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Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs MoSHRDShri Sanjay Dhotre inaugurates Minister of New ZealandWinston Peters the exhibition on clean air technologies arrived in New Delhi on a four-day visit to at IIT Delhi: India. Union Minister of State for Human Resource He will attend the inaugural ceremony of New DevelopmentShri Sanjay Dhotre Zealand Centre at IIT Delhi and will give a inaugurated the exhibition organised by speech on Indo Pacific at the Indian Council of Centre of Excellence for Research on Clean Air World Affairs. technologies at the Indian Institute of The Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Technology Delhi. Minister of New Zealand will reach Mumbai to Exhibition showcases clean air technologies attend an event at Bombay Stock developed by IIT Bombay, IIT Ropar, IIT Exchange. (ISM) Dhanbadand IIT Delhi. IIT Delhi Shri Nityanand Rai presides over the showcased the work it had carried out in the Valedictory Session of 1st ‘National area of clean air through start-ups incubated Conference on Coastal Disaster Risk at IIT Delhi namely Aerogram and Kriya Reduction and Resilience (CDRR&R) – Labs. 2020’: 16th Session of the Joint Ministerial Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Commission between India and Nityanand Rai presided over the valedictory Australia: session of the 1st ‘National Conference on 16th Session of the Joint Ministerial Coastal Disaster Risk Reduction and Commission (JMC) between India and Resilience (CDRR&R) – 2020’, organised by Australia was convened in New Delhi on 24th the National Institute of Disaster February 2020.The Session was co-chaired Management (NIDM), in New Delhi. by, Minister of Railways and Commerce & Madhya Pradesh becomes first state to IndustryShri Piyush Goyal. launch unified vehicle registration card: India and Australia agree to enhancing Madhya Pradesh has become the first state bilateral trade and investment through revival in the country to introduce the unified of the bilateral CECA negotiations and registration card and the second state to harmonise standards and regulations on launch the unified driving license after important products. Uttar Pradesh. Work on mutual recognition of educational Chief Minister Kamal Nath distributed the qualifications of the two countries. unified cards, including vehicle registration Goa 'Carnival 2020' kicks off in Panaji: and driving license in a function held in Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant flagged Bhopal. off the Carnival 2020 float parade in Panaji. RACE Coaching Institute for Banking and Government Jobs Courses Offered : BANK | SSC | RRB | TNPSC |KPSC | 2 Official Website: www.raceinstitute.in| Official Blog: www.bankersdaily.in Chennai RACE Coaching Institute Pvt Ltd Courses Offered : BANK | SSC | RRB | TNPSC |KPSC | Large number of locals and tourist throng the to students from less developed coastal areas annual Goa Carnival, which is the major using the Lifology.com platform. traditional Catholic festival celebrated in Goa. Ministry of Corporate Affairs Secretary Govt aims to make Chhattisgarh a steel launches “SPICe+” to improve Ease of hub of the country: Doing Business in the country: Union Minister for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Injeti Srinivas inaugurated the SPICe+ Web Steel Dharmendra Pradhan has said that the Form as part of govt’s Ease of Doing Business government aims to make Chhattisgarh a initiatives. It would offer 10 services by 3 steel hub of the country. Steel industry has an Central Govt Ministries-Ministry of Corporate important role to play in making India a five Affairs, Ministry of Labour & Dept of Revenue trillion-dollar economy by 2024. in the Ministry of Finance. He said this in the visit to Bhilai Steel Plant, It also includes Maharashtra State Chhattisgarh. Government. Dolphin population in Odisha's Shri Pralhad Joshi lays foundation stone Gahirmatha halves: of Crusher and Conveyor System at The Forest Department of the Odisha State NALCO, Odisha: Government conducted a census at Chilika Union Minister of Coal and Mines, Shri Pralhad lake to count the number of dolphins at the Joshi laid foundation stone of Crusher and Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary in Odisha. Conveyor System at NALCO’s Mining & According to the report, the dolphin count Refinery (M&R) Complex in Damanjodi, came down to 233 in 2020 from 259 in 2019. Odisha. The Sanctuary is a part of Bhitarkanika The project is expected to be completed by National Park of Odisha. April 2022 and would cost around Rs. 483 Haryana, Uttarakhand lead in Direct crores. Benefit Transfer payouts: Government aim to reach a $5 trillion West Bengal emerged as the worst in ratings economy by 2024. prepared for the first time by Centre NTPC's acquisition of entire stake in regarding Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) NEEPCO, THDC India gets CCI nod: pay-outs. Haryana & Uttarakhand emerged as CCI gave nod to acquisition of government's the best states at 1st and second positions, entire stake in THDC India and North Eastern respectively Electric Power Corporation Ltd (NEEPCO) by Central DBT covers as many as 439 schemes NTPC Ltd. NTPC will acquire 100% of the run by 56 ministries. issued & paid-up share capital of the NEEPCO CSR: Adani Foundation ties up with and 74.5% stake in THDC India. Lifology: Competition Commission of India (CCI) Adani Foundation launched a unique CSR chairman-Ashok Kumar Gupta activity among Kerala’s coastal communities Union FPI Minister launches Market in association with Lifology.com. 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Government of India announces Maiden It is a ‘first-of-its-kind’ platform for ‘real Summit on Artificial Intelligence: time monitoring’ of prices of tomato, onion Government of India announced the mega and potato. event,RAISE 2020- ‘Responsible AI for Social Harsimrat Kaur Badal is Union Minister of Empowerment 2020,’ to be held in New Food Processing Industries (FPI). Delhi. 3-day international conference on RAISE 2020 is India's first Artificial “EMMDA 2020” held in Noida, Uttar Intelligence summit to be organized by the Pradesh: Govt. in partnership with Industry & National Centre for Medium-Range Weather Academia. Forecasting (NCMRWF), functions under the Ajay Prakash Sawhneyis the Secretary Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), has Ministry of Electronics and Information organized a 3-day international conference on Technology. “Ensemble Methods in Modelling and National cyber research and Innovation Data Assimilation (EMMDA) 2020” in centre, inaugurated by MoSG.K.Reddy in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. Hyderabad, Telangana: It was inaugurated by Dr.Harsh Minister of State (MOS) for Home Affairs Vardhan,Union Minister for Health and Ministry, Mr. GangapuramKishan Reddy Family Welfare, Science and Technology, has Inaugurated National Cyber Research, Earth Sciences. Innovation and capacity centre at Central CCEA approves Creation of National Detective Training Institute (CDTI) in Technical Textiles Mission: Hyderabad, Telangana. 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