POLICY
Minister Rajnath Singh chairs Parliamentary Committee meeting on Defence & BRO
DG BRO Lt Gen Harpal Singh gave a detailed presentation on the working of BRO, especially on maintaining operational road infrastructure for the Armed Forces in border areas.
LAW
National Symposium of Heads of Police Training Insts by BPRD concludes in Delhi
The theme of the two day Symposium was ‘Optimal Utilization of Resources – Through Sharing and Networking’.
ECONOMY
Chit Funds Bill amendments bring transparency, clear illegality confusion: MoS Finance Thakur
Anurag Thakur: the Bill provides for amendments to replace the term ‘chit amount’ by ‘gross chit amount’, and the term ‘prize amount’ with ‘net chit amount’, to remove confusion with respect to illegal prize chits.
SOCIETY
Student winners of energy conservation painting competition get cash, laptops & FDs
The competition by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), under the Ministry of Power, was conducted for students from classes 4 to 9 to raise awareness about the importance of energy conservation.
SCIENCE
NABARD & ICAR sign MoU to promote sustainable agriculture, climate-resilient farming
The ICAR, through its large network, will support the training and capacity building of channel partners and NABARD officers.
TECH
4 Medical Devices Parks in Kerala, Telangana, TN & Andhra 'approved' by Pharma Dept: Health Min
Department of Pharmaceuticals has given ‘in-principle’ approval to all the said proposals.
SPACE
Indian startup uses AI tech & satellite data to tackle stubble burning pollution, wins ESA 'Space Oscar'
The application developed by Gurgaon-based startup Blue Sky Analytics uses satellite data for improved monitoring, supply chain and pricing analysis, as well as allocation of crop waste for use in other industries as raw material.
ENERGY & INFRA
Railways to start free Wi-Fi 'RailWire' at 6,471 stations by March 2021: Piyush Goyal
During the month of October 2019, a total of 1.51 crore unique users logged into free Wi-Fi services provided at Railway Stations of Indian Railways.
ENVIRONMENT
India to host International Geological Congress in March 2020
Popularly described as the Olympics of Geosciences, the IGC is a prestigious global geoscientific event held once every four years and witnessing participation of around 5,000-6,000 geoscientists from across the world.
