'The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has endorsed a global treaty to equitably phase out fossil fuels and support a measures to resuce carbon footprint. ' With this, Kolkata becomes the first I Read More...
'The government has constituted an expert committee to suggest ways for scaling up of VC/PE investments.' The expert committee will examine and suggest appropriate measures to address regulatory an Read More...
'The Niti Aayog, the think-tank at the Central level, will handhold each state to set up similar bodies, replacing their outdated planning boards, for faster and inclusive economic growth, in tandem w Read More...
'Election Commission of India delisted 86 non-existent RUPPs & declared 253 as ‘Inactive RUPPs’. ' As per statutory requirements under section 29A of the RP Act, every political par Read More...
'The recently-released Malayalam film Pathonpatham Noottandu (‘Nineteenth Century’), directed by Vinayan, has earned both critical acclaim and audience approval.' It is based on the lif Read More...
'Over the last 3 years, the gene-editing technology with near unlimited potential has produced flawless results in clinical trials. ' India has approved a 5-year project to develop CRISPR to cure s Read More...
'The Indian Ports Act, of 1908 has become obsolete in many respects and needs an urgent complete overhaul.' The Union Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways has proposed a draft Indian Ports Bil Read More...
'Indian languages, including Tamil, should be made official languages of the Union government and Indian Languages Day should be celebrated rather than the Hindi Diwas. ' Hindi Diwas or National Hi Read More...
'Fifty million people were living in modern slavery in 2021, according to the latest Global Estimates of Modern Slavery . ' Of these people, 28 million were in forced labour and 22 million were tra Read More...
'As a part of the Cheetah reintroduction program, eight cheetahs from Africa will be shifted to Madhya Pradesh's Kuno-Palpur National Park by helicopter on September 17.' In India, the last cheet Read More...