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…
The High Court has issued an order to the state government to announce as to whether it is willing to organize a study on the grant of temporary permit to extract sand from the coastal regulation zone. The PIL was pertaining to sand mining permits at Phalguni river located in the Dakshina Kannada. A division…
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…
Karnataka is all geared up to introduce helicopter tourism in several parts of the Karnataka, starting from Mysuru. The helicopters will be connecting tourists with the nearby states and will be at an economical rate, revealed the officials. While addressing the media on Tuesday, Karnataka Tourism Minister CP Yogeeshwara spoke that tourism in the state…
India will be providing the funding Nepal with ₹246 million for the reconstructing of three more cultural heritage projects in Nepal from the six out of the 28 heritage sites contracts have been already reconstructed. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and Contract Agreements inclined for restoration and reconstruction were formalized on Wednesday for Jestha Varna…
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,…
Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials on Tuesday conducted a raid at the house of a BBMP official who was caught accepting a bribe of Rs 20 lakh in February. The ACB officials investigated the residence of S N Devendrappa, Assistant Director, Town Planning, BBMP for the C sector of Amruthanagar. The ACB officials also checked the…
