Month: July 2023

Sri Lanka may accept the Indian rupee for local transactions

Manish Kumar

India and Sri Lanka are exploring the possibility of using the Indian Rupee for economic transactions.  Sri Lanka is considering the possibility of allowing the usage of the Indian rupee for local transactions just like the dollar, euro, and yen.  Sri Lanka was hit by an unprecedented financial crisis in 2022, the worst since its independence from Britain in 1948, due to a severe paucity of foreign exchange reserves.  The IMF in September last year approved Sri Lanka a USD 2.9 billion bailout package over 4 years pending Sri Lanka’s…

Blue Bird Becomes ‘X’: Twitter explores alternative business models with rebranding

Manish Kumar

Ever since he took over Twitter, Elon Musk has made quite a few changes, but his latest move will alter Twitter like never before. He plans to do away with Twitter’s blue bird logo, the design “tweet” stems from. The platform will be rebranded as ‘X’. Let’s have a look into the journey of tweeter after Musk took over it. Twitter Blue was arguably the biggest change brought about by Musk since the takeover. The blue badge of legacy verification was done away with and Musk introduced a paid verification…

The Ban on rice exports by India caused panic buying among NRIs in North America, Europe, and West Asia

Manish Kumar

India, the world’s largest exporter of rice, recently imposed a ban on all exports of non-basmati white rice, to keep domestic prices in check.  In the US, the impact of this ban is being felt by the large NRI community.  Local grocery stores have reported an increase in sales of rice bags, with some customers buying in bulk.  The rice ban has caused panic buying in the Telugu population in North America, Europe, and West Asia due to the possibility of rice scarcity.  After India’s ban on white rice exports,…

Street demonstrations to challenge rule of law is not hallmark of good governance and democracy — Vice President

Manish Kumar

The Vice President, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar today emphasised that democracy is all about dialogue, discussion, deliberation and debate, and called disruption & disturbance antithetical to democratic values. He also expressed his pain and concern over the fact that “disturbance has been weaponized in the temples of democracy that should be functional 24*7 to ensure justice to the people at large.” Calling upon everyone to act to preserve and sustain the essence of democratic values, Shri Dhankhar underlined that there can be no alibi for not making Parliament functional every second.…

School of Excellence, Kalkaji Delhi wins First Prize; 10 Schools also Awarded for their Meritorious Performance in the Competition

Manish Kumar

The prize distribution function of the 55th Youth Parliament Competition, 2022-23 for Schools under the Directorate of Education, Government of NCT of Delhi and NDMC was held today at the Parliament House Complex, New Delhi. School of Excellence, Kalkaji, Delhi, won first prize in the 55th Youth Parliament Competition, 2022-23. The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Ministry of Law & Justice, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of State for the Ministry of Culture, Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, gave away the prize to the winning team of students…

SCHEMES FOR EMPOWERMENT OF RURAL WOMEN

Manish Kumar

The Government gives utmost priority to the safety, security and empowerment of women including rural women. The Government has adopted multi-pronged approach to address the issue of women on a life-cycle continuum basis for their educational, social, economic and political empowerment so that they become equal partners in fast paced and sustainable national development. Through the 73rd amendment to the Constitution of 1/3rd seats in the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) have been reserved for women. However, today there are more than 14.50 lakh Elected Women Representatives (EWRs) in PRIs, which is approximately…

STARTUP SCHEME FOR WOMEN

Manish Kumar

The Government launched ‘Startup India initiative’ on 16th January 2016 with an aim to build a stronger ecosystem for nurturing India’s startup culture that would further drive our economic growth, support entrepreneurship, and enable large-scale employment opportunities. It, inter alia, assists in strengthening women entrepreneurship, through policies and initiatives, and creation of enabling networks. Under this initiative, entities are recognized by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) as startups as per eligibility conditions prescribed under G.S.R. notification 127 (E) dated 19th February, 2019. As on 31st December 2022,…

Aadhaar reunites missing divyang woman with her family in Assam

Manish Kumar

Once again, Aadhaar has reunited a family. This time, a divyang woman in Assam was reunited after being missing from her home for several weeks. The woman, who has speech and hearing impairments, and is unable to communicate, was found wandering homeless in Sonapur New Market, Kamrup district by Assam Police, nearly 165 kilometers from her home in Khanamukh village, Sonitpur district andwas traced using Aadhaar. The police referred her to Sakhi One Stop Centre, an NGO that offers psychosocial counselling and temporary shelter to women under Sambal sub-scheme of…

Soon the idol of Ramlala will be installed in Shri Ram temple and after hundreds of years once again Lord Shri Ram will be at his own place

Manish Kumar

Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah lays the foundation stone of 108 feet tall statue of Lord Shri Ram in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh through video conferencing today. In his address Shri Amit Shah said that today the foundation stone of the grand statue of Lord Shri Ram to be built at a cost of more than Rs 500 crore has been laid at Mantralayam in Kurnool. He said that this 108 feet tall statue of Lord Shri Ram to be installed in Mantralayam will give the…

Jammu to pioneer India’s first Cannabis Medicine Project:

Manish Kumar

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh today said, Jammu is going to pioneer India’s first Cannabis Medicine Project. ‘Cannabis Research Project’ of CSIR-IIIM Jammu is a first of its kind in India initiated under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in Private Public Partnership with a Canadian firm, which has a great potential to put substance of abuse for the good of mankind especially for patients suffering from neuropathies, cancer and epilepsy. Dr.…