Recently, the Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks has come up with a new guideline to be followed when deciding on applications related...
The interest subvention scheme was introduced in 2006-07 to provide cheaper credit for crop loans to farmers. An interest subvention at 2 per cent was given to banks...
National Geoscience Award for the year 2014 was presented recently to an INCOIS team for developing Ocean Forecast and Information System for maritime safety. Here are important facts...
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given approval to the recommendations of Fourteenth Finance Commission (FFC) on fiscal deficit targets and additional fiscal deficit...
From April 25, India will make a switch from trivalent oral polio vaccine (OPV) to bivalent OPV. The switch will take place globally as it has been recommended...
In its thirty fifth flight (PSLV-C33), launched the 1425 kg IRNSS-1G from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SHAR), Sriharikota. IRNSS-1G happens to be the seventh satellite in the Indian...
Maharashtra Protection of People from Social Boycott (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Act 2016 was enacted by the Maharashtra Assembly to end the menace social boycott practiced by extra-judicial institutions like...
Scientists with the help of IndARC are looking for specific oceanographic factors in the Arctic Ocean that could influence Indian Monsoon. Some important notes listed here. What is...
On April 5, 2016, the Ministry of Environment has recently updated the Hazardous Waste Management Rules. Here are some of the most important notes on this topic. Salient...
In the first week of April, 2016, the government amended the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), 2010 through the Finance Bill, 2016. The main objective of this amendment...
