Recently, data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) shows that India’s Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) has fallen to just 40% from an already low 47% in 2016. This suggests not only that more than half of India’s population in the working-age group (15 years and older) is …

Recently, the Minister of State for Electonics and Information Technology (IT) spoke on the need for legislative overhaul of the 22-year-old Information Technology Act,2000. The government enacted the original IT legislation in 2000 The IT (Amendment) Act came into force in 2009 and was aimed at facilitating e-governance preventing cybercrime …

The Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare of India will conduct ‘Fasal Bima Pathshala’ under ‘Kisan Bhagidari Prathmikta Campaign’ as a Jan Bhagidari movement. Under the campaign all Implementing Insurance Companies will organize ‘PMFBY (Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana)- Fasal Bima Pathshala’ at Block/Gram Panchayat/village on all 7 days of …

Recently, World Immunization Week 2022 was celebrated from 24th to 30th April 2022. The theme of 2022 is Long Life for All and it aims to unify people around the idea that vaccines make it possible for us to follow our dreams, protect our loved ones and live a long, …

Recently, NASA’s (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Perseverance Rover has captured a solar eclipse on Mars Perseverance Mars rover captured an eclipse featuring Phobos, one of Mars’ two moons. Phobos is moving very slowly towards Mars, and millions of years from now, they will collide. These observations can help scientists …

Recently, an agreement has been signed between CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) and iCreate to harness the country’s technological strength. iCreate is an autonomous centre of excellence of the Gujarat government and is India’s largest institution for transforming start-ups based on tech innovation into businesses. CSIR is known …

Recently, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in its latest annual report for 2020-21, has said that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) 2019 is a compassionate and ameliorative legislation and does not deprive any Indian of citizenship. The CAA, which aims to give citizenship to migrants belonging to Hindu, Sikh, …

Recently, the Ministry of Defence has launched Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) Prime and the sixth Defence India Start-up Challenge (DISC 6) during DefConnect 2.0 in New Del DefConnect 2.0 is a one-day event to bring together start-ups, big companies and armed forces personnel to boost indigenous innovation in the …

A team of researchers from Stanford University have found the possibility of water on one of Jupiter’s moons Europa, a prime candidate for life in the solar system. Earlier, NASA’s(National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Dawn spacecraft, dwarf planet Ceres reportedly found salty water underground. Earlier, Scientists also found signatures of …

Recently, the US conducted an open-air study of genetically engineered mosquitoes which shows promising results. The aim of the study is to reduce the population of wild Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that are a vector for viruses such as chikungunya, dengue, zika and yellow fever. The mosquitoes had already been field-tested …