Ministry of Defence has constituted a High-Level Expert Committee, under the chairmanship of former Member of Parliament Shri Baijayant Panda, for a comprehensive review of National Cadet Corps (NCC) in order to make it more relevant in changed times. The Terms of Reference of the ...

Power Finance Corporation Ltd (PFC) has successfully issued its maiden Euro 300 million 7 year Euro Green Bond issuance on September 13. The pricing of 1.841 percent achieved is the lowest yield locked in by an Indian issuer in the Euro markets. This Euro Green Bond is the first-ever ...

Australia is joining a new Indo-Pacific security partnership with the U.S. and U.K. that will allow it to acquire nuclear-powered submarines, sparking a rift with France at a time when the Biden administration is pushing allies to counter Chinese assertiveness. Australia, the UK, ...

In order to promote door-to-door digital banking and financial services in remote areas of Jammu and Kashmir, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday launched 'One Gram Panchayat-One DIGI-Pay Sakhi' in the union territory at a function here, an official spokesman said. The mission was ...

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Thursday reviewed the progress of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway (DME), which is expected to halve the commute time between the national capital and the financial hub from nearly 24 hours to 12 hours. Shri Nitin ...

NITI Aayog has launched a report titled ‘Reforms in Urban Planning Capacity in India’ which presents measures to ramp up urban planning capacity in India.The report, titled ‘Reforms in Urban Planning Capacity in India’, was released by NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Dr. Rajiv Kumar, CEO ...

The Union Cabinet approved a Rs 26,058 crore production linked incentive (PLI) scheme for auto, auto-components, and drone industry to enhance India's manufacturing capabilities, Union Minister Anurag Thakur said on Wednesday. From the total budget of Rs 26,058 crores, an amount of Rs ...

The Union Cabinet approved 100% Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the telecom sector through the automatic route. The government also announced a host of reliefs for the telecom sector. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved a number of structural and process reforms in the Telecom ...

Current Affairs is the most important area in all competitive exams. But the difficulty level is very high. That’s why; many aspirants get confused, how to select Current Affairs for Preparation of Competitive Examination? In this Post, Daily Current Affairs 16 September 2021, we have tried to ...

India will be holding the first-ever Global Buddhist Conference in November, which will become an annual feature. The event is being planned by Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) from 19th to 20th November in Nalanda, Bihar in the campus of the Nava Nalanda Mahavihara. The academic ...

Lasith Malinga, Sri Lanka’s 2014 T20 World Cup winning captain, has announced his retirement from T20Is, marking his retirement from all forms of cricket on September 14, 2021.The 38-year-old had already retired from Test cricket in 2011 and then from the ODIs in 2019.He played 30 Tests, 226 ODIs ...

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has pegged India's economic growth rate to hit a four-year high of 7.2 percent for 2021 against a contraction of 7 percent in 2020. The UNCTAD has pegged India’s economic growth rate as follows, in its Trade and ...