Two days after taking oath as Punjab Chief Minister, Bhagwant Mann is set to get his first Council of Ministers, all first-timers, on Saturday. Former Leader of the Opposition and a prominent Dalit face Harpal Singh Cheema may be inducted as the deputy chief minister. Cheema retained his Dirba seat. The other probables in the…Continue Reading
The world’s first ethanol production refinery project from bamboo with a daily capacity of 30,000 litres is to be built in India, following an agreement signed between a Hyderabad-based company and a farmers’ company in Maharashtra’s Latur.This will not just offer ethanol at competitive prices but also provide livelihood opportunities to farmers who can grow…Continue Reading
Balco (Bharat Aluminum Company), in a first, on Friday inducted four members from the transgender community. The four — Bhawani Rathia, Asha Vishwakarma, Kanishka Sona and Roopa Kurre — will work as forklift operators with the PSU’s contractual company MS Gears India Limited. When Bhawani Rathia left her parents house in Raigarh district last year…Continue Reading
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India The Murugappa Group, well known among quizzing enthusiasts for creating innovative quizzes is back again with a brand-new event – ‘The Good Quiz’. Hosted by renowned Quizmaster, Dr. Navin Jayakumar, ‘The Good Quiz’ will be an exclusive online quiz that aims to test people’s knowledge of all that is good –…Continue Reading
Aimed at motivating young women to take up sailing as an adventure sport, an Indian Army team of nine women officers has set sail on a Chennai-Visakhapatnam-Chennai expedition. Heading out to sea from the Chennai port, the team of women sailors are led by Major Mukta S Gautam and will be covering a distance of…Continue Reading
In a first, India’s Space Research Organisation(ISRO) on Monday launched a satellite jointly developed by team of international researchers including from Taiwan. INSPIRESat-1 satellite has been developed by scientists from universities of US, Taiwan, India and Singapore. The universities include: University of Colorado’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), Indian Institute of Space Science…Continue Reading
Marking the first launch mission of the year 2022, the Indian Space Research Organisation’s earth observation satellite EOS-04 and two small satellites were successfully placed into the intended orbit by the PSLV-C52 rocket on Monday, a feat described by the ISRO as a “marvellous accomplishment”.The space agency’s workhorse launch vehicle, PSLV, placed the three satellites…Continue Reading
Representative imageNEW DELHI: For the first time in the third wave, deaths from Covid-19 declined across the country in the week ending Sunday, even as fresh cases of the virus in India continued to fall at an unprecedented rate. India reported 3,366 fatalities during the week (February 7-13), a 23% decline from the previous week’s…Continue Reading
SynopsisSOFR, a new international benchmark, has come into existence to replace the London Interbank Offered Rate or LIBOR from January 1.iStockHero FinCorp has become the first Indian company to raise a secured overnight financing rate (SOFR)-linked syndicated loan, said people aware of the matter. The non-bank finance company, promoted by Hero MotoCorp, raised $350 million…Continue Reading
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