Road fatalities rise in India, despite global drop: WHO.
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Smoke canister strike by 2 visitors sets off chaos in LS.
Bhagat Singh bomb: 94 years ago The ‘Indian Parliament’ in 1929 The fateful day: April 8, 1929 The punishment: life in prison
Surrogacy ‘industry’ shouldn’t be encouraged in India: Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court recently said the “surrogacy industry” should not be encouraged in India and that if left unchecked, it could grow into a billion-dollar business. The court made…
‘New Delhi Declaration’ on artificial intelligence adopted.
New Delhi Declaration on artificial intelligence About Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) GPAI Summits Responsible AI (RAI) Data governance Principles for responsible stewardship of trustworthy AI National policies and…
This is a lesson for other states as well as for policymakers at the Centre to keep agriculture on high priority.
From 2005-06 to 2022-23, Madhya Pradesh’s Agri-GDP has registered an average annual growth rate of 7 per cent, against an all-India figure of 3.8 per cent. As a result of…
25% of onion buffer stocks may have been damaged, says govt official.
The Centre has said its decision to increase the procurement of onions for the buffer stock and simultaneous sales at subsidized rates has helped contain all India average price below…
New schemes in works for electronics component manufacturing: MeitY Secy
The government is working on a second version of an incentive scheme for electronics components Scheme for Promotion of Manufacturing of Electronic Components and Semiconductors (SPECS). Earlier MSIPS (modified special…
Copper import jumps 30 per cent in FY23.
India’s copper import bill increased 20 per cent year on year in FY23 in value terms to ₹ 27,131 crore (₹ 21,985 crore) following a post Covid economic recovery and…
Contribution of MSMEs to the country’s GDP
The Expert Committee on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, constituted by Reserve Bank of India in December 2018 has estimated the overall credit gap in the MSME sector to be…
Project ARTHA Ganga
Arth Ganga is an initiative added recently to the Namami Ganga Program launched by the Government in 2014. It was decided in the meeting of National Ganga Council (NGC) held…