The composite water management index (CWMI) 2.0 was released by NITI Aayog. The states are ranked across nine themes, including attention to groundwater and restoration of water bodies,and cover 25 states and two union territories….
Month: August 2019
PV Sindhu Creates History, Becomes First Indian to Win BWF World Championships Gold
PV Sindhu became the first Indian to win the BWF World Championships, crushing Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara 21-7, 21-7 in just 38 minutes in a one-sided final. With the win, Sindhu now has a full set of medals at World Championships – two bronze medals,…
‘Panchamirtham’ of Palani temple gets GI tag
The famous Palani panchamirtham, given as ‘prasadam’ at the Murugan temple there, has been granted the Geographical Indication (GI) tag. This is the first time a temple ‘prasadam’…
Article 370 scrapped, Jammu & Kashmir to be carved into two Union Territories
The Centre scrapped Article 370 of the Constitution that grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir;the government has decided to bifurcate the state into two Union Territories – Jammu and Kashmir, which will have a legislature, and Ladakh, which will be without a…
RBI lowers repo rate by 35 basis points to 5.40%
The Reserve Bank of India has decided to lower interest rate for the fourth consecutive policy review as it reduced repo rate by 35 bps to 5.40%. Reverse repo rate has been revised to 5.15 per cent; The marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and bank rate stands…
Parliament approves wage code bill providing minimum wages for workers
Parliament approved a bill to enable introduction of minimum wage for every worker besides addressing issues like delay in payment to employees. The Code on Wages Bill, 2019 — which seeks to amend and consolidate the laws relating to wages, bonus and…
Zero Budget Natural Farming
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced,Budget 2019, that her government will promote Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) to reduce cost of production of farmers and thereby double their income. Subhash Palekar, who coined the word ZBNF, …
NDTV journalist Ravish Kumar wins 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award
NDTV journalist Ravish Kumar has been honoured with the 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award — the highest honour given to Asian individuals and organisations and often referred to as the Asian version of the Nobel Prize. Besides Ravish Kumar, Myanmar-based journalist Ko…