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TN ‘Pudumai Penn’ Scholarship Scheme
The Scheme was launched by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin in 2022. The scheme will pay thousands of rupees to government school students. Beneficiaries of the scheme are students studying in Class V to Class XII. Only girl students are included in the scheme. Tamil Nadu Government allotted 698 crores of rupees for ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2023
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs • India Nation & States Current Affairs • States Current Affairs
Topics: Education • girl education • Higher education • M K Stalin • Tamil Nadu Government
PhonePe launches cross-border transaction facility
The Phone Pe app was developed based on Unified Payments Interface. It is now owned by Flipkart (A subsidiary of a US Company called Walmart). The headquarters of Phone Pe is in Bengaluru. The app is available in eleven Indian languages. Recently, Phone Pe launched cross border facility. It is being launched in countries such ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2023
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022
Topics: cross border transactions • foreign currency • Foreign exchange • phone pe • UPI
Punjab New Industrial and EV Policy
As the old Industrial Policy has come to an end, the Punjab Government is launching a new Industrial Policy. This is the first industrial policy the ruling government is launching since it came to power. The new Industrial policy will focus on MSME, infrastructure, and power. Along with the Industrial Policy, the Punjab Government also ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2023
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs • States Current Affairs
Topics: EV Policy • infrastructure • MSME • Power Sector • Punjab Industrial Policy
Agri Ministry plans new certification system for organic cotton, derivatives
Several organizations in the country have been demanding an “Indian Standard for Organic Textiles”. Without a proper standard, the textiles made of organic cotton stay unprotected. Meaning, the exporter or the seller is unable to prove that the textile is made from organic cotton. To solve this problem, the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2023
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022
Topics: certification of organic cotton • Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare • organic cotton • organic textiles • Standards
Google introduces Chat-GPT rival Bard
Microsoft launched Chat-GPT in November 2022. Technologists believe that Chat GPT is well advanced and might kill Google’s business. In just five days, the number of ChatGPT users increased to one million. To counter the chat GPT, Google recently launched “BARD”. Working of the BARD is very much similar to Chat GPT, the conversational style. ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2023
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022 • International / World Current Affairs
Topics: AI chatbot • BARD • Chat GPT • Google • Microsoft