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Centre to set up 10 more Handloom Design Resource Centres

Ministry of Textiles has undertaken many new initiatives to promote Handlooms in a big way. One of these is to set up 10 more Handloom Design Resource Centres with the objective to build and create design-oriented excellence in the Handloom Sector and to facilitate weavers, exporters, manufacturers and designers access design repositories for sample/product improvisation […]

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eRUPI Digital Payment System, What is e RUPI, How it Works, Advantages

On 2nd August 2021, Prime Minister Modi launched a new digital payment solution eRUPI via video conferencing. e-RUPI is an electronic voucher based digital payment system developed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) on its UPI platform, in collaboration with the department of financial services, ministry of health & family welfare and national

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World Environment Day 2021 | Theme: Ecosystem Restoration

On 5th June 2021, the world will get together virtually to celebrate the World Environment Day 2021. Since its beginning in 1974, World Environment Day has developed into a global platform for raising awareness and taking action on urgent issues from marine pollution and global warming to sustainable consumption and wildlife crime. World Environment Day

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Niti Aayog releases SDG India Index 3 .0 based on Year 2020-21

The 3rd edition of the SDG India Index 2020 – 21 was released by Niti Aayog on Thursday. The index documents and ranks the progress made by States and Union Territories towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The SDG India Index 2020-21, developed in collaboration with the United Nations in India, tracks progress of all

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Cyclone Tauktae to move NE across Rajasthan to Uttar Pradesh

19 May, 11:30 AM | According to the National Weather Forecasting Centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the Depression (remnant of the Extremely Severe Cyclone Tauktae) over south Rajasthan and adjoining Gujarat region moved north-eastwards with a speed of about 16 kmph during past 06 hours, and lay centred at about 30 km south-southwest of Udaipur,

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