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Cabinet accepts recommendations on simultaneous elections
20 Sep 2024
The union cabinet has accepted the recommendations of the high-level committee chaired by former President Ram Nath Kovind recommending simultaneous elections
Cabinet approves extension of MSP, price stabilisation schemes till 2025-26
20 Sep 2024
The union cabinet has decided to continue with the schemes under the Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA) that ensure remunerative prices
India to explore Venus for better understanding of planetary geology
20 Sep 2024
A meeting of the union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved a mission to explote planet Venus and the development of a spacecraft for the mission
US Fed cuts interest rate by 50 bps to balance risks to economy
19 Sep 2024
The US Federal Reserve on Thursday announced a 50 percentage point reduction in its key interest rate in a bid to ensure that the economic goals, including employment and inflation rate roughly are in balance.
PM inaugurates Tuticorin International Container Terminal
18 Sep 2024
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the Tuticorin International Container Terminal at the VO Chidambaranar Port in Tamil Nadu
India’s merchandise trade deficit hits $116.64 bn in April-August 2024
18 Sep 2024
India added $2.01 billion to its merchandise trade deficit in August, taking combined merchandise trade deficit for the first five months of the current financial year (April-August 24-25)
Trai suggests flexibility for VNOs to access more than one NSO for connectivity
18 Sep 2024
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has recommended a flexible Access Service VNO regime that allows connectivity from more than one NSO.
Piyush Goyal pitches for a new Silicon Valley for India
17 Sep 2024
Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal has called for the setting up of an entire township dedicated to start-ups and innovators that would give India its own Silicon Valley similar to the tech hub in California, USA
DRDO conducts field, firing trials of light tank ‘Zorawar’
16 Sep 2024
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), on Friday conducted successful preliminary automotive trials of the indigenously developed light tank, Zorawar.
WEF to relaunch Medellin Centre for Fourth Industrial Revolution in Colombia
15 Sep 2024
A meeting of the World Economic Forum in Geneva, Switzerland, on Thursday, decided to re-establish a Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR) in collaboration with the City of Medellín, in Colombia.
IISc scientists use brain-inspired tech for computing breakthrough
14 Sep 2024
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have developed a brain-inspired computing platform that is capable of storing and processing data at speeds reaching 16,500 conductance states
It’s official, Ford to use Chennai plant for export production
14 Sep 2024
Ford Motor Co on Saturday officially confirmed plans to restart its Chennai factory for export production. The company said it has submitted a Letter of Intent (LOI) to the Tamil Nadu government detailing its plans.
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