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West Bengal Government launched a crop insurance scheme, Bangla Shashya Bima (BSB). The reason for the launch of 2019 ‘Kharif’ season is to protect farmers from losses due to natural disasters. Their main aim is to provide a steady income in case of unstable market prices. The scheme launched in collaboration with Agriculture Insurance Company […]
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India has emerged as a digitally empowered nation. But more needs to be done to transform everyday lives. Since its launch in 2015 by PM Narendra Modi, the Digital India initiative has achieved many milestones. Digital India was launched with an objective of connecting rural areas with high-speed Internet networks and improving digital literacy. To
Ravi Shankar Prasad to launch commemoration of four years of Digital India initiative Read More »
According to the survey, “The Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) for 2017-18” which is conducted by National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO). The huge variations among the states in terms of the unemployment rate. The overall unemployment rate is around 6.1. Nagaland has the highest unemployment rate among the states with the percentage of 21.4% It
Nagaland occupies the top position in the unemployment rate: NSSO Survey Read More »
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump “aired” their concerns over the bilateral trade disputes and agreed for an early meeting of their commerce ministers to sort out the issues, a day after the US leader demanded withdrawal of the “very high” tariffs levied by India on American goods. Though trade is an important
PM Modi, US President Trump agree to sort out trade disputes Read More »
India’s leading cryptocurrency exchange Koinex announced on Thursday that it was shutting its operations from 2 pm on June 27, blaming the decision on the ‘uncertainty and disruption’ in the crypto-sphere in India. In a blogpost, Koinex Founder Rahul Raj announced the digital assets company’s shut down of operations after facing regulatory troubles and lack of
Koinex shuts down; throws Indian Indian cryptocurrency market into uncertainty Read More »
The Tropics are a region of the Earth, roughly defined as the area between the tropic of Cancer and the tropic of Capricorn. Although topography and other factors contribute to climatic variation, tropical locations are typically warm and experience little seasonal change in day-to-day temperature. An important feature of the Tropics is the prevalence of
The new cost of living survey of 2019 is out and according to the list Hong Kong is the world’s most expensive city for expats to live in, for the second consecutive year. According to the Mercer survey, the city that made to the second position is Tokyo, Japan, followed by Singapore, Seoul in South
Costliest Cities To Live In 2019 has Mumbai as India’s most expensive, Top 3 from Asia Read More »
Sarada Kumar Hota, managing director (MD) and chief executive officer of Can Fin Homes has been appointed as the MD of National Housing Bank. Prior to this, Hota has served as the managing director of Can Fin Homes, a subsidiary of Canara Bank. His appointment comes nearly nine months after former MD Sriram Kalyanaraman stepped
Sarada Kumar Hota appointed as National Housing Bank MD Read More »
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is among the 100 most influential women driving the UK-India relationship forward alongside one of Britain’s senior-most Cabinet ministers Penny Mordaunt. The ‘100 Most Influential in UK-India Relations: Celebrating Women’ list was launched by UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid to mark India Day in the Houses of Parliament in London. It
Nirmala Sitharaman among 100 most influential women driving UK-India relationship Read More »
Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) has elected Sharad Kumar Saraf as its new president. Saraf will succeed renowned exporter Ganesh. Sharad Kumar: Saraf in his earlier stints at FIEO has served twice as vice-president and four times as regional chairman. He is chairman and founder of Technocraft Industries (India). FIEO: Federation of Indian Export
Sharad Kumar Saraf is appointed as the new President of FIEO Read More »
