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15th Biennial Trilateral Coast Guard Exercise ‘Dosti’ Between India, Maldives & Sri Lanka Concludes

15th Biennial Trilateral Coast Guard Exercise ‘Dosti’ Between India, Maldives & Sri Lanka Concludes

The 15th edition of the biennial Trilateral Coast Guard Exercise ‘Dosti’ has concluded on 24th November 2021. The Exercise was conducted between the Maldives, India, and Sri Lanka from November 20 to 24 in the Maldives. Indian Coast Guard was represented by ICGS Vajra and ICGS Apoorva. The aim of this exercise is to further strengthen the friendship, […]

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Cabinet approves extension of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana (PMGKAY) till March 2022

Cabinet approves extension of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana (PMGKAY) till March 2022

Union Cabinet has approved the extension for the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY-Phase V) for a period of another 4 months i.e. December 2021 till March 2022.  Under the scheme, all the beneficiaries covered under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) receives food grains @ 5 kg per person per month. The estimated additional

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PM Modi lays foundation stone of Noida International Airport at Jewar in UP

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 25, 2021 laid the foundation stone for the Noida International Airport at Jewar in Uttar Pradesh. It will be one of the largest aerodromes in Asia. The Jewar airport is the second international aerodrome in Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR). It is the fifth international airport in Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh has now

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Raksha Mantri inaugurates 5th World Congress on Disaster Management

Raksha Mantri inaugurates 5th World Congress on Disaster Management

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh has virtually inaugurated the 5th World Congress on Disaster Management on November 24, 2021.  It is being organized in New Delhi between 24th to 27th November 2021 at the campus of IIT Delhi on the overarching theme of ‘Technology, Finance and Capacity for Building Resilience to Disasters in the context of COVID-19’. It is an initiative of Disaster Management

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International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women: 25 November

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women: 25 November

The United Nations designated International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women is celebrated worldwide on November 25. The premise of the day is to raise awareness of the fact that women around the world are subject to rape, domestic violence and other forms of violence; furthermore, one of the aims of the day is to highlight that the scale and true nature of the

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Magdalena Andersson elected as first female Prime Minister of Sweden

Magdalena Andersson elected as first female Prime Minister of Sweden

Sweden’s Prime Minister-elect Magdalena Andersson on November 24, 2021 handed in her resignation hours after being appointed by parliament, after her budget failed to pass and the junior Green Party quit the coalition government. She will replace incumbent Prime Minister Stefan Lofven. Magdalena Andersson is the current Finance Minister of the country. She will assume

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Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjeepens book titled ‘Cooking to Save your Life’

Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjeepens book titled ‘Cooking to Save your Life’

Indian-born American economist & Nobel laureate, Abhijit Banerjee has authored a new book (cookbook) titled “Cooking to Save your Life”. The book illustrated by France based illustrator Cheyenne Oliver is published by Juggernaut Books. Abhijit Banerjee is a professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He won the 2019 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences jointly

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