PM’s First Major Address On Economy After Unlock1 !!!!

New Delhi:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the annual session of the top industrial body – the Confederation of the Indian Industry – this morning, his first major speech on multiple aspects relating to the economy since the government announced a phased plan to reopen India after two months of lockdown to tackle Covid-19. In his speech, PM Modi stressed on five “I”s. “To bring India back on track for fast-paced growth, five things are very important: Intent, Inclusion, Investment, Infrastructure, Innovation,” he said. “The need of the hour is that more and more…

How Technology Helped  To Non-Profit Organisations Support In Rural India!!

These unprecedented  times brings forth a new opportunity. For the rural India, it is the time for the people to upskill, learn and embrace technology in their daily lives. When the nationwide lockdown was announced to curb in the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 60% of the country’s rural population couldn’t fathom  the many challenges that they would be facing. Some non-profit organisations have been instrumental in supporting these changes, and driving a positive societal impact on people. Apoorva Oza, CEO of Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (India),…

Sensex Jumps Over 550 Points, Nifty Touches at 10,150 Amid Gains Across Sectors!!

Domestic stock markets started Wednesday’s session on a positive note, with the benchmark Nifty 50 index opening above the key 10,000 mark, extending gains to the sixth session in a row. The S&P BSE Sensex index climbed up as much as 1.77 % – or 597.18 points – to 34,422.71 in the first few minutes of trade, after opening up 359.88 points at 34,185.41. The broader  Nifty index spiked to high as 10,159.35, up 180.25 points from the previous close, having started the day at 10,108.30. Gains across sectors – led…

Government Launches Rs 50,000 Crore Plan To Boost Electronics Manufacturing!!

Government launched Rs 50,000 crore plan on Tuesday to boost electronics manufacturing in the country, saying it would be start by offering 5-global smartphone makers incentives to establish or expand domestic production in India. The government is offering a Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) involving cash worth 4% to 6% of additional sales of goods made locally over five years, with 2019-2020 as the base year, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad  told in  a news conference. Names of the top five companies, which would have to meet investment and sales thresholds to be…

SpaceX Crew Dragon Delivers Two Astronauts to International Space Station !!!

Around 24 hours after launching from Florida, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule delivered NASA astronauts”Bob Behnken” & “Doug Hurley” to the International Space Station on Sunday, marking the first US space capsule to do so with a crew since 2011. The space station’s current crew welcomed them aboard with the hugs and handshakes on schedule at 1:25pm EDT (10:55pm IST), after executing the critical spacecraft docking milestone and kicking off the crew’s potentially months-long stay in the orbital laboratory. Applause could be heard from the station’s downlink to mission control in…

Valorant Out Now in India, Europe, Coming to America in a Few Hours!!!!

Valorant — Riot Games’ is new free-to-play online first-person shooter — is out now in INDIA, most of Asia-Pacific, and Oceania. It’s actually been available since 4:30am IST. The Windows PC-only game is also available in Europe, Turkey, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Russia, and other Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), having gone live at 7am CET / 6am BST. “Valorant” will release later in North America (including the US), Latin America, and South America at 5am PDT / 8am EDT. Those Valorant launch times are courtesy of a tweet by…

Add a ‘0’ Before Dialling a Mobile Phone Number, Says TRAI !!!!

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Friday released its latest recommendations of developing a ‘Unified Numbering Plan’ to ensure adequate numbering resources for the fixed line (aka landline) and mobile services in the country. This will lead to the current phone numbers changing — existing mobile numbers will require a “0” in front of them to dial from a fixed line of connection. One of the key points mentioned in the recommendations include switching from 10 – 11 digits in case of regular mobile numbers, which will lead…

Robot Dog to Noodle Hats: Eight Quirky Ways Cities Are Encouraging Distancing !!!!

As many countries around the world relax their covid-19 lockdown measures, densely-packed cities faces particular challenges in enforcing physical distancing rules. Urban residents going out for shopping and daily exercise often struggle to keep the recommended distance apart from the others – prompting authorities and traders to come up with some novel ways of enforcing the coronavirus(Covid-19) lockdown guidance. Here are the Eight unusual methods being used around the world: Singapore has enlisted a robot dog to remind people to keep the distance. The remote-controlled machine, named SPOT, politely asks passers-by in…

Remove China Apps Crosses 50 Lakh Downloads Amidst Anti-China Sentiment!!

Remove China Apps, Android app that claims an to identify China-made apps on your Android phone and remove them, has gone viral in India. The app is currently at the top spot of Google Play’s top free apps list in the country and it has been downloaded over 50 lakh times since its launch on May 17. This development comes at the time when anti-China sentiment is high in the country, sparked by the novel coronavirus pandemic, India-China border dispute, and more. Another app playing on similar sentiments – Mitron…

ISRO congratulates NASA and spaceX for their “Historical” Manned Mission!!

Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO) on Monday congratulated NASA and spaceX for their manned mission and termed as it “historic”. SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft with two NASA astronauts on Sunday successfully docked with the International Space Station after the historic launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, marking an dawn of a new age in commercial space travel. Saturday’s liftoff also assumes significance that marks the launch of humans into orbit from US soil for the first time. The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, carrying NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley had lifted off at 3:22 pm EDT Saturday (12:52am IST Sunday)…