External Affairs Minister of India S Jaishankar participated in the virtual meeting of Foreign Ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member countries on 13 May where foreign ministers and diplomats from eight different countries attended the meeting. The Meeting aimed to discuss ...

Modi's Atma-nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan or Self-reliant India Mission is about 10 per cent of India's GDP in 2019-20 and would rank behind Japan, the US, Sweden, Australia and Germany. The relief package includes Rs.1.7 lakh crore package the government had announced in March and the steps were ...

To relieve the distress of student community during the troubled time of the COVID-19 pandemic, Union HRD Minister has launched Central University of Odisha Helpline “Bharosa” and its Helpline Number. The aim is to relieve the distress of the student community during the troubled time of the ...

Technology Centres, Bhubaneswar, Jamshedpur and Kolkata of the Ministry of MSME are now manufacturing critical parts of Real Time Quantitative Micro PCR System for AMTZ, Vishakhapatnam. The machine can give the COVID-19 Test result in less than one hour. Generally, the normal test result takes ...

At a time when even the smallest bit in the fight against Covid-19 counts and raises hope, scores of KVIC potters in a Rajasthan village are drawing the country’s attention with their unique campaign to prevent the spread of Corona virus. The potters have printed messages like, "Use Mask", ...

CSIR - National Aerospace Laboratories Bangalore has developed a Non Invasive BiPAP Ventilator in a record time of 36 days to treat COVID-19 patients. BiPAP Non-Invasive ventilator is a microcontroller-based precise closed-loop adaptive control system with a built-in biocompatible 3D printed ...

International Nurses Day is observed around the world on 12 May of each year to marks the contributions that nurses make to society. The day assumes more significance due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the past several months, nurses and other medical professionals have put their lives on the ...

The government released ₹6,195.08 crore to 14 states as the second equated monthly instalment of the Post Devolution Revenue Deficit Grant as recommended by the Finance Commission. The grant was recommended by the 15th Finance Commission (XVFC), and an equal first installment of the grant was ...

Sports Authority of India (SAI) has formed a committee to prepare a Standard Operating Procedure to resume training in all SAI Centres in all sporting disciplines after the lockdown is lifted. All training had been suspended across SAI Centres in view of the on-going Corona pandemic. The ...

Madhya Pradesh government launched country's first ever 'FIR Aapke Dwar Yojana' in Bhopal. Under the scheme, the people would not be required to visit the police station to lodge an FIR. The scheme has been started as a pilot project in 23 Police Stations including one urban and one rural ...

Atal Pension Yojana (APY), the flagship social security scheme of the government has completed five years of successful implementation. APY was launched on 9 May 2015 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The aim of the scheme is to deliver old age income security, particularly to the workers in the ...

Union Agriculture Ministry launched integration of 177 new Mandis with the National Agriculture Market to strengthen agriculture marketing and facilitate farmers to sell their harvested produce through the online portal. The 177 new mandis are from 10 States and Union Territories (UTs). The ...