In a historic decision yesterday, the University Grants Commission or UGC has granted autonomy to sixty Higher Educational Institutions which have maintained high academic standards. This was announced by the Minister of Human Resource Development, Prakash Javadekar at a media briefing in New Delhi yesterday. Javadekar said that the Government is striving to introduce a […]
Is blockchain technology a threat to India? The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh was addressing the gathering after inaugurating the 24th All-India Forensic Science Conference in Ahmedabad on 10th February 2018. Here said that the Government has decided to establish a Cyber Crime Reporting Portal to report Cyber Crimes Against Women. We will also establish […]
India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) Expansion Programme is making good progress and a nation-wide roll-out is scheduled beginning April 2018. Government is hoping and believes that once the proposed expansion is completed, IPPB will be providing the largest financial inclusion network in the country, covering both urban as well as rural hinterland with an ability […]
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has found Google to have abused its dominant position in online general web search and web search advertising services in India. The order was passed in response to informations filed by Matrimony.com Limited and Consumer Unity & Trust Society (CUTS) in 2012. The CCI in its order noted that the allegations […]
Minister of Electronics & IT and Law & Justice, Ravi Shankar Prasad on 8th February 2018 called upon National Informatics Centre (NIC) to support efforts aimed at making India low-cost cyber security hub. He also spoke about the need for the officers of NIC to get exposed to technology like the blockchain. He said that efforts […]
The Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Arun Jaitley launched CriSidEx , India’s first sentiment index for micro and small enterprises ( MSEs) developed jointly by CRISIL & SIDBI in New Delhi on 3rd February 2018. CriSidEx is a composite index based on a diffusion index of 8 parameters and measures MSE business sentiment […]
Amitabh Kant, CEO of Niti Aayog, recently participated in a session on Governing Advanced Technologies: Blockchain. He was there with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and was participating at the World Economic Forum. Talking at the session, he highlighted how Blockchain technology can make a difference to India. He told the audience that in context […]
The Arabian sea and sea front is a speciality and strength of Mumbai and Maharashtra. 80 cruise ships came to Mumbai this year and 950 cruise ships will come in the next 5 years said Union Minister for Shipping, Nitin Gadkari. He addressed all stakeholders at foundation stone laying ceremony of International Cruise Terminal at […]
Bitcoin is already under scrutiny of the Indian government and now, the cases of cheating are sure to give sleepless nights to its supporters but what can one do when the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials themselves get involved? ANI News has reported that CBI has booked Ajay Garg, Asstistant Programmer of CBI and Anil […]
So far, 407 toll plazas across the country have been enabled with EFC lanes on either side of the toll plaza and 8,12,870 RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags have been issued. The total transaction count since Jan, 2017 to December 15, 2017 under e-mode stands at 10.12 Cr and the revenue collected under e-mode for the […]
