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National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and Fiserv, Inc., provider of payments and financial services technology, have entered into an understanding that will enable the launch of plug and play RuPay credit card stack, ‘nFiNi’. nFiNi is a ready stack of services required for fintechs and banks to issue RuPay credit cards and will enable […]
China successfully launched a new Earth observation satellite, Gaofen-5 02, into space, aboard a Long March-4C rocket on September 07, 2021, from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in north China’s Shanxi Province. Gaofen-5 02 is a hyperspectral satellite that will be used for comprehensive environmental monitoring, to improve the country’s hyperspectral observation capacity of the atmosphere, water, and land.
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The world’s largest plant designed to suck carbon dioxide out of the air and turning it into rock started running on Wednesday, the companies behind the plant said. The plant, named Orca, after the Icelandic word “orka” meaning “energy”, consists of four units, each made up of two metal boxes, similar in appearance to the
World’s largest Plant to capture Carbon Dioxide from Air commissioned in Iceland Read More »
Ministry of Housing and urban Affairs( MoHUA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) launched the pilot drive ‘Main Bhi Digital 3.0′ – A special Campaign for Digital Onboarding and Training for street vendors under PM SVANidhi scheme across 223 cities in the country today. The pilot derive was jointly by Shri Durga Shanker Mishra,
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Thursday host the 13th summit of the BRICS bloc which, besides India, comprises Brazil, Russia, China, and South Africa. Just like last year’s event, the current edition, too, will take place virtually due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, making it the second straight BRICS meeting to be held via
The Golden Rock Railway Workshop (GOC), Tiruchchirappalli has bagged 22nd National Award for Excellence in Energy Management from the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for having adopted and implemented various energy conservation measures. GOC Workshop is the only workshop of Indian Railways to have received the award this year. The Golden Rock Railway Workshop (GOC), Tiruchchirappalli has bagged 22nd National Award for
Trichy Golden Rock Workshop bags best Energy Efficient Unit Award Read More »
Nirlep Singh Rai is the new Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of National Fertilizers Limited (NFL), a Minisratna PSU under the Department of Fertilizers. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the proposal of the Department of Fertilizers for the appointment of the Director to the post on Saturday. According to the Personnel Ministry order,
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President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed Lt Gen Gurmit Singh, who retired as the deputy chief of Army, governor of Uttarakhand, a post which fell vacant after Baby Rani Maurya tendered her resignation. According to a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique, President Ram Nath Kovind accepted the resignation of Maurya and appointed Singh as the governor of the state. President Ram Nath Kovind
Uttarakhand, Punjab, Tamil Nadu get new governors Read More »
World EV Day is observed on September 9 every year. The day marks the celebration of e-mobility. Special awareness campaigns are organized globally to educate people about the benefits of electric vehicles. World EV Day was an initiative created by the sustainability media company GreenTV. Electric vehicles (EV), it seems, have truly caught the imagination of Indians, like in the rest
India’s first indigenously Designed High Ash Coal Gasification Based Methanol Production Plant at Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) Research and Development Centre, Hyderabad was inaugurated on Wednesday. Member of NITI Aayog Dr V K Saraswat, Chairman of BHEL Nalin Shinghal along with BHEL’s Coal Gasification team were present to witness India’s first demonstration plant of
India’s first high ash coal gasification based methanol production plant inaugurated Read More »
