Election Commission revises MGNREGA wage rates

Election Commission has approved to revise the wages under the MGNREGA ( Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) scheme under the request of Rural Development Ministry from 1st April. The new wages has been notified which will be linked ..

IIT Kharagpur ties up with Wipro for advanced research in 5G and AI

IT services major Wipro has recently partnered with IIT Kharagpur to collaborate on industry-focused applied research in the areas of 5G and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Research outcomes from this partnership will be leveraged by Wipro to develop solutions for its ..

CPI-M releases Manifesto for Lok Sabha elections

The CPI-M has proposed a stoppage of mass surveillance which promises to enforce the farmers right to sell their produce at a Minimum Support Price, which is at least 50 per cent higher than the total cost of production. The ..

Telangana government unveiled its Digital portal for MSMEs

Telangana government has launched a digital business networking portal for MSMEs – Telangana State GlobalLinker “ts-msme.globallinker.com”. This networking portal will digitise over 2.3 million MSMEs of the State which would connect them to the global economy. The motive behind this ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020

Vivek Gupta designated as Director of SAIL in Raw Materials and Logistics

Vivek Gupta has assumed the charge of Director (Raw Material& Logistics) of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL). He has been trained at UK in Advanced Project Management through Price Water House, Urwick Management Centre, Slough, London. He joined SAIL ..

Which Russian tycoon has sued US over sanctions?

Russian metal tycoon Oleg Deripaska has sued the US due to sanctions which the latter has imposed. Deripaska has claimed that US has gone beyond its legal limit to impose sanctions on the companies which are owned by him and ..

Vienna tops Mercer’s 2019 Quality of Living Index

The Austrian capital Vienna has topped the Mercer’s index of most liveable cities for the 10th year in a row, followed by Zurich in Switzerland. In joint third place are Auckland, Munich and Vancouver. Luxembourg was the safest city in ..

2019 IAA World Congress

In Kerala, the International Advertising Association (IAA) hosted the 44th edition of IAA World Congress 2019 at the Grand Hyatt Lulu International Convention Centre in Kochi from February 20 to 22. The theme of the IAA World Congress was ‘Brand ..