Tamil Nadu CM proposes schemes to attract investments

The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu has proposed two schemes including ₹148 crore project of Electric vehicle park and ₹500 crore project of Data centre park. The projects are aimed at attracting new investments into Tamil Nadu. As per his ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020

Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Bill to enable public participation in municipal governance

The state government of Karnataka tabled the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Bill, 2020 in the Legislative Assembly. The Bill seeks to enable public participation in various levels of municipal governance. The Bill also provides for an independent legislation and ..

MSM-TAC approves installation of supercomputing facility at IIT Guwahati

The Technical Advisory Committee of the National Supercomputing Mission (MSM-TAC) has approved the installation of a Supercomputing facility with 650 TFLOPS, at IIT Guwahati, Assam. The installation of the supercomputing system has been started under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM). ..

Hillel Furstenberg and Gregory Margulis receive Abel Prize

Hillel Furstenberg of Israel and Russian-American Gregory Margulis are the recipients of the prestigious Abel Prize for the year 2020, one of the highest awards in the field of Mathematics. The two mathematicians were selected for introducing the use of ..

Karur Vysya Bank launches “Enkasu” pre-paid card

Tamil Nadu-based Karur Vysya Bank has launched a pre-paid card called ‘Enkasu’, which can be used both online and offline, in Karur district of the state. The card aims to reduce the usage of cash in the district of Karur. ..

Cabinet approves signing and ratification of extradition treaty with Belgium

The Union Cabinet has recently approved the signing and ratification of an extradition treaty between India and Belgium. This ratification will enable the two countries to repatriate any person who is accused or convicted in an extraditable offence. An offence punishable under the ..

‘Invest India Business Immunity Platform’ launched

Invest India is India’s national Investment Promotion & Facilitation Agency, which comes under the Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry. This agency has recently launched the ‘Invest India Business Immunity Platform’. This platform is hosted on the Invest India website ..

Ruchika Tomar wins 2020 PEN/Hemingway Award

Debut novelist Ruchika Tomar has been selected as the winner of the 2020 PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel ‘A Prayer for Travelers’. PEN America was founded in 1922, in New York City. The prize is backed by the Hemingway family and ..

Singapore tops the Index of Economic Freedom

America-based Heritage Foundation released its Index of Economic Freedom last week. Singapore emerged as the top nation in the index and overtook Hong Kong as the world’s most independent and free economy. Singapore achieved this feat for the first time ..

Sumant Kathpalia appointed as IndusInd Bank’s Managing Director and CEO for 3 years

One of India’s leading private sector banks, IndusInd Bank has appointed Sumant Kathpalia as the Managing Director and CEO for a period of three years. As the previous MD & CEO of the bank Romesh Sobti retired, after holding the top ..