Indian Affairs Agriculture: A dedicated scheme on “Soil Health Card” has been launched to take care of Soil Health for the first time in a uniform manner to evaluate the soil fertility across the country by the GOI in cooperation with state governments Soil Health Card contains the status of soils with respect to 12 […]
Indian Affairs: Agriculture: According to the government data, in 2017, nearly 40 lakh hectares of agricultural land was impacted because of water woes. It has resulted in a drop in the area under cultivation for crops like rice, pulses & oilseeds.With 1/3rd of agriculture activities in India still depending on groundwater for irrigation, the country’s […]
Indian Affairs Agriculture: The Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Radha Mohan Singh has launched the Meghalaya Milk Mission in Shillong (Meghalaya). The mission will facilitate in achieving the Centre’s goal of doubling farmer’s income by 2022 through the promotion of milk business in the state. The Rs 215 crores have been sanctioned for the project […]
Indian Affairs Awards: Assamese film “Xhoihobote Dhemalite” (“Rainbow Fields”) has bagged three top awards at the 3rd Love International Film Festival in Los Angeles. Besides the best movie, it also won the awards for best actress (Dipannita Sharma) and best music (Anurag Saikia) at the festival. The film, which is directed by Bidyut Kotoky, deals […]
Indian Events: Business: HCL Technologies Ltd surpassed Wipro Ltd to become India’s third-biggest software services firm in the three months, marking the first change in the pecking order of the country’s $167 billion information technology (IT) outsourcing industry in six years. Noida-based HCL Technologies announced that its dollar revenue increased 0.8% to $2.05 billion in […]
Indian Affairs: Awards: Two Indians Bharat Vatwani and Sonam Wangchuk are among the winners of this year’s Ramon Magsaysay Award, regarded as the Asian version of the Nobel Prize. They will be formally conferred the Magsaysay Award during formal presentation ceremonies to be held on August 31, 2018 at the Cultural Centre of the Philippines. […]
Indian Affairs: Awards: Sri Lankan-born Canadian author Michael Ondaatje has again made the Man Booker Prize list with his latest novel ”Warlight’‘, which tells the story of two orphans in London in the immediate aftermath of World War II.Ondaatje’s “The English Patient,” which won the Booker in 1992, was named winner of the Golden Man […]
Indian Affairs: Business: Max Financial Services has named its sponsor and founding shareholder Analjit Singh as nonexecutive chairman of the company.Max Life Insurance is a part of the Max India Ltd. Group.It is a joint venture between Max Financial Services and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company. Mahindra Group Managing Director Pawan Goenka’s remuneration rose 65.22% to […]
Indian Affairs: Business: Maruti Suzuki has crossed production of 20 million vehicles in India at its Gurugram and Manesar facilities, becoming the first carmaker in the country to cross the milestone. The feat has been attained in 34 years and 6 months since the start of production in December 1983. Maruti Suzuki exports the vehicles […]
National Affairs: Biodiversity/Flora & Fauna: With the help of the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT), a special unit of the Odisha Police has launched a drive to bust an international syndicate that peddles “endangered” pangolin, one of the world’s most illegally traded mammals.MLAT is an agreement between nations to exchange information or provide legal assistance […]
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