Legendary music composer and singer Bappi Lahiri passed away. He was 69. The singer breathed his last in a Mumbai hospital. Lahiri died on Tuesday night at the CritiCare Hospital in Juhu. He was lovingly called Bappi Da in the industry is known for delivering iconic songs in several films of the late 1970s-80s like Chalte Chalte, Disco Dancer, and […]
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India has been ranked third in the world in the US Green Building Council’s annual list of top 10 nations and areas outside of the United States for LEED-certified green buildings in 2021. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is the most widely used green building rating system in the world, and provides a framework for healthy, highly efficient,
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Vedanta Group and Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) on Monday announced the signing of an memorandum of understanding (MoU) to form a joint venture company that will manufacture semiconductors in India. The Indian mining major Vedanta has inked an MoU with Taiwanese electronics manufacturing company, Hon Hai Technology Group (better known as Foxconn) to form a joint venture (JV) for
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Indian fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) company Dabur has become India’s first plastic waste-neutral company, meaning it collects, processes and recycles as much packaging as it sells. It has done this by collecting, processing and recycling around 27,000 metric tonnes of post-consumer plastic waste during FY21-22. Dabur has achieved the landmark of surpassing its plastic packaging usage with
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Israel becomes the first-ever country to allow drones in civilian airspace. Referring to this, Israel’s Ministry of Transport and Road Safety recently announced the country’s first certification for unmanned aircraft vehicles (UAVs) to operate in civilian airspace. This means that the drones in Israel will be allowed to fly in civilian airspace, just like any
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On February 14, 2022, the Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE) announced its new chairman – IAS Vineet Joshi, Additional Secretary, Department of Higher Education. Joshi replaced IAS Manoj Ahuja. Mr Joshi, a 1992-batch IAS officer of the Manipur cadre, is an Additional Secretary, Department of Higher Education, under Ministry of Education. He replaces IAS
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Ministry of Tribal Affairs sanctioned Rs. 2.26 Crores for Telangana’s Medaram Jatara Festival 2022: The Ministry of Tribal Affairs has allocated an amount of 2.26 Crores for various activities pertaining to Medaram Jathara 2022. The Medaram Jathara 2022 will be celebrated between 16th February and 19th February 2022. Medaram Jatara is the second-largest fair in India, after
Paisabazaar.com, a digital platform for consumer credit, has partnered with RBL Bank Limited to offer ‘Paisa on Demand’ (PoD), a credit card that will be exclusively available on the Paisabazaar platform. To build products that offer integrated services for the large under-served segments across India. This is the third product under Paisabazaar’s neo-lending strategy. Along with the features of a
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The government has notified the extension of the due date for submission of applications under the PLI Scheme for Textiles . The Ministry of Textiles has further extended the timeline for submission of applications under the PLI Scheme for Textiles till 28.02.2022. Earlier this deadline was 31st January 2022, and was extended till 14th February
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The managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of ICICI Bank Mr Sandeep Bakhshi has been named as the Business Standard Banker of the Year 2020-21. For 2020-21, ICICI Bank reported a net profit of Rs 16,193 crore against Rs 7,931 crore during the previous financial year. Sandeep Bakhshi assumed the charge in October 2018 and has
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