NEW DELHI: The Sports Authority of India’s (SAI) Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) on Wednesday approved financial assistance of Rs 33.18 lakh for its Target Olympics Podium Scheme’s (TOPS) development archers. The beneficiaries include Parth Salunkhe, Aditya Choudhary, Dipti Kumari, Simranjeet Kaur, Neeraj Chauhan, Ridhi, Madhu Vedwan, Sudhanshu Bisht, Divyansh Kumar, and Tisha Punia. Each archer…Continue Reading

A photo taken on February 8, 2022 shows a box of Evusheld, a drug for antibody therapy developed by AstraZeneca for the prevention of COVID-19 in immunocompromised patients at the AstraZeneca facility for biological medicines in Södertälje, south of Stockholm, Sweden. (AFP)The European Medicines Agency’s human medicines committee has recommended granting a marketing authorisation for…Continue Reading

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) executive board on Wednesday approved an additional $1.4 billion emergency financing for Ukraine to help supplement urgent financing needs and mitigate the economic impact amid the ongoing war with Russia. The said fund will be disbursed under the Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI) to bolster Ukraine’s economy amid severe human sufferings and…Continue Reading

The Karnataka government has approved 48 industrial projects worth Rs 2,062 crore that would provide jobs for over 6,393 people in the state. The clearance for the projects was given at the State Level Single Window Clearance Committee (SLSWCC) meeting chaired by Large and Medium Scale Industries Minister Murugesh Nirani on Saturday. According to Nirani,…Continue Reading

The Union government has allowed manufacture and import of machine-made polyester national flags by amending the 2002 Flag Code of India. The rules earlier permitted only flags made by “hand-spun and woven wool or cotton or silk khadi bunting” while the import of machine-made flags was banned in 2019. A recent revision to the flag…Continue Reading

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Cabinet approves implementation of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission with a budget of Rs.1,600 crore for five years ABDM will improve equitable access to quality healthcare by encouraging use of technologies such as telemedicine and enabling national portability of health servicesCitizens will be able to create their ABHA (Ayushman Bharat…Continue Reading

Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) Cabinet approves offering of coal by coal companies through a common e-auction window instead of sector specific auctions Posted On: 26 FEB 2022 2:02PM by PIB Delhi The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today approved the following: i.     Offering of all…Continue Reading

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Cabinet approves implementation of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission with a budget of Rs.1,600 crore for five years ABDM will improve equitable access to quality healthcare by encouraging use of technologies such as telemedicine and enabling national portability of health servicesCitizens will be able to create their ABHA (Ayushman Bharat…Continue Reading

Ministry of Education Government approves ‘ New India Literacy Programme, a new scheme of Adult Education for FYs 2022-27” Term “Adult Education” to be replaced with “Education For All” Posted On: 16 FEB 2022 5:57PM by PIB Delhi Government approved a new scheme “New India Literacy Programme (नव भारत साक्षरता कार्यक्रम) for the period FYs…Continue Reading