India's biggest floating solar power plant with a capacity of 100 MW will be set up at Ramagundam in Telangana.
The project expected to be opened in May & covers 450 acre of Ramagundam thermal power plant reservoir. The solar project is commissioned by NTPC at an estimated cost around Rs.423 crore and will have 4.5 lakh photovoltaic panels.
Report by ACI Worldwide,which provides payment solutions to corporations says cash and cheques,other payment alternatives, will occupy only 28.3% share.
India was ahead of China with 25.5 billion real-time payments transactions in 2020,compared to China's 15.7 billion.
India,China,South Korea,Thailand & UK rank as top-5 countries generating real-time transactions in 2020.
Businesses with turnover of more than ₹5 crore will have to furnish six-digit HSN or tariff code on the invoices issued for supplies of taxable goods and services from April 1.
Those with turnover of up to ₹5 crore in the preceding financial year would be required to mandatorily furnish four-digit HSN code on B2B invoices. Earlier,the requirement was four and two-digits.
The USD 300 million (about Rs 2,190 crore)project is aimed at ensuring quality drinking water and minimise water losses for Amritsar and Ludhiana.
The entire project will be co-financed by IBRD (World Bank) - USD 105 million, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank - USD 105 million and the Punjab government - USD 90 million.
RBI deputy governor B.P. Kanungo stepped down on 2 April after completing his term.
As deputy governor,Kanungo was in charge of the department of currency management, payment and settlement, foreign exchange, among others. He was appointed deputy governor in 2017 for three years. His term was extended by one more year in 2020.
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu released a book titled ‘Neelimarani: My mother, My hero’, at Raj Bhawan in Bhubaneswar,Odisha.
The book written by Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology and Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences founder and Kandhamal MP Dr Achyuta Samanta is a biography of his late mother,Neelimarani.
The award instituted by Sarala Sahitya Sansad was presented to Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan by VP Venkaiah Naidu during the 600th birth anniversary celebrations of Adikabi Sarala Das and the 40th annual celebrations of Sarala Sahitya Sansad in Cuttack.
The Kalinga Ratna award carries a silver statue of Goddess Saraswati and a copper plaque.
Dr. Harsh Vardhan participated in a panel discussion on vaccine production and distribution across Asia at the “World Immunisation and Logistics Summit” and showcased India''s vaccine drive.
The 2 day virtual conference was hosted by Abu Dhabi brought together over 1,000 attendees from around the region to enhance collaboration to tackle COVID-19.
Foreign ministers of the Bay of Bengal Multi Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) grouping endorsed an ambitious air, land and sea connectivity master plan that is expected to be adopted at a summit later this year.
The meeting chaired by Sri Lanka, was held in virtual mode with the participation of all BIMSTEC Member States.
The city of Tashkent is awarded the 2023 AIBA Men's boxing World Boxing Championships after the successful bid presentation by the Boxing Federation of Uzbekistan.
International Boxing Association (AIBA) President Umar Kremlev confirmed Tashkent as the host city during a visit to Uzbekistan.
Indian Railways has logged highest ever electrification of sections covering overing 6,015 Route Kilometer (RKM)in a single year during 2020-21.
The latest Broad Gauge network of Indian Railways is 63,949 RKM and with 740 km of Konkan Railway is 64,689 RKM, out of which 45,881 RKM which is 71 % have been electrified by 31 March.
Previous highest of 5,276 RKM was achieved in 2018-19
Indian Air Force Wing Commander Chauhan was the second runner-up at the Mrs India Inc World Beauty Pageant 2021 held in January this year.Now,she will be representing India at the Mrs Galaxy competition, scheduled to be held in Chicago in August.
She was recently conferred with the Maharashtra Women Achiever’s Award and the Iconic Women Award by SDP International.
The Unique Land Parcel Identification Number (ULPIN) scheme has been launched in ten States this year and will be rolled out across the country by March 2022.
It will be a 14-digit identification number to every plot of land in the country & subsequently ULPIN land database will be integrated with revenue court records, bank records and Aadhaar.