India's first Eco-bridges for the movement of tigers in Telangana
In a first of its kind, Telangana State will have eco-friendly bridges over a canal cutting across the tiger corridor linking the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) in the Chandrapur district of Maharashtra with the forests in Telangana's Kumram Bheem Asifabad district.
India-Japan agreement on peaceful uses of N-energy comes into force
India-Japan agreement for Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy has come into force recently. Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar and Ambassador of Japan to India Mr. Kenji Hiramatsu exchanged diplomatic notes in this regard. The agreement was signed on 11th November 2016 in Tokyo during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Japan.
Projects for Climate Change Adaptation in Three States approved by Environment Ministry
The National Steering Committee on Climate Change under the Chairmanship of Secretary MoEF&CC, Ajay Narayan Jha approved three Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) at a meeting in New Delhi on 19th July 2017.
The Governments of Rajasthan, Gujarat and Sikkim for funding under the National Adaptation Fund for Climate Change (NAFCC) submitted the DPRs.
Telangana launched 'Janahitha' for speedy redressal of public grievances
The Telangana government launched a special portal called “Janahitha” to receive complaints from the public on 19th July 2017. Telangana Energy minister G Jagadish Reddy inaugurated this program in Suryapet district on a pilot basis. Reddy said that the state government was maintaining transparency in all aspects and putting all out efforts to resolve the issues of people living in the state’s remote areas.
MoU between India and Netherlands on cooperation in space technology apprised by Union Cabinet
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was apprised of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Netherlands on cooperation in the exploration and uses of outer space for peaceful purposes on 19th July 2017.
LK Advani received Lifetime Achievement Award for contributions in Lok Sabha
Veteran BJP leader Lal Krishna (LK) Advani received the Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions as a Parliamentarian in the Lok Sabha on 19th July 2017. Hamid Ansari, Vice President gave him the award at a function organised by the Lokmat Media Group to honour distinguished Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha members.
Google introduces recruiting app 'Hire' for businesses
Google launched 'Hire', a recruiting app for small- and medium-sized businesses that integrates seamlessly with G Suite on 18th July 2017. The launching of this Hire app is seen as an apparent move to compete with Microsoft-owned LinkedIn.
Hire will be making it easy to identify talent, build strong candidate relationships and efficiently manage the interview process end-to-end.
It seamlessly integrates with G Suite apps like Gmail and Google Calendar that are being used by over three million businesses in order to drive recruiting efforts.
New giant ocean sunfish species discovered by - Australian researcher
A new species of giant ocean sunfish named as the hoodwinker (mola tecta), the heaviest type of bony fish that can weigh over two tonnes and grow to three meters long is found by Marianne Nyegaard, who is an Australian researcher from Murdoch University in Perth. She found the species while researching sunfish in the Indo-Pacific region as part of her PhD.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley releases National Trade Facilitation Action Plan
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley released the National Trade Facilitation Action Plan. The WTO-Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) was a major milestone for the global trading system.
This Action Plan gives a time bound map, not only for implementing TFA, but also for India's initiatives for trade facilitation and ease of doing business which goes beyond TFA. According to a Finance Ministry statement, all actions covered under the plan have been categorised by prioritising the activities into short, mid and long term.
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