Agricultural Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) celebrated its 36th Foundation Day on 13th February. APEDA actively supported the Government in taking the export of agricultural products to 20.67 billion dollar in 2020-21 from 0.6 billion dollar in 1986 when it was founded. The ...

Saint-Gobain India and the IIT Madras, Research Park have signed an MoU to develop a 100 per cent renewable energy, research park. Saint-Gobain would support IIT-M with a funding of Rs 1 crore over the next 3 years. The aim through this collaboration was to boost ...

Israel becomes the first-ever country to allow drones in civilian airspace. The certification was issued to the Hermes Starliner unmanned system by the Israeli Civil Aviation Authority and was manufactured and developed by Elbit Systems, an Israeli defense electronics ...

Technologist, business leader, philanthropist Bill Gates alerted people about a possible pandemic in the future in his now-famous TED Talk in 2015. With the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic in 2020, our world has changed a lot. Many people have lost their lives or livelihoods in the last two ...

The Indian Railways will provide a world class wrestling academy at Delhi's Kishanganj at an approximate cost of ₹30.76 crore, ministry informed. The railway minister had committed Indian Railways wrestlers to provide the state-of-art wrestling academy at the earliest.  The wrestling ...

Tata Sons on February 14 appointed Ilker Ayci, who was until recently the chairman of Turkish Airlines, as CEO & MD of Air India. He will assume his responsibilities on or before 1st April 2022. The Air India board met to consider the candidature of Ayci and N ...

Reliance Jio has tied-up with Luxembourg-based satellite and telecom services provider SES to provide satellite-based broadband communication services in India. Mukesh Ambani-controlled Jio Platforms Ltd. will set up a joint venture to provide satellite-based broadband services across India as it ...

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered an FIR against ABG Shipyard Ltd and its directors, including chairman and managing director Rishi Kamlesh Agarwal, in what could be the biggest bank fraud case in the history of India. ABG Shipyard, one of the most prominent private sector ...

Bank of Baroda will acquire Union Bank of India's 21% stake in IndiaFirst Life Insurance Company. It is a joint venture between Bank of Baroda, Union Bank of India and Carmel Point Investments. At present, the shareholding in IFIC is BoB holds ...

Axis Bank Ltd. is nearing a deal to buy Citigroup Inc.’s India retail banking business in a transaction that could be valued at about $2.5 billion. An agreement for the consumer unit may be announced as soon as the next few weeks and is contingent on approval from the Reserve ...

Yes Bank has announced the launch of an annual startup enabler program, Yes Bank Agri Infinity. It seeks to co-develop digital financial solutions for the food and agriculture ecosystem. Those meeting the eligibility criteria will receive the guidance and support necessary to develop ...

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Monday successfully launched Earth Observation Satellite EOS-04, into an intended sun-synchronous polar orbit of 529 km altitude. This was the first launch mission of ISRO in the year 2022. The satellites were launched onboard the launch vehicle ...