India is experiencing a remarkable transformation in youth employability, with the rate rising from 33.9% in 2014 to 51.3% in 2024, driven by government-led skill development initiatives. As the country with one of the youngest populations in the world, India is harnessing its demographic dividend and positioning itself to become a global skill capital. Key Government Initiatives One of the ...
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Sensex Drops 230 Points as Auto and Finance Stocks Weigh on Markets
Indian equity markets closed lower on Friday, with the Sensex falling by 230 points, or 0.28%, to 81,381, and the Nifty slipping by 34 points, or 0.14%, to 24,964. The decline was primarily driven by a sell-off in financial and auto stocks, alongside weakness in shares of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). The banking sector bore the brunt of the downturn, ...
Read More »Strategic Surge: Indian Auto Sector Sees Record 32 Deals Worth $1.9 Billion In Q3
The Indian auto sector recorded a remarkable $1.9 billion across 32 deals in the third quarter of 2023, marking the highest level of quarterly deal activity since the fourth quarter of 2021, according to a report by Grant Thornton Bharat. This surge in deals highlights a significant recovery for the sector, driven by strong investments in technology, mergers and acquisitions ...
Read More »Tirupati Laddu Controversy: Supreme Court Orders Independent SIT Probe Under CBI Supervision
In a significant development that has caught the attention of millions of devotees worldwide, the Supreme Court of India has ordered an independent Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the controversy surrounding the alleged use of animal fat in the preparation of Tirupati laddus. These laddus are a sacred prasadam at the Sri Venkateswara Temple in Tirupati. The probe will be supervised by the Director of ...
Read More »Agni-5: Simple tweet by Indian embassy in China on Mission Divyastra goes viral
The Indian embassy’s social media post celebrating the successful test flight of the indigenously developed Agni-5 ballistic missile has gone viral, accumulating more than 10,000 likes and 3,000 reposts. The post, shared on microblogging platform X (formerly Twitter) by the Indian embassy in China, praised the achievement and shared Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s congratulatory message to the Defence Research & ...
Read More »Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seizes gold valued at Rs 11.65 crore being smuggled through North-East Borders, 4 held
11 cases of gold seizures of 121 kg in September 2022by DRI in the North East Corridor. The recent gold seizures in the North East by Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) indicate a spurt in smuggling of gold through NE borders of Bangladesh and Myanmar. While the porous borders have been used for smuggling in the past, 11 cases of gold seizures ...
Read More »Schedule for Assembly Bye-election in Maharashtra, Bihar, Haryana, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh,Odisha
The Commission has decided to hold the bye-election to fill vacancies in the following Assembly Constituencies of Maharashtra, Bihar, Haryana, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha: – Sl. No. Name of State Assembly Constituency No. & Name Maharashtra 166-Andheri East Bihar 178-Mokama Bihar 101-Gopalganj Haryana 47-Adampur Telangana 93-Munugode Uttar Pradesh 139-Gola Gokrannath Odisha 46-Dhamnagar(SC) Schedule for the bye election is as ...
Read More »Vice President flags off Jaipur Foot team to Syria to provide artificial limbs to amputees
‘Nothing is more religious than serving the people in need’ says Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar. Dhankhar lauds the efforts of Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS) for their untiring efforts, Says, ‘BMVSS’ service for humanity reflects India’s civilisational ethos of sharing and caring’. The Vice President, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar today said that “there is nothing more religious than serving the ...
Read More »$250 Million Siphoned Off in COVID Time Scam: ‘Feeding Our Future’, 47 Suspects Charged by FBI
Forty-seven suspects have been indicted so far on charges of defrauding a federally funded child nutrition program of more than $250 million, meant for reimbursements for the costs of serving meals to children in need during the COVID-19 pandemic. The investigators believe few meals were ever provided and accused the defendants of misusing the money to purchase cars, vacations, coastal ...
Read More »Frozen embryo transfers linked with high blood pressure risks in pregnancy; What is sibling comparison?
In vitro fertilization (IVF) using frozen embryos may be associated with a 74% higher risk of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, according to new research published today in Hypertension, an American Heart Association journal. In comparison, the study found that pregnancies from fresh embryo transfers – transferring the fertilized egg immediately after in vitro fertilization (IVF) instead of a frozen, fertilized egg – ...
Read More »PM greets people on the auspicious occasion of Navratri; Wishes happiness, prosperity, health
The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has greeted people on the auspicious occasion of Navratri. On the beginning of Navratri, Modi also prayed to Goddess Shailaputri and wished happiness, health and fortune the grace of the goddess. In a series of tweets, the Prime Minister tweeted; “शक्ति की उपासना के महापर्व नवरात्रि की आप सभी को बहुत-बहुत शुभकामनाएं। आस्था और विश्वास ...
Read More »Even Viruses may have “eyes and ears” on us: New UMBC research
New UMBC-led research in Frontiers in Microbiology suggests that viruses are using information from their environment to “decide” when to sit tight inside their hosts and when to multiply and burst out, killing the host cell. The work has implications for antiviral drug development. A virus’s ability to sense its environment, including elements produced by its host, adds “another layer of complexity ...
Read More »Big Billion Days 2022: Flipkart shoppers peak to 1.6 million users per second
E-commerce major Flipkart witnessed record number of shoppers at 1.6 million users per second the moment it opened the ninth edition of its ‘Big Billion Days 2022’ festive sales on Friday. Attributing the huge rush to its opening to shoppers from tier 2 and smaller cities, the number of Flipkart Plus customers using Early Access saw huge rise from its ...
Read More »Directorate of Revenue Intelligence foils attempts of gold smuggling, seizes 65.46 kg of gold at Mumbai, Patna, Delhi
Continuing the streak of significant seizures, in a major swoop down, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized 394 pieces of foreign origin gold bars weighing approximately 65.46 kg and valued at Rs. 33.40 crore (approx.) which was being smuggled from neighbouring north eastern countries. Specific intelligence indicated that a syndicate is actively planning to smuggle foreign origin gold ...
Read More »Bizarre mindset of Russian legislator bares open, says Queen’s funeral ideal time to nuke London
Russian TV anchors, known for crossing the lines of journaistic ethics, have been vociferously seeking blood in the countries which are opposed to the Ukraine war since the beginning of this year. In a remark on the program 60 Minutes, Olga Skabeyeva of the Russia-1 channel said that there is a clamour for raids on Western countries for their support ...
Read More »Delhi court orders probe into Rs.800 Crore bank scam, involving PSBs
A new bank scam has come into light before a Delhi court which on Tuesday ordered a court-monitored investigation. The scam involving among other public sector banks, the State Bank of India, runs into Rs 800 crore, allegedly involving an infrastructure company director. The FIR in this regard was registered by the Delhi Police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) and Chief ...
Read More »Ministry of Corporate Affairs cracks down on Chinese shell companies
After the simultaneous search and seizure operations conducted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs on 8th Sept. 2022, on the offices of Jillian Consultants India Private Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Jilian Hong Kong Ltd., at Gurgaon, Fininty Pvt Ltd at Bangalore and Husys Consulting Ltd, an erstwhile listed company at Hyderabad, the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) has arrested ...
Read More »‘Brahmastra’ makes Rs.36.5 Cr on Opening Day, Likely to cross Rs.100 Cr after weekend
‘Brahmastra’ seems to have finally broken the so-called boycott trollers and made a headway to cross the Rs.100 crore target by Monday, going by the expectations running high. Released on Friday, the opening day collections were reported to be in the range of Rs 36.50 crore to Rs 38.50 crore, a figure far better than pre-pandemic blockbusters ‘Sanju’, ‘Tiger Zinda ...
Read More »IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva calls on President Murmu
Ms Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) called on the President of India, Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan today (September 9, 2022). Welcoming Ms Georgieva to Rashtrapati Bhavan, the President said that the world is passing through the third year of the Covid pandemic. She noted that significant assistance has been provided to many low-income countries ...
Read More »Queen Elizabeth II Visits Goddard Space Flight Center in 2007: NASA
Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, died on Sept. 8, 2022 at age 96. Her reign spanned all of spaceflight, predating both Sputnik and Explorer 1. As NASA joins the planet in marking her passing, we are moved by the curiosity The Queen showed our explorers over the years. In this photo, Queen Elizabeth II greets employees on her walk from NASA’s Goddard ...
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