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India- Maldives Navigation Chart

During a three–day visit to the Maldives, Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Adm R. Hari Kumar unveiled the first navigation chart that has been jointly produced by India and Maldives. Overview: He also handed over hydrography equipment to strengthen the ..

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NITI Aayog- UNICEF India SOI on SDGs Focusing on Children

UNICEF India and NITI Aayog have signed a statement of intent (SoI) on sustainable development goals (SDGs) focusing on children. This SoI will be looking to formalise a cooperation framework to launch the first ‘State of India’s Children: Status and ..

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Ganga Quest 2022 Competition

In 2019, the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) in association with the Tree Craze Foundation, began the Ganga Quest which is an online quiz. This year’s Ganga Quest 2022 began on 7th April 2022 and till now over one ..

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Tripura- NIXI World-Class Data Centre

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been inked between the government of Tripura and the NIXI-CSC Data Services Centre to establish an international standard Data Centre in the state. Overview: To set up this proposed data centre, CSE e-governance services ..

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Mumbai: Inaugural of First Digital Bus Service

On 20th April 2022, Aaditya Thackeray, the state environment minister of Maharashtra inaugurated Mumbai’s first completely digital bus on the route of Gateway of India to Churchgate having a unique ‘Tap-in Tap-out’ feature. Overview: The first bus service in India ..

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Fincluvation: IPPB’s New Fin-tech Initiative

On 21st April 2022, India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) launched a joint initiative named Fincluvation with the aim of collaborating with the financial technology (fintech) start-up community so as to innovate and co-create solutions for financial inclusion. Overview: The mentors ..

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India’s Oil production in FY22

The crude oil production of India fell 2.67 percent in the fiscal year that ended on 31st March 2022. The production of ONGC was less than the target, but KG production by Reliance-BP’s natural gas output rose. Overview: In 2021-22 ..

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Jorhat Green Hydrogen Pilot Plant

Oil India Limited (OIL) has commissioned India’s first commercial-grade green hydrogen production plant at Jorhat, Assam. Overview: To produce hydrogen, this plant will be using renewable energy from Oil India’s 500kW solar plant pump station. The produced hydrogen will be ..

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Social Awareness and Action to Neutralise Pneumonia Successfully (SAANS) Campaign

Health and Medical Education Minister of Karnataka, K. Sudhakar launched the ‘Social Awareness and Action to Neutralise Pneumonia Successfully’ (SAANS) on 20th April 2022. SAANS is a campaign that has been launched to ensure early detection and greater awareness of ..

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Telangana SpaceTech Framework

On 19th April 2022, the government of Telangana launched its first space-tech Framework. This framework was launched with the vision of establishing the state as a globally recognized destination for space technology. Overview: This launch event was hosted on the ..

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