The 53rd meeting of the World Economic Forum began on 16 January 2023 in Davos, Switzerland. This meeting will continue till the 20th of this month. The theme of this year's meeting is “Cooperation in a Fractured World”. Academicians, investors, political and business...

The Rajasthan Government implemented the Blindness Control Policy on 13th January. Rajasthan is the 'first state' in the country to implement this policy with the objective of 'right to sight vision'. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has taken an innovative initiative in...

The phased roll-out of E20 (20 percent ethanol blending in gasoline) will begin on April 1, Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has said. The fuel will be available at select outlets and will not require changes to car engines, officials told Business Standard. The...

Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has urged the Union Government to enhance the disaster fund for Himachal Pradesh as the state is prone to various types of natural disasters due to difficult topographical and climatic conditions. The Chief Minister raised this...

Startup firm IG Drones, which was born out of the Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT) campus in Odisha’s Sambalpur has developed a 5G-enabled drone that is capable of vertical take-off and landing. As it’s a VTOL (Vertical Take-off and Landing), it can...

R Bonney Gabriel, a fashion designer, model and sewing instructor from Texas who competition officials said is the first Filipino American to win Miss USA, was crowned Miss Universe. Gabriel closed her eyes and clasped hands with runner-up Miss Venezuela, Amanda...

Captain Surbhi Jakhmola of the Indian Army’s 117 Engineer Regiment will be the first woman officer to be posted on a foreign assignment at the Border Roads Organisation (BRO). The officer will be sent to Bhutan as part of Project Dantak. The Border Roads Organisation...

Vidisha, an aspirational district of Madhya Pradesh became the first-ever district in India for the on-ground deployment of innovative 5G use cases offered by startups - a joint initiative by Vidisha District Administration and Centre for Development of Telematics...

Himachal Pradesh government, headed by chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, on January 13, restored the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) – one of the major poll promises of the Congress party in the run-up to the Assembly elections. The decision will benefit around 1.36...

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved setting up and promoting a National Level multistate cooperative export society under the Multi-State Cooperative Societies (MSCS) Act, 2002 with support from relevant Ministries...