Author Geetanjali Shree's novel 'Tomb of Sand' on Thursday became the first Hindi language work of fiction to be shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.
Earth Day first began 52 years ago as an effort to organize teach-ins on university campuses about sustainability amid threats to climate change from human behaviours. Now, April 22 represents an annual date for nearly 200 countries to celebrate environmental diversity as well as to support environmental protection.
Asian Development Bank and HSBC India have signed an agreement to establish a USD 100 million partial guarantee programme to support more than 4,00,000 micro-borrowers and mostly women-run micro-enterprises across India.
The Ministry of Steel recently announced that the country exported 13.5 million tonnes (mt) of finished steel amounting to Rs 1 lakh crore and imported steel of around Rs 46000 crores.
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