The United States and ASEAN Countries will be jointly conducting ASEAN-US Maritime Exercise(AUMX) in the South China Sea. The Maritime Exercise will lasts for five days starting at the Sattahip Naval Base in Thailand and ending in Singapore. In this exercise,all the members of the Association of Southeast Asian (ASEAN) nations will take part which… Continue reading Asean-US Maritime Exercise (AUMX)
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Four more States join ration card portability
The government has extended the inter-state portability of ration cards between Kerala-Karnataka and Rajasthan-Haryana to implement ‘One Nation, One Ration Card’. These two new clusters will join the existing State pairs of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana as well as Maharashtra and Gujarat. One nation one ration card scheme is all about inter-state portability of ration… Continue reading Four more States join ration card portability
Joint Naval Annual Quality Conclave (JNAQC)
The Joint Naval Annual Quality Conclave(JNAQC) will be held in Visakhapatnam on September 5,2019. The conclave will be hosted by the Naval Quality Assurance Establishments under the aegis of Director General Quality Assurance (DGQA), Ministry of Defence. The theme of the conclave is ‘Transformation of QA Paradigm: Opportunities and Challenges’. The conclave will provide a… Continue reading Joint Naval Annual Quality Conclave (JNAQC)
Lignin from agro-waste helps make useful nanocomposites
Researchers have developed a lignin-based nanocomposite from Agricultural waste. The lignin-based nanomaterial could potentially have a commercial value.It can act as additive in coating and packaging materials. Lignin is a complex organic polymer rich in polyphenols with antimicrobial qualities. It is found in almost all dry plants including crop residues and the woody bark of… Continue reading Lignin from agro-waste helps make useful nanocomposites
Telling Numbers: The food we waste, and what it costs the global economy
A new report titled “Reducing Food Loss and Waste” by the World Resources Institute (WRI) with the support of the Rockefeller Foundation has quantified global food wastage. The report has said that nearly one-third of the food that is produced globally each year goes uneaten,costing the global economy over $940 billion. Most of the food… Continue reading Telling Numbers: The food we waste, and what it costs the global economy
72nd Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia
Recently,India has hosted the 72nd Session of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Committee for South-East Asia. Addressing the session,Union Health minister has said that India’s disease burden is shifting from communicable to non-communicable diseases which means diet-related diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and obesity are rising rapidly. He said that the government has taken… Continue reading 72nd Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia
South Asian Speakers’ Summit
The fourth South Asian Speakers Summit was held in Male,Maldives. The annual summit was organised jointly by the Inter Parliamentary Union(IPU) and the Maldives parliament. The summit was attended by the senior lawmakers from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The main focus of the summit was on Sustainable Development Goals-2030 and how… Continue reading South Asian Speakers’ Summit
Panel on fintech submits a final report to FM Nirmala Sitharaman
Government of India has constituted a steering committee on fintech-related issues.The committee has submitted its report to the Ministry of Finance and Corporate Affairs. FinTech stands for financial technology and describes technologically enabled financial innovations.It is applied in financial services to help companies manage the financial aspects of their business including new software and applications,… Continue reading Panel on fintech submits a final report to FM Nirmala Sitharaman
KVIC Launches ‘Terracotta Grinder’ at Varanasi to Re-use wasted pottery
Khadi and Village Industries Commission(KVIC) has launched a ‘Terracotta Grinder’ at Sewapuri in Varanasi. This terracotta Grinder will grind the wasted and broken pottery items for re-using in pottery-making. Earlier,the wasted pottery items were grinded in normal mortar and pestle and it’s fine powder was mixed with the normal clay.Mixing this powder in stipulated ratio… Continue reading KVIC Launches ‘Terracotta Grinder’ at Varanasi to Re-use wasted pottery
Explained: India will get Swiss bank details of Indians from today. What does this mean?
Recently,Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) Regime between India and Switzerland has started from September 1,2019. In 2016,India and Switzerland had signed an information-sharing deal on bank accounts which was to come into effect from September 2019. Automatic exchange of information involves the systematic and periodic transmission of taxpayer information by the source country to the… Continue reading Explained: India will get Swiss bank details of Indians from today. What does this mean?
