Agri ministry seeks tech solutions for 12 agrarian issues
New Delhi: Aiming to double farmers’ income by 2022, the Union Agriculture Ministry today launched a grand challenge for technology startups to find solutions for 12 problems, […]
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Centre focused on improving purchasing power of farming households
By K.R.SRIVATS NEW DELHI: The Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Saturday that Centre was committed to improving the purchasing power of farming community, given that growth […]
Five Years Of Nirbhaya Case: Situation Still Unchanged
By Basanta Nirola on 16 December 2012, five years ago, the entire nation was shocked at the gruesome gangrape and murder case. Nationwide protests were organised […]
What is the lowdown on re-curving cyclones?
By Jacob Koshy What is it? First, it helps to get a sense of how cyclones move. The ones that typically strike the Indian neighbourhood in […]
Environment: A pittance for disaster
By DR SEEMA MUNDOLI AND PROF HARINI NAGENDRA Smart City budgetary allocations will not help address the urban environmental disasters that are looming in the future […]
India cannot survive on imported food security: Naidu
Panaji: Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu called for a collective focus on agriculture as he said India with a population of 130 crore cannot survive on […]
GST Council clears e-way bill mechanism for movement of goods
Federal indirect tax body, the Goods and Service Tax (GST) Council, on Saturday decided to make electronic permits compulsory for inter-state movement of goods from […]
All 438 Central Railway stations to have LED lights by March
The Central Railway is on way to install energy-saving LED lights at all its 438 stations by March 2018, and exploit solar and wind power […]
B-school admission only on basis of entrance tests: AICTE
The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has made it mandatory for B-schools to admit only those students who qualify in any of the […]
Govt to bear MDR on small digital transactions for two years
By Komal Gupta and Elizabeth Roche The merchant discount rate (MDR) applicable on transactions made through debit cards, UPI and Aadhaar up to Rs2,000 will be borne by […]