Policy UpdateRitu MishraBackgroundThe European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) is a prestigious international body established in 1964 to promote excellence in life sciences. Membership is granted to leading scientists in recognition of their outstanding research contributions. Alongside membership, EMBO provides...
TK ARUNWithout owning semiconductor IP, India risks dependence. Building and backing its own chips is the real test.iStock.comIndian engineers have designed a three-nanometre chip. Another team of Indian engineers is hard at work developing a two-nanometre chip, right at...
Arun KumarNepal is in turmoil even though calm seems to have been restored with the army taking charge and installing an interim prime minister. Parliament has been dissolved and elections are to be held in six months. Political parties...
TK ArunEarlier this month, the Supreme Court ordered the government to set up a committee to evolve measures to help home buyers who find that the properties they have invested in are stuck in stalled construction, even as their...
TK ArunThe Trump administration’s latest salvo against immigration, a $100,000 fee for every H-1b visa granted, would sharply raise costs for American companies, especially for government projects that require on-site workers. It could also curtail Indian enrolment in US universities, reduce the...
Policy UpdateSrishti Sinhasource: https://hindi.mysba.in/prime-ministers-employment-generation-program-pmegp/IntroductionThe Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) is India’s flagship credit-linked subsidy scheme for promoting micro-enterprises in the non-farm sector. Launched to expand self-employment opportunities and absorb surplus labour through entrepreneurship, PMEGP blends bank credit with...
Policy UpdateSivapriyaSource: https://ucil.gov.in/jobportal/public/index.phpBackgroundThe Uranium Corporation of India Limited was established in 1967 as a Public Sector Enterprise under the administration of the Department of Atomic Energy. It operates with the vision of developing and implementing a technology suitable for...
Gauri GuptaThe urgent need for climate transition has increased the profile of deep-sea mining (DSM) as a possible source of the metals necessary for a transition to renewables. The need for cobalt, nickel, manganese, copper and rare earth elements,...
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Omkar ShelarIntroductionAgriculture plays a crucial role in economic growth especially in poor countries where rural people maintain their survival by farming. Economic development in rural areas is driven by agricultural progress. Although farmers are traditionally depicted as men, women...
