June 2022

Renowned critic and linguist Professor Gopi Chand Narang passes away

Renowned critic and linguist Professor Gopi Chand Narang passes away

Eminent Urdu critics, theorists and linguists Professor Gopi Chand Narang has passed away at 91. He has been honoured with the Padma Bhushan (2004) and Sahitya Akademi Awards (1995). He was a Professor Emeritus at the University of Delhi and Jamia Millia Islamia. He incorporated a range of modern theoretical frameworks, including stylistics, structuralism, post-structuralism and Sanskrit […]

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India successfully tests Short-Range Ballistic Missile Prithvi-II

India successfully tests Short-Range Ballistic Missile Prithvi-II

India has tested Short-Range Ballistic Missile, Prithvi-II from an integrated test range in  Chandipur, Odisha. This missile system is capable of striking targets with a very high degree of precision. It is an indigenously developed, surface-to-surface missile. Range: 250 km and can carry one-ton payload. It is powered by liquid propulsion twin engines. Recently, India has also tested the nuclear-capable

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LinkedIn join hands with UN Women to create employment for women

LinkedIn join hands with UN Women to create employment for women

LinkedIn has invested $5,00,000 (₹3.88 crore) in association with UN Women to create employment opportunities for women. The pilot project will launch in Maharashtra to cultivate the digital, soft and employability skills of 2,000 women. After the completion of 15-month of the pilot project, the UN Women and LinkedIn will incorporate lessons learned and evaluative feedback. LinkedIn HQ: Sunnyvale,

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RBI appointed Anand Mahindra and Venu Srinivasan to RBI Board

RBI appointed Anand Mahindra and Venu Srinivasan to RBI Board

The Central Government has nominated Anand Gopal Mahindra (Chairman of Mahindra group), Venu Srinivasan (TVS Motor’s Chairman), Pankaj Ramanbhai Patel (Zydus Lifescience’s Chairman ) and Ravindra Dholakia (IIM Ahmedabad’s ex-faculty) as part-time non-official Directors on the Central Board of RBI. The appointment will be for a period of four years and effective from June 14. RBI Governor: Shaktikanta

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Adani Transmission gets 'green loan' tag for $700-mn revolving facility

Adani Transmission gets ‘green loan’ tag for $700-mn revolving facility

Adani Transmission Limited (ATL) has been tagged as ‘green loan’ by Sustainalytics for its USD 700 million revolving loan facility. ATL has also signed an energy compact goals as part of COP26 and the energy compact with the UN in November, 2021. This revolving facility project is being implemented in Gujarat and Maharashtra. Sustainalytics, provides analytical environmental, social and governance

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Eighth Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians held in Egypt

Eighth Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians held in Egypt

The Eighth Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians has been started in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt to address climate change. The two-day conference is being jointly organized by the House of Representatives and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). Nagaland’s first woman elected as Member of Parliament to Rajya Sabha, S. Phangon Konyak is representing India at the Conference. Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) HQ: Geneva, Switzerland

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India’s unemployment rate falls to 4.2% in 2020-21

India’s unemployment rate falls to 4.2% in 2020-21

As per the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) for 2020-21 (July-June), the unemployment rate of India has declined to 4.2%in 2020-21 (July-June). The survey was released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme. The labour force participation rate has been raised to 41.6%. The unemployment rate was 4.8% and the labour force participation rate was 40.1% in 2019-20. The PLFS

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Google announces startup accelerator program for women founders

Google announces startup accelerator program for women founders

Google has announced a program for women founders, ‘startup accelerator program’, which will help them address challenges such as fundraising and hiring. The first batch of the Google for Startups Accelerator India – Women Founders will enroll up to 20 women-founded co-founded startups in the country, and support them through a three-month program. The selected Startups will receive support and

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Arati Prabhakar appointed as the Science Advisor to US President, Joe Biden

Arati Prabhakar appointed as the Science Advisor to US President, Joe Biden

Indian-origin physicist Arati Prabhakar is expected to be named as the scientific adviser to United States President Joe Biden this week. Biden is also expected to nominate Prabhakar as the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology (OSTP). She succeeded Eric Lander. She would be the first woman and the first person of color to

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