MISSION SAGAR – INS KESARI AT PORT LOUIS, MAURITIUS As part of Mission Sagar, Indian Naval Ship Kesari entered Port Louis Mauritius on 23 May 2020. The GOI is aiding friendly foreign countries in dealing with the COVID-19 Pandemic, and towards this Indian Naval Ship Kesari is carrying COVID related essential medicines and a special … Read more
Indo-Pacific Land Power Conference 2020 Indo-Pacific Land Power Conference 2020 on a Free and Open Indo Pacific Region was conducted (hosted by USA) through video conferencing on May 21. Senior Officers including DGPP of Indian Army from 25 Nations discussed issues of regional security concerns and best practices in multi domain operations including counter covid … Read more
More production areas under Summer Crops over last year, procurement to rises Sowing of Summer Crops: Rice: 34.87 lakh ha. area as compared to 25.29 lakh ha. Pulses: 12.82 lakh ha. area as compared to 9.67 lakh ha. Coarse Cereals: 10.28 lakh ha area as compared to 7.30 lakh ha. Oilseeds: 9.28 lakh ha area … Read more
Textiles Committee produces fully indigenous PPE Testing Equipment Textiles Committee, Mumbai too will now test and certify PPE body coveralls required for healthcare workers The inclusion of Textiles Committee as the ninth approved laboratory to test and certify body coveralls has been announced by the Ministry of Textiles yesterday evening. The machine conceptualized and designed … Read more
DPSU, private sector integration need of the day: Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria The focus on Make in India and its big acquisition programmes will give a boost to the indigenous industry in this hour of need, says Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria. He says even programmes with foreign content, like the acquisition … Read more
The 1st Meeting of the 15th Finance Commission’s Committee The First Meeting of the 15th Finance Commission’s Committee on Fiscal Consolidation Roadmap is scheduled on 21st May, 2020 through video conferencing. One of Terms of Reference (ToRs) of the Fifteenth Finance Commission (XVFC) is to make recommendations on the fiscal consolidation roadmap of the Central … Read more
MoD approves procurement of 26 defence items only from local suppliers to boost ‘Make in India’ The Central Government has issued Public Procurement to encourage ‘Make in India’ and to promote manufacturing and production of goods and services in India. Under this order, Department of Defence Production (DDP), Ministry of Defence has so far notified … Read more
Russia reportedly begins SU-35 production for Egypt Russian state media reported that the Gagarin aircraft plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur has launched production of its advanced Su-35 fighter jets under a contract with Egypt. The Russian news agency TASS, citing a military diplomatic source, reported that production of SU-35 fighters had been launched, intended to be delivered … Read more
MOHUA announces results of Star rating of garbage free cities The Star Rating Protocol for Garbage Free Cities – a comprehensive framework similar to our examination systems where each ward in every city must achieve a certain standard across 24 different components of solid waste management (SWM) and is graded based on overall marks received. … Read more
Dr. Harsh Vardhan participates in the 73rd World Health Assembly through VC Expressed condolences for the deaths all across the globe due to COVID19 pandemic. Expressed gratitude for getting the opportunity to address the World Health Assembly The World Health Assembly is the decision-making body of WHO. It is attended by delegations from all WHO … Read more
