India’s oldest running Newspaper
On July 1, India’s oldest running newspaper, Mumbai Samachar, entered its 200th year, after seeing through two pandemics and two world wars. The Gujarati newspaper, with its office located in…
Western North America Heat Wave
On a global average, the world has warmed about 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit since 1900. An extreme, ongoing heat wave in Western North America began affecting much of the Pacific Northwest…
Kuvempu Award 2020
The Kuvempu Rashtriya Puraskar, the national award instituted in memory of late poet laureate Kuvempu, has been awarded to renowned Odia poet Dr Rajendra Kishore Panda for the year 2020.…
Global Start-up Ecosystem Index 2021
India has jumped three spots up in the global start-up ranking this year. India stands at the 20th spot among the top 100 countries that have been ranked in the…
Maana Patel becomes first Indian female swimmer to qualify for Tokyo 2020 Olympics
India’s Maana Patel became the first female and only the third swimmer from the country to punch her Tokyo Olympics 2021 ticket. Patel, a backstroke simmer from Ahmedabad, joins Srihari…
ILO report on International Migrant Workers
A new report by the United Nations (UN)-body International Labour Organisation (ILO) has highlighted that the number of international migrant workers has risen globally to 169 million, an increase of…
GNPA ratio may rise up to 11.2% in FY22
The gross non-performing asset (GNPA) ratio of India’s Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) may climb by the end of the current fiscal year to as much as 11.2% under a severe…
European Union’s ‘vaccine passport’ or the ‘Green Pass’
The EU Digital Covid Certificate, or the “green pass” as it is popularly known, has been created to restore freedom of travel for the public and remove the barriers on…
The Essential Defence Services Ordinance, 2021
The Essential Defence Services Ordinance, 2021 was promulgated on June 30, 2021. The Ordinance allows the central government to prohibit strikes, lock-outs, and lay-offs in units engaged in essential defence…
India ranks 10th in Cyber security Index
India entered the top 10 of a global cyber security ranking of countries, ahead of China at No.33, and Pakistan at No.79. India improved its ranking from 47 to 10…