Despite having so many celebrated technologists around the world, India is still a minor player in the world of technology. As a result, India’s talent has left the country. For example, there were 2.7 million Indian immigrants in the United …
The Union Cabinet has approved a 76,000 crore scheme to boost the country’s semiconductor and display manufacturing. The scheme would provide financial assistance of up to 50% of the project cost for the establishment of semiconductor and display fabrication units. …
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) introduced a prompt corrective action (PCA) framework for non-banking finance companies (NBFCs). The framework has been designed to trigger supervisory intervention at the suitable time, helping nurse the entity back to health, and limit …
Over the last decade, the government has been encouraging domestic firms to come up with innovations in product manufacturing and services. Government’s programmes like ‘Make in India’ is not only on manufacturing in India but also producing goods that are …
The phenomena of radioactivity is the spontaneous emission of particles or waves from the unstable nucleus of certain materials. Radioactive emissions are classified into three types: alpha, beta, and gamma. Alpha particles are positively charged He (Helium) atoms, beta particles …
Stubble burning is the act of igniting crop residue in order to remove it from the field in order to sow the next crop. Farmers in Haryana and Punjab must move quickly in order to plant the following winter crop …
Semiconductors are materials with conductivity intermediate between conductors (often metals) and nonconductors or insulators (such as most ceramics). Semiconductors can be pure elements like silicon or germanium, or they can be compounds like gallium arsenide or cadmium selenide. The Indian …
The COP is the supreme decision-making body of the Convention. All States that are Parties to the Convention are represented at the COP, at which they review the implementation of the Convention and any other legal instruments that the COP …
Government of India created a new organisation known as IN-SPACe (Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre) which is a “single window nodal agency” established to boost the commercialisation of Indian space activities. A supplement to the Indian Space Research …
From 1989, insurgents, whose aim was the secession of J&K from India, began to use violent means to achieve their goal. This led to strong counter-insurgency operations. The Public Safety Act of 1978 and the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act …