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GI Tag for Narasingapettai Nagaswaram

March 22, 2022

Geographical Indication tag has been awarded to the Narasingapettai Nagaswaram under the category of musical instruments of class 15. Overview: Narasinghapettai nagaswaram is a classical wind music instrument that is traditionally made in a village near Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu. On ..

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AquaMAP Water Management and Policy Centre

March 21, 2022

The new water management and policy centre, AquaMAP has been inaugurated by the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, Prof. K. VijayRaghavan, at IIT Madras, and its website https://aquamap.iitm.ac.in/ was also launched. Overview: The aim of AquaMAP is ..

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Surajkund Crafts Mela

March 21, 2022

From the 19th March 2022, the annual Surajkund International Crafts Mela is being held in Surajkund, Haryana for celebrating Indian cultural heritage and folk traditions. Overview: This Mela attracts more than a million visitors including thousands of overseas visitors. This ..

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Drone-based Mineral Exploration

March 21, 2022

India’s largest iron ore producer, National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) Ltd, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with IIT Kharagpur for the purpose of drone-based mineral exploration. Overview: Drone-based Geophysical Surveys and Hyperspectral Studies for Mineral Exploration would be ..

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Zojila Pass

March 21, 2022

Zoji La is the name of a high mountain pass that is located in the Himalayas in the Union Territory of Ladakh. It is located in the Dras and this pass connects the Dras and Suru valleys to its northeast, ..

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National e-Vidhan Application

March 21, 2022

Nagaland became India’s first State Assembly to implement the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA) programme to become paperless. About National e-Vidhan Application NeVA is a type of work-flow system that was deployed on NIC Cloud, MeghRaj which helps to conduct the ..

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Karnataka’s Dishaank app

March 18, 2022

Dishaank is an application developed by Karnataka to ensure easy access to land records. About Dishnaak app The Survey Settlement and Land Records (SSLR) unit of Karnataka’s revenue department is ensuring easy availability of original land records through an app ..

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Karnataka Digital Water Data Bank

March 16, 2022

On 14th March Karnataka’s IT Minister, C N Ashwath Narayan launched India’s first-ever digital water data bank, AQVERIUM. About the digital water data bank The Digital water data bank is a list of water data sourced from various institutions. It provides reliable ..

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Telangana Crop Diversification Index

March 16, 2022

Telangana is the first state in the country to record its crop diversification patterns in the form of an index. About the crop diversification index The crop diversification index has a base value of one, which represents the percentage of ..

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Gujarat Sports Policy 2022-27

March 15, 2022

Recently, the government of Gujarat unveiled a new Sports Policy 2022-27. Overview of the Sports Policy 2022-27 The objective of Sports Policy 2022-27 is to change the sports scenario in Gujarat. An equal emphasis has been laid on promoting the ..

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