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AICTE to establish country's first AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy in Jaipur
All India Council for Technical Education will establish country’s first AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy in Jaipur, capital of Rajasthan. Moreover, tree more ATAL academies will come at Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala), Guwahati (Assam) and Baroda (Gujarat) by next year. ATAL Academy These academies will provide upgraded teaching methods and modules to make technical education more ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2018
Category: Places in News Current Affairs
Topics: AICTE • AICTE Training and Learning • ATAL Academy • Jaipur • National • Rajasthan
#LooReview Campaign: Government and Google launch campaign to review public toilets
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has partnered with Google to launch Loo Review campaign on Google Map. The joint campaign has been launched under aegis of Swachh Bharat Mission – Urban (SBM–U). It will run throughout October and November 2018 in an effort to increase awareness and ease of locating public toilets across India. ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2018
Topics: Google • LooReview Campaign • Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs • National • Swachh Bharat Mission
Government sets up Injeti Srinivas High Level Committee on Corporate Social Responsibility
The Union Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has constituted High Level Committee on Corporate Social Responsibility – 2018 (HLC-2018) under Chairmanship of Injeti Srinivas, Secretary, MCA. It will review existing framework and guide and formulate roadmap for coherent policy on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Committee’s Terms of Reference It will review existing CSR framework as ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2018
Topics: Committees • Companies Act • Corporate Social Responsibility • Injeti Srinivas High Level Committee • National • Union Ministry of Corporate Affairs
NITI Aayog inks SoI for with Oracle collaboration against counterfeit drugs in India
NITI Aayog has singed Statement of Intent (SoI) with Oracle to pilot real drug supply-chain using blockchain distributed ledger and Internet of Things (IoT) software to fight growing problem of counterfeit drugs in India. Strides Pharma Sciences and Apollo Hospitals will partner in this effort. Oracle is US multinational computer technology corporation that specializes primarily in ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2018
Topics: blockchain technology • Counterfeit drugs • National • NITI Aayog • Oracle
Government launches Rail heritage digitisation project in collaboration with Google
Union Railway Ministry has launched Rail Heritage Digitisation Project in collaboration with Google Arts and Culture Association. It can be accessed at “https://artsandculture.google.com/project/indian-railways”. It is first-of-its-kind project that aims to showcase India’s rail heritage to the national and international audience in an online story-telling platform. It is also largest cultural heritage digitisation project in India ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2018
Topics: Google • Indian Railways • National • Rail heritage digitisation project