Union Cabinet permitted the Higher Education Funding Agency (HEFA) to mobilise ₹1 lakh crore to fund research and academic infrastructure in higher educational institutions by 2022.
HEFA was set up as a non-banking financing company for mobilising extra-budgetary resources for building crucial infrastructure in Central higher educational institutions.
Union Cabinet has cleared a bill that allows law enforcement agencies to collect DNA samples, create DNA profiles and special databanks for forensic-criminal investigations.
The DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill, 2018, is the latest version of a Bill that originated as a DNA “profiling” Bill, framed by the Department of Biotechnology.
China's Jiangsu province, a major manufacturing region in the Yangtze river delta, has launched an 8 billion yuan (S$1.63 billion) environmental credit fund to help promote green development and fight pollution.
China Currency: Renminbi
Capital: Beijing
President: Xi Jinping
Terminal building of the Vadodara airport has been ranked at first position in a national level award competition for professionals on structural steel design and construction.
The aerodynamic shaped terminal building which was inaugurated by PM in October 2016 is also Gujarat’s first and country’s second GRIHA- rated Green Airport.
Implementation of 7th Central Pay Commission in state is expected to pump more money into circulation. It will create additional demand for goods and services (referring Say’s Law).
Tripura Capital: Agartala
Chief minister: Biplab Kumar Deb
Banks' unsecured loan has grown 4 times the bank credit during the past 3 years due to rise in discretionary spending, technology-driven disbursements and lower interest rates.
Unsecured loans are the loans where individual exposures are smaller and more distributed, for example personal loan, education loans and credit card spends.
China, UAE, Cyprus and Mauritius, along with 21 other countries have been tagged as “high-risk jurisdictions” by global banks.
Main custodian banks shared list of 25 countries with the Securities and Exchange Board of India.
Global Banks acting as custodians for foreign funds which comprise the largest group of investors in the Indian stock market.
Government has decided to continue with 8 umbrella schemes for relief and rehabilitation of migrants, helping for one-time settlement of displaced families from PoK and displaced Bru persons from Mizoram.
Schemes which will provide relief and rehabilitation assistance to the refugees, displaced persons and civilian victims of terrorist.
The sixth Malabar river festival and the first world kayak championship will begin in the waters of Thusharagiri in Kozhikode.
The championship offers a cash prize of Rs15 lakh and athletes from over 25 countries will participate.
Google has plans for India’s public Wi-Fi market by taking its service - Station beyond railway stations to public places such as malls, cafés and universities.
Reliance Jio has also been deploying hotspots largely at public places.
Bharti Airtel and Vodafone have already launched Wi-Fi hotspots to offload data traffic and ease pressure on their networks.