National
UP Board to have NCERT Books from Next Academic Year
The Uttar Pradesh state government has planned to replace textbooks meant for Uttar Pradesh Secondary Education Board with the ones published by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) with an aim to bring the curriculum of UP Board at par with the CBSE.......................Read More
India signs Agreement to provide $318 million Line of Credit to Sri Lanka
India has signed an agreement with Sri Lanka to provide USD 318 million as line of credit for developing Sri Lanka’s railway sector........................Read More
Business and Economy
RBI Keeps the Repo Rate Unchanged
The Reserve Bank of India has kept repo rate unchanged at 6.25% in its second bi-monthly monetary policy review. Reverse Repo rate has been kept unchanged at 6%........................Read More
UNCTAD: India among Top FDI Destinations
According to UNCTAD’s World Investment Report 2017, India continues to remain as a favourite destination for FDI even though tax related concerns remain as a deterrent for the foreign investors........................Read More
BMI Research: India One of Top 5 Consumer Markets in Asia
According to BMI Research, a Fitch group company, India is among the top five consumer markets in Asia offering retailers the strongest consumer spending growth of an average of 6.1% over the next five years........................Read More
National Human Milk Bank and Lactation Counselling Centre Inaugurated
Health Secretary C K Mishra has inaugurated the ‘Vatsalya – Maatri Amrit Kosh’, a National Human Milk Bank and Lactation Counselling Centre at the Lady Hardinge Medical College (LHMC) in New Delhi........................Read More
New Appointments
Hoshiar Singh Appointed as Chief of Copyrights office
Hoshiar Singh, a 1994 batch officer of the Indian Telecom Service has been appointed as Registrar of Copyrights for a period of five years as per the recent order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT)........................Read More
Science and Technology
World’s First Hybrid ‘Aeroboat’ Unveiled
The world’s first hybrid ‘aeroboat’ which has been built by an Indo-Russian joint venture has been unveiled at a start-ups event organized by Russia’s state-run Skolkovo Foundation........................Read More
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