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Captain Surbhi Jakhmola becomes 1st woman officer to be posted at Border Roads Organization (BRO)
Captain Surbhi Jakhmola of the Indian Army’s 117 Engineer Regiment will be the first woman officer to be posted on a...
Vidisha becomes the first district in India to implement state-of-the-art 5G use cases proposed by startups
Vidisha, an aspirational district of Madhya Pradesh became the first-ever district in India for the on-ground...
Congress government in Himachal Pradesh approves restoration of old pension scheme
Himachal Pradesh government, headed by chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, on January 13, restored the Old Pension...
Three National Level Multi-State Cooperative Societies (MSCS) Under MSCS Act, 2002 approved by Cabinet
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved setting up and promoting a...
Senior IAS Officer A Santhi Kumari has been appointed as the new Chief Secretary of Telangana
A. Shanti Kumari, the Senior IAS officer has been appointed Telangana's new Chief Secretary. According to the...
Uttarakhand Governor Approves Bill Granting 30 Percent Women’s Reservation in Govt Jobs
Uttarakhand Governor Lt Gen Gurmeet Singh has approved 30 percent horizontal reservation for domiciled women of the...
Global Risk Report 2023 released by World Economic Forum (WEF)
The report is published annually based on Global Risks Perception Survey. It highlights key risks across five...
IIT Mandi Faculty Bags NASI-Young Scientist Award
Indian Institute of Technology Mandi faculty Dr. Garima Agrawal has been awarded NASI-Platinum Jubilee Young Scientist...
26th National Youth Festival
The Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, in collaboration with the Government of Karnataka, is organizing the...
World Spice Congress (WSC)
India is known as the ‘Spice Bowl’ of the world. It produces a number of quality, rare and medicinal spices. With an...
VSHORAD missile system
Meant to kill low-altitude aerial threats at short ranges, VSHORADS is a man-portable Air Defence System (MANPAD). It...
Startup India Innovation Week (10th – 16th January 2023)
Startup India Innovation Week will be organized from the 10th to the 16th of January to celebrate the Indian Startup...
New Development Bank (NDB) has agreed to fund the Shimla Urban Transport Ropeway Project
The New Development Bank (NDB) has agreed to fund the Shimla Urban Transport Ropeway Project. The project will be...
Indian-American aerospace industry expert, AC Charania has been appointed as NASA’s new chief technologist
Indian American aerospace expert AC Charania has been appointed by NASA as its Chief Technologist. He will serve as a...
India’s foreign exchange reserves fell by $70.1 billion in 2022
After 3 consecutive years of rise, India’s forex reserves declined by $70 bn in 2022 on account of rising inflation...
e-Sanjeevani
eSanjeevani is a government scheme that offers online OPD doctor consultations to citizens. This intervention proves...
Uttarakhand’s ‘Sinking’ Town Joshimath Declared Disaster-Prone Area
In Uttarakhand, about a 1.5-kilometer landslide-affected area of Joshimath town has been declared as a disaster-prone...
SPRINT Scheme
The Indian Navy has recently announced a collaboration with Sagar Defence Engineering Private Limited for the...
Indian-Origin Manpreet Monica Singh Becomes First Female Sikh Judge In US
Indian-origin Manpreet Monica Singh has been sworn in as a Harris county judge, becoming the first female Sikh judge...
National Health Authority (NHA)
National Health Authority (NHA) introduces a new system to measure and grade the performance of hospitals empaneled...
Kerala becomes the country’s first fully Digital Banking State
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan declared Kerala as the first state in the country to go fully digital in its banking...
Village Defence Committees
Jammu and Kashmir L-G Manoj Sinha recently said Village Defence Guards would be set up in the UT. The scheme to set...
Parshuram Kund Festival is to be celebrated from 12 to 16 January 2023
Recently, the Arunachal Pradesh government informed that Parshuram Kund Festival (PKF), is to be celebrated from 12 to...
Hyderabad gears up for India’s first-ever Formula E race
The Special Chief Secretary of the Telangana government, Arvind Kumar on Wednesday, booked the first ticket for the...
India to host virtual ‘Voice of Global South Summit’ on Jan 12-13
India will host a special virtual Summit on the 12th and 13th of this month called 'Voice of Global South Summit'....
76th Foundation Day of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)
Recently, the 76th Foundation Day of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) was celebrated in New Delhi and various...
Jaydev Unadkat Takes First-Over Hat-trick In Ranji Trophy
Saurashtra's Jaydev Unadkat made a slice of Ranji Trophy history, becoming the first bowler to take a hat-trick in the...
Pranesh M became India’s 79th Grandmaster
Pranesh M became India’s 79th Grandmaster, having completed his three norms prior to this event. IM Pranesh M emerged...
India’s first underwater metro will start by December 2023
India’s first underwater metro service, The Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC) said that the East-West Metro...
World’s first Palm-leaf Manuscript Museum opened in Kerala
A treasure house of both obscure and celebrated tales of the erstwhile Travancore kingdom that became Asia's first to...
Leopard census starts in Una
The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has begun a census of leopards in the Una district under the project, ‘Population...
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the Siyom bridge in Arunachal Pradesh
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh asserted that India has every capability to thwart challenges along the border to...
Draft National Medical Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2022 launched by the National Medical Commission
The National Medical Commission (NMC) has issued a public notice notifying its Draft National Medical Commission...
Election Commission Launched ‘Mission-929’ to Take Voter Turnout in Tripura to over 90%
The Election Commission (EC) is focusing on 929 polling booths across Tripura, setting a target of 92 percent voter...
18th National Jamboree of Bharat Scouts and Guides launched by President Draupadi Murmu
President Draupadi Murmu inaugurated the 18th National Scouts and Guides Jamboree on 4th January 2023 at Rohat in the...
Captain Shiva Chauhan became the first woman officer to be posted in the world’s highest battlefield Siachen
Prime Minister Narendra Modi applauded Captain Shiva Chauhan of Fire and Fury Sappers as she became the first woman...
India’s Koneru Humpy wins silver in the World Blitz championship
Indian ace Koneru Humpy came up with a superb performance after a modest run in the initial phase to claim the silver...
Chhattisgarh police ‘Nijaat’ campaign gets IACP Award – 2022
The US-based international organization International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) has selected Chhattisgarh...
10th phase of Rythu Bandhu launched by the Telangana government
Telangana government has launched the 10th phase of Rythu Bandhu, the investment support scheme for farmers. Under...
PM Modi to flag off the world’s longest river cruise from Varanasi on January 13
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to flag off the longest-ever luxury cruise from Varanasi to Dibrugarh via...
PM Modi addressed the 108th Indian Science Congress
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi addressed the 108th Indian Science Congress (ISC) via video conferencing. The...
Ministry of Rural Development launched the “Prajjwala Challenge”
With an aim to invite ideas, solutions, and actions that can transform the rural economy, the Deendayal Antyodaya...
Maharashtra became the first state in the country to pass the Lokayukta Bill
Maharashtra Assembly passed the Lokayukta Bill 2022 on December 28, which brings the Chief Minister and Council of...
PM Narendra Modi flagged off Howrah-New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express
West Bengal has got its first Vande Bharat Express train on the busy Howrah-New Jalpaiguri route today, Friday,...
Wharton-QS Reimagine Education Awards 2022 won by IIT Madras
The Wharton-QS Reimagine Education Awards, also known as “the Oscars of Education,” given significant recognition to...
“Prahari app” of the Border Security Force launched by Union Home Minister Amit Shah
The Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah launched the Mobile App ‘Prahari’ of the Border Security Force...
Less than 7% of protected monuments have security cover, says report
The project comes on the back of an acute shortage of security personnel at centrally protected monuments with the ASI...
Prabodh Saxena appointed as Chief Secretary Himachal Pradesh
The government in Himachal Pradesh has appointed 1990 batch IAS and Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Prabodh Saxena as...
Ashwini Vaishnaw launched the ‘Stay Safe Online’ Campaign and ‘G20 Digital Innovation Alliance’
As part of India’s G20 presidency, the Minister for Electronics & Information Technology, Communications and...