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DARPG organizes regional conference on Public Administration

DARPG organizes regional conference on Public Administration

Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) in collaboration with the Govt of Uttar Pradesh is organizing a Regional Conference on the theme ‘Strengthening the State Institutes of Public Administration’ in a semi-virtual mode. It will be held 11-12 November 2021 at Lucknow. Aim: to bring national and state-level training institutes on the same platform to share emerging requirements in […]

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Morinari Watanabe re-elected as President of FIG

Morinari Watanabe re-elected as President of FIG

Morinari Watanabe was re-elected as the President of the International Gymnastics Federation or Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) for a period of three years. Morinari Watanabe defeated Azerbaijan’s contender Farid Gayibov, in the FIG President election that was held during a conference in Turkey. Earlier, He was elected as the President of FIG in 2016 for a 4-year term

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Rohit Sharma to captain India's T-20 International team for upcoming series

Rohit Sharma to captain India’s T-20 International team for upcoming series

India’s vice-captain, Rohit Sharma has been officially announced as Team India’s T20 International captain, replacing Virat Kohli, the cricket board said after the side were dumped out of the World Cup. Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the decision, while also naming India’s 16-man squad for the upcoming home series against New Zealand. Sharma’s first assignment

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National Education Day: 11 November

National Education Day: 11 November

Every year since 2008, November 11 is celebrated as the National Education Day to mark the birth anniversary of India’s first education minister Abul Kalam Ghulam Muhiyuddin. The day was announced by the Ministry of Human Resource Development on 11 September 2008. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad served as education minister of independent India for over

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India launches E-Amrit portal for Electric Vehicles at COP26

India launches E-Amrit portal for Electric Vehicles at COP26

The Central government launched ‘E-Amrit’, a web portal on electric vehicles (EVs), at the ongoing COP26 Summit in United Kingdom’s Glasgow on November 10, 2021. The web portal has been developed by NITI Aayog with support from UK government. E-Amrit is one-stop destination to provide all information regarding electric vehicles. According to a statement issued by the

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NITI Aayog announces five top aspirational districts in education sector

NITI Aayog announces five top aspirational districts in the education sector

NITI Aayog has announced the top five aspirational districts in the education sector for September month. Bhoopalpalli in Telangana tops the ranking, followed by Chatra and Sahibganj in Jharkhand, Nuapada in Odisha, and Jaisalmer in Rajasthan. This is as per NITI Aayog’s delta rankings. CEO of NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India): Amitabh Kant.

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