Open Data Week

The Open Data Week was launched by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. The week is celebrated between January 17, 2022 and January 21, 2022.  It encourages promoting innovation in the urban ecosystem of the country. About Open Data Week ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2022

Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs

National Intelligence Grid will begin operating from December 31, 2020

On 20 November, 2019, it was announced in Lok Sabha that the ambitious National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) project will begin by December 31. 2020. National Intelligence Grid The NATGRID is a counter terrorism Programme. The grid connects databases of core ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2019

October 7: World Habitat Day

The World Habitat Day is organized by the United Nations. The organization has designated the first Monday of every October to commemorate the day. Theme: Frontier Technologies as an innovative tool to transform waste to wealth. The theme is built ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2019

Approval to New-Age Courses granted by UGC

The University Grants Commission has granted several approvals to new skill-based courses in 6 universities of the country. Why is this necessary? While traditional education has served the past generation well but the advent of technology has made the reskilling ..

Reforming Higher Education in India

To improve the standard of education in the nation and further enhance the quality of students being trained by the technical institutes of the nation, the government plans to not allow conventional low employability potential disciplines from the academic year ..

Budget 2019 : Education

Union Budget 2019 has made a significant investment in the field of education. Salient Features The Union Budget has a 12.8 % year-on-year (YoY) increase in the FY20 allocation for school education. An amount of Rs 56,536.63 crore has been ..