Singapore has declared its 200-year-old iconic green open space Padang as its 75th national monument as the country celebrates its 57th National Day (9th August). From this site, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose had given his ‘Delhi Chalo’ slogan in 1943. From now, ...

Google has launched the 'India ki Udaan' project to celebrate the 75 years of Independence of India in the presence of Union Culture and Tourism Minister, G Kishan Reddy and other senior officials. It was executed by Google Arts and Culture. It is based on the theme ...

World Biofuel Day is celebrated annually on August 10 to mark the importance of non-fossil fuels as a replacement for conventional fossil fuels. On this date, Sir Rudolf Diesel (German) successfully ran his diesel engine on peanut oil. In India, the Ministry of ...

Microsoft becomes the first global Big Tech Company to join the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC). ONDC is an Indian government initiative for developing a first-of-its-kind open network for digital commerce. Microsoft has intended to introduce social e-commerce via its ...

President, Droupadi Murmu has approved the appointment of Justice Uday Umesh Lalit as the 49th Chief Justice of India for three months. He will replace CJI Justice N V Ramana, who will retire on 26th August 2022. He was appointed as Judge of the Supreme Court (SC) in August 2014. ...

PNB Housing Finance has revamped its 'Unnati' loan portfolio to offer affordable housing loans of ₹9-12 lakh to target customers. PNB Housing has created a small vertical under Unnati which will be different from existing ₹18-19 lakh as affordable housing loans. In ...

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched a 3D virtual space tech park called SPARK. Celebrating ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ marking the 75th year of Independence, ISRO inaugurated the virtual park containing information regarding its various missions. The digital platform known as ...

Axis Bank becomes the first Indian bank to launch Axis Receivables Suite (ARS), an innovative Cash Management proposition. Aim: Simplifies Receivables reconciliation, accelerates cash flow, enhances the client experience and reduces the cost of doing business. ARS is ...

According to State Bank of India’s economic research report “Ecowrap”, India’s home loan market is currently valued at about ₹24 lakh crore and it is expected to double (₹48 lakh crore) in the next 5 years. The share of ‘Housing Loans’ in ‘Bank Credit’ has increased to 14.4% ...

The Union Cabinet has approved the signing of an audio-visual (AV) co-production treaty between India and Australia to promote co-production of films. Under this umbrella agreements, private, quasi-government or governmental agencies enter contracts to produce films ...

Telangana Government has launched ‘Nethanna Ku Bima’ Scheme, an insurance scheme, which covers handloom and powerloom weavers in the State. This scheme was launched by Telangana Handlooms Minister, KT Rama Rao virtually on the occasion of National Handloom Day. The ...

Board of Directors of the Powergrid Corporation of India Limited has approved the appointment of Pramod Kumar as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to this, he served as the Executive Director (Finance) of the company. He has an experience of 35 years in the Power Sector ...