NEW DELHI: Drought, a slow-moving phenomenon, can cause significant damage and displacement in affected communities, but its impact varies from region to region, which includes pivotal factors like the GDP of that region, a newly conducted study shows. This study, conducted by Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), South Korea and published in the […]
NEW DELHI: Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav has extended the deadline for idea submission in Ideas4LiFE from 15 September to 15 October. “Developed economies should also embrace developed ecologies. We must all cultivate a strong environmental consciousness as responsible citizens,” he said at a function in Mumbai while emphasising the need for economic and ecological […]
NEW DELHI: Foreign investors have infused Rs 7,320 crore in the Indian equities in August owing to high valuation of stocks. Meanwhile, Foreign Portfolio Investments (FPIs) infused Rs 17,960 crore in the debt markets in August. They adopted a cautious stance amid the unwinding of the Yen carry trade after the Bank of Japan raised […]
NEW DELHI: In a significant breakthrough for India’s quantum technology aspiration, scientists from the DRDO Young Scientists Laboratory for Quantum Technologies (DYSL-QT) in Pune and the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) in Mumbai have successfully completed end-to-end testing of a 6-qubit quantum processor. This achievement marks a crucial step forward in the country’s quantum […]
New Delhi: Surpassing world’s leading digital payments platforms, India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) processed nearly Rs 81 lakh crore transactions in the April-July period this year, which is a staggering 37 per cent increase (year-on-year). According to latest data by global payments hub Paysecure, UPI processed 3,729.1 transactions per second — a 58 per cent […]