Iraq's new Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi took office after the country's parliament approved a new government following nearly six months of political wrangling. Along with Mustafa al-Kadhimi, two other candidates, Mohammed Allawi and Adnan al-Zurfi were nominated by the Iraqi Parliament. ...

The Defence Ministry signed a contract with Tata Power SED on Friday for modernisation of infrastructure at 37 airfields of the Indian Air Force, Coast Guard and the Navy at a cost of around Rs 1,200 crore. The MAFI Phase-II is a follow-on programme that is based on MAFI Phase-I. In Phase-I, ...

World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) is observed globally on the second Saturday of May month to bring attention to the threats faced by migratory birds, their ecological importance. It also aims to raise awareness about the increasing need for international cooperation to conserve them. The theme ...

Food Corporation of India (FCI) has supplied a total number of 2641 rakes, including Wheat and Rice. The announcement was made by Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan. PM-GKAY aims to ensure no poor vulnerable family/person suffers on account of ...

Ministry of Tourism has organized its 16th webinar titled "Goa-Crucible of Culture" under the Dekho Apna Desh series on 7 May 2020. The webinar presented the 'lesser-known' or 'unknown' travel experiences that India's most popular tourist destination 'Goa' offers. It is bringing the ...

CSIR through the New Millennium Indian Technology Leadership Initiative (NMITLI) program approved a project towards the development of human monoclonal antibodies (hmAbs) that can neutralize SARS-CoV-2 in coronavirus infected patients. The project on the generation of neutralizing human ...

The United Nations and its partner agencies launched a $6.7 billion global appeal to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. It will focus on more vulnerable countries and combating food insecurity and gender-based violence. The UN Emergency Relief plan originally included 54 countries and programmes to ...

NABL have approved eight laboratories for testing of personal protective equipment (PPE) coveralls required for protection from Covid-19. The 8 labs are South India Textiles Research Association (SITRA), Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu; DRDO-INMAS, New Delhi; Heavy Vehicle Factory, Avadi, Chennai; Small ...

TRIFED under Ministry of Tribal Affairs and Art Of Living Foundation (AOL) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate in respective programmes of each organisation for promoting Tribal Enterprises. The Art of Living Foundation has agreed to provide Free Ration Kits to Needy ...

With increasing demand for face masks to contain transmission of deadly COVID-19 virus, an IIT-Delhi startup has launched an antimicrobial and washable face mask that can be reused upto 50 launderings. NSafe mask is a three-layered product. It consists of an inner hydrophilic layer for comfort, ...

State Bank of India (SBI) has cut its Marginal Cost of Funds based Lending Rate (MCLR) by 15 basis points (bps) across all tenors. It also reduced interest rates on retail term deposits (below ₹2 crore) by 20 bps for a tenor of up to three years. As a measure to safeguard the interests of ...

Recently, the Prime Minister and Vice President of India paid tributes to Maharana Pratap I on his 480th birth anniversary. Pratap Singh I was popularly known as Maharana Pratap. He was the eldest son of Udai Singh II, who is the founder of the city of Udaipur. Pratap Singh was born on 9 May ...