The team has successfully developed a low-fat synbiotic ice cream using beta-MOS, a plant-derived fibre as a prebiotic component and Lactobacillus plantarum and Lactobacillus fermentum as probiotics.
India will be building a cancer hospital and a cricket stadium in the Maldives. This was announced by PM Modi during his video conference with Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih when four projects were inaugurated by India in the island nation.
India’s total trade with the world in 2017 was $587.36 billion, and, significantly, intra-BRICS trade accounted for 19.32% of that.
Bids for 15,100 MW of wind power projects have been issued, out of which projects of 12,162.50 MW capacity have been awarded.
Under the Namami Gange Program, a diverse set of interventions like pollution abatement activities, including sewage and industrial effluent treatment, solid waste management, river front management, aviral dhara, rural Sanitation, afforestation, biodiversity conservation, public participation, and other initiatives have been taken up for the cleaning and rejuvenation of the Ganga river.
In respect of non-core items, OFB can still participate in requests for proposal (RFPs) of the users, i.e. Armed Forces, on a competitive basis. The decision to declare items as non-core was taken in consultation with all stake holders, and was made to enable OFB to focus on core areas and complex systems like artillery guns, tanks, and ammunition. This position has been adequately explained to the employees of OFB through various meetings in the Ministry.
The Commission said the salient feature in the Political Parties Registration Tracking Management System is that applicants applying for party registration from January onwards will be able to track the progress of their application, and will get status updates through SMS and email.
There were an estimated 6,737,000 malaria cases and 9,620 deaths in India in 2018, down from 9,348,000 cases and 16,310 deaths in 2017, according to the report. Since 2000, India has halved the number of malaria cases and deaths by at least two-thirds and is pushing to become malaria-free by 2030.
Company-sized mechanized contingents, fighter and transport aircraft, as well as ships of respective Army, Air Force, and Navy, will participate in this exercise of ten days duration. The exercise will consist of a five-day training phase consisting of a comprehensive training curriculum.
TVEL, fuel division of Russia’s Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation, has been supplying uranium fuel pellets for Tarapur on a regular basis in 2019. The total volume of the fuel pellets supplied to India for Tarapur in 2019 exceeded 50 tons. The pellets will be used for fabrication of nuclear fuel assemblies for the Tarapur Nuclear Power Plant.
