- Union Textile Minister
Smriti Irani attended the 27th Technological Conference of Indian Jute
Industries' Research Association (IJIRA) on Shaping the Future of Jute in
Kolkata.
- Shigmotsav organized
enthusiastically in Goa. Shigmotsav or Shigmo is one of the several
cultural festivals of the coastal state & is celebrated through
colours, costumes, music, dance & parades.
- Uttarakhand CM Trivendra
Singh Rawat inaugurated the week-long 29th annual, world-famous
International Yoga Festival (IYF) in Rishikesh's Parmarth Niketan.
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The fourth India-Europe 29 Business Forum
(IE29BF) took place in New Delhi. The theme of IE29BF 2018 was ‘Synergising
Economic Vision for Expanded Relations’. For IE29BF 2018, Czech Republic was
the‘Focus Country’.
- An event named 'Vision
for Future' was held in New Delhi to commemorate 70 years of the
Indo-Russia ties. The event sought to expose the youth to the dynamic
opportunities of cooperation between the two countries.
- Buddhist Community of
Itanagar celebrated the silver jubilee of the Losar Festival in Arunachal
Pradesh. The festival was organized by Itanagar Buddhist Cultural Society
(IBCS) was celebrated with a lot of enthusiasm & traditional zeal.
- Airports
Authority of India (AAI) is participating in World ATM Congress (WATMC)
2018 being held in Spain. Now entering its sixth year, World ATM
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Congress is the world's largest international
air traffic management (ATM) exhibition & conference attracting thousands
of delegates each year.
- PM Modi inaugurated
National Legislators Conference on the theme ‘We For Development’ in New
Delhi. The motive of the conference is to bring MPs & MLAs on a single
platform where ideas & plans for development can be exchanged.
- India's biggest Media
& Entertainment Services Market - enTTech 2018 inaugurated in Mumbai.
The event was organized by Service Export Promotion Council (SEPC) in
association with MEAI (Media & Entertainment Association of India)
& supported by the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce &
Industry, Government of India.
- Home Minister Rajnath
Singh has inaugurated the two-day Asia-Pacific Regional Conference of the
International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) in New Delhi. The
theme of the conference is "Challenges to Policing in 2020 - How is
Cyber Space shaping our approach to Cybercrime & Terrorism, how do we
perform within it & take advantage of it".
- President Ram Nath
Kovind inaugurated World Hindi Secretariat in Mauritius capital, Port
Louis.
- PM Modi inaugurated the
105th Indian Science Congress in Imphal, Manipur. The theme for ISC 2018
is 'reaching the unreached through science & technology'.
- The three-day annual
Krishi Unnati Mela held in New Delhi with a focus on doubling farmers’
income. The objective of the event is to create awareness among farmers
about the latest agriculture-related technological developments.
- President Ram Nath
Kovind inaugurated the Festival of Innovation & Entrepreneurship &
present Gandhian Young Technological Innovation awards at Rashtrapati
Bhavan, in New Delhi.
- Representatives from 50
countries gathered in New Delhi for informal World Trade Organisation
(WTO) ministerial meeting. This will provide an opportunity
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to engage in free & frank discussions with
the hope that it will lead to political guidance on some major issues.
- Vice-Chairman, NITI
Aayog, Dr Rajiv Kumar inaugurated the First India-Japan Workshop on
Disaster Risk Reduction in New Delhi. It is being jointly organised by the
Ministry of Home Affairs, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)
& Government of Japan.
- Women Science Congress,
2018 was inaugurated in the backdrop of the ongoing 105th Indian Science
Congress on its 3rd day being held at Manipur University, Imphal.
- The first National
workshop on POSHAN Abhiyan involving all the states & union
territories was held at Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra, New Delhi.
- General
President-elect of Indian Science Congress Manoj Kumar Chakrabarti
announced that the 106th edition of the Indian Science Congress will be
held in January 2019 at Barkatullah University Bhopal,
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Madhya Pradesh. The theme for 2019 ISC will be
“Future India: Science & Technology”.
- Ministry of Mines
organized the 3rd National Conclave on Mines & Minerals in New Delhi.
The event was inaugurated by the Minister of Mines, Narendra Singh Tomar.
A portal on Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojna (PMKKKY) scheme was
also launched on the occasion.
- Minister
of State for Home Affairs, Hansraj Gangaram Ahir inaugurated the two-day first
National Conference on Drug Law Enforcement in Delhi. The conference is
being organised by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Ministry of Home
Affairs.
- The country’s National
Academy of Art, the Lalit Kala Akademi hosted the first-ever International
Print Biennale in the country with a record number of 17 countries taking
part in it. The first-ever International Exhibition of Graphic Prints
‘Print Biennale India 2018’ opened, at the Rabindra Bhavan Galleries of
the Lalit Kala Akademi in New Delhi.
- SARAS Aajeevika Mela
2018 has been organized in New Delhi under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana –
National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM). It is one of the flagship
programmes of the Ministry of Rural Development to alleviate rural
poverty.
- The eleventh session of
the China-India joint-group on Economic Relations, Trade, Science &
Technology was held in New Delhi.
- HRD Minister Prakash
Javadekar inaugurated the Smart India Hackathon Grand Finale 2018
-Software edition in New Delhi. It aims to build Digital India & to
engage the youth directly in nation-building.
- With
an aim to provide a comprehensive synthesis of research, service
provision, & clinical practice in addressing psychological trauma
& subsequent mental illnesses in Indian children & adolescents,
first, ever National conclave was held in New Delhi.
