New Delhi1/6/23: Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, Director General of India Meteorological Department (IMD), has been elected as the third Vice President of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). This has been informed by the WMO through a tweet. Apart from the IMD DG, two other persons were also elected to the position of Vice President of the WMO. They are Eoin Moran, Director ...

Tamilnadu:1/6/23:In a joint operation, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), with the help of Indian Coast Guard (ICG), Mandapam & Ramnad Customs, Preventive Division, intercepted two fishing boats and seized 32.869 kg of foreign origin gold valued at Rs. 20.21 crore that was smuggled into India from Sri Lanka through the coast. Specific intelligence was developed by DRI, Chennai, that ...

Newdelhi:1/6/23:Shri Bidyut Bihari Swain, IAS (GJ:1988) took oath of Office and Secrecy as Member, UPSC today.The Oath was administered by Chairman, UPSC Dr Manoj Soni. Shri Bidyut B. Swain joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1988 in the Gujarat Cadre. Between the year 1989 & 2018, Shri Swain served the Government of Gujarat in various posts, in the Districts and ...

Bhadrak:1/6/23:A training launch of a Medium-Range Ballistic Missile, Agni-1, was successfully carried out by the Strategic Forces Command from APJ Abdul Kalam Island, in Odisha on Thursday, the defence ministry said in a statement. “The missile is a proven system, capable of striking targets with a very high degree of precision. The user training launch successfully validated all operational and ...

Newdelhi:1/6/23:The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry introduced the National Startup Awards (NSA) in 2020. The applications for National Startup Awards 2023 have been made live from 1st April 2023 and the deadline for submissions is now extended to 15th June 2023. The extension of the National Startup Awards 2023 ...

Newdelhi:1/6/23:The Ministry of Coal has achieved a remarkable feat with a substantial surge in overall  coal production during the month of May’23, reaching 76.26 Million Tons(MT), surpassing the figures of the month May’22 of 71.21 MT, representing an increase of 7.10%. The production of Coal India Limited (CIL) has increased 59.94 MT in the month of May’23 as compared to ...

Newdelhi:1/6/23:H.E. Mr. Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, the Prime Minister of Nepal called on  the President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan today (June 1, 2023). The President welcomed Prime Minister Prachanda and congratulated him on his appointment as Prime Minister of Nepal.  She said that in view of his old association with India and his experience, India looks forward ...

Newdelhi:31/5/23:The All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) and Vijnana Bharati is jointly organising a groundbreaking event, GI-YSRI Conference (Global Indian Young Scientists Research & Innovation) from today and it will continue till June 2nd at National Agricultural Science Complex, N. Delhi. The inauguration of the conference was done by Shri Rajesh Kotecha, Secretary Ministry of Ayush who was the Chief ...

Newdelhi:30/5/23:The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has simplified the process for the grant of Heliport License. Now the applications for NOC/Clearance to five external organizations can be routed through a single tab in the applicant’s eGCA profile. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) grants Heliport License/ Operational Authorization to the heliports at the surface level as well as at elevated ...

Newdelhi:30/5/23:The Tele-Law programe under the Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice achieved a new milestone with 40 Lakh beneficiaries across the country having been empowered with pre-litigation advice. About Tele-Law: Reaching the Unreached is an e-interface mechanism to seek legal advice and consultation at a pre-litigation stage. It connects needy and marginalised in need of legal aid with ...