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IAS Neha Banerjee takes charge as OSD to West Bengal’s Chief...
An officer of West Bengal Cadre, IAS Neha Banerjee has been appointed as Officer-on-Special Duty (OSD) to Chief Secretary of West Bengal Government.
An IAS...
ARTICLE
Managing water efficiently in urban India
In the era of the ‘Anthropocene’, water will be at the heart of the impact of climate change. Adaptation and preparing for increasing variability...
Localizing Joint Accountability Mechanism to Achieve SDG 6.4
600 million people across India are facing high to extreme water stress of the magnitude 40%- 80%. Water security is decreasing as water demand...
TELECOM
Broadband will create pool of skilled youth in villages: PM Modi
Broadband will not only provide facilities in the villages but will also create a big pool of skilled youth in the village economy, Prime...
CSC takes up ‘Ghar tak Fibre’ scheme under BharatNet initiative
Common Service Centres (CSC) under the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) has undertaken the task of laying optical fibre network to connect...
BSNL to roll out Voice Telephony over Wi-Fi
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) is planning to start Voice Telephony over WiFi (VoWiFi) service with the help of ‘carpet WiFi’ networks.
In the first...
Samsung to conduct 5G trials in India
Samsung is ready to conduct 5G field trials in New Delhi next year. The company will partner with Reliance Jio for these trials.
The trials will...
GOVERNMENT MOVEMENTS
Punjab Government transfers 22 IAS and 12 PCS in the state
The Punjab government transferred 22 IAS officers and 10 PCS officers on Sunday as part of a significant administrative reorganisation. While Anurag Aggarwal has...
UP IAS reshuffle continues, six officers transferred today
The Uttar Pradesh government continued its spree of bureaucratic reshuffle in the state by transferring six IAS officers in the state today.
With this, the...
UP government transfers eight IAS officers in the state
In another major bureaucratic reshuffle, the Uttar Pradesh Government on Sunday transferred as many as eight IAS officers in the state. The transfer came...
Major bureaucratic reshuffling in the state of Maharashtra
The Maharashtra government on Thursday transferred several Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers. Yogesh Kumbhejkar, the CEO of Nagpur Zilla Parishad (ZP), has been transferred...
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TECHNOLOGY
Fortinet Training Institute accelerates mission toward closing the cybersecurity skill gap
Fortinet, today, announced significant progress toward its mission to help close the cybersecurity skills gap...
Cybersecurity Skills Gap Contributes to 80% of Breaches: Fortinet
Fortinet, a global leader in broad, integrated, and automated cybersecurity solutions, today released its 2022...
Jal Shakti Minister Launches ‘Digital Dashboard For District Ganga Committee Performance Monitoring System’
Union Minister for Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat launched the ‘Digital Dashboard for District Ganga...
India emerging as a hub of hi-tech manufacturing: Jitendra Singh
India is now an attractive hub for foreign investments in the manufacturing sector, said Union...
Fortinet Enhances Cybersecurity with World’s Fastest Firewall & 5G Connectivity for SASE
Fortinet, a global leader in broad, integrated and automated cybersecurity solutions, today announced the new...
ECOMMERCE
BSE implements XBRL-based e-filing of financial results
Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has moved to XBRL-based e-filing of financial results for reporting of financial results by...
Banks told to achieve targets for enabling ‘Jeevan Pramaan’
The Government has asked banks to achieve weekly targets set for the purpose of enabling Jeevan Pramaan...
AGRICULTURE
India underscores closer regional cooperation with ASEAN countries for agricultural development
The 7th ASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting (AIMMAF) on Agriculture and Forestry was held virtually today. The meeting was co-chaired by the Union Minister for Agriculture...
Haryana signs MoU with University of Birmingham to establish Centre of Excellence
The Haryana government and the University of Birmingham signed an MoU for the establishment of a Centre of Excellence for crop post-harvest management and...
Punjab to provide on-spot wheat subsidy to farmers at the time of purchase
The Punjab government has decided to provide quality wheat seeds to the farmers of the state. The Agriculture Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal today held...
Smartphones can boost farmers’ revenues up to 50%: Vodafone
The revenue of farmers can increase up to 50 per cent if they get relevant agriculture-related information using an internet-enabled smartphone, according to India’s...
SECURITY
Strong cyber security infra must: Sairam Vedam, Cigniti Technologies
Cigniti Technologies helps organisations say ‘no’ to bad software, and this is done by ensuring high software quality, says Sairam Vedam, Head – Global...
PRESS RELEASE
POWER & ENERGY
SJVN to build 75-MW Parasan Solar Project in Uttar Pradesh
Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam on Sunday announced that it will commission 75 MW Solar Power Projects in Parasan Solar Park, located at Tehsil Kalpi of Uttar Pradesh. The process of commissioning will be completed...
UP cabinet clears Bioenergy Policy to promote production of biofuels
The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet on Tuesday cleared the bioenergy policy in an attempt to attract big-ticket investments and increase agriculture income in the state. The policy aims at supporting and promoting production of compressed...
