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AAP leader Bhagwant Mann takes oath as 18th Chief Minister of Punjab

Aam Aadmi Party leader Bhagwant Mann was sworn in as Chief Minister of Punjab on March 16, 2022.Mann was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit. The swearing-in ceremony took place at Khatkar Kalan, the ancestral village of legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. AAP was declared winners, after the party managed to win […]

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India’s first Digital Water Bank ‘AQVERIUM’ launched

First Digital Water Bank of India ‘AQVERIUM’ has been launched in Bengaluru, which is an innovative initiative aimed at better water management It is formed by AquaKraft Group Ventures. It is a very unique innovation combining sustainable & green technologies along with information technology, skill development & entrepreneurship. It is a curated list of water data from all institutions

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Power Minister RK Singh inaugurates India’s first Virtual Smart Grid Knowledge Centre in Manesar

Union Minister for Power R.K. Singh launched the Virtual Smart Grid Knowledge Center (SGKC) and Innovation Park virtually as part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav Programme. The Virtual SGKC will give a digital footprint of the physical setup of SGKC, established by POWERGRID in 2018 at its centre in Manesar, Haryana. Virtual SGKC is housed

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Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia inaugurates first drone school at Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh

Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurated the first drone school in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh on March 10, 2022. This drone school is one of the five Drone Schools planned to be opened in different cities of Madhya Pradesh. The other four cities are Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur and Satna.

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Karnataka launches Women@Work (WOW) Program to provide 5 lakh jobs to women

The Government of Karnataka has launched the ‘Women@Work (WOW) Program’, in a bid to raise their workforce strength in workplaces by creating an equitable, inclusive and equal world for women. The Women@Work (W@W) programme with an aim to provide five lakh jobs within 2026 to women with necessary employable skills. The W@W Program is being organised jointly by Karnataka

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Madhya Pradesh: 48th Khajuraho Dance Festival begins

Madhya Pradesh Governor, Mangu Bhai Patel has inaugurated the 48th ‘Khajuraho Dance Festival-2022’ at world-famous tourist destination Khajuraho on the occasion of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’. The event will be organized till 26 February. This year a 5-km ‘Dil Khel Ke Ghoomo’ marathon was also organized under the banner of ‘Safe Tourism Project for Women’ at the event. It aims to create a

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Gujarat govt announces new IT/ITeS policy to generate 1 lakh employment

Chief Minister of Gujarat Bhupendra Patel has announced new IT/ITeS policy for the next five years Aim: to provide financial incentives up to Rs 200 crore to the entities willing to incur capital expenditures. Announcing this, Chief Minister Patel said that it aims to generate employment for about 1 lakh youths in the next five years. It also seeks to

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Andhra Pradesh Social activists builds Gandhi Mandiram and Smruthi Vanam at Srikakulam

Social activists have built a temple for Mahatma Gandhi and freedom fighters’ Smrithi Vanam at the Municipal Park in Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh to inculcate patriotism among the youth by remembering the sacrifices of freedom fighters. Statues of freedom fighters and social activists were erected in the park with the help of donors. The statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Gandhi Mandiram along

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India’s first Graphene Innovation Centre to be set up in Kerala’s Thrissur

India’s first innovation centre for graphene is set up in Kerala by the Digital University Kerala (DUK), along with Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET) in Thrissur, for Rs 86.41 crore. This will be the first graphene Research and Development (R&D) incubation centre in the country. Tata Steel Limited is set to be the

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Karnataka launches India’s first AVGC center of excellence in Bengaluru

The state government on Thursday launched a centre of excellence for Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming & Comics (AVGC), positioning it as a pioneering high technology digital media hub. Karnataka is also the first in the country to bring an AVGC policy in 2012. The AVGC Center of Excellence (CoE) has been funded by the

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