The Finance Ministry led by Arun Jaitley has confirmed, through a tweet, the launch of the latest application to facilitate the Digital India Campaign, Google’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) based digital service called Tez. The app would be launched in a press conference on Monday, i.e., 18th September 2017. FM Shri @arunjaitley to launch the Google Digital Payment app ‘‘ …

The countdown to India’s first bullet train began on Thursday with PM Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe launching the Rs.1.1 lakh crore project. Adressing the huge audience at Athletics Stadium in Sabarmati, Prime Minister Modi added that the government wants to start the operations for the train by August 15 2022, to mark India’s 75th Independence anniversary. …

Google is all set to take part in the digitisation happening in India. With Paytm and Mobikwik dominating the market when it comes to digital payment, Google is now preparing to break the trend. To be launched as early as next week, the payment service is being called ‘Tez’, regional for fast. It is also reported that there would be …

Global taxi service provider-UBER-has recently developed a number of initiatives for the betterment of drivers as well as riders. It is a part of the UberSAFE campaign. This strategy is supposed to create a course of action to revive Uber financially as well as culturally and encourage user safety. WHY IS THIS CHANGE IMPORTANT? These changes are a part of …

Reliance Jio became the pioneer to offer free internet services in its promotional period. Since then internet charges from rival companies have dropped considerably. Reliance started a war with other telecom providers with the launch of Jio and ever since has been coming up with new and improved offers that challenge the prices of other companies. Recently, Reliance launched its …

The law has a far reach but it is blindfolded. The statement is quite common in all circles. But recently, the government of India has taken steps to ensure the eyes of the law to be present everywhere. With the mandatory linking of the Aadhar Card to the PAN number of a person, the government took the first step. Another …

Science Channel will record and air the final moments of  Cassini, NASA’s Spacecraft that orbited around the planet Saturn before it crashes into the atmosphere of Saturn and eventually burns. The mission launched by spacecraft Cassini has been extremely successful, providing vivid and clear images of Saturn and its rings from such a close range as has never before been achieved and …

We live online, we breathe online. Internet has become an integral part of our lives. We are addicted to social media. Right after we wake up, to the time we sleep, we use our phones. It is noted that teens spend the most time on social media, close to 9 hours a day. 30% of all time spent online is …

Radar images of asteroid 3122 Florence obtained at NASA’s Goldstone Deep Space Communication Complex recently have revealed that the asteroid has two small moons, and also that the main asteroid is approximately 4.5 km in size. Out of the 16,400 asteroids that have been discovered, Florence is only the third triple asteroid that Earth has witnessed. Pictures had been taken …

Fog collection is a method of water harvesting that has been developed in recent times. It is a method that is sustainable in the long run since fogs can provide an alternative source of fresh water in dry regions and in high altitude regions. The water thus collected can be harvested through the use of low cost and efficient collection …