Ministry of Heavy Industries had notified Phase-II of FAME India Scheme for three years from April 2019 to March 2022. However, the government has extended the FAME II scheme for 2 years. So now this scheme will be applicable till March 2024. However, the scheme has failed to take off with only 5%, or ₹492 crore, of the ₹10,000 crore allocated under […]
Fitch Ratings on Tuesday downgraded its growth forecast for India by 180 basis points to 8.5 per cent for 2022-23, citing sharply higher energy prices. The extent of the downward revision in growth forecast for India is second only to Germany among major economies. Earlier this rate was estimated at 10.3%. The Rating agency Fitch has revised upwards the GDP
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Diebedo Francis Kere of Burkina Faso has been declared the 2022 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Kéré, who was born in Burkina Faso and is now a dual citizen of Burkina Faso and Germany, was awarded the prize for 2022 last week. Pritzker Prize is the highest and most prestigious honour in architecture field, founded in
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The 3rd edition of joint training exercise between Indian and Uzbekistan armies, EX-DUSTLIK is being conducted at Yangiarik, Uzbekistan from 22 to 31 March 2022. The Indian contingent which comprises of a platoon strength of Grenadiers Regiment departed for the exercise area on 22 March 2022 to join the Uzbekistan Army contingent represented by troops of
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The Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) of the NITI Aayog organized the fifth edition of the Women Transforming India (WTI) Awards on 21 March 2022. This year, as part of the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav to celebrate 75 years of India’s independence, the WTI Awards were conferred on 75 women achievers to celebrate their contribution towards a
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Current Affairs is the most important area in all competitive exams. But the difficulty level is very high. That’s why; many aspirants get confused, how to select Current Affairs for Preparation of Competitive Examination? In this Post, Daily Current Affairs 22 March 2022, we have tried to cover each and every point and also included all
Indian economist Jayati Ghosh has been appointed by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to a new high-level advisory board on effective multilateralism. She is a Prof. at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She was previously a professor of economics and chairperson of the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University. She is also a member of the UN’s high-level
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PM Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison will hold the 2nd India-Australia Virtual Summit today. Summit follows 1st virtual summit held on 4th of June in 2020 bilateral relationship was elevated to a Comprehensive Strategic P’ship. During the Summit, the two leaders will take stock of progress made on various initiatives under the CSP. The Summit will lay the way forward on new initiatives and enhanced cooperation
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Indian Institute of Technology Madras is establishing a new inter-disciplinary Water Management and Policy Centre called ‘AquaMAP’ to solve water problems in India. The AquaMAP was inaugurated at IIT Madras by Prof. K. Vijay Raghavan, the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, on March 19, 2022. This Centre will provide smart solutions for challenging water
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India is hosting the 36th International Geological Congress (IGC) on virtual platform from March 20 to 22, 2022. The Union Minister of Coal, Mines & Parliamentary Affairs Shri Pralhad Joshi inaugurated the 36th IGC in New Delhi on March 20, 2022. The 36th International Geological Congress (IGC), themed “Geosciences: The Basic Science for a Sustainable
