Changes in Gold monetization scheme
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Wednesday made some changes in the Gold Monetisation Scheme (GMS) by including charitable institutions and the central government, among other.
Guinness record with sanitary napkins
The gynaecologists attempted a Guinness world record by creating the ‘longest line of sanitary pads’ at the 62nd All India Congress of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (AICOG) that began in Bengaluru.
SC on CBI director
The Supreme Court reinstated Alok Kumar Verma as the director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
SC rules in favour of Monsanto’s patent of GM Cotton seed
The Supreme Court ruled in favour of Bayer AG as Monsanto holding patents on genetically modified cotton seeds as it set aside a Delhi High Court order saying that the American giant can`t claim patent on its GM cotton seeds.
Irrigation projects delay led to jump in costs: CAG
Tardy implementation of projects under the Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP) between 2008-2017 led to an almost threefold jump in the cost of these projects to ₹1.20 lakh crore
New entries of STs in Aasam
Home Minister said that a Bill to declare six communities in Assam as Scheduled Tribes (ST) would be introduced in the current session of Parliament.
Reserve Bank gives nod to card tokenisation
The Reserve Bank of India has decided to permit authorised card payment networks to offer card tokenisation services to any token requestor- third party app provider- for debit, credit or prepaid card transactions.
Raisina Dialogue
Recently, 3 day conference of Ministry of External Affairs’ (MEA) annual “Raisina Dialogue” organised by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) started in New Delhi.
New planet discovered by NASA’s probe
NASA’s latest planet-hunting probe has discovered a new world outside our solar system, orbiting a dwarf star 53 light years away.
Gas hydrates produced under ‘space’ conditions
Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras have experimentally shown that methane and carbon dioxide (CO2) can exist as gas hydrates at temperatures and pressures seen in interstellar atmosphere.