The Finance Ministry has relaxed norms for adjusting States’ off-budget loans. Off-budget borrowing done by Read More …
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Centre relaxes norms for States’ Off-budget borrowings
Youth in India 2022 Report
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has released the ‘Youth in India 2022’ report. Read More …
NASA unveils stunning images captured by James Webb Telescope
NASA on July 12 unveiled a new set of the early universe’s clearest images to Read More …
Europe launches new Vega C rocket
Europe’s new Vega C medium-lift rocket lifted off on its maiden flight July 13 from Read More …
Global Gender Gap Index 2022 ranks India at 135
The Global Gender Gap Index for 2022 was released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) Read More …
Work from home will soon be legal right in Netherlands
The Netherlands parliament approved a bill to establish home working as a legal right, setting Read More …
Financial Stability Board (FSB)
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) said on July 11 that it would propose ‘robust’ global Read More …
ISRO System for Safe & Sustainable Operation (IS4OM)
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurated the “ISRO Read More …
Epstein Barr Virus (EBV)
Indian Scientists have found that cancer-causing virus Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) can infect the neuronal Read More …
India will surpass China in population-UN’s World Population Prospects 2022
The latest UN’s World Population Prospects suggest that the world’s population could grow to around Read More …
IDBI Bank-led consortium invokes SARFAESI Act to sell GTL’s secured assets
Banks have invoked the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Read More …
CBI joins Interpol’s International Child Sexual Exploitation (ICSE) initiative
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has joined the Interpol’s International Child Sexual Exploitation (ICSE) initiative. Read More …
Assam’s indigenous Muslims
The Assam Cabinet has approved the identification of five Assamese Muslim sub-groups — Goriya, Moriya, Read More …
Indonesia Announces New Digital Nomad Visa
Indonesia has announced “Digital Nomad Visas” for travellers, to attract more foreign tourists. The Digital Read More …
National Fish Farmers Day 2022
National Fisheries Development Board celebrated the 22nd National Fish Farmers Day on July 10 in Read More …
Sannati and Kanaganahalli
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has come up with a plan for the conservation Read More …
Researchers create artificial Hox genes
Researchers at New York University have created artificial Hox genes using new synthetic DNA technology Read More …
Derecho storm
Several states in the US were hit by a storm system called a derecho on Read More …
Pine Labs, Razorpay, Stripe get RBI’s payment aggregator licences
Payment providers such as Razorpay, Pine Labs, Stripe, and 1Pay have received in-principle approval from Read More …
Shinzo Abe-Japan and India
Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe has died in hospital after he was shot at Read More …
PARIMAN: The Geo-Portal for NCR made Public
Geo-Portal for NCR known as ‘PARIMAN’ was launched on 31.08.2021 in the 40th meeting of Read More …
India Stack Knowledge Exchange 2022
As part of the ongoing Digital India Week 2022 celebrations, the 3-days long virtual event Read More …
All-Season Ozone Hole Discovered over Tropics
University of Waterloo’s (Canada) Professor Qing-Bin Lu has discovered a large, all-season ozone hole in Read More …
European Parliament ratified Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act
The European Parliament on July 5 ratified laws that will more closely regulate Big Tech Read More …
What is greenwashing?
Environmental groups are suing Dutch airline KLM, alleging that advertisements promoting the company’s sustainability initiative Read More …