'US firm Microsoft has become the first big tech company to join the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), a government-backed project which is aimed at enabling small merchants and mom-and-pop st Read More...
'The government announced to expand the mandate of Government e-Marketplace by allowing procurement by cooperatives.' Presently, the registration of cooperatives as buyers was not covered within Read More...
'The Chhattisgarh government implemented the extension of panchayat rights in scheduled areas — PESA Rule-2022 on World Tribal Day.' The power of the Gram Sabha will increase with the impleme Read More...
'Parts of the Great Barrier Reef have recorded their highest amount of coral cover since the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) began monitoring 36 years ago.' An AIMS survey of 87 ree Read More...
'International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is celebrated on 09th August across the world.' The celebration highlights the role of indigenous people and the importance of preserving Read More...
'With details of about one lakh plant specimens, the Indian Virtual Herbarium, the biggest virtual database of flora in the country, is generating a lot of interest and turning out to be an eye-catchi Read More...
'The government of Jammu & Kashmir launched the “PARVAZ Market Linkage Scheme”.' This is an innovative Market Linkage scheme, that has tremendous potential to uplift the economic co Read More...
'A common weed — Portulaca oleracea, commonly known as purslane, offers important clues about creating drought-tolerant crops in a world beset by climate change.' Purslane has the evolutionar Read More...
'The government appointed former Andhra Bank CEO and incumbent vigilance commissioner Suresh N Patel as the new chief of the Central Vigilance Commission.' Former Intelligence Bureau director Arvi Read More...
'On this day 80 years ago — on August 9, 1942 — the people of India launched the decisive final phase of the struggle for independence.' It was a mass upsurge against colonial rule on a Read More...
