# The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved increase in Minimum Support Price (MSP) for all intended Kharif crops for Marketing Se...
COVID-19 vaccine ‘Anocovax’ for animals
Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar launched Anocovax, India’s first homegrown COVID-19 vaccine for animals. The vaccine is produced by the ICAR...
UP become India’s top vegetable producer
Uttar Pradesh has become the top producer of vegetables, getting back its first position by demoting West Bengal to the second position, with a differ...
Justice Raveendran committee
The Supreme Court recently appointed retired apex court judge justice RV Raveendran to supervise a three-member expert committee that will investigate...
Urban Mobility India conference
Surat won the award for the city with the best public transport system, while Kochi was judged the city with most sustainable transport system by the ...
Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine drive
Union Health Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya launched a nationwide expansion of Pneumococcal 13-valent Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) under the Universal Immu...
Suicides among farm workers rose 18% in 2020
The number of agricultural labourers who died by suicide in 2020 was 18% higher than the previous year, according to the National Crime Records Bureau...
Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission, one of the largest pan-India schemes for strengthening health...
Amendments to the Forest Conservation Act (FCA)
The Centre has proposed amendments to the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, to liberalise forest laws. The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, came into f...
Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 27 September, 2021 launched the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, under which a digital health ID will be provide...
First woman Speaker of Gujarat Assembly
Senior MLA from Bhuj constituency of Kutch district, Nimaben Acharya, became the first woman Speaker of Gujarat Legislative Assembly after she was ele...
India: First Asian Country to launch a plastics pact
World-Wide Fund for Nature-India (WWF India) and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) have joined hands to develop a platform to promote a circu...
India’s 1st dugong conservation reserve
The Tamil Nadu government announced plans to set up India’s first Dugong Conservation Reserve in the Palk Bay on the southeast coast of the state. Dug...
World’s highest motorable road at 18,600 ft inaugurated in Ladakh
A strategically important road, which connects Leh to the Pangong Lake, was inaugurated in Leh by Ladakh MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, who said that the...
Govt introduces new BH number series for vehicles
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways introduced a new registration mark for new vehicles. Called BH (Bharat series), it will free vehicle owner...
Jallianwala Bagh memorial renovated
Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the renovated Jallianwala Bagh complex in Amritsar on 28th August, 2021. The monument was first ope...
Madhya Pradesh government implements NEP 2020
Madhya Pradesh government has launched the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. With this, it has become the second state in the country to implement...
Malabar Exercise -2021
The high-voltage Malabar exercise featuring the navies of all four Quad countries — India, the United States, Australia and Japan —-was conducted off ...
387 ‘Moplah martyrs’ to be removed from the Dictionary of Martyrs
Malabar Rebellion leaders Variamkunnath Kunhamed Haji, Ali Musaliar and 387 other “Moplah martyrs” will be removed from the Dictionary of Martyrs of I...
National Handicraft Award
Two women from Sabang in West Bengal’s Paschim Medinpur district have been given the National Handicraft Award in recognition of their outstanding con...
Ancient Dagger Found in Tamil Nadu
An iron dagger with a wooden handle was found inside a burial urn unearthed at Konthagai village, which is part of the Keeladi cluster where the seven...
NCPCR has recommended minority schools be brought under RTE
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has released a report — The “Impact of Exemption under Article 15 (5) with regards to A...
RBI launches Financial Inclusion Index
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced the formation of a composite Financial Inclusion Index (FI-Index) to capture the extent of financial inclusi...
Al-Mohed Al-Hindi 2021
India and Saudi Arabia have conducted their first-ever naval exercise, in reflection of their growing defence and military cooperation. Indian Navy...
National Mission on Edible Oil-Oil Palm (NMEO-OP)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a new national initiative on palm oil production to help increase farm incomes. The scheme, called National Edi...
Definition of Minority
Recently, central Government has notified minority communities at the national level in consultation with various stakeholders under Section 2 (c) of ...
Constitution amendment bill to restore states’ rights on OBC list
Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Virendra Kumar introduced the Constitution (127th Amendment) Bill, 2021 in the Lok Sabha on August 9, 20...
Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2021
The Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2020 will seek to propose amendments to the Electricity Act 2003. Further, it also sets rules and provisions for regu...
Ladakh removes need for Inner Line Permit for Indian nationals
In a notification, Ladakh UT’s Home Department said the requirement of an ILP for the Indian nationals, including domestic tourists and local resident...
1st woman chief of ZSI in 100 yrs
The Zoological Survey of India, one of the premier organisations involved in taxonomic studies of fauna, got its first woman Director. Dhriti Banerjee...
Samagra Shiksha Scheme 2.0
The union cabinet has approved the continuation of the Samagra Shiksha scheme for school education till March 31, 2026.The revised scheme with a perio...
The Central Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2021
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan introduced the Central Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2021, in the Lok Sabha. It is the bill that seeks to...
Indigenous Aircraft Carrier ‘Vikrant’
India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC) ‘Vikrant’ hit the waters for the first time as the Indian Navy began its sea trials recently. “This is...
The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2021
Rajya Sabha recently passed The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which seeks to amend the constitutional list of Schedule...
The Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Bill, 2021
The Parliament approved a Bill that seeks to set up a commission for air quality management in the National Capital Region and its adjoining areas. Th...