India's first Design Development Center 'Fashion Nova' launched in the Textile city Surat, Gujarat  Aim: It aims at promoting the city in the field of the fashion design sector. Anupam Goyal is the founder of Fashionova Design Development. Fashion Nova Design Development Centre started at ...

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde was nominated as the president of the European Central Bank, following which she announced to temporarily relinquish her responsibilities as head of IMF. The nomination means Lagarde will step down two years before the end of her ...

The South Central Railway (SCR) has added yet another feather in its cap by commissioning the longest electrified tunnel of 6.6 km built at a total cost of ₹460 crore between Cherlopalli and Rapuru stations. The tunnel is part of the recently completed Obulavaripalli-Venkatachalam new railway ...

Ministry of AYUSH (MOA) and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) signed MOU at New Delhi for collaborating with each other for the digitization of AYUSH Sector.  MeitY agreed to advise and give technical support to MOA for planning and development of ...

The First ever India International Cooperatives Trade Fair (IICTF) is going to be held at PragatiMaidan, New Delhi from 11th till 13th October, 2019. The fair will focus on textiles, Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), Health and hospitality, Trade and Marketing and Credit Services and ...

Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D) and Morarji Desai National Institute Yoga (MDNIY) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding on 3rd July, 2019, for organizing Yoga education and training courses/programmes for Police Personnel and CAPFs at different levels and their family ...

NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog released its "Agricultural Marketing and Farmer Friendly Reforms Index" (AMFFRI) for the year 2019. It is an index launched by NITI Aayog in 2016.The main reason is to rank states and union territories based on the implementation of ...

Government has increased funds allocation for drug deaddiction measures to Rs 135 crore from Rs 33 crore in 2014, Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot told the Rajya Sabaha. He was replying to a discussion on increasing instances of drug addiction among school children in ...

The Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers’ Cadre) Bill, 2019 has been passed by the Parliament. The Rajya Sabha passed the Bill today after it was passed in Lok Sabha on 1st July, 2019. The Bill replaces the “The Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers’ Cadre) ...

The surprise choice of German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen to replace Jean-Claude Juncker came after the main front-runners were rejected. IMF chief Christine Lagarde has been nominated as the first woman to head the European Central Bank (ECB). The announcement follows days of ...

Star Indian sprinter Hima Das won the women's 200m gold, while national record holder shot putter Tajinder Pal Singh Toor bagged a bronze at the Poznan Athletics Grand Prix in Poland. Hime, the world junior champion and national record holder in 400m who has been struggling with a back problem ...

A volcano has erupted on the Italian island of Stromboli, killing one person and sending frightened tourists fleeing. The victim is a male hiker who was hit by a falling stone, while other people were injured. The navy has been deployed for a possible mass evacuation, with 70 people ...