Government of India launched Mission Sagar as part of the government’s outreach initiative towards five Island nations in the Indian Ocean amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The mission is a part of the Government of India outreach amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Under the mission, ...

Madhya Pradesh has the worst infant mortality rate in the country while Nagaland has the best. Chhattisgarh has the highest death rate, while Delhi has the lowest. Bihar continues to remain at the top of list in birth rate while Andaman and Nicobar is at the bottom. Among large states, Kerala ...

The economic impact of the lockdown is reflected in the sharp drop in retail interbank transfers under the Immediate Payment System (IMPS). Transactions using this platform in April at 12.2 crore were half of the 24.7 crore transactions in February 2020. This platform is used in a big way by ...

The Registration Committee (RC) under the Central Insecticides Board and Registration Committee (CIBRC) recommended that use of antibiotics streptomycin and tetracycline be completely banned with immediate effect on crops where other options were available for bacterial disease control. The ...

Home Affairs Ministry has issued Standard Operating Protocol (SOP) to facilitate the movement of persons by train amid lockdown imposed to contain COVID-19 spread. As per the SOP, all the passengers entering the railway station will undergo a compulsory medical screening for COVID-19 infection. ...

Dehradun Smart City Limited (DSCL) has utilized the Integrated Command and Control Centre for monitoring and surveillance activities in the fight against coronavirus. To manage COVID-19, DSCL authorities have collaborated with District Administration. To implement and execute several ...

Shri Indu Shekhar Chaturvedi (IAS) has assumed charge as new Secretary, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy.   Shri Chaturvedi is a 1987 Batch IAS officer and belongs to Jharkhand cadre and succeeded Shri Anand Kumar in the Ministry who earlier took charge Secretary, Ministry of ...

Wipro chief executive Abidali Neemuchwala is leaving the company after four years at the helm, a period when the Bengaluru-based IT services provider lagged rivals and lost the tag of the third-largest software exporter to HCL Technologies. Abidali Z Neemuchwala has served as the CEO & MD ...

The Drug Controller General of India has approved the clinical trials of phytopharmaceutical and favipiravir for the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). With this approval, CSIR will begin the clinical trial of two drugs to treat COVID-19 patients. The drug trial will begin ...

The Supreme Court (SC) brought cooperative banks under the Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Act of 2002 (Sarfaesi Act) that empowers lenders to seize and sell defaulters’ assets. The move by the apex court aims to boost the cooperative banks that ...

The Tamil Nadu State government has formed a high-level committee headed by former RBI Governor is comprised of economists and industry experts. It will assess the overall immediate and medium-term impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on different sectors of the State's economy and identify possible ...

Global Energy Review report 2020 stated that 15% of the daily electricity demand has been reduced. It highlighted the carbon dioxide emissions and the global energy demand in the year 2020. The report was based on the survey collected from 30 countries including India and China. The report ...