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The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) on June 30 organised a virtual workshop on “Effective Plastic Waste Management to Tackle Plastic Pollution” under the aegis of the “India-Norway Marine Pollution Initiative”. Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment of Forest, Forest and Climate Change reiterated the important role of municipal bodies in managing plastic ...

In order to tackle mis-and disinformation using combination of Artificial Intelligence and human expertise, Logically—a tech company has launched its monitoring platform which enables investors, institutional traders, regulators and exchange platforms involved in the cryptocurrency market, to identify inauthentic and fraudulent online activity, false narratives, and platform manipulation. The cryptocurrency market is particularly ...

Vedantu—an online tutoring platform on Thursday launched its first hybrid, “Vedantu Learning Center” in Muzaffarpur, aligning to its vision to provide accessible and affordable quality education for millions of students across the country. The courses will cover preparation for IIT JEE and NEET, a two-year course for students of Grade 11thand a one-year course ...

Arzooo, the business-to-business (B2B) retail tech start-up has announced that it has raised USD 70 million in its Series B round from SBI Investment, an arm of Japan’s SBI Group, and Trifecta Leaders Fund. Tony Xu, the founder of DoorDash, also invested in the current round, making Arzooo his first India investment, the company ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched ‘Raising and Accelerating MSME Performance’ (RAMP) scheme and ‘Capacity Building of First-Time MSME Exporters’ (CBFTE) scheme during ‘Udyami Bharat’ programme. He also launched new features of the ‘Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme’ (PMEGP) to ramp up the MSME sector. Addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister said that the ...

Giving some relief to the transport sector, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) council has cut GST on ropeways, on renting of goods carriage including fuel cost and exempted the foreign component of the tour package from GST. The council has also waived the mandatory registration guidelines for the small businesses with annual turnover up ...