India
Govt to Upskill Over 4000 Nagaland Weavers, Artisans, Offer to Work in Micro-units Post-training
The project aims at achieving learning outcomes including entrepreneurship development, digital literacy, communication skills at workplace, and development of sales, and marketing skills.
Kerala Lottery Result 2021: Check Winning Numbers for December 29 Akshaya AK-530 Lottery on Wednesday; First Prize Rs 70 Lakh!
Kerala Akshaya AK-530 Lottery Result 2021 Live Updates: Check city-wise Final list here. You can also download PDF by clicking on the link below.
8 More Students Test COVID-19 Positive at Maha School; Tally Now 90
These cases have been recorded in the last one week or so.
DRDO Hands Over Tech for Extreme Cold-weather Clothing to 5 Firms
The technology was handed over as part of the government's efforts to hand-hold Indian defence firms to produce high-quality products required by the armed forces.
Centre Notifies New Rules for Direct Selling Industry
The Consumer Protection (Direct Selling) Rules, 2021 are to be complied with by both direct selling entities and direct sellers using e-commerce platforms for sale.
News18 Afternoon Digest: India Gives Nod to 3 More Vaccines, Maha CM Thackeray to Meet Covid Task Force Soon & Other Top Stories
Here are the top stories we are covering this afternoon: More Curbs in Maharashtra? Uddhav Thackeray to Meet Task Force Soon After Warning of January Surge; India Gives Nod to Covovax, Corbevax, Anti-Covid Pill Molnupiravir as Country Faces Omicron Surge;...
Preparing for UPSC Civil Services? Here's Your Weekly Digest for Current Affairs
If you are one of the aspirants, we got you covered. Every Saturday, we bring you major happenings from around the week:
Aaron, Elder Overcame Hate To Achieve Records, Milestones
Henry Aaron made history with one swing of his bat. A year later and on the other side of Georgia, Lee Elder made history with one swing of his driver.
Covid Vaccine: CDSCO Panel Recommends Emergency Use Authorisation for Serum Institute's Covovax
The WHO had on December 17 issued emergency use listing for Covovax, expanding the basket of jabs validated by the global health body against the viral disease.
GST Officers Arrest UP Bizman Peeyush Jain; Finds Rs 177 Crore Unaccounted Cash, 23 Kg Gold
Further searches are underway at Jain’s residential and factory premises in Kannauj, where about Rs 17 crore in cash have been recovered and further counting is underway.
Amit Shah Chairs High Level Meeting to Review Narcotics Coordination, Issues Direction to Curb Drug Menace
The minister reviewed the drugs abuse scenario and the mechanism to counter it in the country during the third apex-level meeting of the narcotics coordination mechanism NCORD
HR Policies Should Promote Work-life Balance: Vice Prez Naidu
He emphasised the need for people to spend some time in the lap of nature and participate in outdoor activities to de-stress themselves.
Uttar Pradesh Tops NITI Aayog's Health Index in Terms of Incremental Change
Uttar Pradesh ranked at the top in terms of incremental performance by registering the highest incremental change from the base year (2018-19) to reference year (2019-20).
Kerala Best State on Health Parameters, Uttar Pradesh Worst: NITI Aayog Rankings
Among smaller states, Mizoram emerged as the best performer in overall performance as well as incremental performance.
Govt in Talks with Pune Drugmaker Gennova Bio to Test mRNA Vaccine for Booster Dose
An official at the health ministry said the company plans to initiate trials for booster dose and for use among children as soon as they conclude the ongoing trials.
Over 41,000 Vacant Posts in Public Sector Banks, Most in SBI, PNB
According to this report, there are 8,05,986 sanctioned posts in different PSBs as on 1 December 2021 and of these, presently 41,177 posts are vacant.