The Union Cabinet allotted its approval to confer the status of Institution of National Importance to Indian Institutes of Information Technology, IIITs of Surat, Bhopal, Bhagalpur, Agartala and Raichur.
The Bhutan government passed legislation imposing an entry fee on visiters from India, Bangladesh and Maldives.The fee will be charged from July 2020.
Union Cabinet approves to set up a new major port at Vadhavan in Maharashtra. The total cost of the project is likely to be almost 65 thousand crore rupees. Vadhavan port will be developed on land lord model.
Union Cabinet has given approval for bringing Cooperative banks under the regulatory mechanism of Reserve Bank of India.
The Union Cabinet has approved the Alliance Air, a 100 per cent subsidiary of Air India, to fly on international sectors between India and Sri Lanka.
Ministry of MSME is starting a ‘Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries’ (SFURTI) Scheme for setting up of traditional industries clusters viz. Khadi, Coir & Village industries clusters.
The World Health Organization has called for 675 million US dollar in donations for a prepare to wrestle the novel coronavirus, mainly through investment in countries considered particularly “at risk“.
Britain’s Prince Charles has disclosed new children’s protection fund for India as part of British Asian Trust, the charity founded by him in 2007 to fight poverty.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation donated USD 100 million for the global response to the novel coronavirus epidemic that has claimed nearly 500 lives.
India’s largest payments platform Paytm has unveiled the launch of an All-in-One Android PoS device for merchant partners across the country.
Fintech start-up Instamojo has obtained GetMeAShop, a digital commerce platform for MSMEs, for $5 million in an equity deal.
Karnataka government started the Janasevaka scheme in a few municipal corporation wards to ensure home delivery of different services like ration cards, senior citizen identity and heath cards.
Mangalore University has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam, for carrying out joint research in the field of radio ecology.
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed by CSIR-CFTRI with APEDA in Guwahati, Assam to give technical support to the food industries in the North East region.
World Bank Head economist Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg declared she will be leaving the institution, according to a letter sent to colleagues.
JSW Steel stated it had signed cricketer Rishabh Pant as its new brand ambassador to advertise its steel products for three years.
India’s fastest growing startup in the defence sector, Big Bang Boom Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (BBBS) was awarded the prestigious SKOCH award.
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, launched the 11th edition of DefExpo in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The Uttar Pradesh government signed 23 Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) of worth Rs 50,000 crore with different firms during the ongoing DefExpo-2020. Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) launched its new product, the Amogha-III Anti-Tank Guided Missile, during the Defexpo-2020 at Lucknow.
Federation of Automobile Dealers Association (FADA) is set to host the eleventh edition of the Auto Summit 2020. The theme is ‘Thriving Amidst Disruption’ and is set up in New Delhi.
Medical information of over 120 million Indian patients have been leaked and made freely available on the Internet, according to a recent report published by Greenbone Sustainable Resilience.
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