Efforts to release 41 workers trapped in the collapsed Silkyara-Barkot tunnel in Uttarakhand seemed close to a breakthrough after rat-hole miners were reported as being only a few meters away from them.
KMA Team Rat hole mining
2023
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) permitted the linking of Rupay credit cards to UPI accounts
In News: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) permitted the linking of Rupay credit cards to UPI accounts, thereby allowing the plastic to be used for smaller transactions as well.…
Microfinance Industry Network (MFIN), a RBI-recognised self-regulatory industry association for Microfinance, introduces the 3rd edition of Micro Matters: Macro View –India Microfinance Review FY 2022-23.
Microfinance Industry Network (MFIN) was established in 2009 as an Association for NBFC-MFIs. In 2014, MFIN was recognised by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as India’s first Self-Regulatory Organization…
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG), along with other oil pollution response agencies, has conducted a National-level Pollution Response Exercise (NATPOLREX-IX) recently.
The NATPOLREX-IX accomplished its objective of testing the level of preparedness and coordination between various resource agencies to respond to a marine oil spill, invoking provisions of the National Oil…
The Union Cabinet is likely to give its approval for the development of International Container Transhipment Port (ICTP) at Galathea Bay, Great Nicobar Island
The Union Cabinet is likely to give its approval for the development of International Container Transhipment Port (ICTP) at Galathea Bay, Great Nicobar Island, by the end of this year.…
Recently, as many as two tigers were spotted within a Month (November 2023) in Palamu Tiger Reserve (PTR)
In news: Recently, as many as two tigers were spotted within a Month (November 2023) in Palamu Tiger Reserve (PTR). The Palamu Tiger Reserve
India and Indonesia were the top two beneficiaries of the European Union’s Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) schemes for exports in 2022.
In news: India and Indonesia were the top two beneficiaries of the European Union’s Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) schemes for exports in 2022, with clothing, machinery and footwear accounting…
Rabi uncertainties, political costs of dal-roti inflation – the government must do more
Rabi sowing is off to a sluggish start. One reason is the delayed harvesting of kharif crops, especially paddy, in states such as Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh that has,…
The President of India recently participated in the Boita Bandana ceremony, being organized by the Paradip Port Authority, at Paradip November 2023.
The President also virtually inaugurated a Multi Model Logistic Park as well as laid the foundation stones for new reservoir and water treatment plant for Port Township and next-gen Vessel…