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Recently, a rare Albino Indian Flapshell turtle was spotted in Sirnapally Forest inTelangana’s Nizamabad district. It was spotted by Manoj Kumar Vittapu, and Shravan Kumar Poshetty, a mountaineer and an international forest forensic investigator. There were only two instances earlier Read More …
Atal Innovation Mission, Niti Aayog December 22, 2021 launched the first of its kind Vernacular Innovation Program which enables innovators and entrepreneurs to have access to the innovative ecosystem in 22 mother tongue languages. By providing access to learning in Read More …
Defence Research and Development Organisation, (DRDO) on December 22, 2021 successfully conducted maiden flight test of indigenously developed surface-to-surface missile – Pralay. The flight test was conducted from Dr A P J Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha. Read More …
The first set of indigenously developed next generation Armoured Engineer Reconnaissance Vehicle (AERV) was inducted into the Corps of Engineers of Indian Army in a solemn function attended by Gen MM Naravane, the Chief of Army Staff at Pune on Read More …
The Union Ministry of Agriculture on December 21, 2021 released the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for drone application in Agriculture. The SOP for drone regulation for pesticide application covers important aspects like statutory provisions, flying permissions, area distance restrictions, weight Read More …
The Jammu and Kashmir Delimitation Commission, headed by Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai (retd.) on December 20, 2021 proposed to increase six seats for the Jammu division and one for the Kashmir division. Jammu and Kashmir will now have a 90-member Read More …
Indian Immunologicals Ltd (IIL) has launched goat pox vaccine-Raksha Goat Pox, which is expected to help control the disease. IIL’s Raksha goat pox vaccine is a live attenuated vaccine I.P. (Uttarkashi strain) grown on Vero Cell Culture. The primary vaccination Read More …
The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions is celebrating Good Governance Week on 20-25th December as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebration. The theme of Good Governance Week is “Prashasan Read More …
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on December 19, 2021 published detailed rules to assist in the implementation of new international tax system, which will ensure multinational enterprises (MNEs) will be subject to a minimum 15 per cent Read More …
Parliament has passed the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill with the Rajya Sabha approving it on December 21. The Upper House passed this legislation amid the walkout by the opposition members. Lok Sabha had passed this bill on December 20, 2021. Read More …
Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment (ADRDE), Agra conducted a flight demonstration of Controlled Aerial Delivery System of 500 kg capacity (CADS-500) on December 18, 2021. ADRDE, Agra is an R&D laboratory of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Read More …
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi attended the function marking the Goa Liberation Day celebrations at Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Stadium in Taligao in December 19, 2021. The Prime Minister felicitated the freedom fighters and veterans of ‘Operation Vijay’ at the function. He Read More …
Indian Navy conducted the maiden sea trials for Mormugao, the second indigenous stealth destroyer of the P15B class on December 19, 2021. Built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDSL), the ship has been named after the port town in Goa. The Read More …
Recently, an Indian desert cat has been spotted for the first time in Madhya Pradesh’s Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR). The cat was spotted in the reserve’s Akola buffer zone. The Indian desert cat also known as the Asiatic wildcat (Felis lybica ornata) Read More …
Union Minister of State, Ministry of Electronics and IT Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar inaugurated North India’s maiden Centre of Entrepreneurship – “MedTech” at the SG – PGI, Lucknow. The centre of entrepreneurship shall provide state of the art facilities to Startups Read More …