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Assam has moved closer to resolving its decades-old boundary dispute with Meghalaya, but tension has been brewing on its Arunachal Pradesh frontier. Miscreants allegedly fired at Assam forest officials on November 23 in the Ronga Reserve Forest of Assam’s Lakhimpur Read More …
Ministry of Panchayat Raj, with National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, Hyderabad and Abdul Nazir Sab State Institute of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, Mysuru had organised one day National Consultative Workshop on Citizen Charter and Delivery of Read More …
The 15th edition of the biennial trilateral coast guard exercise ‘Dosti’ involving India, the Maldives and Sri Lanka was held in the Maldives. Indian Coast Guard vessels, the ICGS Vajra and ICGS Apoorva joined the Sri Lanka Coast Guard, SLCGS Read More …
India has agreed to release 5 million barrels of crude oil from its Strategic Petroleum Reserves. This release will happen in parallel and in consultation with other major global energy consumers including the USA, China, Japan and the Republic of Read More …
To promote cooperation between India and Germany on various areas of mutual interest, NITI Aayog and Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation & Development (BMZ) signed Statement of Intent (SoI) on November 23, 2021. This SoI intends to establish an overarching Read More …
NITI Aayog on November 23, 2021 launched the inaugural SDG Urban Index & Dashboard (2021-22). The index and dashboard are a result of the NITI Aayog-GIZ and BMZ collaboration focused on driving SDG localization in Indian cities, under the umbrella Read More …
The Indian Railways on November 23, 2021 announced the ‘Bharat Gaurav’ scheme, under which theme-based tourist circuit trains, on the lines of the Ramayana Express, can be run either by private or State-owned operators. According to the Railways Minister Ashwini Read More …
INS Visakhapatnam, a P15B stealth guided missile destroyer, was commissioned into the Indian Navy in the presence of Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh at the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai on November 21, 2021. The is the first of the four ‘Visakhapatnam’ class Read More …
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology Dr Jitendra Singh launched India’s first Virtual Science Lab for children under CSIR Jigyasa programme, which will also connect students with scientists across the country. The new facility will immensely benefit Read More …
Despite COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions, some 650,000 women and girls were provided with gender-based violence services through a joint UN and European Union (EU) programme working to stamp out what is arguably one of the most prevalent human rights violations. Read More …
The Global State of Democracy Report, 2021 was released by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance on November 22, 2021. According to the report, the number of countries moving towards authoritarianism in 2020 was higher than that of Read More …
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution and Textiles, Piyush Goyal on November 20 announced setting up a mega handloom cluster at Nongpok Kakching, the native village of Olympic silver medalist Saikhom Mirabai Chanu in Read More …
The Ganga Expressway, an ambitious project of Uttar Pradesh government, connecting Meerut to Prayagraj district has got environmental clearance. Projects covered under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Notification of 2006 need to get environmental clearance before work Read More …
Labour and Employment Minister Bhupender Yadav on November 22, 2021 flagged off the first ever All India Domestic Workers Survey. The survey- being conducted by Labour Bureau, will cover 742 districts in 37 States and Union territories. The objective is to Read More …
Union Minister of Home Affairs Shri Amit Shah laid the Foundation Stone for setting up of the Rani Gaidinliu Tribal Freedom Fighters Museum at Luangkao village in Imphal East district of Manipur. The project has been sanctioned by the Ministry of Read More …