Atmanirbhar 3.0 The government announced several measures to boost job creation, provide liquidity support to stressed sectors, and to step up investment in housing and infrastructure sectors. The Finance Ministry extended the deadline for the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) — under which collateral-free government-guaranteed additional credit is given to MSMEs — until March …
17th ASEAN India Summit India and ASEAN countries said they would explore ways to increase trade between them despite India’s exit from the 15-nation Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement. The RCEP free trade agreement, which India walked out from a year ago, is expected to be signed on November 15th, between China, Australia, South …
FCRA rules Amended The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has relaxed norms for farmer, student, religious and other groups who are not directly aligned to any political party to receive foreign funds if the groups are not involved in “active politics”. The Ministry notified new rules under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), 2010 thereby …
Democrat Joe Biden has been declared the winner of the 2020 US presidential election, defeating Donald Trump Has Joe Biden been a friend of India? Much before he became Vice President in the Barack Obama administration, Biden had advocated a stronger relationship with India. Biden played an important role, both as Chairman of the Senate …
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Eomonachus Belegaerensis Fossils found in New Zealand have led to the discovery of a previously unidentified species of extinct monk seal, which biologists say is the biggest breakthrough in seal evolution in seven decades. The animal – named Eomonachus belegaerensis – was named after a sea in JRR Tolkien’s the Lord of the Rings, and …
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‘Mahabali Frog’ The purple frog, one of the rarest frog species endemic to the Western Ghats, would soon be declared as Kerala’s official amphibian. A proposal for declaring the purple frog, also known as pignose frog, as state’s amphibian, is in the active consideration of the state government. The purple frog, which remains underground most …
AIM-Sirius Innovation Programme 3.0 Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) and Sirius, Russia, launched ‘AIM–Sirius Innovation Programme 3.0’– a 14-day virtual Programme for Indian and Russian schoolchildren. The first Indo-Russian bilateral youth innovation initiative, the AIM–Sirius Program seeks to develop technological solutions (both web- and mobile-based) for the two countries. Addressing global challenges–– across a range …