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.
India, which shares good relations with both Palestine and Israel, believes in a two-state solution in which both Israel and a future Palestinian state coexist peacefully.
In January 2020, the growth recorded by eight core industries was 2.2 per cent on the back of increase in the production of coal, refinery products and electricity, as per the official data.
The gross GST revenue collected in the month of February, 2020 is Rs 1,05,366 crore (US$ 15.08 billion) of which CGST is Rs 20,569 crore (US$ 2.94 billion), SGST is Rs 27,348 crore (US$ 3.91 billion), IGST is Rs 48,503 crore (US$ 6.94 billion) (including Rs 20,745 crore [US$ 2.97 billion] collected on imports) and Cess is Rs 8,947 crore (US$ 1.28 billion) (including Rs 1,040 crore [US$ 148.81 billion] collected on imports).
As a unique initiative of Indian Air Force. the IAF and Savitribai Phule Pune University entered into an academic collaboration by signing a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a ‘Chair of Excellence’ at Department of Defence & Strategic Studies on 29 Feb 20.
The plastic bottles left behind by tourists prompted the local community to introduce the ban. The bamboo water bottles have been ordered from Assam through Sikkim Rajya Sabha MP Hishey Lachungpa.
The ministries of science and technology and women and child development have identified 11 early 20th-century women scientists in whose honour chairs will be set up in institutes across the country. The range of fields is wide — from cytogenetics to organic chemistry to social sciences. Only women researchers will take up positions and could get research fund up to Rs 1 crore.
The ‘Restaurant on Wheels’ at Asansol station circulating area was developed by refurbishing two, over-aged Mainline Electric Multiple Unit (MEMU) coaches. T
