India’s manufacturing sector contributes merely 16 % to the total GDP and the National Manufacturing Policy aims to increase this share to 25% in next 10 years. A...
In April, 2016, the government of India had launched Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) after rolling back the earlier insurance schemes viz. National Agriculture Insurance Scheme (NAIS),...
The negotiations for the Canada-India free trade agreement, which is officially called as Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), have been put on back burner due to several issues...
Researchers have observed the most energetic light ever detected in the universe. The record-breaking pulsar was detected from ‘Crab Pulsar’, a neutron star in the centre of a...
Recently the Defence Acquisition Council has cleared certain clauses of the proposed new Defence Procurement Policy (DPP). The DPP 2016 might be notified by April, 2016. The new...
In the second week of January 2016, around 80 short-finned whales had beached near Mandapu village in Tutucorin district of Tamil Nadu. Of them more than 40 whales...
India’s largest lender, State Bank of India (SBI) has launched dedicated specialized branch for start-ups called ‘SBI InCube’ in Bengaluru, Karnataka. It was announced by BI Chairman Arundhati...
The 15th edition of bilateral exercise by the Indian Coast Guard and its Japanese counterpart titled ‘Sahayog-Kaijin 2016’ has begun off the coast of Chennai, Tamil Nadu in...
The indigenously-built third generation anti-tank missile Nag was successfully test fired at Mahajan Field Firing Range in Rajasthan. Test During the test, the missile successfully hit the target...
Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has announced that India’s grid-connected solar power generation capacity has crossed the 5,000 Mega Watt (MW) mark. Presently, Government has set...
