'The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will launch the pilot for a central-bank-backed digital rupee for the wholesale segment from November 1.' RBI also announced that the first pilot in Digital Rupee - Read More...

'The West Bengal government’s Lakshmir Bhandar scheme has bagged the SKOCH award in the women and child development category.' The award is a recognition for the government as well as the nea Read More...

'Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to freedom fighter, Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar on the occasion of his Guru Pooja.' Thevar's contribution to India's freedom struggle and association Read More...

'Chhath Puja, an ancient Hindu Vedic festival, is dedicated to the solar deity Surya and Shashthi Devi.' Thanking them for bestowing life on earth, as part of the tradition, women (and some men t Read More...

'Recently, Saras Food Festival, 2022 has been organized in New Delhi to promote ethnic and home-made handicrafts, paintings, toys, etc., prepared by women of Self-Help Groups (SHGs).' It is an init Read More...

'The United States has launched its National Security Strategy (NSS).' All U.S. Presidents are mandated by the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 to bring out thei Read More...

'After the clearance for GM-Mustard crops for field trials, the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) is going to recommend an ‘environmental release’ of genetically modified (GM) Read More...

'China recently launched the last of the three modules that will comprise its space station, set to be the second permanently inhabited outpost in low-earth orbit after the NASA-led International Spac Read More...

'The leftist leader Lula da Silva recently made a comeback as the new President of Brazil after defeating incumbent far right President Jair Bolsonaro.' The Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) declared L Read More...

'World Cities Day brings Urban October to an end on 31st October each year and was first celebrated in 2014.' As with World Habitat Day, a global observance is held in a different city each year an Read More...