National NMDC wins two Prestigious Environment Awards ⇒ National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd. (NMDC), Country’s largest iron ore producer, a CPSE under Ministry of Steel has bagged Gold Award in Environmental Sustainability category and Kumaraswamy Iron Ore Mine bagged Platinum Award in Environment Management category. NMDC has been selected for the awards based on its […]

National Aryabhata Award ⇒ Secretary DDR&D and Chairman DRDO Dr G Satheesh Reddy has been conferred the prestigious Aryabhata Award by Astronautical Society of India (ASI) for his outstanding life-time contribution to the promotion of astronautics in India. The award function was held on October 09, 2021 at UR Rao Satellite Centre Bangalore. About: Dr

National 2021 JCB Prize for Literature ⇒ Malayalam author M Mukundan won the 2021 JCB prize for Literature for his book ‘Delhi: A Soliloquy’, published by Westland Publication. The book has originally been written in Malayalam. It was translated into English by ‘Fathima EV and Nandakumar K’. Mukundan received prize amount of Rs 25 lakh

National World class education institute for animation and VFX will be established soon ⇒ The Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, Dr. L. Murugan in a meeting with the officials of the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce at Chennai on 08 October 2021 said that the centre is committed to Ease of

National Brand Ambassador of the ‘one district-one product’ programme ⇒ The Uttar Pradesh government on 01 October 2021 named actor Kangana Ranaut as the brand ambassador of its ambitious ‘one district-one product’ programme. The UP government has launched the one district-one product (ODOP) programme with the aim to create product-specific traditional industrial hubs across 75

National River Ranching Programme ⇒ The Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Shri Parshottam Rupala, launched the River Ranching Programme at Brijghat, Garh Mukteshwar, Uttar Pradesh on 08 October 2021. At the same time, other 4 states namely, Uttarakhand, Orissa, Tripura and Chhattisgarh also participated nationwide River Ranching program launching. Total 5 states

National 7 Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel (PM MITRA – पीएम मित्र) Parks ⇒ The Union Government has approved the setting up of 7 Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel (PM MITRA – पीएम मित्र) parks as announced in the Union Budget for 2021-22 with a total outlay of Rs 4,445 crore in a