Technology

Railways introduces Drone-based surveillance system

Indian Railways introduces Drone-based surveillance system for Railway Security; The purpose of the drone deployment is to provide a force multiplier and aid to the effectiveness of the security personnel deployed; Mumbai Division of Central Railway has recently procured two Ninja UAVs for better security and surveillance in Railway areas; Nine (09) drones have been procured by RPF so far […]

Education

IITs and Other Institutes tasked to do research on societal problems

Vice President urges IITs and higher education institutes to do research on societal problems; VP asks higher education institutes to develop a symbiotic relationship with industry; Urges private sector fund research projects; Calls for collective action from all stakeholders to improve quality of education; Huge potential for India to become a world leader in various technological domains; Inaugurates Diamond Jubilee Celebrations of Delhi IIT; Lauds IIT Delhi for emerging as a leader in entrepreneurship […]

Foreign Relations

BRICS Anti-Drug Working Group meeting held

4th Meeting of the BRICS Anti-Drug Working Group held; Communiqué adopted reaffirming commitment of the five member states to the International Anti-drug conventions; India called for nodal points to enable real-time information sharing among BRICS nations; Meeting focused on misuse of darknet and other advanced technologies for drug trafficking […]

General

Railway Museum at Hubballi launched

Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Coal & Mines, Shri Pralhad Joshi today dedicate Railway Museum at Hubballi to the Nation; “Railways has played an important role in our lives and has been witness to personal journeys of life in different phases. The story of evolution of Railways from the steam era to the modern bullet trains era is remarkable. Railway Museum is a monument of Tribute to that extraordinary change; “Museum is most relevant as Hubballi is an important Railway junction historically as well. This will become another prominent tourist destination in the region; In the museum one coach should depict people with masks and one coach as shramik coach for the sake of posterity to remember these times.”- Shri Suresh C. Angadi, Minister of State of Railways; This Museum displays the gradual evolution of advanced systems in all spheres of growth of Railways. […]

Agriculture & Commodities

PM launches financing facility of Rs. 1 Lakh Crore under Agriculture Infrastructure Fund

PM launches financing facility of Rs. 1 Lakh Crore under Agriculture Infrastructure Fund; Rs. 17000 Crore transferred by PM to nearly 8.5 Crore farmers under PM-KISAN through direct benefit transfer to Aadhaar linked bank accounts; Rs. 1000 Crore sanctioned to over 2280 farmer societies under Agriculture Infrastructure Fund within 30 days of receiving Cabinet approval for the Central Sector Scheme; Farmers are now ready to be entrepreneurs, in line with the vision of doubling farmers’ income […]

Finance

G C Murmu Takes over as C&AG of India

Shri Girish Chandra Murmu assumed office as the Comptroller and Auditor General of India here today. He belongs to Indian Administrative Service of Gujrat cadre (1985 batch). Shri Murmu succeeds Shri Rajiv Mehrishi, who demitted office on Friday. Prior to this, Shri Murmu was the first Lieutenant Governor of Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir. […]