Perhaps the biggest upside of the rapid increasing digital penetration has accrued in the public digital infrastructure space. UPI has changed the way money moves in India.
India’s forex reserves have increased by USD 1.919 billion to USD 642.019 billion for the week ended October 29 on a healthy increase in the currency assets and value of gold, the Reserve Bank said on Friday.
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, who is on a visit to the Czech Republic, met Chief of General Staff of the Czech Army on Thursday and exchanged views on enhancing bilateral defence cooperation between the two nations.
India, Indonesia and the Philippines will join South Africa as the first recipients of a multibillion dollar pilot programme aimed at accelerating their transition from coal power to clean energy, the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) said on Thursday.
Taking to Twitter, Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka said that the delivery was in response to a call by the Sri Lankan government for urgent support in airlifting nano fertilizers.
According to the Central Government 42 firms out of 52 have been selected under the Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for white goods. 26 firms would invest Rs. 3,898 crore (US$ 522.97 million) for air conditioner components and 16 firms would invest Rs. 716 crore (US$ 96.06 million) for LED component manufacturing.
Lt. Governor Ladakh R.K. Mathur today met Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh and thanked the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) under the aegis of Union Ministry of Science & Technology for promoting “Leh Berry” which is an exclusive food product of the cold desert and also a means of wide-ranging entrepreneurship as well as self-livelihood.
NNTPC Ltd has informed to the exchanges regarding completion of trial operation by 660 MW capacity unit of Barh Super Thermal Power Project.
A day after World Health Organisation(WHO) granted emergency use approval for Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin, an official of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has informed that all travellers fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with Covaxin have been given the green light to enter the United States from November 8.
Covaxin was also reviewed by WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE), and recommended its use in two doses, with a dose interval of four weeks, in all age groups 18 and above.
