UP GOVERNMENT LAUNCHED UDYAM SARATHI APP Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath has launched the ‘Udyam Sarathi App’ on the occasion of the 71st Foundation Day of the state, on 24 January 2021. The app will enable the youths to get every information related to self-employment and the job industry,

HARSH VARDHAN INAUGURATED 7TH MASCRADE 2021 The 7th edition of ‘MASCRADE 2021 – Movement against Smuggled & Counterfeit Trade’ was inaugurated by Dr Harsh Vardhan, the Union Minister of Health and Family welfare. The two-day programme was organized by FICCI CASCADE (Committee against Smuggling and Counterfeiting Activities Destroying the Economy),

NITI AAYOG RELEASED INDIA INNOVATION INDEX 2.0 NITI Aayog released the second edition of the India Innovation Index on 20 January 2021, along with the Institute for Competitiveness. India Innovation Index 2.0 or 2nd edition has released by NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar. The index demonstrates the government’s continued commitment

JOE BIDEN TAKES OATH AS 46TH US PRESIDENT Joe Biden became the 46th president of the United States. He swore the oath of office moments after Kamala Harris, who became America’s first woman vice president, turning the page on Donald Trump’s tumultuous four years. At 78, Biden is the oldest

DAVOS AGENDA SUMMIT OF WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the Davos Agenda Summit. The Davos Agenda Summit was organized by the World Economic Forum. The “Great Reset Initiative” of the World Economic Forum will be launched during the Davos Agenda Summit.

RAJNATH SINGH UNVEILED INDIA’S FIRST DRIVERLESS METRO Union Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh has unveiled India’s first ‘Driverless Metro Car’ on 15 January 2021 during a function held at BEML’s Bangalore Complex. The indigenously designed & developed state-of-the-art Driverless Metro trains are being manufactured at BEML Bangaluru manufacturing facility, for Mumbai

INDIA’S FIRST 9MM MACHINE PISTOL DEVELOPED BY DRDO India’s first indigenous 9mm Machine Pistol has been jointly developed by DRDO and Indian Army. Infantry School, Mhow and DRDO’s Armament Research & Development Establishment (ARDE), Pune have designed and developed this weapon using their resp ective expertise in the complementary areas.

LAUNCH OF PRADHAN MANTRI KAUSHAL VIKAS YOJANA 3.0 The third phase of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana will be launched on January 15, 2021 in 600 districts across all states of India. The third phase will be spearheaded by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE). It will focus

NITI AAYOG AND FLIPKART COLLABORATION FOR WEP NITI Aayog and Flipkart, have come together to launch the revamped Women Entrepreneurship Platform. The Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) is a unified access portal which brings together women from different parts of India to realise their entrepreneurial aspirations. The idea of the platform

ADVISORY FOR MANAGING HUMAN-WILDLIFE CONFLICT Government of India along with SC-NBWL (Standing Committee of the National Board of Wildlife) approves advisory for management of Human-Wildlife Conflict across the country. The advisory has laid down important regulations for States/Union Territories to deal with conflicts between humans and wildlife, and seeks to