The Government of India and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) signed a US$ 500 million “COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness Project” to help India to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and strengthen its public health preparedness. This is the first ever health sector support from the Bank to India. The agreement will […]
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Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs has launched INR-USD Futures and Options contracts on the two International Exchanges, viz BSE’s India INX and NSE’s NSE-IFSC, at GIFT International Financial Services Centre at Gandhinagar today through video conference. The launch of INR-USD contracts at the exchanges in GIFT-IFSC is a step in bringing the international
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The European Union and its partners are hosting an international pledging conference starting on Monday 4 May 2020 where we aim to raise €7.5 billion in initial funding to kick-start the global cooperation. The conference highlighted the requirement of global responsibility for the global coronavirus pandemic. The need to develop and deploy effective diagnostics, treatments,
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‘Vesak’, the Day of the Full Moon is observed in the month of May by the United Nations on 7 May 2020. The day commemorates the birth, enlightenment, and Death of Lord Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, all of which is said to have taken place on the same day. The birth anniversary of Gautam
According to a new report of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) an estimated 19 million children, more than ever before, were living in displacement within their own countries due to conflict and violence in 2019. The report highlighted that 19 million children were living in displacement within their own countries due to conflict and violence
AYUSH Minister and Health Minister has jointly launched three AYUSH based studies related to COVID-19 situation in New Delhi. The initiatives are taken to address the COVID-19 pandemic problem in the country through clinical studies including prophylactic and add-on interventions, of AYUSH systems. The AYUSH Ministry also studies the impacts of AYUSH based prophylactic interventions
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Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare has announced the setting up of integrated soil nutrient management a farmers’ movement. During 2020-21, the major focus of the Soil Health Programme would be on a mass awareness programme for farmers in over 1 lakh villages covering all districts of the country. The mission mode awareness of the
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The ‘Aarogy Setu Interactive Voice Response System’ has been implemented to include citizens with feature phones and landline connections under the ambit of the ‘Aarogya Setu’ mobile application. The ‘Aarogy Setu Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS)’ is a toll-free service, available across the country, wherein citizens can give a missed call to the number ‘1921’
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World Athletics Day is celebrated on 7 May to boost participation in athletics among youngsters. The date of observation is subjected to change as International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) decides the date every year, but the month remains the same which is May. World Athletics Day falls under the social responsibility project of IAAF ‘Athletics
A recipient of the INSPIRE Faculty Award instituted by the Department of Science & Technology (DST) has made significant achievements in developing nanomaterials based supercapacitors to achieve high energy density and power density of supercapacitors, along with his group. The supercapacitors will help meet the energy demand due to the growth of the human population
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