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India among nations that face grave danger to soil biodiversity: WWF

According to recently released Global Soil Biodiversity Atlas prepared by World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), India among nations that face grave danger to soil biodiversity. The atlas...

October 31, 2018

19th meeting of FSDC held in New Delhi

The 19th meeting of Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) was held in New Delhi under the Chairmanship of Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. The meeting was attended...

October 31, 2018

Defence Ministry signs contract with GRSE for supply of four survey vessels for Indian Navy

Union Defence Ministry has signed contract worth Rs 2,435.15 crore with public sector Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata for manufacturing of four survey vessels aimed at...

October 31, 2018

Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of India

A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of India refers to a special bench consisting of five or more judges convened to decide cases involving substantial questions of...

October 31, 2018

Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS)

The Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) is a mission-mode project initiated by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of India, under the National e-Governance...

October 31, 2018

Fact Sheet: Odisha Coastal Disaster Alert System

Odisha Government has launched an automatic public address system to warn citizens about cyclone and tsunami, floods.  Key features This is the first of its kind technology in...

October 31, 2018

CSIR developed Less Polluting Firecrackers named – SWAS, SAFAL and STAR

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) scientists has developed less polluting green firecrackers named SWAS,SAFAL,STAR. Green crackers are so named because they do not contain harmful...

October 31, 2018

Researchers developed a web-based tool to monitor fake news on Facebook, Twitter

A web-based tool to monitor the spread of fake news on social media platforms has been developed by the Researchers from the University of Michigan in the     US....

October 31, 2018

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley reviewes current global and domestic economic situation and financial sector performance

Recently, the 19th meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) held under the Chairmanship of the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley reviewed the current global and...

October 31, 2018

Netherlands to be Partner Country at 25th DST – CII Technology Summit 2019

The Kingdom of Netherlands will be the Partner Country at the 25th DST – CII Technology Summit 2019. It was recently announced by Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister...

October 31, 2018

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