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The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has approved Tamil Nadu’s request to continue excavations at four locations including Keeladi. This development is expected to bridge the 1000 years gap in history between the Sangam Age and the Indus Valley civilization. The excavation will be...

What is Keeladi (Keezhadi) excavation? In 2013-14, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) carried out explorations in 293 sites along the Vaigai river valley in Theni, Dindigul, Madurai, Sivaganga and Ramanathapuram districts. Keezhadi in the Sivaganga district was chosen for...

National Initiative for development and Harnessing Innovation (NIDHI)• The Department of Science and Technology launched this programme.• The goal of this programme is to help people turn their ideas and innovations (both knowledge-based and technology-driven) into profitable businesses.• The...

The Government of India started the MSME plan, which is a ministry that seeks to offer financial help to small and medium-sized businesses. This plan also provides financial support as well as essential marketing and branding for the firm. The...

An unorganized sector is a sector where employment and wages are not regulated by government rules. This sector mostly consists of people working in small home-based industries, fishermen, handloom workers, weavers, plantation labourers, toddy tappers, beedi workers (plant leave-based...

RBI (Reserve Bank of India) is the central bank of India and a statutory body responsible for multiple tasks like printing the currency notes and acting as a custodian to other primary banks of the nation. The RBI was...

The Digital Payment Index (DPI), released in September 2021, shows an increase of 39.64% as 304.06 DPI against 217.59 in the same month. As per the index for March 2022, DPI is at 349.30 from 304.06 for September 2021. Essential...

Banking and Financial The UK surpassed India as the world’s sixth-biggest equity market Saraswat Bank partnered with Tagit to deploy omnichannel banking Paytm launched G20-theme QR Code to celebrate India’s G20 presidency WPI inflation eased to a 24-month low of 4.73% in Jan 2023 HDFC Bank launched a pilot project for offline digital payments Bank of Maharashtra launched its own private cloud platform ICICI Bank signed MoU with BNP Paribas for providing financial...

7-year-old Prince Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck becomes the first digital citizen of Bhutan International IP Index: India ranked 42 in 55 countries; the USA ranks first Bengaluru ranks as the 2nd slowest city to drive in the world; London at 1st place European Union formally bans gas and diesel car sales from 2035 Jaishankar unveiled a bust of Sardar Vallabhai Patel in Fiji’s capital Suva Reliance retail becomes the first to accept digital rupee at stores RBI increased the repo rate by 0.25 percent to 6.5 per cent World’s first ‘Super’ magnets for testing in nuclear plants developed Google introduced AI chatbot...

Ola, Uber and Rapido bike taxi services banned in Delhi India and Singapore launched a joint digital payment mechanism Delhi Metro launched the first-ever Train Control & Supervision System Dharmendra Pradhan launched the learning-teaching material ‘Jaadui Pitara’ for kids in New Delhi Pashupati Kumar Paras inaugurated India Pavillion in Dubai Railways to launch Guru Kirpa Yatra with Bharat Gaurav Tourist Train Nitin Gadkari lays the foundation stone of the world’s largest and unique Divyang Park in Nagpur, Maharashtra Taj Mahotsav starts in Agra of Uttar Pradesh 18th UIC World Security Congress organized...