National GI Tag for Nagaswaram ⇒ Tamil Nadu’s traditional wind instrument, Narasinghapettai Nagaswaram made by traditional village artisans of Kumbakonam has got the prestigious Geographical Indication (GI) tag. Narasinganpettai, a small village located 15km away from Kumbakonam, Tanjore district, has traditional nagaswaram makers. Even though nagaswarams are made in many other regions in the state, […]

National India’s First-ever SAI National Centre of Excellence ⇒ The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports in collaboration with the Youth Services and Sports department of the Government of Himachal Pradesh is set to build India’s first-ever SAI National Centre of Excellence to train athletes in Mountain Terrain Biking and Bicycle Motocross in Shimla. The

National Chairman of the Insurance Regulator IRDAI ⇒ The government appointed former financial services secretary Debasish Panda as the chairman of the insurance regulator IRDAI for a period of three years. The post was lying vacant for close to 11 months since the departure of Subhash C. Khuntia. Debasish Panda, IAS (Retd), has taken charge

National Chief Minister of Uttarakhand ⇒ Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pushkar Singh Dhami was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand on March 23, 2022. Uttarakhand Governor Lt Gen (retd) Gurmit Singh administered the oath of office and secrecy to Dhami. This is 46-year-old Dhami’s second consecutive stint as chief minister. He is

National Women Transforming India Awards 2021 ⇒ NITI Aayog’s Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) organized the fifth edition of the Women Transforming India Awards (WTI) on 21 March 2022. Applications for the WTI Awards 2021 were invited under one or more than one of the following seven categories: Public and Community Service Manufacturing Sector Non-manufacturing Sector

National New Water Management and Policy Centre, AquaMAP ⇒ The Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, inaugurated the new water management and policy centre, AquaMAP, at IIT Madras on March 19, 2022. AquaMAP is a national water centre and IIT Madras is collaborating with IIT Dharwad around the broad theme of ‘Data Science

National Indian Coast Guard Ship, Saksham ⇒ Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar commissioned the Indian Coast Guard Ship, Saksham, an Offshore Patrol Vessels at Goa on 16 March 2022. Saksham is the fifth in the series of 105-metre Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) class. About Saksham: The 105-meter OPV has been designed and built indigenously by

National 3rd edition of National Youth Parliament Festival (NYPF)- 2022 ⇒ Union Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports Shri Anurag Thakur addressed the inaugural session of National round of 3rd edition of National Youth Parliament Festival (NYPF) 2022 in the central hall of Parliament, New Delhi on March 10, 2022. Theme: The Theme of the