The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) launched the first pilot of Digital Rupee-Retail segment (e₹-R) on December 01, 2022. This was stated by the Union Minister of State for Finance, Shri Pankaj Chaudhary, in a written reply to a question in Lok
Appreciating the contribution of women across sectors, Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari launched the India grant of $5.25 million from the Gender Transformative Mechanism to the Mahila Arthik Vikas Mahamandal (MAVIM), the state women’s development corporation last week. The gender transformative mechanism
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the government was working on mission mode to increase the consumption of natural gas in our energy mix from 6% to 15% by 2030 where all the needed infrastructure will be provided by the national energy
Industrial & Logistics (I&L) sector leasing in India grew by 8% to touch 31.6 mn sq ft in 2022 despite global headwinds, and a slowdown in e-commerce demand and dissipation of the post-pandemic need to hold additional inventories. This is the second-highest leasing
The Apollo Hospitals group, has announced the launch of the Apollo Clinical Intelligence Engine (CIE)—a clinical decision support tool, which will be open to use by all doctors on Apollo’s live 24×7 platform across India. “Developed using the latest techniques in AI and
Government will be launching an Atmanirbhar Clean Plant Programme with an outlay of ₹2,200 crore to boost availability of disease-free, quality planting material for high-value horticultural crops. Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman announced this in her Union Budget
Government of India has claimed that it has taken several initiatives to promote electricity mobility including charging infrastructure for Electric Vehicles. With a major push towards the adoption of Electric Vehicles, it’s necessary to develop a robust charging infrastructure. The Ministry of
After facing severe criticism for reducing the outlay for the MGNREGA scheme, under which 100 days of guaranteed rural employment is provided to unskilled workers, by whopping 18%, the government has been forced to issue a clarification, stating that since it’s a
Food Corporation of India offered 22 lakh metric tonne (LM)T out of 25 LMT wheat stock earmarked for e-auction wheat from the central pool stock to the market through various routes under the Open Market Sale Scheme (Domestic) in the first e
Scientists have traced the mechanisms of the toxic action of cobra venom, paving a path towards developing strategies for application of anti-venom or small molecule inhibitors, which can help mitigate the local toxic effects of cobra venom retained at the bite site.