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Unified District Information System for Education plus (UDISE+) Report
The Union Education Ministry released the detailed report on Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) 2021-22 on school education of India. About UDISE Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE) was initiated in 2012-13. It is one of the largest Management Information Systems on School Education. It covers more than 15 lakh schools ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2022
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Data • Information • School • UDISE
Draft India Data Accessibility & Use Policy, 2022
A draft data policy has been published by the central government. This policy states that all data collected, maintained, and generated, by every government ministry and agency shall be open and shareable. The government could also monetize and earn from detailed datasets that have undergone value addition. Overview: The policy has been named “Draft India ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2022
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Data • Ministry of Electronic and Information Technology
PM SVANidhi Scheme: API Integration with SBI Portal
On October 7, 2020 Government of India launched the API (Application Programming Integration) between State Bank of India portal and PM SVANidhi Portal. Highlights In simple terms, action programming interface is the connection between two or more applications that allows them to to exchange data. Here in the new application programming interface established by the ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Data • data exchange • E-commerce • PM SVANidhi • SBI • Street Vendors
GOI launches three AYUSH based Researches
On May 6, 2020, the Ministry of AYUSH launched three studies related to COVID-19. The researches will help in studying impacts of AYUSH based prophylactic interventions in preventing COVID-19. (Prophylactic means intended to prevent diseases). Task Force The interdisciplinary AYUSH R&D Task Force has framed a protocol for prophylactic studies. The task force consists of ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Ayurveda • Ayush • COVID-19 • Data • mobile application • Research • Research and Development
WHO: Other Countries will follow China in revising their death toll
On April 18, 2020, the World Health Organization announced that many countries are to follow China in updating their death tolls due to COVID-19. This will happen after they bring the spread of the virus under control. Highlights The major epicenter of COVID-19, Wuhan, recently raised its death toll due to COVID-19 by 50%. According ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: China • COVID-19 • Data • Death toll • Disease Outbreak • Outbreak • WHO
Integrated Geospatial Platform to complement Arogya Setu
On April 15, 2020, the Department of Science and Technology launched Integrated Geospatial Platform to complement Arogya Setu and integrate data from several other initiatives. The platform will help in planning area-specific strategies to handle socio-economic impacts of COVID-19. The platform aims to provide map based data about the COVID-19 affected region in the country. ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Arogya Setu • Data • Department of Science and Technology (DST) • Geospatial Technology • Health Infrastructure • Portal • sahyog