Month: June 2024

2025 to be International Year of Quantum Science and Tech, UN says

June 11, 2024 admin

A creative illustration of a quantum computer. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The United Nations has said 2025 will be designated the ‘International Year of Quantum Science and Technology’. In a statement, the body said the initiative will be “year-long”, “worldwide”, and that it will “be observed through activities at all levels aimed at increasing…

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Modi Cabinet 2024: Shivraj Singh Chouhan takes charge of Agriculture Ministry; farmers welfare top priority

June 11, 2024 admin

Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Minister of Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan, offering prayer during assuming charge, at his office in New Delhi on June 11, 2024. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Senior BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan took charge of the Union Agriculture Ministry and Rural Development. He had held an…

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RBI should review plan to raise provisions against infra loans, says FIDC

June 11, 2024 admin

The logo of the Reserve Bank of India. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The lobby group for Indian non-banking lenders on June 11 asked for a review of a recent proposal from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) calling for an increase in the provisions that lenders have to set aside against infrastructure project loans….

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Study shows elephants might call each other by name

June 11, 2024 admin

In this undated photo, an African elephant family comforts a calf in Samburu National Reserve, Kenya. A new study in Nature Ecology & Evolution demonstrates that elephants respond to individual names, one of the few animal species known to do so. | Photo Credit: AP Over the years, researchers who study elephants have noticed an…

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‘Third-rate PR’: Congress on government authorising release of tax devolution to states for June

June 11, 2024 admin

File picture of Congress leader Jairam Ramesh | Photo Credit: ANI The Congress slammed the Centre on Monday after it authorised the release of tax devolution to States for June and said this is “third-rate PR” trying to pass off what is legitimately due to States as some “prasad” being distributed. The Centre on Monday…

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Markets decline in early trade on profit taking after record-breaking rally

June 11, 2024 admin

Representational image of the Bombay Stock Exchange Benchmark equity indices declined in early trade on Tuesday amid profit taking after a record-breaking rally and selling in bluechips Reliance Industries and HDFC Bank. Both Sensex and Nifty hit their all-time high levels in early trade on Monday. The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 113.63 points to 76,376.45….

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Rupee opens flat against US dollar in early trade

June 11, 2024 admin

Indian Rupee notes are seen in this picture illustration taken in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: REUTERS The rupee opened on a flat note against the US dollar in early trade on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, weighed down by a muted trend in domestic equities and the strength of the American currency in overseas markets. Also…

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What is heat? How does it animate engines and global warming? | Explained

June 11, 2024 admin

Heat is animus. It was there at the birth of the universe, and its death will be the universe’s death. It is impossible to overstate its importance — both throughout human history and across modern technologies. The innovation of steam-powered pumps and engines in the 17th and 18th centuries, reaching the first of many summits…

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Medical lasers market grows rapidly in India as access increases

June 10, 2024 admin

Alma Medical Private Limited, the Indian subsidiary of the Israeli manufacturer that’s among the global innovators in lasers for medical, light-based, radiofrequency, and ultrasound solutions in the aesthetic, surgical and beauty (spa) markets, is expanding further into Asia, where it already has a strong presence, especially in India, China, Korea and Japan, apart from Australia….

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Centre decides to release additional installment of the tax devolution share of States

June 10, 2024 admin

The Centre on June 10 decided to release an additional installment of the tax devolution share of States along with their due share for June 2024. Effectively, ₹1,39,750 crore is being transferred to States this month. The move is seen as a goodwill gesture by the newly formed NDA government towards States, including its key…

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