Ministry of Power has launched a scheme for procurement of aggregate power of 4500 MW for five years under SHAKTI Policy. The Ministry said that the scheme will help states that are facing power shortage and help generation plants to increase their capacities.

PFC Consulting Limited has been designated as the nodal agency. It has invited bids for the supply of 4,500 MW electricity. The supply will commence from April next year.

External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar today said the rise of India is deeply linked with rise of Indian technology. He was speaking at the seventh edition of the Global Technology Summit in New Delhi.

The three-day Summit is India’s annual flagship event on Geotechnology and is co-hosted by the Ministry of External Affairs and Carnegie India. The theme for this year’s Summit is Geopolitics of Technology.

The National Cadet Corps (NCC) is celebrating 74th anniversary of its Raising Day today. This largest uniformed youth organisation in the world was raised in 1948.

The day is being celebrated all over the country with cadets participating in march past, cultural activities and social development programmes.

The multifaceted activities and varied curriculum of the NCC, provides unique opportunities to the youth for self-development.

The bilateral training exercise “AUSTRA HIND 22” between contingents of the Indian Army and the Australian Army is scheduled to take place at Mahajan Field Firing Ranges (Rajasthan) from tomorrow to 11th  December 2022. This is the first exercise in the series of AUSTRA HIND with the participation of all arms and services contingent from both armies. The Australian Army contingent comprising soldiers from the 13th Brigade of the 2nd Division has arrived at the exercise location. The Indian Army is represented by troops from the DOGRA Regiment.

Exercise “AUSTRA HIND” will be a yearly event that will be conducted alternatively in India and Australia.

The Ministry of Textiles will give away Shilp Guru and National Awards to master craftspersons for 2017, 2018, and 2019 in New Delhi today. Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar will be the Chief Guest of the award ceremony. Textiles Minister Piyush Goyal will preside over the function. The Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) has been implementing the scheme of National Awards for master craftspersons since 1965. Shilp Guru Awards was introduced in 2002. These Awards are conferred every year to legendary master craftspersons of handicrafts whose work has contributed to the preservation of rich and diverse craft heritage of the country. The main objective is to give recognition to outstanding craftspersons in the handicrafts sector. The awardees represent almost all states and UTs of the country, as well as different craft styles of different locations.

The Khadi India Pavilion registered a record sale of over 12 crore rupees at the India International Trade Fair at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi. Khadi and Village Industries Commission organized a “Khadi India Pavilion at the Trade Fair to showcase the finest handcrafted Khadi and Village Industries products. It contextualized the vision of Vocal for Local, Local to Global of Prime Minister Narendra Modi through Khadi India Pavilion.

More than 200 stalls by Khadi artisans, entrepreneurs, and representatives of small-scale industries with artisan art showcased their products.

The Sangeet Natak Akademi has announced a one-time Sangeet Natak Akademi Amrit Award under Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.  A total of 86 artists from the field of the Performing Arts in India were selected for this award. These include artists who are above the age of 75 years and have not been accorded any national honour in their career so far.

The General Council of Akademi has unanimously selected these artists for this one-time Award.  The award carries a purse money of one lakh rupees besides  Tamrapatra and Angavastram.

The Indian Space Research Organisation is all set to launch PSLV C 54 with Earth observation satellite Oceansat and eight other nanosatellites in two different orbits today, November 26. 

The 24-hour countdown for the launch which commenced yesterday at the launch Centre will end today enabling a smooth lift-off.  The propellant filling process took place at the four-stage launch vehicle. Scientists at ISRO are busy monitoring last minute tests for a successful launch.

AIR correspondent reports, ISRO's successful workhorse PSLV's XL version will lift off exactly at 11.56 today from the first launch pad of the Space Centre. The satellites will be put in sun-synchronous polar orbits in two hours and 20 minutes.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the Constitution Day celebrations in the Supreme Court today, November 26, at 10 AM. During the programme, the PM will launch various new initiatives under the e-court project. 

The project is an effort to provide services to litigants, lawyers, and the judiciary through information and communication technology. The initiatives being launched by the Prime Minister include Virtual Justice Clock, JustIS mobile App 2.0, Digital court, and S3WaaS Websites.

Telangana will have the first Integrated Rocket Design, Manufacturing, and Testing Facility of the country in Hyderabad by Skyroot Aerospace. 

The state IT Minister K. Tarakarama Rao has assured the start-up of complete support for establishing the facility to design, manufacture, and test rockets in the state. He participated in a programme organized at T-Hub yesterday, November 25, to celebrate Skyroot Aerospace’s successful launch of the Vikram-S rocket.