Sugar mills have exported 5.11 million tonnes of the sweetener so far in the ongoing 2020-21 marketing year ending September, with maximum shipments to Indonesia, trade body AISTA said on Thursday
Raksha Mantri Mr. Rajnath Singh flagged-in a climb-a-thon organised by Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI), Darjeeling to celebrate ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’, in New Delhi on August 17, 2021. The climb-a-thon was organised at four smaller peaks of Sikkim Himalayas from April 20-25, 2021. The climb-a-thon, under the leadership of Group Captain Jai Kishan, was conducted at Mt Rhenock, Mt Frey, Mt BC Roy and Mt Palung, by a team of 125 mountaineers.
Being a high sensitivity flexible pressure/strain sensor, it can also be used for small and large scale motion monitoring, with potential applications in robotics, prosthetics, as well as minimal invasive surgery and identification of tumor/cancerous cells.
The total installed renewable energy capacity in India, excluding large hydro, has crossed the mile-stone of 100 GW.Today India stands at 4th position in the world in terms of installed RE capacity, 5th in solar and 4th in wind in terms of installed capacity.
Government of India launched the Smart Cities Mission (SCM) on 25 June 2015 for development of 100 cities as Smart Cities. The selection of 100 Smart Cities has been completed through 4 rounds of selection from January, 2016 to June, 2018.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Mr. Rameswar Teli today informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply that the LPG customers, who have joined the PAHAL Scheme, are cash transfer compliant. As on 01.07.2021, out of total 29.11 crore LPG customers, 27.27 crore have joined the Scheme and they are Cash Transfer Compliant (CTC). State/UT-wise details are at Annexure-I.
Indian navy Guided Missile Stealth Frigate INS Trikand arrived at Doha for the 2nd edition of the Bilateral Maritime Exercise Za’ir Al Bahr (Roar of the Sea), being conducted from August 9 to 14, 2021 between the Indian Navy and Qatar Amiri Naval Forces. The Ship was received by the representatives from the Qatar Amiri Navy with ceremonial band in presence.
The ministry of defence (MoD) plans to equip the Indian Army with 114 ‘Dhanush’ guns. Each ‘Dhanush’ costs Rs 14.50 crore. After initial field trials in 2016, six of these towed artillery guns were handed to the Army in 2019 at the Gun Carriage Factory in Jabalpur. But subsequently the Army sought modifications which are now being carried out by the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB).
Researchers from the Indian Institute of Science’s (IISc) Molecular Biophysics Unit (MBU) have found a novel way to block bacteria from flushing out antibiotics which helps them gain drug resistance.
India will fastrack free trade agreements (FTA) with at least half a dozen nations, including UAE, UK, Australia, Canada, EU, over the next few months, in line with its revamped foreign trade strategy, commerce and industry secretary BVR Subrahmanyam said on Wednesday.
