News Who is Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Republican whose past comments are causing a furore in the US House. 5 Feb 2021 The US House of Representatives is set to vote on whether to strip firebrand Republican lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene of her committee assignments, after several of her past social media…
News India series on free-to-air channel in England a boost for Test Cricket 5 Feb 2021 For the first time since the 2005 Ashes, England Test cricket returns to Channel 4. On Wednesday, the free-to-air terrestrial channel confirmed that it had secured the rights for the four-match series…
News More vaccine doses given than Covid cases detected 5 Feb 2021 In the couple of months since governments took up vaccination against the novel coronavirus, the number of vaccine doses administered worldwide has crossed the number of Covid-19 cases detected in the one…
News Two PSU banks, one insurance firm to be privatised, LIC IPO this year 1 Feb 2021 The government on Monday announced that two public sector banks and one general insurance company will be privatised and LIC will be listed on the bourses in the financial year…
News What is Stardust 1.0, the first rocket to run on biofuel? 1 Feb 2021 On January 31, Stardust 1.0 was launched from Loring Commerce Centre in Maine, US, a former military base, becoming the first commercial space launch powered by biofuel, which is non-toxic…
News How the series defeat against India has put Australian coach Justin Langer under scanner 31 Jan 2021 After the test series lost against India, Justin Langer’s coaching style has come under scrutiny. Sources close to the team told The Sydney Morning Herald that the Australia head coach style…
News The Maharashtra-Karnataka border dispute – the past and the present 30 Jan 202130 Jan 2021 Earlier this week, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar released a book published by the state government, titled ‘Maharashtra-Karnataka Seemavad: Sangharsh Aani Sankalp’ (Maharashtra-Karnataka Boundary…
News What are Canada’s new Covid-19 travel restrictions 30 Jan 2021 To address the threat posed by new and more infectious variants of the novel coronavirus, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Friday unveiled a fresh set of Covid-19 restrictions for travellers who are…
News How CSR expenditure rules have changed for Indian companies 27 Jan 2021 The Corporate Affairs Ministry has amended the rules for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) expenditure by India Inc to allow companies to undertake multi-year projects, and also require that all CSR…
News Why Google might remove its search engine in Australia 23 Jan 2021 Google said Friday that it might remove its search engine in Australia if the country’s government went ahead with its plans to make online tech companies pay for hosting news content.…
News Why President Biden could cap the Keystone XL pipeline project? 19 Jan 2021 After US President-elect Joe Biden takes office on Wednesday, one of the first actions the Democrat might take is cancelling the permit for the $9 billion Keystone XL pipeline project, a…
News What is Michigan state’s Flint water crisis? 16 Jan 2021 On Thursday, nine former officials who served the state of Michigan in the US, including the state’s former governor Rick Snyder, were charged in connection with a criminal investigation into…
News Why WhatsApp is giving users more time to accept its privacy policy 16 Jan 2021 Accepting that it had led to “confusion” and spawned a lot of “misinformation”, messaging service WhatsApp Saturday announced it will be delaying the implementation of its new privacy policy until…
News Republic Day: No foreign head of state as chief guest, first in 55 years 14 Jan 2021 Due to the prevailing Covid-19 situation, the Centre has decided against having any foreign head of state or government as the chief guest for this year’s Republic Day event on January 26,…
News Trump has been impeached a second time. What happens next? 14 Jan 2021 The House of Representatives on Wednesday made Donald Trump the first US president to be impeached twice, formally charging him with incitement an insurrection just a week after a violent mob…
News Social protection : Challenges and Solution 13 Jan 2021 There are hundreds of social security schemes in India, from housing to food, from maternity benefit and child welfare to old age support. Many of them are funded at very…
News What is the new single-window clearance for coal, and how will it help? 12 Jan 2021 The Union government on Monday (January 11) announced a new online single window clearance portal for the coal sector to speed up the operationalisation of coal mines. The announcement was…
News Broken Bruised But not dead ? 12 Jan 2021 The third test between India and Australia in Sydney ended up in draw. On any other day this result would be nothing but disappointment but on 11 January 2021 fifth…
News What is Parler social network that Apple, Amazon and Google have suspended? 11 Jan 2021 Apple, Amazon and Google have suspended the social network called parler saying that the platform has not taken enough measures to make sure that content inciting violence remains in check. What is…
News How Electric Vehicles dominate Norway’s Car Market. 10 Jan 2021 In 2020, Norway further cemented its position as a world leader in renewable technologies, as battery electric vehicles (BEVs) made up more than half of all vehicles sold in the…
