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India-Sweden for Joint Innovation for a Sustainable Future

"Sweden has many sustainable modern solutions to offer India," Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven said in Stockholm in a joint press conference with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi during first visit by Indian Prime Minister to Sweden on 16-17 April 2018 after three decades. The two Prime Ministers spoke of strengthened cooperation between the two countries on defence and presented a new ...

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Gagan Shakti was the Biggest Ever War Combat Game Exercise

Gagan Shakti-2018, a pan India exercise was conducted by Indian Air Force (IAF) during April 8 to 20, 2018 with the aim of real time coordination, deployment and employment of air power in a short and intense battle scenario and that provided IAF with an excellent opportunity to practice its war time drills.  Activities were undertaken in a cohesive manner to achieve the stated objectives of the...

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Entrance Exams in India and their Scope

Institutes of Higher Education in India have gained a lot of respect worldwide owing to their best quality education, top-notch faculty, and a rigorous study pattern. This has also caused the Higher Education in India to become immensely competitive. Most of the well-reputed Universities and other prestigious institutes conduct various entrance exams to select the students who are the best of the lot.

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Commonwealth one of the World’s Great Convening Powers

Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2018 (CHOGM 2018) its 25th meeting- first full Heads of Government meeting in almost forty years was held in the United Kingdom from 19 to 20 April 2018 and discussed how the Commonwealth can contribute to a future which is fairer, more sustainable, more secure and more prosperous. A gathering of Heads of Government of its 53 member ...

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Innovate, Patent, Produce & Prosper will Lead India towards Faster Development

Smart India Hackathon-2108, country’s biggest digital programming contest, promoted by Ministry of Human Resource Development and AICTE to tap the talent of engineering students and to provide solutions to problems of various Ministries and Departments of the Central and State Governments, was hosted by CVR College of Engineering in Ibrahimpatnam near Hyderabad in Telangana. Its Grand Finale was...

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SATH-Education to Create Islands of Excellence

SATH-E, Sustainable Action for Transforming Human Capital in Education Project that aims to create role model States for education and mainstream ‘islands of excellence’ across the country to facilitate qualitative and quantitative transformation of learning outcomes is being undertaken NITI Aayog in partnership with three participating States of Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Od...

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RIMES Enhancing Preparedness for Management of Hazards

Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System for Africa and Asia (RIMES), presently its Council Chaired by India, is an international and intergovernmental institution, owned and managed by its Member States, for the generation and application of early warning information. ‘RIMES’ is already working with the Tamil Nadu State Disaster Management Authorit...

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Globalisation, Demography & Exponential Technologies to Impact Future of jobs in India

‘Future of Jobs in India - A 2022 Perspective’ is a joint exercise by FICCI, NASSSCOM and EY (Ernst & Young) to analyse the profile of jobs under threat, identify new emerging job roles, existing roles that will undergo change, and a study of the potential implications of unprecedented technological advances in the new age of automation. It provides a vision of change for the job market in I...

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FINE to Build Ecosystem for Converting Innovations into Enterprises

Festival of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (FINE) that aims to celebrate creativity and innovations, organised by the Rashtrapati Bhavan in association with the National Innovation Foundation (NIF) India and the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, was inaugurated by President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind on March 19, 2018. It had about 250 innovative exhibits by the awar...

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Young Entrepreneurs Academy Transforms Students into Confident Entrepreneurs

Tech, Product, Social Entrepreneurship Business ideas which are unique were very well presented by large number of kids in the age group of 11-18 years in various investor panels hosted by reputed schoolsacross citiesof Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad during the last few months. Sheer quantity and quality of ideas that range from product to technology to creative social entrepreneurship s...

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