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  India Joins the World to Light Up Qutub Minar As a Sign of Unity to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) January 30, 2021 will mark the second annual World Neglected Tropical Diseases  (NTD) Day, highlighting the global community’s commitment to ending Neglected Tropical Diseases that cause immeasurable suffering among the world’s most marginalized communities.  India joins the world to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases. On this day the Qutub Minar will be lit up along with other landmarks across the world. On World NTD Day, on 30th January 2021, more than 50 landmarks representing 25 nations across the world will be lit up to celebrate how far we have come together in beating NTDs. India too will proudly join these countries, by illuminating UNESCO world heritage site Qutub Minar.     1 in 5 people around the world are affected by NTDs. India is home to the world’s largest absolute burden of at least 11 of these major neglected tropical diseases. T...

  Brownfield expansion projects of NALCO is high on govt's priority: Pralhad Joshi @JoshiPralhad Union Minister for Coal and Mines Pralhad Joshi has said that the brownfield expansion projects of the National Aluminium Company, NALCO is high on government's priority. Responding to a letter written by Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel Dharmendra Pradhan, Mr Joshi said that his ministry is taking all steps for the implementation of the projects in the Angul district of Odisha. AIR correspondent reports that in his letter to Mr Pradhan, Mr Joshi has said that the proposed capacity expansion projects of the company are in line with Prime Minister's vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat. Earlier, Union Minister Mr Pradhan had proposed to increase the capacity of NALCO's aluminium smelter plant at Angul from 0.46 million tonnes per annum to 1 million tonnes per annum, in view of the abundance of alumina availability. He had also proposed the commissioning of the 1400 m...

  Dr. Harsh Vardhan addresses the 4th edition of Future Investment Initiative Forum Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare addressed the 4 th  edition of the Future Investment Initiative Forum, here today through Video Conference. The purpose of the forum being hosted in Riyadh was to find solutions on how business and government can expand access to healthcare, train healthcare workers, remove regulatory barriers and encourage investment in advanced health technologies. Lauding the forum for its positive contribution to the world’s welfare, Dr Harsh Vardhan underlined that “this dynamic platform has become an important part of the calendar of the business world”. He reminded the audience of India’s historical ties and contacts with Saudi Arabia which has led a strong foundation for their strategic partnership today.He also appreciated Saudi Arabia’s contribution to the world economy and thanked the country for looking after the Indian minority during ...

  NICSI to celebrate its Silver Jubilee on 28th January 2021; IT Minister Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad to be Chief Guest at the event National Informatics Centre services Incorporated (NICSI), a Public Sector Enterprise under  National Informatics Centre(NIC), Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, will celebrate 25 years of its establishment here on 28 January 2021. Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, the Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, Communications and Law and Justice will honour the event as Chief Guest. Other dignitaries including Shri Ajay Sawhney, the Secretary , MeitY; Dr.Rajendra Kumar, Additional Secretary, MeitY and Chairman, NICSI, Dr. Neeta Verma, DG, National Informatics Centre (NIC); Shri C. P. Gurbani, CEO, Tech Mahindra India; Ms. Debjani Ghosh, President, NASSCOMand Shri Prashant Kumar Mittal, Managing Director, NICSI will also grace the silver jubilee celebrations of NICSI. Minister will launch, Tejas...

  Successful Maiden Test Launch of Akash-NG Missile DRDO conducted the successful maiden launch of Akash-NG (New Generation) Missile from Integrated Test Range off the coast of Odisha on 25 January 2021. Akash-NG is a new generation Surface to Air Missile meant for use by Indian Air Force with an aim of intercepting high maneuvering low RCS aerial threats. The missile intercepted the target with text book precision. The launch met all the test objectives by performing high maneuvers during the trajectory. The performance of the Command and Control system, onboard avionics and aerodynamic configuration of the missile was successfully validated during the trial.  During the test launch, entire flight path of the missile was monitored and the flight data was captured by various Range instruments such as Radar, EOTS and Telemetry systems deployed by ITR, Chandipur. The Multi Function Radar was tested for its capability of integration with the system. The Akash-NG system has been d...

  Final User Trial of NAG Missile Final user trial of 3rd generation Anti Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) NAG was carried out today on 22 Oct 2020 at 0645 hrs from Pokhran range. The missile was integrated with the actual warhead and a tank target was kept at designated range. This was launched from NAG Missile Carrier NAMICA. The missile hit the target accurately defeating the armour.  ATGM NAG has been developed by DRDO to engage highly fortified enemy tanks in day and night conditions. The missile has “Fire & Forget” “Top Attack” capabilities with passive homing guidance to defeat all MBTs equipped with composite and reactive armour. The NAG missile carrier NAMICA is a BMP II based system with amphibious capability. With this final user trial, NAG will enter into production phase. The missile will be produced by Defence PSU Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL), whereas Ordnance Factory Medak will produce the NAMICA. Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh congratulated DRDO and Indian Arm...

  11th National Voters’ Day (NVD) to be celebrated on 25th January 2021 Election Commission of India is celebrating 11 th  National Voters Day on 25 th  January 2021. Honourable President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind will be the Chief Guest at the national function being organized in New Delhi by the Election Commission of India. The event will be held at the Ashok Hotel, New Delhi and the Honourable President shall grace the occasion virtually from Rashtrapati Bhawan. Union Minister for Law and Justice, Communications and Electronics and Information Technology Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad will grace the function as the Guest of Honour. The theme for this year’s NVD,  ‘Making Our Voters Empowered, Vigilant, Safe and Informed’ , envisages active and participative voters during elections. It also focuses on ECI’s commitment towards conducting elections safely during the COVID-19 pandemic. The National Voters’ Day has been celebrated on January 25 every year sin...

  Successful Flight Test of Smart Anti Airfield Weapon In yet another milestone, DRDO successfully conducted captive and release trial of indigenously developed Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon (SAAW) from Hawk-I of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) off the Odisha coast on 21 January 2021.  The smart weapon was successfully test fired from Indian Hawk-Mk132 of HAL. This was the 9th successful mission of SAAW conducted by DRDO till now. It was a text book launch, which met all mission objectives. The telemetry and tracking systems installed at Interim Test Range (ITR), Balasore captured all the mission events. SAAW is indigenously designed and developed by DRDO’s Research Centre Imarat (RCI) Hyderabad. This is 125 Kg class smart weapon, capable of engaging ground enemy airfield assets such as radars, bunkers, taxi tracks, and runways etc. up to a range of 100 kms. The high precision guided bomb is light weight as compared to weapon system of the same class. The weapon was earlier s...

  Training for Joint Operation in Andaman Sea: Exercise Kavach A large scale Joint Militaryexercise ‘Exercise Kavach’ involving assets ofIndian Army, Indian Navy, Indian Air Force and Indian Coast Guard is being conducted in the coming week under the aegis of the Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC), the only Joint Forces Command of the country. The exercise would involve participation and deployment of elements of Army’s Amphibious Brigade along with supporting forces includingSpecial Forces of Navy, Armour/Mechanised components, Naval Ships comprising Destroyers, ASW Corvettes and Landing Ships withship-bornehelicopters of Eastern Naval Command and ANC, Jaguar Maritime Strike and Transport aircrafts from Indian Air Force and assets of Coast Guard.   The exercise involves synergised application of maritime surveillance assets, coordinated air and maritime strikes, air defence, submarine and landing operations. Concurrently Joint Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance ...

  NITI Aayog Releases Second Edition of India Innovation Index NITI Aayog, along with the Institute for Competitiveness, today released thesecond edition of the India Innovation Index in a virtual event. The report examines the innovation capabilities and performance of the states and union territories.The first edition of the index was launched in October 2019. The India Innovation Index 2020was released by NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Dr Rajiv Kumar, in the presence ofMember (Health) DrVK Paul, Member (Agriculture)DrRamesh Chand, CEO Amitabh Kant, Adviser (Science and Technology) Neeraj Sinha, andInstitute for Competitiveness Chair Dr Amit Kapoor.   In the second edition too, theindex found that the level of competitiveness among the states and union territories was high, which is essential for them to continually improve on their enabling factors as well as innovation performance, year by year. In the ‘Major States’ category, Karnataka continued to occupy the top position, whil...

  Union Minister Shri Piyush Goyal’s address to Food Corporation of India (FCI) on 57th Foundation Day Shri Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Railways, and Commerce & Industry inaugurated the newly constructed building of Divisional Office, Mysuru on the occasion of 57 th  Foundation day of FCI on 14 th  January 2021. The Minister also addressed the officers, staff and workers of Food Corporation of India (FCI) through Facebook Live on the occasion. He lauded the contributions of FCI in supply of foodgrains to approximately 80 crore people of the country to reduce the hardships being faced by the entire populace of the country during the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuring that welfare measures taken by the Government during these testing times reach the needy.  He also complimented FCI for the all-time high procurement of Wheat and Paddy. Further, the Minister said that the organisation is not just a government establis...

  India Meteorological Department (IMD) celebrates its 146th Foundation Day India Meteorological Department (IMD) today celebrated its 146th Foundation Day. IMD is one of the oldest, scientific service organizations in the country, in existence well before Independence. Union Minister of Science & Technology, Earth Sciences and Health & Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan; Secretary, MoES, Dr. M. Rajeevan; Director General, IMD, Dr Mrutyunjay Mohapatra; Joint Secretary, MoES,  Dr. Vipin Chandra; Shri Anand Sharma, Head / Sc-G, Chairman, Organising Committee and several officials of MoES and IMD were present on the occasion while  Chief Minister Government of Uttarakhand, Shri Trivendra Singh Rawat; Chief Minister Government of Himachal Pradesh, Shri Jai Ram Thakur and former DGs of IMD joined through virtual platform.   On the occasion, Dr. Harsh Vardhan inaugurated  Doppler Weather Radars at Mukteshwar, Uttarakhand and Kufri, Himachal Pradesh; Multi-Missi...

  Shri Piyush Goyal inaugurates the ‘Prarambh: Startup India International Summit’ The two day ‘Prarambh’, Startup India International Summit begin in New Delhi today, with members of BIMSTEC ( Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation)  countries participating in the inaugural event.   The Summit is being organizing by Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, M/o Commerce & Industry, as a follow up of the announcement made by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi at the 4 th  BIMSTEC Summit held in Kathmandu in August, 2018. Declaring the Summit open, the Minister of Railways, Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs and Food and Public Distribution Shri Piyush Goyal said that the Summit is a demonstration of neighbourhood first policy which will booster partnership among the member countries.  He hoped that this will usherin a new beginning, showcasing various aspects of the startup world.  He s...

  Department of Food & Public Distribution notified modified scheme to enhance ethanol distillation capacity in the country for producing 1st Generation (1G) ethanol from feed stocks such as cereals (rice, wheat, barley, corn & sorghum), sugarcane, sugar beet etc. To achieve 20% blending by 2025 as well as to meet out the requirement of ethanolproduction capacity in the country, the  Department of Food & Public Distribution has modified earlier scheme & notified the modified scheme for extending financial assistance to project proponents for enhancement of their ethanol distillation capacity or to set up distilleries for producing 1st Generation (1G) ethanol from feed stocks such as cereals (rice, wheat, barley, corn & sorghum), sugarcane, sugar beet etc. or converting molasses based distilleries to dual feedstock vide notification dated 14 th  January, 2021. For availing assistance under this scheme, the sugar mills/ distilleries / entrepreneurs would...

  Tesla incorporates fully owned subsidiary in Bengaluru for R&D unit and manufacturing plant for its electric vehicles File Pic US-based Electric car maker, Tesla has incorporated a fully owned subsidiary in Bengaluru as a first step to set up an R&D unit and a manufacturing plant for its electric vehicles in the country.  Tesla has registered its 100 per cent subsidiary, as - Tesla India Motors and Energy Pvt Ltd, according to disclosures with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.

  US Vice President Mike Pence refuses to invoke 25th Amendment to remove President Trump from his post @Mike_Pence US Vice President Mike Pence has said that he will not "yield to pressure" to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from his post. In a letter to Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representative, Mr Pence condemned last week's riot in the Capitol. He said he did not yield to pressure to exert power beyond his constitutional authority to determine the outcome of the Presidential election. He said that he did not believe that impeachment is in the best interest of the nation or consistent with the US constitution. Mr Pence also said that just eight days are left in the President's term.   The Vice President reiterated his commitment to work in good faith with the incoming administration to ensure an orderly transition of power. His letter came just hours before the House of Representatives was to vote on a resolution that calls on ...

  PMFBY completes five years; PM says scheme increased coverage, mitigated risk & benefitted crores of farmers @pmfby Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that PM Fasal Bima Yojana is an important initiative to secure hardworking farmers from the vagaries of nature. Congratulating all beneficiaries of the scheme on completion of its five years, the Prime Minister added that the scheme has increased coverage, mitigated risk and benefitted crores of farmers in the country. The Centre has urged the farming community to take advantage of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), which has completed 5 years, in order to become "self-reliant farmers". In a statement, the Union agriculture ministry said claims worth 90,000 crore rupees have so far been disbursed to farmers since the launch of the scheme on 13th January 2016.   The Central Government’s flagship crop insurance scheme - the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) has successfully completed 5 years of its oper...

  Govt. approves procurement of 83 LCA-Tejas worth Rs 48,000 crore for IAF Tweeted By AIR Government has approved procurement of 83 Light Combat Aircrafts (LCA) Tejas worth about Rs 48,000 crore from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited for Indian Air Forces. The Cabinet Committee on Security, CCS chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today met in New Delhi. In a series of tweets, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said this deal will be a game changer for self reliance in the Indian defence manufacturing. He said the LCA-Tejas is going to be the backbone of the Indian Air Forces fighter fleet in the years to come. He added that LCA-Tejas incorporates a large number of new technologies many of which were hitherto unattempted in India.   The Defence Minister said the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, HAL has already set-up second line manufacturing facilities at its Nasik and Bengaluru Divisions. Equipped with the augmented infrastructure, the HAL will steer LCA-Mk1A production for timely ...

 SUBSISTENCE FARMING is the type of of Agriculture that can be classified into two types. 1 . Intensive subsistence agriculture  2. Primitive sibsistence agriculture 1)-- Intensive subsistence agriculture - In this type of farming small land is using for farming manully           and   it require large labour force for intending for the farming, due to  high labour the farmer will get the high amunt of yield. In this system mostly farmer only will get the whole yield and there is no need to require of technology due small piece of land. This type of    farming doing basically densily populated area. The countries where we can see the intensive agriculture such as south east asian countries including CHINA and INDIA. In the subsistence farming we can the rice, wheat, millets, oilseeds, pulses etc. 2)-- Primitive subsistence farming - In this farming we can include shifting cultivation/burning cultivation and Nomadic herd...

 ANTI - DEFECTION LAW  had come in 1985 through the 52nd Constitutional amendment act. And 10th Schedule was added in the Constitution. The 10th Schedule is dealing with the ANTI - DEFECTION. That means the legislature can be disqualified on the ground of  Defection. But right now the PIL filed into SUPREME COURT against the anti-defection law because there is a loophole in the anti-defection law.  Example- The normal period of an MP and MLA is 5 year if the MP and MLA found the guilty under the anti-defection law prior the completion of the 5 year. he/she would resign from the office but he/she can able to contest the new election and go through the remaining period of the term. that is the main loophole under this law. So the PIL has been filed against this law that this should be changed. that means after found the guilty the whole period of the an MP and MLA should be freeze.

  Prakash Javadekar extends his best wishes to citizens on the occasion of World Hindi Day @PrakashJavdekar World Hindi Day is being observed on 10th january. The day is commemorated every year with the objective to promote use of Hindi language abroad. On this day in 2006, the First World Hindi Conference was held in Nagpur with the aim to promote the language worldwide and since then, every year 10th January is being observed as the World Hindi Day. The Ministry of External Affairs and Indian Missions abroad also observe the day annually.   Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar extended his best wishes to citizens on the occasion of World Hindi Day. Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank also extended his greetings on the occasion. In a tweet, Mr Nishank said that the languages play an important role in the social, political and cultural development of a country. He said, it is an important link in the unity and integrity of the entire n...