Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI), self-regulatory body, has released a set of guidelines for celebrity endorsements that bring personalities, including doctors, authors, activists and educationists, into the celebrity category.…

Department of Science and Technology will be leading a ₹2,000-crore initiative to encourage more girls and women to take up careers in the domain of science and engineering, where they…

Three new species of plants belonging to the Balsaminaceae family were identified in the Mukurthi National Park in the Nilgiris recently. The three Balsams Named : (1) Impatiens kawttyana (2) Impatiens taihmushkulni (3) Impatiens nilgirica…

India plans to launch on 5 May the ‘South Asia Satellite’ that will benefit all the countries in the region, except Pakistan which is not a part of the project.…

BHIM-Aadhaar platform—a merchant interface linking the unique identification number to the Bharat Interface for Money mobile application—at Nagpur. Launched on the 126th birth anniversary of Dr B.R. Ambedkar. BHIM-Aadhaar platform…

Report on climate change : In order to have a good chance of meeting the limits set by the Paris Agreement, it will be necessary to both reduce greenhouse gas…

The second phase of the ‘Operation Clean Money’ (OCM) launched to unearth black money, the Income Tax department will probe over 60,000 individuals including 1,300 high risk persons for alleged excessive…

Aim of the Squad Launched for curbing crime against women in Haryana in line with Anti Romeo Squad in Uttar Pradesh. Key Facts launched ‘Operation Durga’ in Haryana. For allegedly indulging…

Aim Outcome of the policy of the Government for use of information technology for efficient service delivery and widening the reach of EPF benefits. Aadhaar Seeding Application The EPFO has…

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) tighten norms by a revised prompt corrective action (PCA) framework for banks. It proposed certain thresholds and the breach of threshold could invite resolutions such…