Infosys Current Affairs, GK & News
GST Council Meet: GST of Mobile Phones increased from 12% to 18%
On March 14, 2020, the GST Council met for the 39th time in New Delhi. The Council was headed by the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman. Highlights The Council has increased the GST of mobile phones from 12% to 18%. It reduced the tax on handmade and machine made match sticks to 12%. Also, the GST ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: GST • GST Council • GSTN • Infosys • Nandan Nilekani • Smart Phone
First Waste To Energy Plant of Indian Railways inaugurated
The East Coast Railway Zone on Thursday, 23rd January 2020 has commissioned the first waste-to-energy plant of the Indian Railway’s at Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The facility was inaugurated by Rajesh Agarwal (Railway Board Member). This was the fourth such plant to be commissioned in the country, but also the first in the government sector of India. ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
Topics: Bengaluru • Bhubaneswar • East Coast Railway zone • Infosys • Odisha • Railway Board Member • waste-to-energy plant
GOI partners with Infosys to improve GST Filling Portal
To improve the performance of the Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTIN) filling portal, The Government of India has entered into a partnership with Infosys, which has been managing the Goods and Service Tax regime as the service provider in the country. The technological measures adopted under the partnership will be announced in April 2020. ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
Topics: Goods and services tax • Government of India • Infosys • States and union territories of India
Infosys launches three block-chain powered distributed applications
Infosys announced the launch of three blockchain-powered distributed applications for government services, supply chain management and insurance domains. These applications are equipped with predictive return on investment (ROI) analytics for business investments that can be tailored to meet numerous industry-specific needs. Key Highlights These comprehensive applications are designed as ready-to-subscribe business networks, thus, they would ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2019
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022
Topics: blockchain technology • Business Application • cryptocurrencies • Infosys • Internet of things • IoT • Return on Investment
Infosys Prizes 2019
The winners of the Infosys Prize 2019 in six categories were announced by Infosys Science Foundation (ISF). The awardees were selected from 196 nominations by a panel of 6 jurors. The awards to winning professors will be conferred by Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on 7 January 2020. Infosys Prize 2019 for science and research awardees ..
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: Infosys • Infosys Prize • Infosys Science Foundation • NR Narayana Murthy • Sunita Sarawagi
Infosys wins UN Global Climate Action Award in ‘Climate Neutral Now’ category
Information Technology (IT) major Infosys has won the United Nations Global Climate Action Award (UNGCAA) in the ‘Climate Neutral Now’ category for “Infosys’ Journey to Carbon Neutrality”. The announcement of winners was made after UN Climate Summit in New York, US was convened by UN Secretary General (UNSG) Antonio Guterres. Key Highlights Infosys is India’s ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2019
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: Climate Neutral Now • COP25 • Infosys • UN Global Climate Action Award