Bengaluru has taken the lead as the top performer in the Million+ category over the final rankings of Ease of Living Index (EoLI) 2020 along with the Municipal Performer Index (MPI) 2020. Pune got the second rank, and the other cities that scored well are Ahmedabad, Chennai, Surat, Navi Mumbai, Coimbatore, Indore, Vadodara, and Greater…
Prakash Javadekar, Information and Broadcasting Minister had a meeting with the representatives from the Over the Top (OTT) platforms on Thursday and iterated about giving a warm welcome to the new guidelines released by the Centre for the same. Javadekar also said that OTT industry will collaborate with the ministry for making the platform a…
Pune-based Serum Institute of India has a written a letter to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) with proposed reforms which can be implemented in the drug regulatory system, which comprises of giving permit for manufacturing and stockpiling of non-Covid vaccines while subjected to clinical trials. Prakash Kumar Singh, Director of Government and Regulatory Affairs, Serum…
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday initiated the Siddhabali Jan Shatabdi Special Train that are operational between Kotdwar in Uttarakhand and Delhi junction. Goyal flagged off the train via video conferencing method and amid the ceremony, he expressed the gratitude to the railway employees who were at the duty amid the Covid-19 pandemic by supplying…
Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech, developed the first ‘Made in India vaccine’ called Covaxin, which has been discovered to have an efficacy of 81 per cent for the phase three clinical trials with the preliminary results as announced on Wednesday. The clinical trials involved 25,800 subjects in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). Krishna…
For the top economic firms have estimated to have an economic effect of ₹7.14 lakh crore (around US$100 billion) for the coming five years from the risks urged by the climate crisis, as per the report by CDP (formerly Carbon Disclosure Project), an organization which functions on international disclosure systems which are for investors, cities,…
India on Tuesday strongly spoke at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) with a statement going against the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for Jammu and Kashmir, iterating that the body has no locus standi to speak for the issue. India further accused Pakistan regarding ‘misusing the august forum.” PawanKumar Badhe, First Secretary, Permanent Mission…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday mentioned about the plan of the government to operationalise 23 waterways as of 2030 taking into consideration the increased capacity of major Indian ports to 1550 million tonnes annually which was around 870 million tonnes in 2014. During his inaugural speech at Maritime India Summit 2021, PM Modi said,…
The government declared on Tuesday that over 14 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine have been administered throughout the country with the records updated till 1 pm for the Day-2 of the second phase of the largest vaccination drive in the world. The statement said 208,791 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine have been administered to…
The annual Airport Service Quality award for best airport with respect to the size and region as of March 1 has been given to Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport. Airports Council International has given the award to Bengaluru airport, which has been winning for four consecutive years now. The criteria for winning the award is based…
