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Malpelo Plate

The Malpelo Plate is a small tectonic plate (a microplate) located off the coasts west of Ecuador and Colombia and south of Panama. The team of Researchers led by Rice...

April 12, 2018

Ocean Forecasting System

The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences inaugurated the Ocean Forecasting System for Indian Ocean countries Comoros, Madagascar, and Mozambique. It was...

April 12, 2018

Kalyani Rafael Advanced Systems (KRAS)

Kalyani Rafael Advanced Systems (KRAS) is India’s first private sector missile sub-systems manufacturing facility. It was inaugurated near Hyderabad, capital of Telangana.  It is 51:49 joint ventures between...

April 12, 2018

Hyperspectral Imaging Satellite

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to launch a full-fledged niche Earth observation (EO) satellite — called the Hyperspectral Imaging Satellite (HySIS). The HySIS satellite has critical chip...

April 12, 2018

AGRI-UDAAN

The Union Government is launched AGRI-UDAAN Food and Agribusiness Accelerator 2.0 programme in an attempt to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in agriculture. It will mentor startups and help...

April 12, 2018

Long Term Irrigation Fund (LTIF)

To address the problems associated with perennial irrigation water crisis in rural India, Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation has signed an agreement with NABARD...

April 12, 2018

National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP)

The National Agricultural Higher Education Project has been formulated by the ICAR in partnership with the World Bank with a focus to improve and sustain quality of higher...

April 12, 2018

IRNSS-1I: ISRO successfully launches navigation satellite

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully launched IRNSS-1I navigation satellite from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. The satellite was launched on board of PSLV-C41 (height of 44.4...

April 12, 2018

Bharat 22

The Union Government launched BHARAT-22 Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) managed by ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund targeting an initial amount of about Rs. 8,000 cr Bharat 22 Index comprise...

April 12, 2018

Committee on Public Credit Registry (PCR)

The Reserve Bank of India has constituted a 10-member ‘High Level Task Force on Phublic Credit Registry (PCR) for India’, which will, among other things, suggest a roadmap...

April 12, 2018

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