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• Why central banks oppose crypto but explore own digital currencies
  Digital payments like UPI are electronic instructions that authorise intermediaries such as banks to facilitate transactions. Even if they are ‘cashless’ modes of payment, they involve transfer of fiat money. Now imagine a UPI-like system where digital currency issued by a central bank is transacted instead of bank balances. The need for interbank settlement disappears […]
• IPO listings see Rs 2L cr erosion, tech startups account for half
  The selloff in the market in the past few weeks has wiped out over Rs 2 lakh crore from recently listed stocks that include leading ones like One97 Communications (Paytm), FSN E-Commerce Ventures (Nykaa), Zomato, PB Fintech (PolicyBazaar) and CarTrade. However, Nazara Technologies, a gaming company that is backed by billionaire investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, has […]
• WHO chief warns against talk of 'endgame' in pandemic
  he World Health Organization's director-general on Monday warned that conditions remain ideal for more coronavirus variants to emerge and it's dangerous to assume Omicron is the last one or that "we are in the endgame." But Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the acute phase of the pandemic could still end this year if some key targets […]
• 'Tripura govt resorting to whataboutery on violence'
  Advocate Prshant Bhushan, appearing for PIL petitioner Ehtesham Hashmi who is seeking an independent probe into the alleged communal violence in Tripura during the state civic body elections last year, slammed the northeastern state on Monday in the Supreme Court for resorting to ‘whataboutery’ in its affidavit by questioning bona fides of public spirited persons […]
• Female voters up 5.1%, male 3.6% since 2019 LS polls: CEC
  The number of female electors in the country has witnessed a sharper rise of 5.1% over the past three years, from 43.8 crore in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections to 46.1 crore now, as compared to the 3.6% increase in male voters from 47.3 crore to 49 crore during the same period. CEC Sushil Chandra, […]
• 86% students think that access to digital content brought a change
  86% of Indian students think that access to digital content has changed the way they learn and 56% think that the way they study will not go back to how it was pre-pandemic. According to a survey, globally 44% of Gen Y and Gen Z respondents expect changes brought in by Covid-19 to become permanent.
• Vaccination: 'Reaching next billion can be a challenge for India'
  India has made extraordinary progress on Covid-19 vaccination in a short period of time but vaccinating the next billion will require reaching a poorer segment of the population, for whom the main barriers to vaccine access may include knowledge, awareness, proximity and convenience, the World Bank has said.
• No more rain, but colder days ahead, predicts IMD
  The northwest and central India may not face any more wet days this week after Tuesday but the region, including Delhi-NCR, will continue to face chilly weather as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday predicted “gradual fall in minimum temperatures by 3-5 degree Celsius” over most parts of these areas during the next five […]
• Braveheart, dancers, Covid warriors among 29 to bag Bal Puraskar
• PM Modi toasts young innovators, Indian CEOs of global majors
  Hailing the important role of youth in nation building, PM Modi on Monday underlined the growing prowess of India in innovation and the start-up sphere as he conveyed the nation’s pride in the fact that some major global companies are being led by young Indian CEOs. “Today we feel proud when we see the youth […]