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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 …
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 …
What is greenwashing?
Environmental groups are suing Dutch airline KLM, alleging that advertisements promoting the company’s sustainability initiative Read More …
Ex-NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant is new G-20 Sherpa
Former NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant has been appointed as India’s Sherpa for the G20. Read More …
The octopus’ brain and the human brain share the same ‘jumping genes’
A recent research shows that the same ‘jumping genes’ are active both in the human Read More …
What is Quality Infrastructure (QI)?
The Department of Consumer Affairs and German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action Read More …
NMA submits report on declaring Mangarh hillock as a monument of National Importance
A team from National Monuments Authority lead by its Chairman, submitted a report to the Read More …
What are Nairobi flies?
Around 100 students of an engineering college in East Sikkim have reported skin infections after Read More …
Safran Group will set up MRO facility for aircraft engines in Hyderabad
French aviation giant Safran Group will set up a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility Read More …
Unrest in Karakalpakstan
Rare public protests have broken out in Uzbekistan’s Karakalpakstan autonomous republic over a planned constitutional Read More …
Operation “NARCOS”
In order to bring attention to the menace of NDPS, a month long pan India Read More …
Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC)
The seventh Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting was held on July 4 in Bagan, Read More …
Technology Innovation Hub on Autonomous Navigation (TiHAN-IITH)
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh on July 4 Read More …
Global Findex 2021 repor
According to the Global Findex 2021 report by the World Bank, India is among seven Read More …
Large Hadron Collider
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is about to start smashing protons together at unprecedented energy Read More …
Results of Ranking of States’ Exercise 2021 on support to Start-up Ecosystems declared
The results of the third edition of Ranking of States on Support to Startup Ecosystems Read More …
Eco Mitram app launched for “Swachh Sagar, Surakshit Sagar” campaign
Globally, “International Coastal Clean Up Day” is celebrated on the third Saturday of September, every Read More …
Govt imposes windfall tax on crude oil production
The Centre on July 1 slapped a windfall tax on domestic crude oil producers, imposed Read More …
Kai chutney is targeting GI tag
In Odisha, scientists are fine-tuning their research to make a presentation for the Geographical Indications Read More …
Mahuli group of temples
National Monument Authority (NMA) to submit a report on comprehensive development of Mahuli group of Read More …
MADS27, Monocot and Dicot
Researchers led by those from the National Centre of Biological Sciences of Tata Institute of Read More …
Project Bandhan to control pink bollworm
Jodhpur based South Asia Biotechnology Centre (SABC) is implementing a largescale “Project Bandhan” to control Read More …