The Union Government has allowed Small Finance Banks and Payments Banks to offer Atal Pension Yojana (APY). Recently, 10 Small Finance Banks and 11 Payment Banks have got...
India’s first indigenously developed vaccine “Rotavac” has been pre-qualified by the World Health Organisation (WHO). To be “pre-qualified” means that the vaccine can be sold internationally to several...
Kolkata has become the first Indian metro to get a floating market. The market will be located on a water-body with boats doubling up as shops. It was...
Usha Ananthasubramanian, MD and CEO of Allahabad Bank, has been elected the first woman chairman of Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) for the year 2017-18. She succeeded Jatinder Bir...
India has been ranked 81st out of 119 countries in the 2018 Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI). The list was developed by Yale and Columbia Universities along with...
Dr V Narayanan, a rocket propulsion expert, has taken charge as new Director of ISRO’s Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC). He succeeded S Somanath, who has been appointed...
The Mahatma Gandhi Sarbat Vikas Yojna (MGSVY) is a flagship welfare and inclusive development programme launched by the Government of Punjab with the objective of ensuring the holistic...
On 25 January 2018, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has announced to launch a new Global Centre for Cybersecurity in a bid to safeguard the world from hackers...
Corporal Jyoti Prakash Nirala, an Indian Air Force Garud commando, has been posthumously honoured with the India’s highest peacetime military decoration “Ashoka Chakra” for service and exhibiting bravery...
The Mahatma Gandhi Sarbat Vikas Yojana (MGSVY) is an integrated welfare initiative launched by the Government of Punjab in December 2017, aimed at ensuring that the benefits of...
India has announced to host informal Ministerial meeting of World Trade Organisation (WTO) in March 2018 in New Delhi to muster support for issues and also help to...
A Government Company refers to a corporate entity in which the Central Government, State Government, or a combination of both holds at least 51% of the paid-up share...
