National Highly salt-tolerant and salt-secreting true-mangrove species ⇒ Scientists at the DBT-Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar and SRM-DBT Partnership Platform for Advanced Life Sciences Technologies, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Tamil Nadu have reported for the first time a reference-grade whole genome sequence of a highly salt-tolerant and salt-secreting true-mangrove species, Avicennia marina. About […]

National Book, ‘The Ramayana of Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji’ ⇒ The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has received the first copy of the book, ‘The Ramayana of Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji’.  The book ‘The Ramayana of Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji’ was penned by Late Mrs. Baljit Kaur Tulsi Ji, who is the

National Web-based integrated system for Sanction & Disbursement of defence pension ⇒ Recently, the Ministry of Defence has implemented SPARSH [System for Pension Administration (Raksha)], an integrated system for automation of sanction and disbursement of defence pension. Facility: This web-based system processes pension claims and credits pension directly into the bank accounts of defence pensioners

National New ‘Ministry of Co-operation’ created ⇒ The Union government created a new separate ‘Ministry of Co-operation’ on 06 July 2021. The Modi Government has created this ministry for realizing the vision of ‘Sahkar se Samriddhi’. This ministry will provide a separate administrative, legal and policy framework for strengthening the cooperative movement in the country.

National NIPUN Bharat ⇒ The Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education launched the National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy (NIPUN Bharat) on 5th July, 2021. It was launched virtually by Union Minister of Education, Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’. Implemented by: NIPUN Bharat will be implemented by the Department

‘Bamboo Oasis on Lands in Drought’ Project ⇒ A unique scientific exercise serving the combined national objectives of reducing desertification and providing livelihood and multi-disciplinary rural industry support has been initiated by Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC). The project is named “Bamboo Oasis on Lands in Drought” (BOLD). Project Launch: BOLD is the first

National Six Technology Innovation Platforms ⇒ Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Shri Prakash Javadekar on 02 July 2021 inaugurated six Technology Innovation Platforms. Focus: These platforms will focus on development of technologies for the globally competitive manufacturing in India. Six Technology Platforms & developed by: ‘Knowledge integration for technology enrichment (KITE)’- IIT Madras

National MoU between AJNIFM and Microsoft ⇒ Recently, Arun Jaitley National Institute of Financial Management (AJNIFM) and Microsoft signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a strategic partnership to build an AI and emerging technologies Centre of Excellence at AJNIFM. The collaboration seeks to explore the role of cloud, AI and emerging technologies for transforming