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Greater Tipraland
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Greater Tipraland

Science & Tech 10/12/22 21:28 PM IST
by Mahesh

'The demand has grown louder to carve out a separate state of 'Greater Tipraland' for the indigenous communities in Tripura under Article 2 and 3 of the Constitution.' Several tribal outfits and in Read More...

RBI Signs Currency Swap Agreement with Maldives Monetary Authority
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RBI Signs Currency Swap Agreement with Maldives Monetary Authority

Science & Tech 10/12/22 21:18 PM IST
by Mahesh

'The Reserve Bank of India has signed a Currency Swap Agreement with the Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA) to enable MMA to make drawals in multiple tranches up to a maximum of $200 million from the R Read More...

EXTENSION OF PM SVANIDHI SCHEME
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EXTENSION OF PM SVANIDHI SCHEME

Science & Tech 10/12/22 14:22 PM IST
by Mahesh

'The Government of India has extended the PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) Scheme beyond March, 2022 with the following provisions: Extension of lending period till Decemb Read More...

Bizarre flash of light traced back to kilonova a billion light years away
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Bizarre flash of light traced back to kilonova a billion light years away

Science & Tech 10/12/22 14:01 PM IST
by Mahesh

'The flash of light or a gamma-ray burst (GRB) was witnessed on December 11, 2021. The source was found to be an astronomical event called a kilonova.' Both kilonova and supernova produce the most Read More...

ISRO and Social Alpha Sign MoU to Establish SpaceTech Innovation Platform
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ISRO and Social Alpha Sign MoU to Establish SpaceTech Innovation Platform

Science & Tech 10/12/22 13:54 PM IST
by Mahesh

'The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has signed an MoU with Social Alpha, a multistage innovation curation and venture development platform for science and technology start-ups, to launch Sp Read More...

Process to appoint ad hoc judges must be less cumbersome: Supreme Court
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Process to appoint ad hoc judges must be less cumbersome: Supreme Court

Science & Tech 10/12/22 07:35 AM IST
by Mahesh

'The Supreme Court recently suggested a less cumbersome and even "out-of-the-box" thinking, including roping in senior lawyers to act as ad hoc judges in High Courts, to meet the rising tide of penden Read More...

World Bank’s toolkit aims to make transport, public spaces more gender inclusive
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World Bank’s toolkit aims to make transport, public spaces more gender inclusive

Science & Tech 10/12/22 07:29 AM IST
by Mahesh

'The “Toolkit on Enabling Gender Responsive Urban Mobility and Public Spaces in India” was launched at a session organized by the World Bank and the Chennai Urban Metropolitan Transport Au Read More...

National Party in India
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National Party in India

Science & Tech 10/12/22 07:17 AM IST
by Mahesh

'Although the Gujarat assembly election results saw BJP win a landslide victory with 156 seats in the 182-member Assembly, it made AAP upgrade to being a ‘national party’.' With 12.9 Read More...

Razorpay becomes 1st payment gateway to support credit cards on UPI
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Razorpay becomes 1st payment gateway to support credit cards on UPI

Science & Tech 09/12/22 23:06 PM IST
by Mahesh

'Credit card holders will soon be able to pay for goods and services through United Payments Interface (UPI), the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)-operated payment system that currently a Read More...

Equal Access to Green Cards for Legal Employment (EAGLE) Act of 2022.
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Equal Access to Green Cards for Legal Employment (EAGLE) Act of 2022.

Science & Tech 09/12/22 23:00 PM IST
by Mahesh

'The White House supported US Congress to pass a law that seeks to eliminate the per-country quota on green cards to allow US-based employers to focus on hiring people based on merit and not birthplac Read More...