Business

11 lakh MSMEs registered under Udyam Registration since 1st July, 2020

New online system of MSME/Udyam Registration stands the test of Time & Technology; Totally seamless & smooth system also shows stability & resilience; More than 11 lakh MSMEs already registered since its launch on 1st July, 2020; Out of this, more than 9.26 lakh registrations took place with PAN number; This also includes more than 1.80 lakh old UAM holders; 1.73 lakh enterprises owned by women; Ministry of MSME launches special drives for increasing Udyam Registration; Registration without PAN and GST upto 31.3.2021 as transitional arrangement […]

General

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi announces Haj 2021 guidelines

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi announces Haj 2021 guidelines; National-international Protocol Guidelines due to Pandemic Position will be implemented and followed strictly during the Haj 2021: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi; Online application process for Haj 2021 starts from today; The last date of applying for Haj 2021 is 10th December, 2020; The application filled for Haj 2020 by women under without “Mehram” (male companion) category is valid for Haj 2021 also; The 10 embarkation points for Haj 2021 are- Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Cochin, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai and Srinagar […]

Health Care

NPPA makes Cancer Drugs affordable

NPPA plays a crucial role in making Cancer Drugs affordable; Following NPPA’s price rationalization initiated in February 2019, 526 brands of 42 anti-cancer drugs showed price reduction up to 90%; Saving about 1000 crore annually to Cancer Patients; NPPA Observes National Cancer Awareness day on 07th November […]

Education

Centre of Excellence for Indian Knowledge System to be set up at IIT KGP

Union Minister of Education Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank announced the Centre of Excellence for Indian Knowledge System to be set up at IIT Kharagpur. Inaugurating the international webinar titled “Bharata Tirtha” organized by the Institute from November 6-8, 2020, Chief Guest Shri Pokhriyal congratulated the Institute for the continued work in various branches of the Indian Knowledge System. […]

Foreign Relations

MOU with Spain for collaborations in Astronomy

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi was apprised of the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Bengaluru and the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC) and the GRANTECAN, S.A. (GTC), Spain to develop scientific and technical collaborations in astronomy field. […]