Malayalam poet, conservationist and women’s rights activist Sugathakumari, who was on life support for the past two days after testing positive for Covid-19 at the age of 86 years.Read more
The Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) is expected to launch municipal bonds in January, and will become the third Urban Local Body (ULB) in Gujarat to use this method to raise money to fund development work sanctioned under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT).Read more
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At least 36 people at a Chilean research station in Antarctica have been found infected with the novel coronavirus. This is the first instance of the virus on the icy, southernmost continent.Read more
Several took ill in a major ammonia gas leakage at the Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) unit at Prayagraj. The victims had come in contact with the concentrated form of ammonia gas that leaked heavily from the plant.Read more
The Directorate General of Training (DGT) joined hands with Microsoft and NASSCOM Foundation to provide a digital content for ITI students and also future-ready employability skilling program for upskilling and reskilling.Read more
Health Ministry along with Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, MeitY has launched a Grand Challenge for strengthening the COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network, CoWIN system, a digitalised platform to be used to effectively roll out and scale up the mechanism for COVID Vaccine Distribution System, nationally.Read more
Ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s go to Manipur on December 27, the State’s Zomi ethnic group has renewed its demand for a self-administered zone on the strains of the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) in Assam.Read more
A mobile application to identify and geotag insanitary latrines and manual scavengers was launched by Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment.Read more
Union Minister for Road Transport, Highway announced that FASTag is being made mandatory for all vehicles in the country from 1st of January, 2021. The FASTags were launched in the year 2016.Read more
According to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, India has added Tso Kar Wetland Complex in Ladakh as its 42nd Ramsar site, the second one in the Union Territory (UT) of Ladakh.Read more
