Textile policy for 2018-23 gets Cabinet nod

Maharashtra state Cabinet Tuesday gave its approval to the new textile policy for 2018-2023 with an aim to attract investment of Rs 36,000 crore in Maharashtra and generate 10 lakh employment.

Japan launches micro satellite rocket

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched on Saturday the world’s smallest rocket with the ability to put a micro-satellite into orbit.

Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine

Recently, a Rome-based epidemiologist, Tom Jefferson, of the Cochrane Collaboration highlighted in a paper worrying gaps in published data on the vaccine, designed to prevent HPV-related cervical cancer.

Health plan may cost Rs. 1 lakh crore a year

According to a research paper, the healthcare plan for the poor announced in the Budget will cost about one lakh crore annually and curtail States’ autonomy in designing their own policies in the sector.

Easier norms for Indian firms for outward Investment

The proposed Outward Direct Investment (ODI) policy may contain provisions to make it easy for many Indian firms, envisioning ambitious plans to transform themselves into multi-national companies (MNC), to go global and expand.

Pre-¬Christian era artefacts unearthed in Odisha

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has discovered pottery pieces, and tools made of stones and bones believed to be of the pre-Christian era from a mound in Jalalpur village of Cuttack district.