Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget speech declared to increase the bank deposit insurance in scheduled commercial banks to Rs 5 lakh per depositor from the present Rs 1 lakh.
Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar has been selected as one among five contenders for the greatest Laureus Sporting Moment 2000-2020 Award. The moment, titled ‘Carried On the Shoulders Of A Nation’.
Wrestler Vinesh Phogat, Shuttler P.V. Sindhu and Boxer M.C. Mary Kom will partcipate for the inaugural BBC Indian sportswoman of the year award after being appointed for the honour.
The ninth edition of India -Bangladesh Joint Military Exercise SAMPRITI-IX began at Umroi, Meghalaya. The main focus of this edition of the fourteen days joint exercise is on Counter-Terrorism Operations in mountainous and jungle terrain.
The Indian Navy organized a five-day coastal security exercise, ‘Matla Abhiyaan’ in Matla River, with personnel of two naval boats.
Researchers of Izatnagar-based Indian Veterinary Research Institute (ICAR-IVRI) have made a more efficient and cost-effective vaccine against classical swine fever.
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras declared that its researchers had advanced an Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to convert brain signals of speech impaired humans into English language.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has demilitarizes its Spitzer Space Telescope, after being into service for more than 16 years.
Pakistan is going through its worst locust attack in decades. They have announced national emergency to tackle the insects destroying crops on a large scale in Punjab province, country’s main region for agricultural production.
Two lawmakers in Sweden have named Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg for this year Nobel Peace Prize for her Fridays for Future movement that has motivated similar actions by other young people.