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Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana aims to enhance fish production in the country

The Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) aims to enhance fish production to 220 lakh metric tons by 2024-25 from 137.58 lakh metric tons in 2018-19 at an average annual growth rate of about 9%. The scheme will bring about Blue Revolution through the sustainable and responsible development of the fisheries sector in India. PMMSY […]

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PFC and NBPCL signed MoU to fund 225 MW hydro-electric projects

Power Finance Corporation (PFC), the central PSU under Ministry of Power and India’s leading NBFC, entered into an agreement with Narmada Basin Projects Company Ltd. (NBPCL), a wholly-owned company of Govt. of Madhya Pradesh, to fund projects worth Rs.22,000 crore for 225 MW hydro-electric projects & multipurpose projects in the State of Madhya Pradesh. As

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REC to provide nutritious meals to frontline healthcare workers

REC Limited, a central PSU under Ministry of Power and one of India’s largest power financiers, is spearheading the mission to feed the medical staff in key government hospitals as well as poor daily wage labourers across the nation, through collaborative efforts. Under this tie-up, every day, 300 food packets are being delivered to the

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Chamba Tunnel under Chardham Pariyojana

Road Transport & Highways Ministry inaugurated the Chamba Tunnel in Uttarakhand under Chardham Pariyojana through video conference mode on 26 May 2020. The tunnel was constructed by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The major milestone was achieved by BRO by digging up a 440 m long Tunnel below the busy Chamba

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WHO announced Human Challenge Trials for Vaccine Development

World Health Organization (WHO) selected 8 people out of the several people who step forward to participate in human challenge trials to develop new vaccines for COVID-19. Human challenge trials are trials in which participants are intentionally challenged (whether or not they have been vaccinated) with an infectious disease organism. As per the announcement, the

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RT-LAMP based test for Coronavirus

CSIR-IIIM, Jammu a constituent laboratory of CSIR and Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has signed a Memorandum of understanding with to develop and scale-up a new Reverse Transcriptase-Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification (RT-LAMP) based COVID-19 diagnostic kit. The partnership comes as testing is a vital component in COIVD-19 mitigation. For this project, CSIR has formed five verticals

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Sports Authority Gujarat signed MoU with TCLL to train 2000 athletes

Times Centre for Learning Limited (TCLL) recently signed an MOU with the Sports Authority Gujarat to impart training for personality and skill development for aspiring athletes across Gujarat. The MoU aims to train over 2000 young and aspiring athletes across Gujarat in areas such as Anand, Nadiad, Tapi, Porbandar, Surat, and Himmat Nagar. The participants

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ESIC Social Security Scheme witnessed 8.21 lakh enrolments in 2020 March

Around 8.21 lakh new members joined the ESIC-run social security scheme in March 2020, against 11.83 lakh in February 2020 as reported by the data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) in a report titled ‘Payroll Reporting in India: An Employment Perspective-March 2020’. The NSO data included the payroll data of the Employees’ State

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Eid-ul-Fitr festival 2020

Eid-ul-Fitr festival is celebrated on the evening of 24 May and will end on the evening of 25 May. The festival is celebrated by all Muslims across the world. They celebrate the festival by preparing feast and family gatherings. Eid-ul-Fitr festival is celebrated in India by taking precautions and maintaining social distancing, amid the COVID-19

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Centre notified BS-VI emission norms for quadricycles

The government has notified BS-VI emission norms for quadricycles, paving the way for higher production of the new category of vehicle that was introduced less than two years ago. The move aims to encourage the production of quadricycles, which was introduced less than two years ago. Government of India had introduced the quadricycle segment in

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