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Yemeni humanitarian organization wins 2021 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award

Yemeni humanitarian organization wins UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award 2021

The Jeel Albena Association for Humanitarian Development, a Yemeni humanitarian organization that has provided a lifeline to tens of thousands of people displaced by the country’s conflict, has won the 2021 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award. A Yemeni humanitarian organization is this year’s winner of the U.N. refugee agency’s prestigious Nansen Refugee Award. The Jeel Albena Association for Humanitarian Development has […]

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CK Ranganathan appointed as new President of AIMA

Chairman & managing director CavinKare Pvt Ltd, CK Ranganathan has been appointed president of All India Management Association (AIMA) for a period of one year till the National Management Convention is held in September 2022. Ranganathan has taken over from Harsh Pati Singhania, JK Paper Vice Chairman & Managing Director. AIMA is a national apex body (statutory body) for the

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NPCI partners YES Bank to launch RuPay ‘On-the-Go’ payment solution

National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has partnered with YES BANK to launch the RuPay On-the-Go contactless payments solutions, in association with FinTech infrastructure partner-Neokred and manufacturing partner- Seshaasai. The RuPay On-the-Go contactless solution is mainly a wearable payment solution, launched to enable customers to make small and large value transactions from accessories that they wear

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Smt Nirmala Sitharaman to be Chief Guest at Global FinTech Fest 2021

India’s Finance Minister Smt Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs is the Chief Guest at the Global FinTech Fest (GFF), scheduled for 28-30 September. Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs & Food & Public Distribution and Textiles, Government of India, will address the Valedictory Session on 30th September. The Global FinTech Fest (GFF) has been organized by the Payments Council of India

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Lok Sabha Speaker Launches ‘NIDHI 2.0’ scheme of Ministry of Tourism

The Ministry of Tourism is organizing an event to celebrate “World Tourism Day 2021” on 27th September 2021 in New Delhi, which has been designated by the UNWTO as a day to focus on “Tourism for Inclusive Growth”. Speaker of Lok Sabha, Shri Om Birla will be the chief guest of the event. Union Minister of

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Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment launches Elder Line

Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment has launched India’s first Pan-India toll-free helpline – 14567 — called ‘Elder Line’. The Elder Line will offer free information and guidance on pension issues, legal issues, extend emotional support, and even intervenes in the field in cases of abuse, and rescues the homeless elderly. The platform will allow senior citizens

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Union Agriculture Minister launches Amul Honey

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar launched ‘Amul Honey’, a new product developed by Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (GCMMF) along with National Bee Board. The launch saw the importance of the National Beekeeping and Honey Mission for doubling the income of farmers and beekeepers with budget of Rs 500 crores. 5 large-scale Regional Honey Testing

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SEBI approves frameworks for gold exchange and Social Stock Exchange

Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has approved the frameworks for gold exchange and Social Stock Exchange. The market regulator SEBI also approved amendments to the delisting framework for equity shares at the board meeting held in Mumbai. Gold exchange is being set up to trade yellow metal in the form of electronic gold receipts for

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Govt sets up GoM to rationalise GST rates

The central government has formed a 7-member group of ministers (GoM) for proposing a rationalization of tax rates and considering the merger of different tax slabs under GST. It will be headed by the Chief Minister of Karnataka Basavaraj S. Bommai. The government has formed one more GoM which will look at tapping IT tools to minimize tax

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PM Modi launches 35 crop varieties to tackle climate change, malnutrition

PM Narendra Modi has dedicated virtually 35 crop varieties with special traits. He also dedicated the newly constructed campus of the National Institute of Biotic Stress Management Raipur to the nation. On this occasion, Prime Minister also distributed the Green Campus Award to Agricultural Universities. 35 varieties include a drought-tolerant variety of chickpea, wilt, and sterility mosaic resistant

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