Under Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan, Operation Greens Scheme TOP to TOTAL, 50% transportation subsidy is now made available for air transportation for 41 notified fruits and vegetables from North-Eastern and Himalayan States to any place in India.
In continuation of the ongoing humanitarian mission ‘Sagar-II’, Indian Naval Ship Airavat arrived at Port of Djibouti, Djibouti on 10 November 2020. The Government of India is providing assistance to Friendly Foreign Countries to overcome natural calamities and COVID-19 pandemic, and towards the same INS Airavat is carrying food aid for the people of Djibouti.
Australian Navy Ship HMAS Ballarat, a frigate, made a port call at Mormugao Port, Goa on 10 Nov 20. The ship was received by officers from Headquarters Goa Naval Area and the Defence Advisor at the Australian High Commission in India.
The Prime Minister will dedicate two future-ready Ayurveda institutions to the nation at the 5th Ayurveda Day on 13th November, 2020. These are the Institute of Teaching & Research in Ayurveda (ITRA), Jamnagar and the National Institute of Ayurveda (NIA), Jaipur.
In the first quarter of this fiscal year through June, customer spending on telecom services increased 16.6% year-on-year, quite apart from the Covid disruption and lack of access of offline recharges for a few weeks, with over three-fourths spent on data services, ICICI Securities said.
A group of researchers led by Prof. S. Krishna Prasad, along with Dr Shankar Rao of the Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS), Bangalore, an autonomous institute of the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India has made major headway in developing such a cellulose-based smart screen from discarded ground nutshells.
India has conducted the second highest number of tests for detection of Covid-19 in the world at 11.96 crore with rapid antigen tests comprising 49 per cent and RT-PCR 46 per cent of the total tests done till Tuesday morning, the Union health ministry said.
Five per cent tests were carried out using CBNAAT and TrueNat till this morning, it said.
India’s state-run Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) has got an order from the US to supply ammunition. The OFB, one of the country’s oldest defence establishments, has received an export order for 5.56X45 mm NATO M193 Ball bullets from the US.
The country’s exports increased 22.47% year-on-year to US$ 6.75 billion in the first week of November, indicating significant progress, supported primarily by growth and development in the pharmaceuticals, gems and jewellery and engineering sectors, an official said on Tuesday.
The Army Service Corps (ASC) Motorcycle Display Team ‘Tornadoes’ of the Indian Army has set a world record for the longest ride through fire tunnel in Bengaluru on Tuesday. The rider Captain Shivam Singh rode 127 metres through a tunnel of fire at the ASC grounds in Bengaluru to set the record.
