Investments

PM Inaugurates RE-Invest 2020

PM Inaugurates RE-Invest 2020; Plans of Megawatts to Gigawatts are Becoming Reality; India’s Installed Renewable Energy Capacity Increased by Two and Half Times in Last six Years; India has Demonstrated that Sound Environmental Policies Can also be Sound Economics […]

Education

Re-evaluate the education system: VP to universities and educators

Re-evaluate the education system to make it more value-based, holistic, and complete- Vice President to universities and educators; Asks them to take inspiration from the holistic Vedic education; Universities should produce well-rounded and compassionate human beings and not mere degree holders – Vice President; Education without values is no education at all – Vice President; Lauds New Education Policy for multi-disciplinary approach; Asks students to develop a positive outlook and work with sincerity and discipline to achieve their goals; Addresses E-Convocation of ICFAI University virtually; […]

Finance

CBDT to validate UDIN generated from ICAI portal for Tax Audit Reports

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, in its gazette notification dated 2nd August 2019, had made a generation of UDIN from ICAI website www.icai.org mandatory for every kind of certificate/tax audit report and other attests made by their members as required by various regulators. This was introduced to curb fake certifications by non-CAs misrepresenting themselves as Chartered Accountants. […]

Education

Edu Minister addresses virtual National Conference on Empowering through Zero

Union Education Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ addresses a virtual National Conference on ‘Empowering through Zero- Shunya Se Sashaktikaran; Cambridge University lauds National Education Policy of India and honors Union Education Minister for spearheading Education Reforms; NEP 2020 focuses on the curriculum, pedagogy and assessment reforms: Cambridge University […]

Health Care

Tuberculosis to be eradicated by 2025

Dr. Harsh Vardhan meets Development Partners to discuss the challenge and opportunity in eradicating TB by 2025; Sets the way forward; “At a time, when COVID is taking prioritized attention, we should not lose sight of the goal to eliminate TB by 2025. Advocacy and engagement are a way to move forward.”; “Fight against TB needs to be through a Jan Andolan- a People’s Movement”; Important to address issues of stigma: Dr Harsh Vardhan […]

Technology

Govt bans 43 more Chinese apps

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India today issued an order under section 69A of the Information Technology Act blocking access to 43 mobile apps. This action was taken based on the inputs regarding these apps for engaging in activities that are prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of India […]