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Government has set up the Consumer Welfare Fund (CWF) to promote and protect the welfare of the consumers.

Prime Minister on 5^th Jan dedicated the 450 km long Kochi-Mangaluru natural gas pipeline to the country. The key infrastructure project has come about after overcoming protests in Kerala

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is open to looking at any proposal for setting up a bad bank, according to Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor.

The Assembly polls round the corner in Tamil Nadu, the Pongal festival and Jallikattu, the traditional bull-taming sport, have caught the attention of the national parties.

There is still a lack of information for, what proportion of pregnancies in India start off without the consent of the woman, even though the veil of marriage may cover it legally and culturally.

The apex court’s Bench explained how merit is served by permitting candidates belonging to reserved categories compete with ‘general’ candidates.

The growth in India's real GDP during 2020-21 is estimated at -7.7% as compared to the growth rate of 4.2% in 2019-20, said government on Thursday as part of its first advance estimates of the economic growth.

The draft of the 5^th National Science Technology and Innovation Policy has been finalized and is now available for public consultation.

The Centre, in a first move of its kind, has issued Rs 5,500 crore in zero-coupon bonds for recapitalising Punjab and Sind Bank (P&SB) and allowed it to park the paper in its held-to-maturity (HTM) category at face value rather than the discounted market rate.

With the advent of 2021, the Indian regulators deliberate over approving the use of Covishield, Serum Institute of India’s version of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine there is a sense of optimism in the public, investors and market participants.