Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurated the first drone school in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh on March 10, 2022. This drone school is one of the five Drone Schools planned to be opened in different cities of Madhya Pradesh. The other four cities are Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur and Satna.
The Supreme Court on Friday appointed its former judge Justice AK Sikri as Chairperson of the court-appointed High Powered Committee to look after the environmental concerns and other issues related to the Char Dham highway project. The previous Chairperson Professor Ravi Chopra had resigned from his post in February 2022, after being appointed as the chairperson of
Prabha Narasimhan has been appointed as the CEO and MD of Colgate-Palmolive (India) Limited. She succeeded Ram Raghavan, who has been promoted to the role of President, Enterprise Oral Care, at Colgate Palmolive Company. Prior to this, she was working as executive director of Hindustan Unilever (HUL). Colgate-Palmolive (India): Provides oral care products under ‘Colgate’ brand. It also provides personal care
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Lok Sabha Secretariat and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has organized the third edition of the National Youth Parliament Festival (NYPF). It is being held on 10th and 11th March 2022, in the Central Hall of Parliament, New Delhi. Objective: to hear the voice of the youth, between 18 and less than 25 years of age, who will join
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Union Minister for MSME Shri Narayan Rane has launched the MSME Innovative Scheme (Incubation, Design and IPR) along with the MSME IDEA HACKATHON 2022. Details of the sub-schemes: Incubation: promote and support untapped creativity with assistance of up to Rs. 15 lakh per idea. Design: Bring Indian manufacturing sector and Design experts on a common platform with assistance up
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Govt of India, Govt of West Bengal, and World Bank has signed $125 million IBRD loan to support efforts to help poor and vulnerable groups access social protection services in West Bengal. West Bengal runs more than 400 programs for social assistance, care services, and jobs under umbrella platform called Jai Bangla. West Bengal Building State Capability for
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Cabinet has approved National Land Monetisation Corporation (NLMC) formation. Aim: to handle the sale of surplus land and buildings of the government, its agencies, and Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs). NLMC: It will be a wholly-owned central government entity. Initial authorised share capital: Rs 5,000 crore. Paid-up share capital: Rs 150 crore. It will be a lean organisation with minimal
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India’s first 100 per cent women-owned industrial park began operations in Hyderabad. Promoted by the FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) in partnership with the State government, the park has 25 units, representing 16 diverse green category industries, all owned and operated by women. Industrial park is promoted by FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) in partnership with the state government
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On International Women’s Day, Haryana Chief Minister, Manohar Lal Khattar who also holds the Finance portfolio, announced a new scheme for women, the Haryana Matrushakti Udaymita Scheme-to provide support to women entrepreneurs. Under this, those women who wish to become entrepreneurs will be provided access to soft loans. Eligibility: Women whose families annual income is less
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The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of former DFS Secretary Debasish Panda, a retired IAS officer, as the Chairperson of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI), which is the insurance regulator. Debasish Panda is a former financial services secretary. The post of Chairman of IRDAI was lying vacant
