Countless Indian students trapped in firing by Russia's attack on Ukraine. Amidst the growing military crisis, many people trapped in Ukraine went there to get a medical education. While India's efforts to evacuate its citizens from the war zone continue in full swing under the government mission 'Operation Ganga', an important observation that has emerged is that. According to the Ministry of Education and Science in Ukraine, Ukraine has more than 18,095 students from India stuck in Ukraine. Pawan, a medical student, has been in Ukraine since December 2020. Earlier speaking to TOI over the phone, and on a Facebook chat late on Thursday evening, Pawan shared the ground reality of the city and requested the authorities to expedite the rescue process somehow. According to him, a...
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Keen On Rolling Out Aadhaar Cards For Sex Workers: UIDAI To SC
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has informed the Supreme Court that it is keen to give out Aadhaar Cards to sex workers. They need to have a certificate from the health department of states or from the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO). UIDAI said that no residence proof or identity proof will be mandatory for such sex workers. The bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and B R Gavai was hearing the petition on the lack of food security for sex workers across the nation, especially during the pandemic. Representing the UIDAI, advocate Zoheb Hossain informed that certain sections of society even though not having any identification did not lack any access to the basic right of food and other facilities. Court's Observations The Supreme Court inquired...
Read MoreRussia-Ukraine War: Automobiles To Become Expensive For India; Check Out Reasons
People in Ukraine are trying to save their lives in the shadow of fear. But do you know what effect this war will have on India in terms of the automobile industry? Experts believe that the biggest impact of this is going to be on the purchase of vehicles. It is being said that those who are making up their mind to buy a vehicle recently, may have to pay a higher price. It is being said that some parts of the vehicles are imported from Ukraine and Russia. Their delivery will stop for a few days. Therefore, there is a possibility of a jump in the prices of vehicles. Not only this, but the delivery of vehicles is also being claimed to be delayed. According to media reports, the prices of aluminium, which is the main material in vehicle manufacturing, have also reached a record h...
Read MoreAfter Russia's attack on Ukraine, thousands of students of Indian origin are stranded in cities in different states of the attacked country. About 80% of these students had gone there for medical studies. But the question arises that why such a large number of Indian students go to other countries including Ukraine for medical studies? During Russia's attack on Ukraine, out of 14 thousand students of Indian origin, about 70 students from Chhattisgarh are trapped in different cities of Ukraine. Most of these students had gone to Ukraine to study MBBS. In Chhattisgarh, there are only 9 medical colleges having only 725 MBBS seats in seven medical colleges of the state, many students feel disheartened. But parents of the middle class or lower-middle-class families get caught in th...
Read MoreThe weather can be seen changing Once again. A Western Disturbance is likely to enter North India on Monday. Under its influence, an induced cyclone may also form over Rajasthan. Chances of rain again in Jammu and Kashmir from Wednesday. Due to the effect of Western Disturbance, the weather is likely to change again. There is a possibility of light rain and snow at some places for the next four days. According to the weather report, It will be partly cloudy on Monday and Tuesday. The weather is forecast to remain dry in Uttarakhand on Monday, due to which there are chances of snowfall along with rain in the mountainous areas. The weather will remain clear in Himachal Pradesh on Monday. People will get relief from cold due to sunshine. The Meteorological Department has predict...
Read More“India-Nepal Agrees On Signing A Hydro-Power Project”-Know Some Facts…
On February 24, 2022, India and Nepal agreed to line up a joint task force on a “proposal to construct a hydropower project” from investments of both countries. The task force as decided will have maximum of three members from both sides. The agreement was signed at the 9th meeting of the Nepal-India Energy Secretary-Level Joint committee in Kathmandu. The meeting was co-chaired by Secretary of the Energy Ministry of India Alok Kumar and Secretary of Energy Ministry Debendra Karki from What issues were discussed during the meeting? During the meeting, either side discussed issues like Existing transmission lines between the 2 countries Under-construction and proposed interstate conductor Arun III hydropower and conductor and Interstate power trade. They also agreed to exte...
Read MoreCentre Announces Formation Of MSME Technology Centre In Maharashtra
The Union minister of MSME Narayan Rane has announced the formation of the MSME Technology Centre at Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. This can be established at a value worth Rs 200 crore. The Konbac Sfurti Cluster in Kudal was also launched. this may support 500 honey bee boxes, 300 artisans. 100 electric pottery wheels and 100 incense stick production machines were also distributed to supply opportunities for self-employment. Rupay Card was also launched which offers perks like digital payments at any time, a rate that's similar to that applicable to loans, and an interest-free period. Importance Of MSME-Technology Centre Through the MSME-Technology Centre the most effective technology, incubation, and advisory support are provided to the industry, especially MSMEs. ...
Read MoreCentre Unveils 3D Manufacturing Policy; Aims To Reach 500 Units by 2025
The ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) has unveiled the National Strategy for Additive Manufacturing Policy. The coverage goals are to grow India’s proportion in international additive production to 5% within the subsequent 3 years and upload USD 1 billion to the gross home product. Further, its goals are to broaden 50 India precise technology for material, gadgets and software programs, one hundred new startups for additive production, 500 new merchandise and teach a minimum of 1 lakh new professional people. The policy postulates the tenets of ‘Make in India’ and ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan’ that endorse self-reliance via the technological transformation of the manufacturing paradigm. 3-D printing is likewise called additive pr...
Read MoreIndia's relations were nosedived after a violent border dispute with China. Delhi's attitude naturally hardened and India started banning certain Chinese apps that were very popular but were found to be a security threat to the country. Besides 224 apps, that were banned last year including some very popular apps such as TikTok, We chat, Helo etc, 54 more apps have been additionally banned recently. But surprisingly, it is learned that many of these banned Chinese apps are still operating in India in new avatars. Lured by the huge Indian market which has 700 million internet users, these banned Chinese companies relaunched themselves and have successfully managed to remain undetected by Indian security. Bigo Live was the earliest to be banned by India but still, it can be do...
Read MoreISRO’s Chandrayaan-2 Captures Massive Solar Proton Events; Missed By Most Global Satellites
ISRO's Chandrayaan-2 has recently been able to detect massive solar events that were missed by most of the global satellites. Even NASA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) could not detect the event. The reason is GOES orbit around the earth and cannot detect the event due to the its magnetic force. As the earth's magnetic field works in protecting the planet from harmful solar events. But Chandrayaan-2 is orbiting around the Moon because for this reason the event was captured successfully by it. Chandrayaan-2 orbiters detected two M class solar flares - M5.5 and M 1.5. Solar Proton Event: Details Solar proton events are one of the dynamic movements happening in the Sun's atmosphere. At present, multiple global programmes are going on in space to study the Sun'...
Read MoreTirumala Temple To Display Replica Of Sri Venkateswara Swamy In Its Craft Expo
The Tirumala Temple trust has determined to show the craft in the expo gallery in the course of the following Brahmotsavams at Tirumala this year. The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), the unbiased trust which manages the hill temples of Lord Venkateswara atop Tirumala hills in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, preferred the inventive expertise of a junior college scholar for his extra-curricular talent of creating artwork out of waste. M Omkar, son of M Madhusudhan, from Kadiri of Anantapur district, has had a ardour for drawing and crafts on account that his childhood. After his university hours, he used to make crafts out of antique newspapers and mastered this artwork on his own. He currently finished making a reproduction of Sri Venkateswara Swamy with waste paper and gave it a stu...
Read MoreA woman trainee pilot died after her two-seater Cessna-152 crashed into a field in Nalgonda district in Telangana. According to locals, the aircraft broke into pieces after it nosedived into the field. The district superintendent of police Rema Rajeshwari said the trainee pilot took off her Cessna 152 aeroplane at around 10.30 a.m. from the Academy’s operations institute placed at the proper financial institution facet of Nagarjunasagar reservoir, bordering Nalgonda, in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh. Preliminary reviews and eyewitness accounts, she stated, confirmed that the two-seater plane which she was driving alone, crashed withinside the barren lands close to Thungathurthy village at around 10.50 a.m. The motives for the crash aren't recognised yet. Eyewitnesses, which inclu
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