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25 Indian states have so far rolled out the Centre’s ambitious food law and soon the remaining states will also follow the suit. Currently, 11 crore house-holds (estimated 53 crore beneficiaries) have been allocated under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) and they get food grains at subsidized rate – ...

Central government is all set to increase the maternity leave of women working in the private sector – from nearly 3 months now to 6 ½ months. Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi confirmed that Ministry of Labor has agreed to increase the maternity leave, “We had written to ...

The state government of Andhra Pradesh on Monday revealed that Microsoft India will soon be setting up a Centre of Excellence in Visakhapatnam as part of its digital insertion project in the state. Earlier that day, Microsoft CEO Mr. Satya Nadella signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the state ...

‘Twitterati’ in India soon will be able to pay their bills through the social networking site. The famous micro-blogging site today announced a partnership with Indian startup Lookup to facilitate users send a direct message to @lookuplite in order to make payments, book services and appointments, enquire about product availability ...

What is the share of creative industries in the global economy? A new study conducted by Ernst & Young and jointly presented by UNESCO and the International Confederation of Authors and Composers Societies (CISAC) – has quantified for the first time, the social and economic contribution of cultural and creative ...

The CEO of software giant Microsoft Mr. Satya Nadella signs a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Andhra Pradesh Government today towards establishing a technologically advanced economy and better the usage of ICT. Microsoft will support AP in building up to three proof-of-concept (POC) solutions in the fields of education, ...

Gujarat was the first state in the country to launch e-voting facility in any of its election back in the year 2010. Second time in 2015, the state launched e-voting facility for municipal polls but however, did not get the response they expected.  The state now plans to launch e-voting ...

World Bank Chief Economist Kaushik Basu on Sunday said – the US and India are the engines of the global economic growth amidst the financial slowdown all over the world. India is anticipated to remain among the fastest growing major economies, he further added. Addressing the 98th annual conference of ...

‘Facebooking’ has become a daily routine for millions of its users and for some “Facebook is internet”. Free Basics campaign launched by the social media giant Facebook – which became available last month to provide basic internet services, like search, Wikipedia, weather reports and health information – free access to ...

PM Narendra Modi on his maiden visit to Russia has given a fresh amount of diplomatic touches to the bilateral relationship between the two counties. The main outcome of this summit is that 16 key agreements have been signed in the areas of defence, nuclear energy, technology and others. Another ...