Banking: New SBI ATM withdrawal limits to come into effect from today.SBI has reduced the daily cash withdrawal limit for Classic and Maestro debit cards to Rs. 20,000 per day (earlier, Rs. 40,000).New ATM cash withdrawal rules for SBI account holders will come into effect from today (31st October). Now, SBI account holders having higher […]
Children Welfare: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will observe the Vigilance Awareness Week from 29th October to 3rd November, 2018 as per the directions of Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), Government of India. The theme of the vigilance awareness this year is “Eradicate Corruption- Make a New India.”The Central Vigilance Commission aims to promote […]
Appointments: Sanjay Kumar Mishra, a 1984-batch Indian Revenue Service officer, on Saturday took charge as the Interim Director of Enforcement Directorate (ED), replacing Karnal Singh, whose tenure ends on Sunday. Mishra is expected to hold the post for three months or until the appointment of a regular chief. He has also been appointed as Principal […]
Agriculture: A recent analysis by agricultural experts has revealed that Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan will make no difference to the plight of farmers on the ground this season, and will not improve their chances of getting MSP for their crops.Only Madhya Pradesh has opted for the cash payment component. No other state has […]
Agricultre: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated ‘Krishi Kumbha 2018-a mega farmers’ conclave in Lucknow via video conferencing.Israel and Japan are official partners of Krishi Kumbh 2018 that will continue for three days.. The aim of the conclave is to promote modern technique and diversification in agriculture that could help farmers to double their income. Israel […]
Awards: The Tagore Awards for Cultural Harmony were announced. For the year 2014 Rajkumar Singhajit Singh, a doyen of Manipuri dance who is also a teacher, performer and choreographer, for 2015 Chhayanaut which has played a leading role in promoting Tagore’s works in Bengali culture, and for 2016 Ram Vanji Sutar,sculptor whose first notable work […]
Agriculture: The two day Global Agriculture Leadership Summit 2018 opened in New Delhi. The theme of the 2-day summit is, ‘Connecting Farmers to Market’. The summit was inaugurated by the Secretary Agriculture and Co-operation, Sanjay Agrawal. In the meeting, several issues to double farmers’ income by 2022 were discussed. Pioneer of India’s green revolution Professor […]
Agriculture: The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has said that value addition for agricultural production is one of the solutions for improving farmers’ income. He was addressing the inaugural session of the International Conference ‘AFITA/WCCA2018’ on Research Frontiers in Precision Agriculture, jointly organized by Asia-Pacific Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, International […]
Business: The Insolvency Law Committee (ILC) constituted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs to recommend amendments to Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code of India, 2016, has submitted its 2nd Report to the Government, which deals with cross border insolvency. The ILC has recommended the adoption of the UNCITRAL Model Law of Cross Border Insolvency, 1997, as […]
Awards: US-based Dalit writer Sujatha Gidla (55) has won 2018 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize for her debut book “Ants Among Elephants: An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India”.Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize is funded by the Shakti Bhatt Foundation honours first-time writers from Indian sub-continent for their outstanding work of fiction or […]
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