The scheme — which will be rolled out by the IT ministry and has been prepared in consultation with the ministries of finance and commerce as well as the Niti Aayog — is aimed at making India a hub for manufacturing of electronics and components, standing parallel to other manufacturing powerhouses such as China and Vietnam, highly-placed sources told TOI.
Fifty-eight contracts worth around Rs 1.38 lakh crore were signed in the last three financial years for procurement of defence equipment for the Indian armed forces from foreign companies, said Minister of state for Defence Shripad Naik on Monday.
The group led by Prof CNR Rao consisting of Dr P Chithaiah from CeNS and Prof G U Kulkarni from Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bengaluru has developed a rapid and simple route for the synthesis of rGO by the combustion of table-sugar. This method being single-step and reproducible is advantageous compared to the reported protocols used presently.
The Government of India launched “National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme” (NAPS) in August 2016 with stipend support and sharing of the cost of basic training with a cumulative target of training 50 lakh youth during Financial Year 2016-17 to 2019-20. Following are the details of financial support components under NAPS:
The officers of Anti Evasion wing of Central Tax, Delhi West Commissionerate have busted a major racket of fake invoicing of Rs.7896 crore involving fraudulent Input Tax Credit (ITC) of Rs.1709 crore, using a network of 23 shell companies, which procured and generated invoices without actual supply of goods and availed as well as passed on ITC. Two persons have been arrested on 29.02.2020, in this matter.
MHA identified 1846 Twitter handles, 4689 Facebook profiles and more than 13,000 mobile numbers using WhatsApp which were actively involved in inciting violence
Ambassador of the European Union to India Shri. Ugo Astuto, alongwith Chief Minister Dr. ramod Sawant launched the strategy for ‘Fostering Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy in Goa’, making Goa a pioneering state to prepare such strategy.
The Army has set up smart classrooms in a higher secondary school in Bagga village of Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi under its Operation Goodwill initiative, a defence spokesperson said on Sunday. The inauguration event of the renovated school on Sunday was attended by Army officials, the principal, teachers and students, the spokesperson said adding a total of 268 students and locals attended the event.
Raider-X has the capability to detect explosives from a stand-off distance. The data library can be built in the system to expand its capability to detect a number of explosives in pure form as well as with the contaminants. Bulk explosives in concealed condition can also be detected by the device.
With the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) having successfully tested its prototype biodigesters on houseboats in the Dal Lake in Srinagar to reduce pollution, the authorities in Kashmir have decided to install biodigesters in the houseboats on a pilot basis.
