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Koinex shuts down; throws Indian Indian cryptocurrency market into uncertainty

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 […]

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International Day of the Tropics 29 June

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

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Costliest Cities To Live In 2019 has Mumbai as India’s most expensive, Top 3 from Asia

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

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Sarada Kumar Hota appointed as National Housing Bank MD

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

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Nirmala Sitharaman among 100 most influential women driving UK-India relationship

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

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Sharad Kumar Saraf is appointed as the new President of FIEO

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

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Telangana wants to make a mark in global seed arena

More than the pride involved in hosting the triennial International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) congress here from June 26 for the first time in Asia, 32nd one over all, Telangana is taking the event as an opportunity to earn reputation as an emerging hub in the global seed arena and also to leap up seed

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BYPL to launch energy saving app, to begin project from Mayur Vihar

Power distribution company BSES Yamuna Power Limited (BYPL) has tied up with several private organisations to launch a slew of initiatives including a ‘behavioural energy saving app’ to reduce electricity consumption. The app — Susthome — developed by BYPL and TERI to bring about a behavioural change in how consumers use electricity, will track energy

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‘Swachhta Pakhwada’ observed Successfully by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) and institutions under it observed Swachhta Pakhwada (cleanliness fortnight) from 1st June to 15th June 2019. During this period, MNRE undertook various activities such as Shramdan (cleanliness drive) by staff, lectures and seminars with an objective of disseminating the message of Swachh Bharat widely. Secretary, MNRE Shri Aanand

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NASA announced a new mission to explore Saturn’s largest moon

NASA announced the latest mission in its New Frontiers program, called Dragonfly, will explore Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. It’s the only moon in our solar system that has an atmosphere. Before it ended in 2017, the Cassini mission flew by Titan while studying Saturn. The data provided by the Hyugens probe, which was part of

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