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December 5: World Soil Day

The World Soil Day was endorsed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 2013. It was officially adopted through a resolution at the 68th...

December 5, 2019

National Museum of Indian Cinema signs MoU with Films Division and BookMyShow

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for online ticketing of National Museum of Indian Cinema (NMIC) was inked between Films Division and BookMyShow (BMS) in New Delhi. With this...

December 5, 2019

Fit India School Rating System Launched

The Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs & Sports, Kiren Rijiju and the Union Human Resource Development Minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ jointly launched the Fit India School...

December 5, 2019

India ranks 73rd in UNCTAD B2C E-commerce Index 2019

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development(UNCTAD) has released its 2019 edition of Business-to-Consumer(B2C) E-commerce Index which measures an economy’s preparedness to support online shopping. The index...

December 5, 2019

World Soil Day 2019

World Soil Day is an international day celebrated annually on 5th December since 2014 with the aim to spread the importance of healthy soil and to advocate for...

December 5, 2019

International Volunteer Day 2019

International Volunteer Day is an international observance day to celebrate and promote the potential and power of volunteerism. The day was mandated by the United Nations General Assembly...

December 5, 2019

Experts recommend resilient agroforestry for Kerala

The College of Forestry of Kerala Agriculture University recently hosted a 21 days Winter School on ‘Agroforestry for Climate Change Mitigation, Biodiversity Conservation and Resilience in Agro-ecological Systems:...

December 4, 2019

Central Electricity Authority proposed Universal Feeder Code

The Central Electricity Authority/ CEA has proposed the implementation of a standardised Universal Feeder Code. A feeder is a power line that is used to transmit the electricity...

December 4, 2019

USA’s House of Representatives passed the bill against Uighur camps in China

USA’s lower House of the Parliament, the House of Representatives, passed the Uighur Act of 2019. It is considered as a stronger version of the bill passed earlier...

December 4, 2019

Fourth Phase of UDAN scheme launched

The Union Government of India has launched the fourth round of UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) to enhance the connectivity to regional areas of the country. This...

December 4, 2019

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