Food processing revolution needed The time has come to increase the private sector participation in all areas of agricultural research and development as well as in the food processing space, according to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Food processing: Food processing…
Ghana first country to receive COVAX vaccines Ghana received the world’s first delivery of coronavirus vaccines from the United Nations-backed COVAX initiative on Wednesday — the long-awaited start for a program that has thus far fallen short of hopes that…
Udyamimitra Portal Udyamimitra Portal is an enabling platform, aims to provide ‘End to End’ solutions not only for credit delivery but also for the host of credit plus services by way of handholding support, application tracking, multiple interface with stakeholders…
Theatre High Altitude Area Defense THAAD – Missile System The THAAD terminal (formerly theatre) high-altitude area defence missile system is an easily transportable defensive weapon system to protect against hostile incoming threats, such as tactical and theatre ballistic missiles, at ranges…
High-security number plates to be mandatory in Karnataka Motorists who registered their vehicles more than two years ago will have to change the number plates as Karnataka is making the installation of High-Security Registration Plates (HSRP) mandatory for all vehicles.…
International Atomic Energy Agency The International Atomic Energy Agency is the world’s central intergovernmental forum for scientific and technical co-operation in the nuclear field. It works for the safe, secure and peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology, contributing to…
Digital Services Tax The United States Trade Representative (USTR) published a report concluding that the 2 per cent digital services tax (DST) introduced by the Indian government vide the 2020 Finance Act discriminates against US businesses, contravenes settled principles of…
Cairn files case in U.S. to push India to pay $1.2 bn award Cairn Energy has filed a case in a U.S. district court to enforce a $1.2 billion arbitration award it won in a tax dispute against India, a…
DNA Technology Regulation Bill The DNA Technology Regulation Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha in July 2019. The Bill was then referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology. The committee recently, in a draft report, pointed out…
Rescue efforts resume in Tapovan dam tunnel Rescue operations at the NTPC’s Tapovan hydel project tunnel in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, where about 35 workers were trapped after a snow avalanche triggered flash floods on Sunday, continued There was, however, a…