Manufacturing sector activity rises
Country’s manufacturing sector witnessed improvement in its activity in October, as new orders increasing at a sharp rate and firms stepping up hiring.
Ease of Doing Business
India jumped 23 ranks in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Index 2018 to 77.
Kepler space telescope
The Kepler space telescope has run out of fuel and will be retired after a 9-1/2-year mission in which it detected thousands of planets beyond our solar system and boosted the search for worlds that might harbour alien life.
SC: live-in partner can seek maintenance
A live-in partner can seek maintenance under the Domestic Violence Act, the Supreme Court has said.
MoEF study to evaluate health effects of environment exposure in 20 cities
A National Environmental Health Profile Project, aimed at evaluating the quantum of health effects arising from environmental exposure, is underway at the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF).
Defence Exercise
India-Oman joint military exercise Bilateral
States can fix own slots for crackers
The Supreme Court modified its October 23 order restricting the time for bursting crackers on Deepavali and other religious festivals to two hours, between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.
India among nations that face grave danger to soil biodiversity: WWF
India’s soil biodiversity is in grave peril, according to the Global Soil Biodiversity Atlas prepared by the World Wide Fund for Nature.
CP redemptions keep NBFCs on edge
Commercial papers (CPs) worth Rs.1 lakh crore coming up for redemption by mid-November.
Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) meet
The Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) presided over Finance Minister reviewed the current global and domestic economic situation and financial sector performance.