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Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has secured Patent registration for its innovative Plastic-mixed Handmade Paper developed to reduce plastic menace from nature. The patent certificate was issued to KVIC’s Kumarappa National Handmade Paper Institute (KNHPI), Jaipur, on 2nd August 2021, by the Controller of Patent, Intellectual Property of India. The idea of developing plastic-mixed handmade paper was invented in September 2018, and in just two months, i.e. in November 2018, the project was executed by the team of scientists at KNHPI.   The plastic-mixed handmade paper was developed under…

August 5 is becoming a significant date in the Indian History as abrogation of 370, and Ram Mandir are associated with this: PM   Our youth has taken a big step in re-establishing the glory of our national game hockey today: PM   Our youth is scoring goal of victory whereas some are doing self-goal due to political selfishness: PM   India’s youth has firm belief that both they and India are on the move.: PM   This great country cannot become hostage to selfish and anti-national politics: PM  …

The Rajya Sabha has passed the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2021 with a brief discussion amid the ruckus created by opposition parties.   As soon as the House resumed after lunch at 2 pm, BJP member Bhubaneshwar Kalita in Chair asked Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to move the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2021. Soon after, the opposition members started their protest and trooped into the Well of the House and remained there throughout. They also continued sloganeering.   After the brief debate by a few members, the bill was moved for passage…

The Lok Sabha has passed a legislation which would enable the Government to sell its majority stake in State-owned insurance companies, setting the stage for their privatization. The General Insurance Business (Nationalization) Amendment Bill, 2021 is aimed at generating required resources from the Indian markets so that public sector general insurers can design innovative products, official sources said.   The bill has been protested upon by the Opposition and West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra had even written a letter to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, urging her not to privatise public sector insurance companies.   According…

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will interact with the beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana in Uttar Pradesh on 5th August 2021 at 1 PM, via video conferencing. Uttar Pradesh will celebrate 5th August, 2021 as Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana Day.  A massive awareness programme will be launched throughout the state to ensure that no beneficiary is left out from availing the benefits of the scheme. Almost 15 crore beneficiaries of the state have been getting ration free of cost through Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana.…

In a bid to present a united face on the Pegasus spyware issue, leaders of several opposition parties attended a breakfast meeting hosted by former Congress President Rahul Gandhi at the Constitution Club here on Tuesday.   Several opposition MPs will cycle to Parliament after the meeting to highlight the issue of fuel price hike.   Apart from around 100 MPs of the Congress, leaders of several opposition parties including Trinamool Congress, NCP, Shiv Sena, CPI-M, CPI, RJD andSamajwadi Party attended the meeting   Leaders of JMM, JKNC besides IUML,…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched e-RUPI, an electronic voucher that promotes digital payment . “Today the country is giving a new dimension to digital governance,” said PM Modi during the virtual launch. “e-RUPI voucher is going to play a huge role in making DBT more effective in digital transactions in the country,” he added.   It is a QR code or SMS string-based e-Voucher, which is delivered to the mobile of the beneficiaries. The users of this seamless one-time payment mechanism will be able to redeem the voucher without a…

(This story originally appeared in on Aug 03, 2021 The Sterling Biotech group, whose promoters Nitin and Chetan Sandesara fled to Nigeria allegedly after siphoning off Rs 15,000 crore of government banks, came up for discussion in a question raised in the Lok Sabha on Monday.   In a written question, AIMIM’s Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi asked the government to confirm how many “oil shipments from Sandesara’s Nigerian business, SEEPCO Nigeria, were re-sold via Glencore, UK” and seized by Indian enforcement agencies since January 2018 till date. In some foreign…

Digital technology is transforming lives in a major way and is furthering ‘Ease of Living.’ With the launch e-RUPI, a futuristic digital payment solution which offers several benefits for its users.   e-RUPI connects the sponsors of the services with the beneficiaries and service providers in a digital manner without any physical interface. It also ensures that the payment to the service provider is made only after the transaction is completed.   The Prime Minister’s Office said over the years, several programmes have been launched to ensure that the benefits reach its intended beneficiaries…

New directions from Reserve Bank of India (RBI) making bulk clearing facility available round the clock and raising interchange fees have come into effect from August 1, Sunday. The changes will affect a wide range of financial transactions, including salary and pension payments, EMIs and ATM withdrawals.   The new rates were increased to ₹17 from ₹15. Meanwhile, interchange fee for non-financial transactions will now be ₹6 instead of ₹5. Under the new rules, customers can conduct five free transactions, both financial and non-financial, from ATMs of their banks. For other banks,…