The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) met on 6th, 7th and 8th April 2022 and, based on an assessment of the macroeconomic situation and the outlook, voted unanimously to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 4 per cent. The MPC also decided unanimously to remain accommodative while focusing on withdrawal of accommodation to ensure that […]
The Controversy On January 1, when some Muslim students of a college in Karnataka’s Udupi were not allowed to attend classes wearing a hijab as the dress was against the prescribed norms of the college, the College Development Committee President, BJP MLA Ragupathi Bhat, was reported to have advised he students that of they find the dress […]
The Industrial policy 2016 experience remains the last industrial policy adopted by the government of Bihar. But over the years the Bihar government has done required amendments on the basis of experience and requirements. The latest amendment would remain effective from 01.09.2016 till 31.03.2025. Here are the main features of the Industrial policy of Bihar. […]
Shehbaz Sharif was sworn-in as the new Prime Minister of Pakistan on April 11. A no confidence motion was introduced against Imran Khan, the former Prime Minister on April 8 after the country passed through a week long hectic drama. The process of electing the new leader of the House began on April 10 after […]
Bihar is the thirteenth-largest Indian state, with an area of 94,163 km2 (36,357 sq mi). Bihar is the third-largest state of India.by population (10.4 crore) Bihar state is located between 24°-20′-10″ N ~ 27°-31′-15″ N latitude and between 83°-19′-50″ E ~ 88°-17′-40″ E longitude. Its average elevation above sea level is 173 feet (53 m). Bihar is contiguous with Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to […]
The name Bihar is derived from the Sanskrit and Pali word, Vihāra , meaning “abode”. The region roughly encompassing the present state was dotted with Buddhist vihara, the abodes of Buddhist monks in the ancient and medieval periods. Medieval writer Minhaj al-Siraj Juzjani records in the Tabakat-i-Nasiri that in 1198, Bakhtiyar Khalji committed a massacre in a town now known as Bihar Sharif, about 70 km away from Bodh Gaya. Medieval writer Minhaj […]
When liberalism is fast becoming out of fashion and racialism is raising hoods everywhere, the US has again made a history. Although it took more than 300 hundred years to welcome a black woman in its Supreme Court, during illiberal times this marks an effort to change the direction of wind. On April 7, Ketanji […]
Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (National Agriculture Infra Financing Facility). The Union Cabinet in July 2020 has approved a new pan India Central Sector Scheme called Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (National Agriculture Infra Financing Facility). The scheme shall provide a medium – long term debt financing facility for investment in viable projects for post-harvest management Infrastructure and community […]
Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba arrived in India on April 1 for his three-day visit. It is his first such visit abroad after assuming office in July 2021. He met his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi and inaugurated many projects together in an online mode in a summit aiming at deepening bilateral relations. The visit […]
