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The Prime Minister of India recently announced the PM Vishwakarma Yojana, a scheme purported to benefit traditional artisans and craftspeople. The Union cabinet has given its approval for this whopping ₹13,000 crore scheme which is to be jointly implemented by the Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and the Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance.

Generative AI could revolutionize industries and societies, and generate as much as $4.4 trillion yearly, but it also runs significant risks. It poses critical societal and policy challenges that policymakers must confront are: potential shifts in labour markets, copyright uncertainties, and risk associated with the perpetuation of societal biases and the potential for misuse in the creation of disinformation and manipulated content. Consequences could extend to the spreading of mis- and disinformation, perpetuation of discrimination, distortion of public discourse and markets, and the incitement of violence.

Just four days after the holding of the G 20 summit in New Delhi on September 9 and 10 this year, the G77+ China held its historic summit in Havana on September 15 and 16 and came out with its Havana Declaration which was an unequivocal charter of action for the Global South for working on a new International Economic Order. The summit was the largest event of the countries of the Global South within the United Nations.

After a very long wait, the Women’s Reservation Bill has been passed by the Parliament. Everyone who knows about the history of the struggle for the enactment of the Women’s Reservation Bill would think about Comrade Geeta Mukherjee at this moment of victory. She was the unforgettable communist leader and a consistent fighter for women’s rights who took the passing of the women's bill as a life mission. She was a true communist who believed that the tasks of the Indian revolution could not be fulfilled without the liberation of the women of the country. Thirty-three per cent participation of women in the Parliament and state legislatures is only the first step in that direction. Even for that first step to be accomplished, the democratic forces of the country had to wage consistent battles for decades. Passing the bill would be an impetus for the future struggles of women's organisations and other democratic forces.

The international gunning for Narendra Modi is back in fashion. Western media has found in Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau the man to repaint Modi into a corner after 10 years of being in the global spotlight. Many in the West media are convinced this time Modi will not escape retribution notwithstanding India’s global clout and geopolitical importance, which are contributing factors that catapulted Modi to international stardom.

Recently, the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) put out a job opportunity on LinkedIn and invited applications from senior blockchain executives with a proven track record of implementing blockchain projects. NPCI offers various instant payment solutions in collaboration with nearly 250 banking institutions in India. It works under the banking sector regulator, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

The long-awaited passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill after a long wait of 27 years has not been an occasion for rejoicing as it should have been. For all these years, successive governments have done all they could to kill it and consign it to oblivion and it is only the Left parties and sections of the women’s movement, including AIDWA, who have consistently struggled, campaigned and fought to keep it alive.

Years nay decades after the shadow of Khalistan has departed from Punjab, it came calling again from Canada. It needs no great political understanding to realise that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is playing to the Sikh diaspora's extremist fringe when he accused India from the floor of the Canadian Parliament of violating his country's sovereignty.

New Delhi: "Our target is or qualify for the Paris Olympics" said Indian Women's Hockey Team captain Savita adding " for that we will have to top the podium at Hangzhou Asiad.

Gurugram: Tvesa Malik carded 2-over 74 but still retained a 3-shot lead after two rounds in the 13th Leg of the Hero WPGT at the DLF Golf & Country Club here on Wednesday.