Every year on February 10th, World Pulses Day celebrates the dry edible seeds of plants called pulses. The day also seeks to promote the many health benefits of pulses. 2022 World Pulses Day’s theme: “Pulses to empower youth in achieving sustainable agrifood systems”
Safer Internet Day is observed every year on the second day of the second week of February with the aim of providing a safer and better internet. This year in 2022, Safer Internet Day falls on 08 February 2022. This year, its theme is ‘Together for a better internet’. The initiative calls upon all stakeholders to join together to make
Telecom Equipment and Services Export Promotion Council (TEPC) has organized Exclusive International Business Expo titled as ‘India Telecom 2022’. It is being held from 8th to 10th February. Aim: to provide opportunities to the Indian telecom stakeholders to meet qualified overseas buyers. It will be held under Market Access Initiative Scheme (MAI) of Department of Commerce and with support of Department of
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Chief Minister of Gujarat Bhupendra Patel has announced new IT/ITeS policy for the next five years Aim: to provide financial incentives up to Rs 200 crore to the entities willing to incur capital expenditures. Announcing this, Chief Minister Patel said that it aims to generate employment for about 1 lakh youths in the next five years. It also seeks to
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Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar has been appointed as the brand ambassador of Uttarakhand. The chief minister of the state Pushkar Singh Dhami has announced Akshay Kumar’s appointment as Brand Ambassador of The Hill State after meeting at his residence in Dehradun. This announcement was made by the chief minister of Uttarakhand Pushkar Singh Dhami ahead of Assembly
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England has appointed Paul Collingwood as the interim head coach of the team for the upcoming three-Test tour against West Indies. His appointment comes after former head coach Chris Silverwood and managing director (MD) Ashley Giles were sacked, following England’s 4-0 Ashes defeat to Australia. Paul David Collingwood: Former English cricketer, who played all three formats of the game internationally for England.
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A team of Indian scientists have developed a new technology platform for fluorometric detection of pathogens such as viruses by measurement of fluorescent light emitted. The new technology has been demonstrated for the detection of SARS-CoV-2. It can also be used to detect other DNA/RNA pathogens like HIV, influenza, HCV, Zika, Ebola, bacteria, and other mutating pathogens. This
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Fintech unicorn Razorpay has acquired a majority stake in Curlec in a deal that values the Malaysian payments startup at over $19 million. Razorpay will fully acquire the company later in 18 months. Overall this is the fourth acquisition of Razorpay and the first acquisition in a foreign country. Prior to this, Razorpay has acquired
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The Centre has appointed Sanjay Malhotra, a 1990 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre, as Secretary in the Department of Financial Services in Finance Ministry. Before this, Sanjay Malhotra was Chairman and Managing Director of REC Ltd. He has succeeded Debashish Panda, who completed his term as DFS Secretary on January 31, 2022.
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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has emerged as the second-largest buyer of Gold among the world’s Central Banks in 2021. The largest buyer, the Central Bank of Thailand, bought 90 metric tonnes of gold while RBI bought 77.5 metric tonnes taking its total gold reserve to 754.1 tonnes at the end of December 2021. Central Bank of Thailand (Bank
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