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RailMadad wins Silver in National e-Governance Award

RailMadad, the grievance redressal portal of Indian Railways, has won the National e-Governance Award for excellence in providing citizen-centric delivery. The new unified portal of Indian Railways, used for grievance, inquiry, and...

February 21, 2020

P V Sindhu wins the ESPN’s Female Sportsperson of the Year award

India’s ace shuttler and World champion P V Sindhu won the ESPN’s Female Sportsperson of the Year award for a third consecutive time. Sindhu’s World Championship victory has...

February 21, 2020

Symposium on Emerging Opportunities for Indian Textiles & Crafts held in New Delhi

The Symposium on Emerging Opportunities for Indian Textiles and Crafts was recently organised in New Delhi. The symposium was inaugurated by Union Minister of Textiles and Women and...

February 21, 2020

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw named as EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2019

The 21st edition of the Ernst and Young (EY) awards for the year 2019 was presented recently. The Founder and CMD of India’s leading Biopharmaceutical firm-Biocon, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw...

February 21, 2020

CCPA to be created to implement Consumer Protection Act 2019

Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has recently announced that the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) will be created to implement the Consumer Protection Act 2019. The...

February 21, 2020

Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh observed their Statehood Day on February 20

The two north-eastern states Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh on Wednesday observed their Statehood Day on February 20. On the same day in the year 1987, the two states...

February 21, 2020

CSIR tops ‘Nature Ranking Index-2020

As per the ‘Nature Ranking Index-2020’, which is based on total research output of institutions, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has been ranked in the...

February 21, 2020

Telangana launches Project Tej

The Government of Telangana have launched Project Tej, in association with a platform MedTechConnect, during the BioAsia 2020-Biotech and Life Sciences forum of the state. The Project aims...

February 21, 2020

‘A Future for the World’s Children’ report released

A report titled ‘A Future for the World’s Children’ was recently released by a World Health Organization (WHO) Commission, UNICEF and the Lancet journal. The report included a...

February 21, 2020

National Organic Food Festival inaugurated in New Delhi

Ministry of Food Processing and Ministry of Women and Child Development jointly inaugurated the National Organic Food Festival in New Delhi. The festival aimed at strengthening organic food...

February 21, 2020