The Maharashtra state cabinet has approved a proposal to declare the Mumbai-Pune Hyperloop a public infrastructure project to streamline the permissions required. It also approved the consortium of DP World FZE and Hyperloop Technologies Inc as project proponents. It will be executed Pune Metropolitan Regional Development Authority. The hyperloop is an ultra-high-speed ground transport system.… Continue reading Maharashtra hyperloop gets Infrastructure project tag
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‘Hope Probe’ Arab world first mars mission in 2020: UAE
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced that it will launch the ‘Hope Probe’, also known as the Emirates Mars Mission (EMM), in July 2020. It will be the Arab world’s first spacecraft to Mars. The mission aims at collecting information on Mars and meteorological layers. It also seeks to study the causes of loss… Continue reading ‘Hope Probe’ Arab world first mars mission in 2020: UAE
Cabinet approves signing of the UN Convention on International Settlement Agreements
The Union Cabinet has approved the signing of the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements(UNISA). The signing of the Convention will boost the confidence of the investors and shall provide a positive signal to foreign investors about India’s commitment to adhere to international practice on Alternative Dispute Resolution(ADR). The United Nations General Assembly adopted… Continue reading Cabinet approves signing of the UN Convention on International Settlement Agreements
Explained: Significance of US Federal Reserves rate cut and its impact on India
United States Federal Reserve has announced a quarter percentage point cut in interest rates.It is the first rate cut since the global financial crisis broke in 2008. The Fed has cited concerns about the global economy and lower US inflation among the key reasons for the decision to cut rates and signalled a readiness to… Continue reading Explained: Significance of US Federal Reserves rate cut and its impact on India
Explained: What’s at stake in India’s biggest ever trial of tuberculosis vaccines
Recently,the Indian Council of Medical Research(ICMR) has launched India’s first large-scale trial for two new tuberculosis(TB) vaccines. The two vaccines being tested in the trial are (a)Immuvac which is also known as mycobacterium indicus pranii or MIP and (b)VPM1002. Currently,Bacille Calmette-Guerin(BCG) vaccine is used in the routine Expanded Programme of Immunisation(EPI) in countries across the… Continue reading Explained: What’s at stake in India’s biggest ever trial of tuberculosis vaccines
Army Launches E Car to Combat Pollution
The Indian Army has launched e-cars for use of its officials.The e-car initiative has been launched in partnership with Energy Efficiency Services Ltd(EESL) in a joint venture of the Central PSUs under the Ministry of Power. The Indian Army has planned to operate 10 e-cars as a pilot project and develop further such e-cars in… Continue reading Army Launches E Car to Combat Pollution
ICMR launches India Hypertension Control Initiative
Indian Council of Medical Research(ICMR) in collaboration with World Health Organization and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has decided to expand its India Hypertension Control Initiative(IHCI) across the country. IHCI was launched in 2017.The initiative has enrolled more than three lakh patients with high blood pressure in government health facilities in 25 selected districts… Continue reading ICMR launches India Hypertension Control Initiative
Japan approves growing human organs in animals for first time
Scientists in Japan has received government permission to grow human organs in animals for the first study of its kind in the country. The research involves genetically modifying sheep or pig embryos so they cannot grow a specific organ.Human induced pluripotent stem(iPS) cells are then injected into the embryo in the hope that the DNA… Continue reading Japan approves growing human organs in animals for first time
India received proposal of consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav from Pakistan: MEA
Pakistan has offered India consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav who has been in jail in Pakistan on charges of espionage and terrorism.India has said that it was evaluating the Pakistani proposal. The International Court of Justice(ICJ) had ordered on July 17 that Pakistan must undertake an effective review and reconsideration of Jadhav’s conviction and sentencing… Continue reading India received proposal of consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav from Pakistan: MEA
Crisil cuts FY20 GDP growth forecast to 6.9% from 7.1%
Credit rating agency Crisil has cut the gross domestic product(GDP) estimate for India to 6.9% from 7.1% in 2019-20. Crisil has said that revision in growth forecast was due to inadequate monsoon,slowing global growth and sluggish high-frequency data for the first quarter. However,the report said that the second half should find support from expected monetary… Continue reading Crisil cuts FY20 GDP growth forecast to 6.9% from 7.1%
