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Govt responds over ‘Koo” as Twitter quotes own laws
15 Feb 2021
In response to IT ministry’s directive to take out 1,178 Twitter accounts that were being handled by 'Khalistani' and 'Pakistani’ entities for spreading misinformation using the farmers' protests, Twitter sought to engage IT ministry officials to push its own “rules’
Sitaraman budgets for wellbeing – fiscal and physical
05 Feb 2021
The budget proposes substantial increase in investment in health infrastructure and increase in the outlay for health and wellbeing to Rs2,23,846 crore in 2021-22 against Rs94,452 crore in the current fiscal
Expert panel to meet farm groups on Thursday
21 Jan 2021
Govt, Amazon Web Service team up to set up quantum computing lab
21 Jan 2021
The world’s first quantum computing applications lab on Amazon Web Service to support a national government’s mission, the initiative will help advance developments in science and technology and bolster economy
Govt asks WhatsApp not to impose terms on Indian users
21 Jan 2021
WhatsApp’s proposed new privacy policy allows it to collect and share highly invasive and granular metadata, such as time, frequency and duration of interactions, group names, payments and transaction data, online status, location indicators, as well as any messages shared by users with business accounts with other Facebook companies
PM launches pan India rollout of Covid-19 vaccination drive
21 Jan 2021
India will target more than 300 million people in the first two phases of the vaccination drive, including 10 million health workers and 20 million frontline workers covered in the first phase, and 270 million 50-plus people and under 50-years category with co-morbid conditions in the second phase
Cabinet approves procurement of 83 LCA ‘Tejas’ aircraft for IAF
21 Jan 2021
About 500 Indian companies, including MSMEs in the design and manufacturing sectors, will be working with HAL in this procurement and the programme will act as a catalyst for transforming the Indian aerospace manufacturing ecosystem
Supreme Court stays all 3 farm laws until further orders
21 Jan 2021
The three-judge bench comprising CJI SA Bobde, Justice AS Bopanna and Justice V Ramasubramanian announced the setting up of an exper committee that will also be part of judicial proceedings
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Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
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