An Indian engineer whose low-cost neonatal breathing device has saved the lives of new-born babies across small towns of India, has won the 2019 Commonwealth Secretary-General's Innovation for Sustainable Development Award in London. Nitesh Kumar Jangir, who created Saans as a breathing support ...
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On the second anniversary of Goods and Services Tax (GST) on July 1, the Ministry of Finance will launch some reforms in the indirect tax regime, including a new return system, rationalisation of cash-ledger system and a single refund-disbursing mechanism, among others. Minister of State for ...
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West Bengal Government launched a crop insurance scheme, Bangla Shashya Bima (BSB). The reason for the launch of 2019 'Kharif' season is to protect farmers from losses due to natural disasters. Their main aim is to provide a steady income in case of unstable market prices. The scheme ...
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India has emerged as a digitally empowered nation. But more needs to be done to transform everyday lives. Since its launch in 2015 by PM Narendra Modi, the Digital India initiative has achieved many milestones. Digital India was launched with an objective of connecting rural areas with ...
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According to the survey, "The Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) for 2017-18" which is conducted by National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO). The huge variations among the states in terms of the unemployment rate. The overall unemployment rate is around 6.1. Nagaland has the highest ...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump "aired" their concerns over the bilateral trade disputes and agreed for an early meeting of their commerce ministers to sort out the issues, a day after the US leader demanded withdrawal of the "very high" tariffs levied by India on American ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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