Video conferencing of David Headley David Coleman Headley, an accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, on being produced before the Competent Court on 10.12.2015, through VTC from USA, had expressed a desire to become approver in the said case, provided he is granted pardon by the Court. The Court of competent jurisdiction in Mumbai… Read More »
Heritage sites under Archaeological Survey of India Mandate of the Archaeological Survey of India covers conservation, preservation and maintenance of all centrally protected monuments/archaeological sites under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 including 506 in Karnataka. Funds earmarked for this purpose are utilized for preservation and upkeep including development of site.… Read More »
Schemes of Ministry of Culture for propagating and promoting spirit of Culture among Citizens Special policy for Conservation and Promotion of Culture The mandate of the Ministry of Culture is to preserve, promote and protect the rich tangible and intangible cultural heritage of the country which it fulfills through its attached, subordinate and autonomous organizations. … Read More »
Indian Antiquities stolen and sold in Foreign Countries Total 101 Antiquities have been stolen from Centrally Protected Monument since 2000. Central Bureau of Investigation has registered one case in connection with Indian antiquities stolen and sold in foreign countries from 2000 to 2016. Further, as per information received from Idol Wing of Tamil Nadu Police,… Read More »
Setting up of Centres of National School of Drama On the basis of the recommendations made by the Broad Based Committee for opening up of 5 regional centres across the country, NSD Society proposed to establish 5 regional centres one each at Kolkata, Mumbai/Goa, J&K, North-East beside upgrading the existing Regional Resource Centre (RRC), Bengaluru… Read More »
Standards certification for products and services concerning health, safety, and environment to be made mandatory New BIS Bill provides compensation to the consumers if the goods and services do not conform to the standards Self-declaration of conformity of the Standards introduced along with stringent penalty provisions for violation for ease of doing business Bureau of… Read More »
Good Governance A one day National Meet on “Promoting Space Technology based tools and Applications in Governance & Development” was organized on September 07, 2015 in New Delhi with the participation of Central Ministries/Departments and State Governments. Secretaries of 58 Ministries/ Departments have presented the action plans jointly prepared with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)… Read More »
Space technology for public welfare In India, space technology is being primarily used as a tool to enable variety of public services by various Central Ministries/Departments, State Governments, Public & Private enterprises. A few of such public services include – (i) Television, Direct-To-Home (DTH) & Radio broadcasting, (ii) Telecommunication, (iii) Weather forecasting and Disaster early… Read More »
Aims of PM’s visits abroad The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s recent visits to France, Russia and Japan were aimed to bring in socio-economic and scientific development particularly in the field of atomic energy. The details are as under: France : During the visit of Prime Minister to France in April 2015, Nuclear Power Corporation… Read More »
Project ‘Mausam’ of M/O Culture aims to explore Multi-Faceted Indian Ocean ‘World’ Project ‘ Mausam ’ is the initiative of Ministry of Culture which is to be implemented by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) as the nodal agency with research support of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) and National Museum… Read More »