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IREDA signs with MAHAPREIT for green energy projects

Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) has signed an agreement with Mahatma Phule Renewable Energy and Infrastructure Technology Ltd (MAHAPREIT) to provide loans for green energy projects. IREDA will provide financial facilities and techno-financial consultancy to MAHAPREIT for renewable energy. MAHAPREIT is a wholly owned subsidiary of MPBCDC (49% of Govt. of India and 51% of Govt. of Maharashtra). IREDA […]

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10th National Conference of Women Police to begin in Shimla, HP

The 10th National Conference of Women Police has been started in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, inaugurated by the Union Minister of State for Home affairs Nityanand Rai. The conference is being organised by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) in collaboration with Himachal Police. Objective: To enhance the leadership potential of women police officers

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Flipkart signs pact with IIMR to groom FPOs, SHGs

Flipkart has signed an agreement with the Indian Institute of Millets Research (IIMR) to give Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) and Self-Help Groups (SHGs) access to markets. As part of the partnership, Flipkart aims to empower local farming communities and SHGs by providing a pan-India market access to more than 400 million customers. ICAR-IIMR will extend support with infrastructure and necessary approvals to

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Geothermal energy to be used to supply energy to Ladakh

State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) on Monday said it will implement India’s maiden geothermal field development project in Ladakh that will use the heat generated by the Earth’s core to generate clean energy. “A memorandum of understanding (MoU) to formalise this has been inked by ONGC Energy Centre (OEC) with the Union Territory

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65th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference being held in Halifax, Canada

An Indian Parliamentary delegation led by Om Birla will be attending the 65th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference scheduled to be held in Halifax, Canada from August 20-26. The Conference will also be attended by 23 Presiding Officers and 16 Secretaries from State Legislatures in India who are also members of the CPA. Om Birla will participate as a panellist in Workshop ‘C’

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Cabinet approves interest subvention of 1.5%p.a. on agriculture loan

Cabinet has approved interest subvention of 1.5% on short term agriculture loan upto 3 lakh rupees. This increase in Interest Subvention support requires additional budgetary provisions of 34,856 crore rupees for the period of 2022-23 to 2024-25 under the scheme. Aim: To ensure the sustainability of credit flow in the agriculture sector as well as ensure financial health.

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Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik scheme completed 5 years successfully

Ministry of Civil Aviation’s flagship program Regional Connectivity Scheme UDAN (UdeDeshkaAamNagrik) has completed 5 years of success. Aim: An enhanced aviation infrastructure and air connectivity in tier II and tier III cities. In 2014, there were 74 operational airports, but after the launch of the UDAN scheme this number has been increased to 141 by now. Under the scheme, more than 1 crore

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Ratan Tata invests Goodfellows, senior companionship startup

Ratan Tata has invested in Goodfellows, a senior companionship startup that provides companionship services to senior citizens. The startup is designed to pair senior citizens with young graduates to form meaningful friendships. The company offers a freemium subscription model in which the first month is free only to understand the concept without actually going through it. The second month onward, the user has to pay a small

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Government launched Aqua Bazaar feature of Matsya Setu App

To protect the interests of fish farmers and to benefit them from new technologies Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, launched the Online Market Place feature “Aqua Bazar” in the “MatsyaSetu” mobile app. Features of Aqua Bazar The app was developed by the ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (ICAR-CIFA), Bhubaneswar, with the funding

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GoI appointed 11 new High Court Judges in Punjab & Haryana

With the appointments of 11 new High Court judges in the Punjab and Haryana High Court on August 14, the Government of India has created a record by making 138 appointments so far this year thus surpassing its earlier record of 126 High Court appointments in 2016. The appointments include the names Nidhi Gupta, Sanjay Vashisth,

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