Tag: 2022

Microsoft helped over 3 lakh Indians get water access in 2022

As sustainability becomes one of the top priorities for companies, Microsoft helped provide 3,09,921 people in India with water access last year, the company has said.

May 11, 2023

Safer Water

Water is as old as human civilization. Ecological needs of water as a scarce natural resource and as an essential commodity fundamental to life, livelihood and human survival have, of late, been recognized by all concerned agencies. In this backdrop, a person of wisdom would want to know the impact of water pollution on human health and the importance of clean drinking water, which is an important ingredient concomitant to sustainable development.

April 9, 2023

India’s PC, tablet market grew 5% to reach 19.6 mn units in 2022

Despite a steep fall in the fourth quarter of 2022, last year was a successful one for the Indian PC market (desktops, notebooks and tablets), with shipments up 5 per cent to reach 19.6 million units, a new report has said.

March 30, 2023

STF arrested 57 Naxals, 283 wanted criminals in 2022: Bihar ADG

33 Naxals were arrested by Bihar police from other states like UP, Delhi, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Maharashtra, and West Bengal.

January 7, 2023

Dwarka Police deported 437 foreign nationals in 2022

During a crackdown on foreigners illegally staying in the country, the Delhi Police caught and deported hundreds with the Dwarka district taking the lead.

January 2, 2023

A mixed bag for Himachal, 2022 ended on a surprising poll outcome

BJP’s pitch to script history – change ‘riwaz’ (tradition) and not ‘raaj’ (rule) – to beat anti-incumbency was just missed by a 0.9 per cent vote share, which led to their ousting in the state.

December 31, 2022

Startup boom coinciding with SHG momentum in India: Giriraj Singh

The Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj said his ministry has received over 60,000 applications from three states for startup ventures in niche products and crafts areas.

November 18, 2022

Rajya Sabha passes Family Courts (Amendment) Bill, 2022

The Bill makes a provision to grant statutory cover to family courts set up in Himachal Pradesh and Nagaland. Lok Sabha passed the Bill last week.

August 4, 2022

Horoscope Today: Astrological prediction for May 27, 2022

Let's know what astrology and the planets have in store for people born under different sun signs. Astrology reveals the effect of planets today.

May 27, 2022

Budget Decoded

It is indeed commendable that despite record debt (30 per cent of sources of funds inbudget are from debts and liabilities and 20 per cent of the expenditure is towardsinterest), the government is committed to spend with a view to create demand and tobuild a new, futuristic India

February 12, 2022

Agenda for a safer, happier world

In terms of our wider social role, it is very important to try to contribute to peace and non-violence. This was always very important, but at a time when the world is faced with increasing survival problems, it has become vitally important to improve conditions of peace and cooperation at all levels.

January 3, 2022

Vaccine inequity will drag Covid pandemic to 2022: WHO

Canada and the UK were technically entitled to get vaccines via this route having paid into the Covax mechanism, but it was still "morally indefensible" given that they had both obtained millions of doses through their own bilateral agreements, Oxfam's Global Health Adviser, Rohit Malpani, was quoted as saying.

October 21, 2021

IEA revises up oil demand forecasts for 2021, 2022

Record coal and gas prices, as well as rolling black-outs are prompting the power sector and energy-intensive industries to turn to oil, which has pushed up global oil demand

October 15, 2021

Shah to arrive in Goa to assess 2022 poll preparations

According to state BJP president Sadanand Shet Tanavade, Shah is also scheduled to hold a series of party meetings with the BJP's state core committee, MLAs and party workers.

October 14, 2021

EU to convene defence summit in 2022

"Witnessing events unfold in Afghanistan was profoundly painful for the families and friends of fallen servicemen and servicewomen... We have to reflect on how this (US-led) mission could end so abruptly," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said.

September 16, 2021

Indian govt’s IT spending to reach $8.3 bn in 2022

"The pandemic forced the government to shift priorities as supply chains and revenue streams dwindled," said Apeksha Kaushik, senior principal research analyst at Gartner.

August 19, 2021

India will put man in space for seven days: ISRO Chairman

India's space agency is planning to put an astronaut for seven days in space at a cost less than Rs 10,000 crore as part of its manned mission by 2022

August 15, 2018