Initiatives like Aadhaar, UPI and DigiLocker are driving efficient, transparent service delivery Government investment and private sector innovation have improved access to resources and services But there are challenges ahead like concerns over data

What was the problem you were grappling with? As a working mother, the challenges are many but for me the toughest was emotional pain or ‘mom guilt’. During my stint in New York (while she was with the State Bank of India), I had to endure a year-lon

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The Maritime Amrit Kaal Vision 2047 pegs the total investment opportunity at ₹80 lakh crore over the next 25 years It aims to create four port clusters with capacity equal to or more than 300 MTPA, and two with capacity of 500 MTPA or more Setting up

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ONDC allows businesses to be visible across multiple buyer applications once they join the network, eliminating the need to manually register on each platform. It saw a dramatic increase in transactions, growing from 1,200 in January 2023 to 12 milli

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Increase India’s non-fossil energy capacity to 500 GW by 2030 from 203 GW currently Generate 50% of energy requirements from renewables by 2030 Reduce carbon emissions by 1 billion tonnes by 2030 from 2.88 giga tonnes in 2021 Reduce carbon emission i

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Import duty on gold was cut from 15% to 6% in the Union Budget 2024-25 That sparked a 9% fall in the domestic price of gold in July Gold prices fell from an all-time high of ₹74,500 per 10 gm hit earlier this year to ₹68,000 per 10 gm Prices have rec

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Connected cars or software-defined vehicles have internet access, enabling them to exchange data with both internal and external devices This is typically provided through mobile data networks, allowing various services to be remotely managed via sma