The Ministry of Railways has approved the renaming of the Kevadiya railway station in Narmada district of Gujarat, as Ekta Nagar railway station. This Gujarat’s railway station which falls under the Vadodara division has been renamed as ‘Ekta Nagar’ railway station. The station code of Ekta ...

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated Kalpana Chawla Centre for Research in Space Science & Technology at Chandigarh University on January 10, 2022. Named after India-born astronaut Kalpana Chawla, who lost her life in the 2003 Columbia shuttle disaster, Rajnath said that ...

The Election Commission of India (ECI) raised the existing election expenditure limit for candidates in Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies, due to the rise in inflation. The new limits will be applicable in all upcoming elections in the country. The last major revision in the election ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the second campus of Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI) in Kolkata on January 07, 2022 in the presence of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The new campus has been built at an estimated cost of over Rs 530 crore. Out of ...

India’s TS Tirumurti assumes the new chair of UN Counter-Terrorism Committee – India’s permanent representative to the United Nations TS Tirumurti has been named the new Chair of the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) for 2022. It must be remembered that India has assumed the ...

Elon Musk-backed Starlink India Head Sanjay Bhargava Resigns: Elon Musk-backed Starlink’s country director for India, Sanjay Bhargava has decided to step down from his post at the satellite broadband company due to personal reasons. Bhargava had joined Elon Musk-led SpaceX as the Country ...

The Union Ayush Minster Shri Sarbananda Sonowal laid the foundation stone for the Heartfulness International Yoga academy on January 03, 2022 at Hyderabad. The academy will set new benchmarks in yoga training. The Heartfulness International Yoga Academy comprises Yoga ...

The Union Minister of Education Shri Dharmendra Pradhan launched National Educational Alliance for Technology (NEAT 3.0), and regional language textbooks prescribed by AICTE, on January 03, 2022. Pradhan said NEAT will be a game-changer in bridging the digital divide, especially among the ...

The Union Education Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan has launched ‘Padhe Bharat’. The campaign has been organised from January 01, 2022 to April 10, 2022. The launch of 100 Days Reading Campaign is in alignment with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 which ...

India has assumed the chairmanship of the United Nations Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee for one year, beginning from January 01, 2022. The committee stands for greater significance for India, as the country has been pitching pertinent measures to evict and fight terrorism on the ...