convened under India’s Chairship and participated by all the BRICS Countries […]
Foreign Relations
BRICS meeting held on Biotechnology and Biomedicine
BRICS meeting held on emerging issues in Biotechnology and Biomedicine with more than 60 participants, including researchers, academicians, and government officials participated […]
Technology
Twitter needs to comply with the laws of the land
Twitter needs to comply with the laws of the land; Government condemns statement issued by Twitter as totally baseless, false and an attempt to defame India to hide their own follies […]
Agriculture & Commodities
APEDA holds virtual fair on horticultural products
Second virtual trade fair by APEDA focussing on horticultural products commences; revokes encouraging global response […]