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United Nations Global Compact Study: Women Labour-force has declined greatly in India

The United Nations Global Compact conducted a study recently and found that female labour participation has decreased from 34% in 2006 to 24.8% in 2020. The study also...

March 7, 2020

‘Namaste Orchha’ commences in Madhya Pradesh

‘Namaste Orchha’ is a famous cultural festival celebrated in the state of Madhya Pradesh. The three-day festival has just commenced in the famous tourist destination town of the state-...

March 6, 2020

IMF to give $50 billion to combat coronavirus

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced that it will provide 50 billion dollars through its rapid-disbursing emergency financing facilities. The fund is to be given for low...

March 6, 2020

ARCI develops Polymer Electrolyte Membrane fuel cells to be used in disaster management

An autonomous R&D Centre of Department of Science and Technology (DST) – International Advanced Research for Powder Metallurgy & New Materials (ARCI), Hyderabad has developed ‘Polymer Electrolyte Membrane...

March 6, 2020

4th edition of Women Transforming India Awards to be organised on International Women’s Day

The Women Entrepreneurship Platform of NITI Aayog is set to organise the Fourth Edition of the Women Transforming India Awards (WTI) on International Women’s Day (March 8). The...

March 6, 2020

‘India-European Union Flagship Call on Integrated Local Energy Systems’ announced at India Smart Utility Week 2020

‘India-European Union Flagship Call on Integrated Local Energy Systems’ was recently announced at the India Smart Utility Week 2020. It was jointly announced by the Secretary, Department of...

March 6, 2020

P V Sindhu named Sportsperson of the Year at TOISA 2019

Ace Indian shuttler and Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu was named Sportsperson of the Year at the ‘Times of India Sports Awards (TOISA) 2019’ in New Delhi....

March 6, 2020

DAY-NULM partners with Amazon for marketing SHG products

Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) which functions under Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs recently signed MoU with e-commerce major Amazon. The agreement is for...

March 6, 2020

Google to open a Delhi cloud region

Technology Major Google recently announced that it would open a Delhi cloud region. It will be the company’s second region in India after the Mumbai cloud region which...

March 6, 2020

Egyptian Government presents ‘Award for Excellence in Business’ to Dr Bina Modi

The Chairperson of Modi Enterprises, Dr Bina Modi has been presented the ‘Award for Excellence in Business’ by the Egyptian Government at the Women Economic Forum 2020. Dr Bina took...

March 6, 2020

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