AIM and Australia's national science agency (CSIRO) kick-started the India-Australia Circular Economy (I-ACE) Hackathon, 2021 with the goal to enable talented innovative students and start-ups from Australia and India to address common national issues through innovative technology solutions. ...

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has accorded approval to the proposal of the Department of Fertilizers for grant-in-aid of Rs 100 crore to Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizers Corporation Limited (BVFCL), Namrup, in Assam to sustain operations of its urea manufacturing units. Daily ...

The Union Budget has announced the privatisation of two public sector banks (in addition to IDBI Bank) and one general insurance company in the upcoming fiscal. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 It also announced a strategic sale/disinvestment policy for four strategic sectors — including ...

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) imposed a penalty of ₹ 1 crore on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) in the co-location case for failing to ensure a level playing field for trading members subscribing to its TBT (Tick-by-Tick) data feed system. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 ...

The Prime Minister of India visited Haldia, West Bengal and dedicated to the nation the LPG import terminal, 348 km Dobhi – Durgapur Natural Gas Pipeline section, which is part of the Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga project. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 He also laid the foundation stone of the ...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will give small investors direct access to its government securities trading platform. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Retail investors can directly open their gilt accounts with RBI, and trade in government securities. The RBI Governor described this as a ...

The NITI Aayog has commissioned a study that seeks to examine the “unintended economic consequences” of judicial decisions that have hindered and stalled big-ticket projects on environmental grounds. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The document appears to suggest that judgments that ...

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced measures to ease norms on setting up one-person companies (OPCs). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 As the name suggests, a one-person company is a company that can be formed by just one person as a shareholder. In India, the concept was ...

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) settled a $ 400 million currency swap facility from the Reserve Bank (RBI) of India last week, meeting the terms that the two countries had agreed upon. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The update sparked speculation in local media that India may have ...

The first High-Level Dialogue (HLD), co-chaired by the Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal and the European Union Executive Vice-President and Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Commitment to the establishment of this Dialogue was a major ...