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First Water Bodies Census: The Ministry of Jal Shakti has released the report of India’s first water bodies census, a comprehensive data base of ponds, tanks, lakes, and reservoirs in the country.The census was conducted in 2018-19, along with the sixth Minor Irrigation (MI) census and enumerated more than 2.4 million water bodies across allRead more

SCO Interbank Consortium: Recently, under the chairmanship of India, the XIX Council Meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Interbank Consortium (SCO IBC) was held in Goa. It was established by the member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in 2005.It provides funding and bank services for investment projects sponsored by the governments of the SCORead more

SATHI Portal:Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister launched the SATHI Portal and Mobile App. The Seed Traceability, Authentication and Holistic Inventory (SATHI) portal is a Centralized Online System designed to deal with the challenges of seed production, quality seed identification and seed certification.It has been developed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) in collaboration withRead more

PTP-NER Scheme: Tribal Affairs Minister recently launched Marketing and Logistics Development for Promotion of Tribal Products from North-Eastern Region (PTP-NER) scheme in Manipur. Vision: To strengthen livelihood opportunities for tribal artisans through increased efficiency in procurement, logistics and marketing of tribal products. All NE states are covered. To initiate the empanelment of tribal artisans fromRead more

International Buddhist Confederation (IBC): IBC is the biggest religious Buddhist confederation. The purpose of this body is to create a role for Buddhism on the global stage so as to help to preserve heritage, share knowledge, and promote values and to represent a united front for Buddhism to enjoy meaningful participation in the global discourse.Read more

National Panchayat Awards: The Union Ministry of Panchayati Raj celebrating National Panchayat Awards Week from 17th – 21st April 2023 in the run-up to the National Panchayati Raj Day (24th April 2023).The award was given to the best-performing Panchayats by assessing their performance in the attainment of SDGs.These annual awards were first instituted in 2011.The Awardee Panchayats under various categories of National PanchayatRead more

EU-India Aviation Summit: The two days EU-India Aviation Summit began in New Delhi. During the summit, a declaration of intent was signed by Airport Authority of India with Euro control, and a letter of intent memorandum of understanding was signed by DGCA with the European Union Aviation Safety for closer cooperation. The Union Minister ofRead more

EXERCISE INIOCHOS-23: The Indian Air Force (IAF) will be participating in Exercise INIOCHOS-23, a multi-national air exercise hosted by the Hellenic Air Force.  The exercise will be conducted at the Andravida Air Base in Greece.The Indian Air Force will be participating with four Su-30 MKI and two C-17 aircraft.Other participants include France with its RafaleRead more

Asia Pacific Leaders’ Conclave on Malaria Elimination: India is set to host Asia Pacific Leaders’ Conclave on Malaria Elimination.The ministry of health and welfare will organize the event in partnership with the Asia Pacific Leaders Malaria Alliance (APLMA) in NCT Delhi.The conclave aims to reaffirm political commitment to galvanise action for malaria elimination by 2030.IndiaRead more

New Year celebrations: Puthandu:Puthandu also known as Tamil New Year is traditionally celebrated as a festival by Tamils as the first day of the Tamil month Chittirai. Maha Bishuba Pana Sankranti:Pana Sankranti is the traditional new year day festival of Odisha, India. Baisakhi: Vaisakhi, also pronounced Baisakhi as well as Basoa is traditionally celebrated annuallyRead more