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Cabinet okays PM-Vidyalaxmi scheme to provide financial aid to meritorious students

The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved the PM-Vidyalaxmi scheme to provide financial support to meritorious students in a mission mode.

16 days ago

CoinSwitch Takes Legal Action Against WazirX Over Stuck Funds

CoinSwitch, a leading cryptocurrency exchange, has initiated legal proceedings against its rival platform, WazirX. The lawsuit is an attempt to recover funds that have been stuck on the WazirX platform, which is run by Nischal Shetty.

Aug 30, 2024

Mars Solar conjunction: NASA's rovers, orbiters to continue science ops

Amid solar conjunction on Mars, where the Red planet disappears behind the Sun, the rovers and orbiters will continue with science operations, NASA said.

Nov 13, 2023

Shaktikanta Das, Governor, Reserve Bank of India

RBI not to stop repo rate hike, next expected to be 35 bps to reach 6.25%: Kotak report

RBI is expected to hike the repo rate by another 35 basis points (bps) to 6.25 per cent in December 2022, says Kotak report

Oct 4, 2022

Biden cancels student loans up to $10k, to help 45 million borrowers [Details]

US President Joe Biden's administration announced on Wednesday it will cancel up to $10,000 in student debt for borrowers who earn $125,000 a year or less and up to $20,000 for recipients of Pell Grants that roughly follows his Education Department's demand for a student debt forgiveness program.

Aug 25, 2022

Fintech Uni's card services suspended; millions of users affected [details]

Uni said that is proactively suspending services Uni Pay 1/3rd Card and the Uni Pay 1/2 Card, which will impact millions of users.

Aug 19, 2022

Global regulator for banks red-flags crypto-assets such as Bitcoin

New York halts Bitcoin mining for 2 years, 'grim day' for Blockchain

In bad news for Bitcoin and Blockchain lovers, the New York State on Friday passed a bill to halt new permits for certain fossil fuel power plants to be used in Bitcoin mining.

Jun 3, 2022

U.S. President Joe Biden leaves the White House in Washington, D.C. March 8, 2022 (File photo)

N.Korea will be at front and centre of Biden's trip to S.Korea, Japan'

North Korea will be at the "front and centre" in US President Joe Biden's agenda when he travels to South Korea and Japan later this month, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said.

May 10, 2022

Thousands of Ukrainians leaving the country

Fear of bank runs in Ukraine and Russia as ATMs see record withdrawals

Ukrainian citizens flooded the country's ATMs in an attempt to withdraw their money as the military conflict with Russia intensified. Russians have also been queuing at the banks, RT reported.

Feb 26, 2022

Centre notifies 100% FDI in telecom sector via automatic route; India Inc welcomes

A four-year moratorium on AGR-related dues given to help cash-strapped telcos more time to strengthen their businesses and pay off their debts

Oct 9, 2021

NASA's Mars Fleet Lies Low With Sun Coming Between Earth and Red Planet; Happens Every 2 Years

The missions will continue collecting data about the Red Planet, though engineers back on Earth will stop sending commands to them until mid-October.

Oct 4, 2021

Telco Breather: 4-year moratorium on dues, change in AGR definition

The Union Cabinet has also approved the change in the AGR definition and now non-telecom revenue will not be calculated under AGR, prospectively.

Sep 15, 2021

Stop prescribing hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19, it's harmful, say researchers

Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) -- approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not help in recovery of patients hospitalised due to Covid-19 but is harmful, says study

Sep 1, 2021

India reports 30,941 new Covid cases; Global caseload tops 217 mn, UK logs 26K new cases

The global coronavirus caseload has topped 217 million, the deaths have surged to more than 4.50 million, while India reported 30K cases and UK 26K cases in the last 24 hours

Aug 31, 2021

DICGC Bill 2021: Bank deposits insured for ₹5L; payouts within 90 days of bank failure [details]

The increase in the insured amount from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 5 lakh will cover 98.3 percent of all deposit accounts and 50.9 percent of deposit value, higher than international standard of 80 percent.

Jul 28, 2021

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