by Spectrum | Aug 12, 2019 | Pick of the news
The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019 was passed in Lok Sabha on 5 August 2019. The Bill aims to ban commercial surrogacy in the country. The Bill regulates altruistic surrogacy and stops the exploitation of women who are lending their womb for surrogacy It also...
by Spectrum | Jul 7, 2019 | Pick of the news
NASA has launched an incredible new atomic clock into orbit on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy. It was developed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The mission aims to transform how mankind explores the cosmos. The new Deep Space Atomic Clock will be used to navigate...
by Spectrum | Jul 7, 2019 | Pick of the news
The Maharashtra state government has decided to inter-link rivers to combat the crisis of drought. The Damnganga-Pinjal river linking project of Maharashtra will fulfill Mumbai’s water requirements till 2060.The Damanganga-Pinjal river linking project proposes to...
by Spectrum | Jul 7, 2019 | Pick of the news
1800 Bangladeshi mid-career civil servants trained at the National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG) in Mussoorie.The first batch of 30 civil servants leaving for a two-week long training programme in Mussoorie.The Bangladeshi civil servants are trained at the...
by Spectrum | Jul 7, 2019 | Pick of the news
Reliance Jio partnered with Facebook to launch a digital literacy initiative named “Digital Udaan” .The main objective is to empower first-time internet users with digital literacy and understanding of the Internet in real time. The initiative is launched...
by Spectrum | Jun 28, 2019 | Pick of the news
The Lok Sabha passed the Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Bill, 2019 on 26 June. The amendment of sub-section (v) of Section 2 of the SEZ Act, 2005 will create a trust or any entity notified by the Central government eligible for consideration of grant of permission...
