Category: General Interest

Pyongyang, North Korea has conducted several nuclear and missile tests, including launches from submarines. When the THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) was deployed in the southeastern region, in Seongju in attempts to counter potential threats from North Korea, South Korea was treated with..

The securities exchange board of India (SEBI) has proposed to tighten the rules for participatory notes and similar off-shore derivatives instruments (ODIs) by imposing regulatory fees on foreign portfolio investors for each such P-Notes issuance. P-Notes or participatory notes that are oversea derivative..

As the world is yet to recover from the WannaCry ransomware attack, a new malware ‘Judy’ has hit over 36.5 million android based phones, making its way through Google Play Store. Cyber-security firm Checkpoint reported that this is possibly the largest malware found on Google Play.

The U.S government imposed a restriction, earlier this March, on ‘large electronic devices’ in aircraft cabins. The U.S Homeland Security Secretary, John Kelly confirmed that the move was part of a broader initiative to protect against potential security threat.

Toby Seba, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, Disruption and Clean Energy at Stanford’s Continuing Studies Program recently predicted that 95% of people wouldn’t own private cars by 2030. While this would be seen as a warning to the automobile industry..

The sales tax on coal in India has been reduced by more than half, as per reports on the 26th of May, 2017. The duty on domestic coal would be reduced by the government from 11% to 5% and will be implemented from the 1st of July, 2017.

On 23rd May 2017, Nauru ratified the International Solar Alliance (ISA) Framework Pact becoming the sixth country to do so.The International Solar Alliance was launched jointly by the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French president..

The Uttar Pradesh government has set up 399 anti-crime sectors at the tehsil level, as per reports on the 24th of May 2017. These have been set in 75 districts to keep a check on the manufacture and sale of illicit liquor in the State and to prevent sale of liquor at a price more…

On 21st May 2017, thousands of Dalits gathered at Jantar Mantar in Delhi to protest the anti-Dalit violence in the northern town of Saharanpur. On 19th May Saharanpur witnessed violent caste clashes after members of the Thakur community who had initiated..

The access controlled highways in India will soon have a new toll system, wherein a person will have to pay only for the distance he travels on the highway and not for the entire stretch. `This will be enabled by using Radio-Frequency Identification tags (RFID) on the vehicle..