The Siu-Ka-Pha Award, instituted by the central committee of different ethnic groups and organisations of Golaghat district, was presented to noted educationist, Botanist and folklore researcher Dr Padmeswar Gogoi at a programme held at Siu-Ka-Pha Samannay Kshetra in Golaghat, Assam. The inaugural ...

Delhi govt launches booklet on the life and teachings of BR Ambedkar which will be taught in all the Delhi government schools for Classes 6 to 12. Government introduce the noble thoughts that Ambedkar believed in, to the children, so that they would also learn to inculcate it in their lives. ...

The government school curriculum will include a course on artificial intelligence so students are well versed with new technology. The department of school education will introduce the course from Classes VI to IX across all government schools in a phased manner starting next academic year. Many ...

HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company, India's third-largest non-life insurance provider in the private sector launched my:health Woman Suraksha policy to address all health-related concerns. The my:health Woman Suraksha policy is specially designed to cover women against numerous illnesses and ...

The State government of Odisha has decided to merge its flagship scheme to provide assistance to farmers with the Centre’s Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) yojana, apparently due to financial constraint. Under PM-Kisan scheme, the central government is providing annually Rs 6,000 in ...

Mumbai Central Terminus of the Western Railway (WR) has been certified as India's first 'Eat Right Station' with a 4-Star rating awarded by the FSSAI. The honour came on the basis of compliance of food safety and hygiene, availability of healthy diet, food handling at preparation, transhipment and ...

The Finance Commission submitted its report for the financial year 2020-21. The 15th Finance Commission was constituted by the President of India under Article 280 of the Constitution on November 27, 2017, to make recommendations for a period of five years from April 2020 to March 2025. The ...

The Institiute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has signed a Memorandum fo Understanding (MoU) with the Kuwait Accountants and Auditors Association (KAAA) according to a release issued by the institute. Under the MoU, the ICAI will offer technical training programs to employees of the ...

Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) signed an MoU with Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) to cooperate, collaborate and pursue industrial application oriented research programs and its commercialization on a large scale. The indigenously developed technologies by CSIR will ...

India has ranked 73rd out of 152 countries in a business-to-consumer E-commerce index that measures an economy's preparedness to support online shopping, moving seven places up in the list. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's Business-to-Consumer (B2C) E-commerce Index 2019 has ...

Rajya Sabha passed the Special Protection Group (Amendment) Bill, 2019. The bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha on December 3, 2019 amidst a walkout by the Indian National Congress. The Lok Sabha had passed the SPG bill earlier on November 27, 2019. The SPG (Amendment) Bill, 2019 proposes to ...

The Cabinet approves the Personal Data Protection Bill in a move that will be watched closely by other nations looking at similar laws. The passing of the Bill in Parliament — likely to happen in the ongoing Winter Session which will bring in clarity on not only the nitty-gritty of how to protect ...