Integrated Government Online Training Programme Launched

iGOT, Integrated Government Online Training Programme, which will augment the existing training mechanism with online module-based training coupled with certification and make training inputs available to government servants on site…

French Knight of the National Order of Merit to International filmmaker Ashok Amritraj

Chevalier Award, Chevalier de L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters), has been conferred on International filmmaker Ashok Amritraj – the most famous…

Drones in India can now Fly Legally

Flying Drones is legal in India now as the Civil Aviation Regulations (CAR), to enable safe flying of Remotely Piloted Aerial Systems (RPAS) – popularly referred to as drones, released…

Deep Sea Submergence Rescue Vehicle Inducted into Indian Navy

Indian Navy’s first flyaway Deep Sea Submarine Rescue System, the most advanced system currently in operation globally, developed to maximise the chances of successfully rescuing the crew of a distressed…

Krishnamurthy Subramanian is Outstanding Choice As Chief Economic Adviser

Dr. Krishnamurthy Subramanian, an expert on banking, corporate governance and economic policy, has assumed office of the new Chief Economic Advisor on Friday 7 December 2018 for a period of…

Successful Test Firing of Long-Range Missile Agni-5

Agni-5, a Long-Range Surface-to-Surface Nuclear Capable Ballistic missile, was successfully launched from a canister on a road mobile launcher at the Dr Abdul Kalam Island (Wheeler Island) off the coast…

SpiNNaker: World’s Most Powerful Computer to Mimic Human Brain

SpiNNaker, world’s fastest brain-mimicking machine, a novel computer architecture inspired by the working of the human brain, a supercomputer with a million processing cores and 1200 interconnected circuit boards that…

Successful Launch of GSLV-MK-III D2 carrying GSAT-29 Satellite is a Historic Day for ISRO

India’s GSAT-29 Communication Satellite, the heaviest rocket ever launched from the Indian soil, was successfully launched by the second developmental flight of GSLV MkIII-D2 (Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle MarkIII) on…

Sakharov Prize Won by Jailed Ukrainian Filmmaker & Activist

Sakharov human rights prize has been awarded to jailed Ukrainian filmmaker & activist Oleg Sentsov – a critic of Russia, by the European Parliament on Thursday 25 October 2018, unjustly…

Mechanism for Sale of Enemy Property Gets Cabinet Nod

Movable Enemy Property lying dormant for decades can now be monetized and sale proceeds therefrom may be used for development and social welfare programmes as the Union Cabinet chaired by…