Scientists have discovered a rare kind of space object which is described as something between an asteroid and a comet. The object has been called an active asteroid. The celestial body was first noticed by the astronomers in June 2019 when the University of Hawaii’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact ...

Researchers from the Department of Biotechnology’s National Institute of Plant Genome Research (DBT-NIPGR), ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (ICAR-IARI), ICAR-National Rice Research Institute (ICAR-NRRI), Cuttack and University of Delhi South Campus (UDSC), have identified a region in ...

An ultraviolet (UV) sanitisation bay to decontaminate things like tools, masks and clothes was set up at the naval dockyard in Mumbai, which is a part of the Western Naval Command. "Naval Dockyard (Mumbai) has manufactured a UV sanitisation bay to meet this emerging requirement. The UV bay will ...

National Payment Corporation of India has launched an artificial intelligence (AI) based chatbot, PAi, to create awareness around its products like FASTag, RuPay, UPI, AePS on a real time basis. This is yet another NPCI’s initiative to improve digital financial inclusion in India. The AI ...

Infosys has partnered Zurich-based Avaloq to provide end-to-end (e2e) wealth management capabilities through digital platforms. Infosys will be a strategic implementation partner for Avaloq''s wealth management suite of solutions to help clients modernize and transform their legacy systems into ...

The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and National Stock Exchange (NSE) on Monday decided to reduce the listing fee for their SME platforms by 25 per cent amid challenges faced by small and medium enterprises due to coronavirus pandemic. The fee rebate has been declared following Finance Minister ...

Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman chaired the 22nd Meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC). The economy is expected to contract by 5% by some estimates amid the virus crisis. The meeting also took note of the activities ...

The Karnataka government will launch a project to maintain the health database of all its citizens by having a "State Health Register." A first of its kind initiative, the State Health Register will be a robust and standardized health repository of all the citizens. This decision to launch the ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has launched the instant Permanent Account Number (PAN) facility which uses Aadhaar number based e-KYC. The beta facility was earlier launched in February 2020 on the income tax department's e-filing website. However, its Beta version on trial basis was ...

International Day of UN Peacekeepers is observed on 29 May every year to offer a chance to pay tribute to the uniformed and civilian personnel's invaluable contribution to the work of the Organization. The day also aims to honour more than 3,900 peacekeepers who have lost their lives serving ...

Union Minister Jitendra Singh has launched the e-booklet on DARPG achievements for the period May 30, 2019 to May 30, 2020 on the occasion of 1st year of Modi Government 2.0. DARPG has provided the immense impetus to e-Governance in India by Intense pursuit of the implementation of e-Office in ...

Meeting of the Heads of Tax Authorities of the BRICS countries, namely the Federal Republic of Brazil, the Russian Federation, the Republic of India, the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of South Africa was held on May 29, 2020. The authorities discussed the response of BRICS Tax ...