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India, Russia discuss space cooperation

India and Russia has held high-level talks to elevate bilateral cooperation to the next level in the field of space. Russia has promised all assistance for India’s Human Space Flight Mission Gaganyaan. Gaganyaan is India’s first Human Space Flight Programme to be launched by Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO) by 2022.  The programme will make India… Continue reading India, Russia discuss space cooperation

India to handover 200 houses in Myanmar’s Rakhine State

India has handed over 250 pre-fabricated houses to Myanmar.These houses were built for the displaced Rohingya returnees from Bangladesh. The Indian government had taken up the project under its Rakhine State Development Programme(RSDP) under which $25 million was allocated for a period of five years. The MoU on RSDP was signed between India and Myanmar… Continue reading India to handover 200 houses in Myanmar’s Rakhine State

India,Pakistan officials to meet at Wagah for talks on Kartarpur

Indian and Pakistani officials will meet at Wagah border to hold discussions on the Kartarpur corridor. The discussion would happen on the modalities for movement of pilgrims and resolve outstanding technical issues related to alignment and infrastructure along the corridor. India will raise concerns such as (a)the numbers of pilgrims to be allowed daily (b)the… Continue reading India,Pakistan officials to meet at Wagah for talks on Kartarpur

IIP dips to 3.1% in May on slowdown

India’s Index of industrial production(IIP) has slowed down to 3.1% in May,2019.The IIP was 4.3% in April,2019. This decline has happened due to slowdown in manufacturing and mining sector. However,IIP growth remained stable due to improvement in the growth of electricity generation and fast moving consumer goods sector. IIP measures industrial output growth.The IIP is… Continue reading IIP dips to 3.1% in May on slowdown

High food prices push retail inflation to eight-month high of 3.18% in June

According to the data released from the Central Statistics Office(CSO), retail inflation has reached an eight-month high of 3.18% in June,2019. This is mainly due to costlier food items.As per the data,Inflation in the food basket rose to 2.17% in June,2019 up from 1.83% in May 2019. Retail inflation is based on the Consumer Price… Continue reading High food prices push retail inflation to eight-month high of 3.18% in June

ISRO’s lunar touchdown has dry run on soil fetched from Tamil Nadu

ISRO’s Chandrayaan-2’s lander and rover has been tested on a simulated surface at Lunar Terrain Test Facility (LTTF) in Bengaluru. Chandrayaan-2, India’s second Moon mission, will be launched on July 15, 2019 Chandrayaan 2 will comprise of an Orbiter, Lander named ‘Vikram’ and Rover named ‘Pragyan’. The orbiter will circle the moon and provide information… Continue reading ISRO’s lunar touchdown has dry run on soil fetched from Tamil Nadu

LaQshya

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare had launched LaQshya (Labour room Quality improvement Initiative) in 2018. The initiative aims at improving quality of care in labour room and maternity Operation Theatre (OT) in public health facilities. The objectives of LaQshya are a) To reduce maternal and newborn mortality & morbidity due to haemorrhage, retained placenta,… Continue reading LaQshya

Private member’s Bill calls for two-child norm

Population Regulation Bill, 2019 has been introduced in the Rajya Sabha. It is a private member bill. The bill seeks to enforce a two-child norm by giving incentives for those adopting the small family practice and penalties for those contravening it. It has suggested that people with more than two living children should be “disqualified”… Continue reading Private member’s Bill calls for two-child norm

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