Ministry of Tribal Affairs and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare have identified 75 tribal districts for focused TB intervention to make them free from Tuberculosis National Cancer Grid (NCG) has established the Koita Centre for Digital Oncology (KCDO) in Mumbai to promote use of digital technologies and tools to improve cancer care across India … Read more
26th August is observed as:– Women’s Equality DayRead More: Important National and International Days – August SC to reconsider two features of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act [PMLA(2002)- Ammended, 2019]: 1) Not sharing a copy of the Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) with the accused 2) Strict bail provisions to the accused PMLA (Amendment) Act, 2019: Provided … Read more
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has published the Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022 on 24 August 2022 for environmentally good management of waste batteries India’s first Indigenous (Made-in-India) Aircraft Carrier (IAC) ‘Vikrant’ to be launched on 02 Sep 2022 It will be a milestone event towards ‘AatmaNirbharta’ for Ministry of Defence, India and … Read more
DRDO and Indian Navy test VL-SRSAM Missile (Vertical Launch – Short Range Surface to Air Missile) from Odisha Government has announced 75 Amrit Grants for Biotech sector PM inaugurates: Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital & Research Centre at Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar (Mohali) Amrita Hospital in Faridabad Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment signs a MoU … Read more
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued guidelines to improve the working conditions of nurses It is based on World health Organisation’s (WHO’s) global strategy on ‘Human Resources for Health: Workforce 2030‘ This was adopted in 2014 under the Recife Political Declaration on Human Resources for Health GI Tag awarded to Mithila Makhana Botanical … Read more
21st August is observed as:– World Senior Citizen DayRead More: Important National and International Days – August India’s first AC double-decker Electric Bus called ‘Switch EiV 22’ is launched in Mumbai It is developed by Ashok Leyland India’s first indigenously developed Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus is launched in Pune It is developed by KPIT-CSIR It is supported by … Read more
20th August is observed as:– World Mosquito Day– Sadbhavana Diwas– Indian Akshay Urja DayRead More: Important National and International Days – August Grameen Udyami Project launched in Ranchi Skill India Mission to promote skill development and entrepreneurship amongst the tribal youth SEBI allows Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) and Venture Capital Funds (VCFs) go global Will permit them to … Read more
19th August is observed as:– World Photography Day– World Humanitarian DayRead More: Important National and International Days – August Mandla district in Madhya Pradesh becomes India’s first completely functionally literate district Functionally Literate means the person is able to perform basic reading and writing Kerala Savari – First online taxi aggregator service in India which is owned by … Read more
18 out of 20 top cities with severe rise in PM2.5 (2010-19) are from India – Health Effects Institute (HEI) Super Vasuki – India’s longest freight train of 3.95 km length having 295 wagons
‘DigiYatra‘ service launched at Delhi Airport to automatically process entry of passengers via facial recognition Paalan 1000 – Journey of the First 1000 Days: National Campaign and Parenting App for childhood development launched by Centre Advanced Defence systems recently handed over to the Army: F-INSAS (Future Infantry Soldier As A System) Nipun mines LCA (Landing … Read more