Union Ministers Prakash Javadekar and R K Singh inaugurated ELECRAMA on 18 January 2020, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. It is being organized by the industry body the Indian Electrical and Electronics Manufacturers Association (IEEMA). ELECRAMA 2020 focuses on energy storage, e-mobility, grid ...

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully test-fired nuclear-capable 3500 kilometer strike range submarine launched K-4 ballistic missile off coast in Andhra Pradesh. The missile will be equipped on indigenous INS Arihant class nuclear powered submarines of Navy. The ...

The railway authorities have decided to replace Urdu language on signboards at state platforms with Sanskrit. The signboards will now be written of railway stations in Hindi, English and Sanskrit. The decision has been taken as per provisions of the Railway Manual, which says that names of the ...

National Immunization Day for the year 2020 was observed across India on 19 January.  Every year, India observes National Immunisation Day to mark the launch of pulse polio programme. India has been implementing the Pulse Polio Programme since 1995. In India, the last case of wild polio was ...

China and Myanmar signed 33 deals aimed at speeding up key infrastructure projects to provide Beijing a stepping stone to the Indian Ocean after a meeting between President Xi Jinping and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, as the Communist nation ramped up support to cement its hold over the ...

The 15th Finance Commission will visit the State Goa and hold meetings with the State Government and other stakeholders on 23rd -24th January, 2020.  The Commission will be headed by Chairman, Sh. N.K. Singh and include all its Members and senior officials. In this regard the Commission had a ...

The 14th Foundation Day of Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL) was celebrated at a function in New Delhi on 18th January 2020. DFC has the impact to transform the railways sector. It is necessary to have separate tracks for freight and for passengers to ensure faster movement ...

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has launched the 7th Economic Census process in the state. Economic Census process is being carried out by Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation with the help of Common Service Centres. Nearly 40 thousand enumerators will use mobile ...

Japan is now top of the leaderboard, offering visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to an incredible 191 destinations around the world. Asia dominates the top of the list, with Singapore in second place (with a score of 190) and South Korea tying with Germany in third place (with a score of 189). ...

The MSME Export Promotion Council (MSNE-EPC) is holding the first three-day summit for aspiring entrepreneurs in the North East to pave the way for development of entrepreneurship and businesses by women and youths of the region. The international summit, with Assam as the host state and business ...

The government of India has mandated hallmark to gold jewellery. The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution issued a notification on January 14 stating that it will give one year's time to jewellers and retailers to register themselves with the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) ...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah presided over the signing of an agreement between the central government and the governments of Tripura and Mizoram and Bru-Reang representatives under which around 34,000 internally displaced people will be settled in Tripura. Around 34,000 Bru refugees will be ...