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Govt allows foreigners and Indians, except tourists, to travel to India
26 Oct 2020
Government has permitted foreign and Indian nationals except those on tourist visas to travel to India with immediate effect and has, accordingly, restored all existing visas
Centre announces cash stimulus to revitalise economy
15 Oct 2020
Finance minister Nirmala Sitaraman today announced a slew stimulus measures that include Rs12,000-crore 50-year interest-free loans to states for capital spending, a cash voucher scheme for government employees in lieu of LTC + 3 times ticket fare, Rs25,000 crore central sector scheme etc, which, along with private initiatives, will generate Rs1,00,000 crore of additional demand
Centre announces cash stimulus to revitalise economy
12 Oct 2020
Finance minister Nirmala Sitaraman today announced a slew stimulus measures that include Rs12,000-crore 50-year interest-free loans to states for capital spending, a cash voucher scheme for government employees in lieu of LTC + 3 times ticket fare, Rs25,000 crore central sector scheme etc, which, along with private initiatives, will generate Rs1,00,000 crore of additional demand
UN needs reform in responses, processes and character: PM Modi
29 Sep 2020
There is a serious need for the United Nations to introspect – it does not represent the voice of 184 nations out of the 193 members, but goes by the demands of one nation that has permanent representation in the UN Security Council - Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the 75th session of the UN General Assembly
Centre asks states to comply with SC directive to set up panels for ad content regulation
10 Sep 2020
Cabinet approves new architecture for civil services capacity building
03 Sep 2020
`Mission Karmayogi’ aims to prepare Indian civil servant for the future by making him/her more creative, constructive, imaginative, innovative, proactive, professional, progressive, energetic and technology-enabled
Former President Pranab Mukherjee passes away
01 Sep 2020
Pranab Mukherjee, a veteran leader of the Congress party, was the 13th President of India from 2012 to 2017
India sees third COVID-19 death, number of affected climbs to 126
17 Mar 2020
A 63-year-old man, who returned from a trip to Dubai, and was under treatment at the state-run Kasturba Hospital in south central Mumbai for the past five days, died on Tuesday
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In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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