-Hindustan Times When launching the International Solar Alliance (ISA) during the United Nations Climate Change summit in 2015 at Paris, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said, “The sun is the source of all energy, the world must turn to solar, the power of our future.” Last week, a solar power plant in Kamuthi, Tamil Nadu became the world’s largest plant. With a capacity to produce 648 MW of electricity, the plant comprises...
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Post demonetisation 95% of ATMs re-calibrated, but only 35% of them functioning -Khushboo Narayan
-The Indian Express India’s largest public sector bank, the State Bank of India, has also seen a jump in PoS transactions from 3.5 lakh to 11 lakh a day with more people using debit cards. Mumbai: One month into demonetisation, there has been a significant increase in digital payments. According to AP Hota, managing director and chief executive of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), transactions through RuPay point of sale (PoS) machines have...
More »Demonetisation effect: 2,500 lose jobs as Howrah jute mill shuts -Bibhas Bhattacharyya
-Hindustan Times A jute mill in West Bengal’s Howrah district has temporarily closed down citing its inability to pay workers in the absence of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes that were scrapped by the Narendra Modi government. The notice by the management of Sree Hanuman Jute Mills that threw about 2,500 workers out of jobs was issued around 10pm on Monday, on a day chief minister Mamata Banerjee apprehended a loss...
More »NGO against Asthana's appointment as CBI chief
-Deccan Herald An NGO on Monday approached the Supreme Court against the Union government’s decision to appoint Gujarat-cadre IPS officer Rakesh Asthana as acting director of the CBI. New Delhi: ‘Common Cause’, the NGO through advocate Prashant Bhushan contended that the government in “deliberate dereliction” did not convene meeting of the Collegium comprising the prime minister as chairperson and Leader of Opposition and the Chief Justice of India as members to select...
More »Promote cashless, earn marks -Basant Kumar Mohanty
-The Telegraph New Delhi: Participating as a volunteer in the Centre's financial literacy campaign for a cashless economy will yield academic credits to students of higher educational institutions, including the IITs. The Union HRD ministry has launched a scheme called the Vittiya Saksharta Abhiyan (Visaka) under which heads of institutions have been advised to give students credits for taking forward the Prime Minister's agenda. "Directors of all institutions should ensure that the necessary...
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