Committee of Chief Ministers to examine measures to implement digital payment systems

NITI Aayog has constituted a Committee of Chief Ministers with representatives drawn from different political parties to examine measures to implement and promote the use of digital payment systems in the country. The move is to give a fillip to ..

Tags: Fadnavis • Government of India • Niti • Pawan • Shivraj Singh Chouhan

7th World Ayurveda Congress to be held in Kolkata

The 7th World Ayurveda Congress (WAC) will be held in Kolkata from 2nd – 4th December, 2016. The Congress is organized by the World Ayurveda Foundation with support of Ministry of AYUSH, and the West Bengal government. The Congress is ..

Tags: Ancient history • Ayurveda • Rajesh Kotecha • South Asian culture • Unani medicine

Oil prices rise as OPEC agrees on output cuts

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has agreed to cut 1.2 million barrels of oil a day from its output to 32.5 million barrels beginning from January. This has lead to a surge in the global oil prices. ..

Tags: Cartels • Chronology of world oil market events • OPEC • OPEC Reference Basket • Petroleum

GDP grows at 7.3% in September quarter

The Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has come up with the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) estimates for the second quarter (July-September) of 2016-17. Accordingly, the Indian economy has grown at the rate of 7.3% in ..

Tags: Gross value added • National accounts

15 new castes included in Central OBC list

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister has approved the inclusion of 15 new castes in the Central list of Other Backward Classes (OBCs). Modifications in another 13 castes in the Central list were also approved. The National Commission of ..

Tags: India • Indian caste system • Jat reservation agitation • National Commission for Backward Classes • NCBC

Facebook tests Express Wi-Fi in India

According to facebook, the company’s “Express Wifi” is live in India. Express Wi-Fi is part of Facebook’s larger Internet.org mission. It aims to bring internet connectivity throughout the world, especially in the remote areas. The company has been testing Express ..

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