Students stuck at Poland border, India looks at Budapest route With hundreds of Indian students stranded in freezing temperatures at the Ukraine-Poland border, the government on Sunday said it has identified an alternative train route from Uzhhorod, a city in western Ukraine, to the Hungarian capital of Budapest. Acknowledging that evacuation of Indians through the…
The Centre Monday told the Supreme Court that the Aadhaar card is not mandatory for registration on the Cowin portal for COVID-19 vaccination. A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and Surya Kant was informed by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare that one of the nine identity documents including passport, Driving Licence, PAN…
RBI cancels license of Maharashtra-based Independence Co-operative Bank The Reserve Bank of India canceled the license of Nashik-based Independence Co-operative Bank Ltd and began the process for winding it up following the erosion of the bank’s capital. The bank has stopped operation from the close of business on February 3, putting depositors of the bank…
Kyndryl, which was spun off from IBM as an independent company, is betting on India as one of its key markets for growth on the back of a strong talent pool and value-driven for its global customers. Speaking to PTI, Kyndryl India President Lingraju Sawkar said India is important for it, and Kyndryl is important…
Republic Day: How India’s military parade became a spectacle A day before India was set to celebrate its 73rd Republic Day, government officials issued an unusual clarification: this year’s parade would not feature a song from Bollywood. The parade has in fact never included a Bollywood track but the government felt compelled to explain because of…
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2022, the fourth budget of Modi 2.0, today. There were a host of measures aimed at boosting growth amid high & rising inflation and continuing Covid uncertainties. There, however, were remarkably few real changes to the personal income tax structure in a year that had seen demands…
All you need to know about Kargil War How, when and where July 26. It was on this day 19 years ago that the Indian Army recaptured all the Indian posts in Kargil that had been occupied by Pakistan’s army. Since then, July 26 has been observed annually to commemorate the sacrifices made by soldiers…
Seven spices of India—from kitchen to clinic Spices play a vital role in Indian cuisine since long time. These are the some of the most valuable items of domestic as well as industrial kitchens. The role of spices is to increase the palatability and used as a flavoring, coloring, and preservative agents. Rather than cooking…
Last Year Situation On COVID-19 India was caught unprepared in May 2021 when the country started recording over 4.5 lakhs cases a day. The second wave of COVID-19 stretched capacity of the healthcare system to its limits with perilous shortages of hospital beds, oxygen concentrators, life-saving drugs and medical supplies. While urban India strived to…
6 Inventions by Young Indian Geniuses This Year These creative inventions by Indian youngsters will inspire you to innovate. 1) ‘Goggles for the Blind’ Anang Tadar, a Class XI student from Arunachal Pradesh, has developed a pair of glasses to help the visually-impaired navigate “hands-free”. Tadar’s goggles, referred to as G4B, use echolocation technology –…
