The Indian Army and the Indian Air force recently conducted a joint exercise, ‘Vayu Prahar’. “The conduct of the Vayu Prahar exercise enabled coordination and rehearsal among various agencies for quick mobilization, transportation, and deployment of forces within a...

The Ministry of Minority Affairs implemented the ‘Seekho Aur Kamao’ scheme (SAK) for the benefit of six (6) notified minority communities. This scheme targeted to upgrade the skills of minority youth (14-45 years) in various modern/ traditional skills depending upon...

On 22 March 2023, the Chhattisgarh Media Personnel Security Bill-2023 was presented and passed in the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly. Chhattisgarh is the second state in the country, where the Media Personnel Security Bill has been passed. It is worth noting that...

The Indian Patent Office has rejected U.S. pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) attempt to extend its monopoly on the manufacturing of the anti-tuberculosis drug Bedaquiline in India beyond July 2023. The patent office invoked Section 3(d) in its...

President Draupadi Murmu opened the historic Rashtrapati Nilayam at Bolarum, Secunderabad (Telangana) for the public on 22 March 2023. This is the first time this heritage building is being opened for the general public. “During the tour of the Nilayam, one can see...

Pankaj Advani, the Indian cue sports champion, has retained his Asian Billiards title in the 100-up format after defeating his compatriot Brijesh Damani 5-1 in the final held at Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation (QBSF) Academy. Advani, who has won the...

The Income Tax Department has launched a mobile app named 'AIS for Taxpayers' to facilitate taxpayers to view the information available in the Annual Information Statement (AIS) or Taxpayer Information Summary (TIS). The new ‘AIS for Taxpayer’ app becomes important...

CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu launched the ‘Hategi Fulnu, Lautegi Charagah’ campaign on the occasion of World Forestry Day. The campaign ‘Hategi Fulnu, Lautegi Charagah’ aims at sensitizing people about forest fire prevention and the bad effects of lantana weed -- a...

On March 21, 2023, Union Minister of State for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences (Independent Charge), Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurated Asia's largest 4-meter International Liquid Mirror...

Rajasthan became the first-ever state to pass the Right to Health Bill in the Assembly which now gives every resident of the state a right to avail of free Out Patient Department (OPD) services and In-Patient Department (IPD) services at all public healthcare...