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Cabinet hiked MSP for Kharif crops

admin — Mon, 13 Jun 2022 11:24:00 +0000

# The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved increase in Minimum Support Price (MSP) for all intended Kharif crops for Marketing Season 2022-23. # Government approved rates are at least 1.5 times of the all India weighted average cost of production. # The highest absolute increase in MSP over the previous year has

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COVID-19 vaccine ‘Anocovax’ for animals

admin — Sun, 12 Jun 2022 23:42:00 +0000

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar launched Anocovax, India’s first homegrown COVID-19 vaccine for animals. The vaccine is produced by the ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines (NRCE)in Haryana. The vaccine uses Alhydrogel as an adjuvant and contains inactivatedSARS-CoV-2 (Delta) Anocovax is aSARS-CoV-2 Delta (COVID-19) vaccine for animals that is inactivated. It is also safe for dogs,

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UP become India’s top vegetable producer

admin — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 05:47:00 +0000

Uttar Pradesh has become the top producer of vegetables, getting back its first position by demoting West Bengal to the second position, with a difference of a million tonnes in production in 2021–22 Crop Year (CY) (July–June), after two years since 2020. Vegetable production in Uttar Pradesh is expected to be 29.58 million tonnes (mt)

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Justice Raveendran committee

admin — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 07:25:43 +0000

The Supreme Court recently appointed retired apex court judge justice RV Raveendran to supervise a three-member expert committee that will investigate whether the Centre or any state government acquired and used Israeli spyware Pegasus for surveillance of Indian citizens. The Supreme Court said the committee would further propose a mechanism to ensure prevention of invasion

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Urban Mobility India conference

admin — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 07:22:50 +0000

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 Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry. The awards were given out by Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri during the Urban Mobility India conference. Delhi received the

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Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine drive

admin — Mon, 01 Nov 2021 07:11:00 +0000

Union Health Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya launched a nationwide expansion of Pneumococcal 13-valent Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) under the Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP) as a part of ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’. It was for the first time in the country that PCV would be available for universal use. Pneumonia was a leading cause of death among

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Suicides among farm workers rose 18% in 2020

admin — Sun, 31 Oct 2021 21:16:00 +0000

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 (NCRB) report released recently. However, suicides among landowning farmers dropped slightly during the pandemic year. The farm sector was one of the few bright spots in the Indian economy last

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Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission

admin — Thu, 28 Oct 2021 05:16:00 +0000

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission, one of the largest pan-India schemes for strengthening healthcare infrastructure, in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. The Prime Minister also inaugurated various development projects worth more than ₹5,200 crore for his constituency. The objective of the Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission is

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Amendments to the Forest Conservation Act (FCA)

admin — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 00:03:00 +0000

The Centre has proposed amendments to the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, to liberalise forest laws. The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, came into force to address deforestation. Though the Indian Forest Act has been in force since 1927, it was geared to allow the colonial British administration to control the extraction of timber and not aimed

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Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission

admin — Wed, 29 Sep 2021 00:21:00 +0000

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 27 September, 2021 launched the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, under which a digital health ID will be provided to people that will contain their health records, and asserted that it has the potential to bring revolutionary changes in healthcare. About Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission: 1) Under the mission, a unique

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First woman Speaker of Gujarat Assembly

admin — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 11:34:00 +0000

Senior MLA from Bhuj constituency of Kutch district, Nimaben Acharya, became the first woman Speaker of Gujarat Legislative Assembly after she was elected to the post unanimously. Chief Minister Bhupenra Patel proposed the name of Nimaben Acharya for the post of Speaker and it was supported by Leader of Opposition Paresh Dhanani. A gynaecologist by

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India: First Asian Country to launch a plastics pact

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 04:54:00 +0000

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 circular system for plastics. The new platform called, the ‘India Plastic Pact,’ was launched by British High Commissioner to India, Alexander Ellis. “This will bring together prominent enterprises on a national level

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India’s 1st dugong conservation reserve

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 09:56:32 +0000

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. Dugong or sea cow is an endangered marine mammal that is facing extinction due to habitat loss, sea pollution, and loss of seagrass. In Tamil Nadu, dugong is found in

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World’s highest motorable road at 18,600 ft inaugurated in Ladakh

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 02:10:00 +0000

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 stretch passing through the Kela Pass at 18,600 feet will be the world’s highest motorable way. The road, constructed by the 58 Engineer Regiment of the Indian Army, will reduce

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Govt introduces new BH number series for vehicles

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 08:28:00 +0000

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways introduced a new registration mark for new vehicles. Called BH (Bharat series), it will free vehicle owners from re-registration process when they shift from one state/union territory to another. A vehicle with BH mark will not require a new registration mark when the owner shifts from one State

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Jallianwala Bagh memorial renovated

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 05:21:00 +0000

Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the renovated Jallianwala Bagh complex in Amritsar on 28th August, 2021. The monument was first opened by then President Dr Rajendra Prasad on April 13, 1961, as a grateful nation’s tribute to the victims of the massacre on April 13, 1919, when a large crowd had gathered at the

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Madhya Pradesh government implements NEP 2020

admin — Sat, 28 Aug 2021 04:25:00 +0000

Madhya Pradesh government has launched the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. With this, it has become the second state in the country to implement the policy after Karnataka. According to the official statement, the government intends to implement NEP-2020 in all the regions of the state, which includes 16 government universities and 40 private universities,

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Malabar Exercise -2021

admin — Sat, 28 Aug 2021 01:36:00 +0000

The high-voltage Malabar exercise featuring the navies of all four Quad countries — India, the United States, Australia and Japan —-was conducted off the coast of Guam in the backdrop of the resolve by the four nations to work towards a free and open Indo-Pacific in view of China’s expansionist behaviour in the region. The

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387 ‘Moplah martyrs’ to be removed from the Dictionary of Martyrs

admin — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 05:24:00 +0000

Malabar Rebellion leaders Variamkunnath Kunhamed Haji, Ali Musaliar and 387 other “Moplah martyrs” will be removed from the Dictionary of Martyrs of India’s Freedom Struggle. A three-member committee of the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR), which submitted a review report of the names of “freedom fighters” in the 1921 rebellion in 2016, is said

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National Handicraft Award

admin — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 21:32:00 +0000

Two women from Sabang in West Bengal’s Paschim Medinpur district have been given the National Handicraft Award in recognition of their outstanding contribution to the development of crafts. The announcement of national crafts awards for Gauri Rani Jana and Gauri Bala Das was made this Independence Day for their skills in making Madur floor mats

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