Month: July 2023

CCIC organizes ‘Mega Sale’ promotional campaign from 8th-23rd July 2023

Manish Kumar

On the occasion of the collaboration of Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India Ltd. (CCIC), a Public Sector Undertaking under the Ministry of Textiles with Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) and opening of ‘Mega Sale’ promotional campaign, CCIC had organised a grand event in its showroom at Jawahar Vyapar Bhawan, Janpath, New Delhi yesterday. Smt. Rachna Shah, Secretary, Ministry of Textiles launched the boarding of CCIC on ONDC digital platform and inaugurated the “Mega Sale” in the presence of Shri Ajay Gupta, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Textiles & MD…

As a successor to Chandrayaan-2, Chandrayaan-3 has undergone a few changes to increase the robustness of the Lander

Manish Kumar

Chandrayaan-3, scheduled to be launched from Sriharikota this week, will make India the fourth country to land its Spacecraft on the surface of the Moon. Stating this here today in an exclusive interview to a news agency, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology, MoS PMO, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Dr Jitendra Singh said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent USA visit was marked by significant Space related agreements indicating that the countries which had started their Space journey…

Third G20 Culture Working Group (CWG) meet begins in Hampi, Karnataka

Manish Kumar

Third  G20 Culture Group (CWG) meet  began in Hampi, Karnataka from today. Briefing the media in Hampi today, Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Government of India,  Shri Govind Mohan said that the 3rd Culture Working Group Meeting  under India’s G20 presidency   is being organized in Hampi, Karnataka from 9th -12th July. He also said that the meeting will be attended by delegates from G20 members, guest nations, and several international organizations. He informed that the first two CWG meetings were held at Khajuraho and Bhubaneswar. In the third meeting at Hampi…

GSTN has brought under anti-money laundering Act

Manish Kumar

The government has brought the Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. This means that the GSTN will now be required to comply with the provisions of the PMLA, including reporting suspicious transactions to the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The inclusion of GSTN under the PMLA will facilitate sharing of information or material in possession of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) with GSTN. The government issued a notification regarding the same on July 7. The GSTN is a centralized IT infrastructure that facilitates the registration…

Apple removes predatory lending apps in India

Manish Kumar

Apple India has purged several predatory lending apps from its app store, days after users reported of harassment on social media. Apple has recoded to remove several loan apps from its App Store over policy breach. The apps were removed for violating Apple’s App Store Review Guidelines, which prohibit apps that engage in predatory lending practices.   Apps like Pocket Kash, White Kash, Golden Kash, and OK Rupee are among the apps that have been taken off from the Apple store. Many users have reported that such apps take permissions…

NSDL to file the IPO

Manish Kumar

India’s largest depository National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) has filed its Draft Red Herring prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) for an IPO. The initial public offering will be a full offer for sale (OFS), allowing investors to sell up to 5.726 crore equity shares. IDBI Bank and HDFC Bank will be among those participating in the OFS. With this, NSDL will become the second depository services company to be listed on domestic stock exchanges, following the successful market debut of its peer, Central Depository Services…

Biotech StartUps are crucial to India’s future economy, says Dr Jitendra Singh

Manish Kumar

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology, MoS PMO, Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space and MoS Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Dr Jitendra Singh has said that the Biotech StartUps are crucial to India’s future economy. “We had just about 50 Biotech Startups 8 to 9 years back, now we have around 6,000, so, I think, we still need to have more,” said Dr Jitendra Singh, inaugurating a discussion meeting for fostering Biomanufacturing Initiative of the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), in New Delhi. Dr…

Biden agrees to send controversial cluster munitions to Ukraine, called it a “difficult decision”

Manish Kumar

US President Joe Biden has agreed to give Ukraine controversial cluster munitions to use against Russian troops.  The White House is fully aware of the huge controversy surrounding this cluster munitions decision.  Mr. Biden called it a “difficult decision” but said he had to act as “the Ukrainians are running out of ammunition”.  Ukraine is said to have given written assurances not to use them in populated areas, to map where they are used, and committed to a post-war clean-up.  More than 100 countries are signed up to a convention…

BBC star presenter accused of ‘paying teenager for sexually explicit photos’: BBC launched an investigation

Manish Kumar

A BBC presenter has been accused of paying a teenager for sexually explicit photographs.  The mother of the victim said that her child had gone from a “happy-go-lucky youngster to a ghost-like crack addict” in three years.  “All I want is for this man to stop paying my child for sexual pictures and stop him funding my child’s drug habit,” she told The Newspaper.  The man is said to have paid the youth more than £35,000 since 2020.  BBC spokesperson said: “We treat any allegations very seriously, and we have…

9,000 Civilians, including 500 Children, Killed in Russia’s War in Ukraine: UN

Manish Kumar

The United Nations condemned the civilian cost inflicted by Russia’s war in Ukraine as the fighting passed the 500-day mark.  More than 9,000 civilians, including 500 children, have been killed since Russia’s invasion, the UN’s HRMMU said in a statement.  UNESCO said that the attack was also the first to take place in an area protected by the World Heritage Convention and had damaged a historic building.  The UN monitoring mission in Ukraine also noted that three times as many civilians were killed in the last 500 days compared with…