The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) will host the inaugural Startup India Innovation Week from January 10 to 16. Anurag Jain, DPIIT Secretary, told the media via virtual press conference that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to interact with startups and address Startup India Innovation Week on January 15 at 10.30 a.m. via video conferencing. This virtual week-long innovation celebration aims to commemorate the 75th year of India’s independence, dubbed ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav,’ and is intended to highlight the breadth and depth of entrepreneurship…
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New Education Policy 2020 Highlights: School and higher education to see major changes !!
New Education Policy was launched on Wednesday, July 29. Earlier, in the afternoon the Union cabinet approved the policy that aims to overhaul the country’s education system. Union Ministers for Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Prakash Javadekar and Human Resource Development (HRD) and Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, made the announcement on the NEP- 2020. Earlier on May 1, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had reviewed the NEP- 2020, for which draft was prepared by a panel of experts led by former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief K Kasturirangan. The NEP 2020 aims at making “India…
India Needs to Get Over ‘National Security’ Myth, Revamp Remote Sensing Policies !!
In the challenging time of a COVID-19 outbreak, satellite monitoring has been playing a pivotal role in curbing the spread of the infection, mainly by helping identifying risk zones and facilitating quick response. However, there remains a huge potential to use Earth-observation (EO) data to shed new light on societal and economic changes currently taking place. The spate of reforms announced by the Indian government designed to create and nurture private enterprises in the field of space exploration, satellite communications regulations and remote-sensing has not only inspired hope for countless space…