News: An official handling a large amount of cash or having access to government secrets could face a hurdle in getting permission for a private trip overseas. The new format of draft instructions prepared by Department of Personnel and Training ( DoPT) says While granting such permission, many factors are required ...

News: The Aadhaar card is a Unique Identification (UID) number, which would serve as proof of identity and address all over India and are saved in a central database. The aim is to prove the successful use of the Aadhaar APIs (Application Program Interface), which were already provided to the ...

News: “India is back on the priority list of CEOs after Narendra Modi came to power and the government seems serious,” McKinsey CEO Dominic Barton has said and is advising his client to bet big on India once again because “India is right in the centre”. PM Narendra Modi’s high profile, the ...

News: Vedanta company Sterlite Technologies Ltd, is into development and delivery of products, solutions and infrastructure for telecom & power transmission networks globally and has recently signed an agreement with Ericsson to work together in driving Smart Sustainable City initiatives in India. Vedanta Group Chairman Anil Agarwal said “PM’s Digital India ...

News: The supercomputer would have a capacity (speed) of half petaflop to 20 petaflop and can help in defence simulation, computing, biology and material science and earth science, Ashutosh Sharma, secretary of DST, said that these computers will enable high-level research in different fields and government has formed modalities to discuss ...

News: “We have addressed underlying macroeconomic instability that we had, despite global volatility. Government will focus on banking reforms, GST and macro-economic stability in the remaining 3-4 years” minister of state for Finance Jayant Sinha said at an IVCA (Indian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association) event. Sinha said the finance ...

News: India is presently the third largest economy in Asia after China and Japan and Indian economy, which is little more than $ 2 trillion, recorded a growth rate of 7.3 per cent in 2014-15. The economy to hit $ 3 trillion within five years and is expected to accelerate to ...

News: A senior official from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) informed that the Rs 951-crore exercise is expected to link the National Population Register (NPR) with Aadhaar numbers. The core purpose behind the entire operation is to avoid duplication in collecting biometrics and also to get a check on ...

News: The Haryana Government on the occasion of National Statistical Day, launched e-vishleshak, a statistical software where the entire data of various Government departments would be available for analysis. The software is described as Information Destination by Finance and Planning Minister Capt Abhimanyu. The government  had decided to make all geographical and ...

News: The government has made daily yoga compulsory for the 10 lakh strong Central Armed Police Forces as a part of their physical drills at active duty areas like border posts and those in the Left Wing Extremism affected states of the country. The Ministry of Home Affairs issued a circular ...