Technology
3.25 lac use Janaushadhi Sugam Mobile App to order medicines
Amid nationwide lockdown Over 325000 people are using Janaushadhi Sugam Mobile App to order medicines […]
Month: April 2020
Business
Automobile Industry Top Barons praise Prime Minister’s leadership in dealing with COVID
Steps to revive the sector, Livelihood’s and resource mobilization discussed at length : Shri Prakash Javadekar April 30: Union Minister […]
Business
Union Minister Gadkari launches Bank of Schemes, Ideas, Innovation & Research Portal on MSMEs
Portal on MSME Bank of Ideas, Innovation and Research to prove of great transformational importance for existing and aspiring Micro, […]
Agriculture & Commodities
DPIIT Control Room playing a pivotal role in monitoring 89% of queries during the lockdown period
Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, had set-up a Control […]
Agriculture & Commodities
Index of Eight Core Industries (Base: 2011-12=100) for March, 2020
1. The summary of the Index of Eight Core Industries (base: 2011-12) is given at the Annexure. 2. The Eight Core […]
Politics
USAid adds another USD 3million grant to India
US Ambassador to India Ken Juster today announced that the US Government through USAid will provide India another $3M to combat COVID19 […]
Foreign Relations
Prime Minister assured all possible support by Government of India for Myanmar citizens present in India
April 30: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi had a telephonic conversation with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, State Counsellor of […]
Finance
Prime Minister holds a meeting to discuss strategies on boosting investment in India
PM Shri Narendra Modi today held a comprehensive meeting to discuss strategies to attract more foreign investments into India as […]
Agriculture & Commodities
Ministry of Shipping revamps its website
April 30: Ministry of Shipping has revamped its website shipmin.gov.in and launched today. The new website is based on open source technology and […]
Finance
RBI extends Fixed Rate Reverse Repo and MSF window
Reserve Bank had extended the window timings of Fixed Rate Reverse Repo and MSF operations. In view of the continuing […]
Foreign Relations
Syed Akbaruddin bows out of the UN with a Namaste
April 30: Syed Akbaruddin, India’s Ambassador & Permanent Representative to the United Nations completed his term with the United Nations […]
Foreign Relations
Bangladesh contributes USD 1.5 million towards SAARC COVID-19 Emergency Fund
April 29: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi spoke on phone today with H.E. Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of the People’s […]
Foreign Relations
5 new Ambassador postings by MEA
5 New postings as Ambassadors by MEA. While 4 postings were as ambassadors of a country, one was as permanent representative of India in the United Nations […]
Business
MISSP to strengthen India – Swiss commercial relations
MISSP to provide a platform for strengthening India-Switzerland commercial relations […]
Business
Indian should take advantage of change in global supply-chains in post-Covid era: Piyush Goyal
Minister of Commerce and Industry & Railways Shri Piyush Goyal today, through Video Conferencing, held discussions with the Export Promotion […]
Finance
Task Force on National Infrastructure Pipeline presents its Final Report to Finance Minister
April 29: The Task Force on National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) submitted its Final Report on NIP for FY 2019-25 to the Union […]
Business
Index of mineral production raises to 10 percent in Feb
April 29: The index of mineral production of mining and quarrying sector for the month of February, 2020 (Base: 2011-12=100) at 123.7, […]
Health Care
CSIR-CSIO transfers Electrostatic Disinfection technology for commercialization
April 29: CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIR-CSIO), Chandigarh, has designed and developed an innovative technology for effective disinfection and sanitization […]
Health Care
JNCASR scientists develops “Berberine” based Alzheimer inhibitor
April 29: Scientists from Jawaharlal Nehru Centre For Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) an autonomous institute under the Department of Science & Technology […]
Health Care
HCARD, a robot, to assist frontline COVID-19 healthcare warriors
Healthcare workers at hospitals are risking COVID-19 infection while taking care of those infected by it 24/7. Perhaps the level […]
Markets
Intelligent Investing in Forex market, tips to increase profitability
Learn the basics of the forex market in India. This will cover trading into currency for short term and long term, the risk involved in the forex market […]
Corona Virus
Number of confirmed coronavirus cases in US crosses 1Million
According to Worldometers website, the number of cases in US listed at 1,022,259 cases with 57,862 deaths which has been up by 1065 in last one day. However Johns Hopkins University puts the tally at 1,002,498 cases […]
Corona Virus
BRICS Foreign Ministers meet via Video Conferencing to discuss COVID19
BRICS video conference was convened to discuss the COVID 19 crisis, its impact and the activities to be undertaken in response to the pandemic. […]
Articles
The future of Education Technology during and post COVID19
Many institutions are moving towards seamless learning for their students. They are looking out for ways to use technology, not only as a medium of management but also as a medium for communication, execution and also for transportation […]
Finance
India extends USD 150Million foreign currency swap to support Maldives
India today extended the USD 150 million foreign currency swap as part of the USD 400 million bilateral agreement with the Maldives […]
Health Care
PM Modi and Canada PM Trudeau discuss on global solidarity and coordination
April 28: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today discussed the prevailing global situation regarding the […]
Health Care
India and Indonesia discuss on COVID19 spread in the region
April 28: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi spoke on phone today with H.E. Joko Widodo, President of Indonesia. The two leaders […]
World
World should unite towards making Environment technology open source at affordable cost: Prakash Javadekar
The eleventh session of Petersberg Climate Dialogue witnessed India along with 30 other countries deliberating over ways and means to […]
Health Care
ADB approves $1.5 billion loan to India to fight COVID-19
The Government of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) today signed a $1.5 billion loan that will support the […]
Politics
India and Afghanistan discuss economic and security cooperation
India and Afghanistan discuss the issues of mutual interests including that pertaining to the economic and security co-operation between India and Afghanistan. […]
Business
Sweden expects a smaller hit to its economy due to COVID19
Swedish Minister for foreign affairs Ann Lind said that by keeping the businesses open we expect a smaller hit to the sweden’s economy in comparison to that of US due to the COVID19 problem […]
World
Thailand announces automatic extension of temp Visas until 31st July
Thailand government has given a green signal for non thai citizens who are on temporary visa in the country to be given an automatic extension of their visas until 31st July in view of COVID19 lockdown. […]
Markets
RBI Announces Rs.50,000 crore Special Liquidity Facility for Mutual Funds
In the view to easing liquidity pressures on MFs, it has been decided to open a special liquidity facility for mutual funds of Rs. 50,000 crores […]
Investments
Right Time for Foreign Companies to Invest in India: Nitin Gadkari
lready our Prime Minister Narendra Modi has good recognition and respect in the whole world. That is going to be a big advantage for indian economy […]
Politics
India & UAE Foreign Ministers review global fight against Covid19
Indian and UAE foreign ministers had a detailed discussion today and UAE has re-affirmed its determination to foster the long-standing partnership ties between UAE and India in various fields. […]
Corona Virus
Canada plans 25 flights for 2000+ citizens from India
Canadian High Commission have mentioned that 12 flights have already taken off until now and another 13 flights are being planned to vacate their citizens who are stuck in India due to COVID19 Lockdown. […]
World
Special flights for Aus citizens travelling to Australia
Australian High Commission has arranged special flights in conjunction with Qatar airways to assist their citizens who are stuck in India to travel back to Sydney. The flights shall take off on 28th and 29th of April 2020 from 4 major cities namely New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai […]
Agriculture & Commodities
India is 2nd Largest producer of potatoes, green peas, cauliflower and cabbage
India becomes second largest producer of potatoes, green peas, cauliflower and cabbage. According to information provided by Invest India, a national investment promotion and facilitation agency, Abundant production of these vegetables are being produced in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Westbengal […]
Politics
FM S Jaishankar does an Africa Focus day with 4 African Countries
India’s Foreign Minister S Jaishankar conducted an Africa Focus day having discussions on various aspects with 4 Foreign ministers of African Nations […]
Business
Corona Effect; Oil prices plummeted for the first time in US history
New York; Demand for crude oil in the world’s largest US has fallen due to the deadly coronavirus. Impact For […]
Health Care
Corona Virus: UAE instructs 33 lakh Indians to return to their nationals
DUBAI: The fate of 33 lakh Indians who work there is in the backdrop of the UAE’s directive to return […]
Health Care
America Stopped Funding WHO
WASHINGTON – The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned early in the year that a worldwide coronavirus virus is rapidly […]
Health Care
America is top in Corona casualties; 20 thousand people Died
Washington: America is the first of coronavirus casualties in the list of advanced countries in the world. Already 20 people […]
Health Care
Corona death toll crosses 1 lakh worldwide; 2108 people die in a single day in America
New Delhi: Coronavirus virus is spreading at a rapid pace worldwide. The number of deaths is increasing day by day. […]
Health Care
India is a lifesaver for neighboring countries
New Delhi: India on Thursday sent life-saving drugs hydroxychloroquine and paracetamol to neighboring countries to fight corona. The government has […]
Health Care
Israeli prime minister thanks Modi for exporting medicine
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for exporting 5 tonnes of drugs, including hydroxychloroquine […]
Health Care
Brahma Kanchibotla, an American journalist of Indian origin, has died of coronavirus
NEW YORK, April 8 (Reuters) – Brahma Kanchibotla, a senior American journalist of Indian origin, died last night from a […]
Corona Virus
Uruguay: 217 affected Corona infection in a luxury cruise ship
Montevideo (Uruguay), April 8 – The majority of the 217 people on a luxury cruise ship off the coast of […]
Health Care
Lockdown cleared after 73 days in Wuhan, China
BEIJING / Wuhan, April-8 – The lockdown has been cleared after 73 days in the city of Wuhan, China, the […]
Health Care
Covid-19 Orbital: Death toll crosses 75,000 globally
Washington: More than 75,000 people have died so far from the Kovid 19 virus. There has been a huge increase […]