What Is NFC Technology: Google Pay has recently launched a new feature in India, ‘Tap to pay for UPI’, in collaboration with Pine Labs. The feature makes use of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology. The functionality will allow users with NFC-enabled Android smartphones and UPI (Unified Payments Interface) accounts linked to Google Pay to carry […]
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Broadcast Seva Portal
Broadcast Seva Portal: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has launched the Broadcast Seva (BS) Portal. The portal is likely to help 900 satellite TV channels, 70 teleport operators, 1,700 MSOs, 350 Community Radio Stations (CRS) and 380 private FM channels, among others. It is a 360 degree digital solution that will facilitate stakeholders in […]
President Of Serbia : Aleksandar Vucic
President Of Serbia : Aleksandar Vucic Aleksandar Vucichas been re-elected as the President of Serbia. The pollster organizations CeSID and Ipsos had predicted victory for Vucic. The pro-European and centrist Alliance for Victory coalition was represented by Zdravko Ponos, a retired army general. The pollsters had predicted that Vucic’s Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) would win […]
India’s New Foreign Secretary : Vinay Mohan Kwatra
India’s New Foreign Secretary : Vinay Mohan Kwatra The Indian government has named Vinay Mohan Kwatra who is the country’s ambassador to Nepal, as India’s next Foreign Secretary. He will be taking charge after incumbent Harsh Vardhan Shringla retires on 30th April. Vinay Mohan Kwatra is an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer and has 32 […]
Grammy Awards 2022 : Indian Winners
Grammy Awards 2022 : Indian Winners The 2022 Grammy Awards were held on 3rd March at the MGM Grand Garden Arena located in Las Vegas, Nevada. Trevor Noah hosted this event. Jon Batiste won the Best Album of The Year award. The award for the Best New Artist as well as for Best Pop Vocal […]
What Is a War Crime?
What Is a War Crime? Germany, France and other countries have accused Russia of war crimes in the town of Bucha just outside Ukraine’s capital Kyiv. The mayor of Bucha said on Saturday that 300 residents had been killed by Russian troops during a month-long occupation. Victims were seen by Reuters in a mass grave […]
Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC)
Appearance Of Amazon And Future Group Before Singapore International Arbitration Centre: Amazon and Future Group have agreed to appear before the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), the parties informed the Supreme Court (SC) recently. The Supreme court was hearing Amazon’s application seeking directions to restrain Future Retail from alienating its retail assets till the arbitration […]
Ind- Aus ECTA
Ind- Aus ECTA: India signed a historic trade agreement with Australia, the India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (Ind- Aus ECTA). In February 2022, India and Australia announced that they were going to sign such an agreement. The negotiations for India-Australia ECTA were formally re-launched in September 2021 and concluded on a fast-track basis by […]
Reservation To Vanniyakula Kshatriya Community In Tamil Nadu
10.5% Internal Reservation To Vanniyakula Kshatriya Community In Tamil Nadu: The Supreme Court struck down the 10.5% internal reservation to Vanniyakula Kshatriya community in Tamil Nadu. The Supreme Court held that 10.5% internal reservation to Vanniyakula Kshatriya community violates the fundamental rights of equality, non-discrimination and equal opportunity of 115 other Most Backward Communities (MBCs) […]
Map of Human Genome
Human Genome: Scientists had published the map of the human genome for the first time nearly two decades ago which was hailed as a breakthrough. In 2003, scientists got the breakthrough, but it was incomplete as about 8% of the human DNA was left unsequenced. Now for the first time, a large team has accounted […]
