Author: Jasmita Panwar

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from the city of jodhpur, a passionate author and educationist with a vision for sustainable development and spreading awareness about matters of national importance in a contextual and precise language among the people.

Blue therapy in blue spaces - The nature's medicine - Asiana Times

Naturopathy and Ayurveda are well-known principles of medical treatment, a newly emerging field of study and therapy is blue space therapy which has provided excellent results in terms of healing and rejuvenation. Blue therapy involves using water and the blue spaces of nature for the treatment of various physical and mental ailments. We all have experienced the beauty of nature and the joy it feels when we put our feet in the calm waters. The melodious cooing songs of the birds and the sound of running waters and the grading waves which is a sensation to relax our bodies and…

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Work

The present day work scenario has ushered in an era of choices for the salaried workers where professionals can choose from a variety of flexible working choices whether looking for a job or trying to adjust at the current position.

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More people are displaced by disasters than by war - Asiana Times

This year, the Egyptian city of Sham Al-Sheikh witnessed the COP-27 (conference of parties), which is a crucial climate summit for the world where different stakeholders from different countries gathered to discuss climate finance and the Paris Agreement to save the Earth.The fact about migration has been supported by the “World Migration Report 2022,” which is published every second year by the IOM (International Organization for Migration), which noted that 30.7 million new displacements have been triggered by disasters in about 145 countries and territories. This has depicted a reverse trend in migration, where people have been displaced due to…

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ISRO to explore the dark side of the moon - Asiana Times

ISRO has successfully completed missions to explore the Mars, moon and is all set to explore new planets and dark side of the moon. At the Akash tattva conference , Anil Bharadwaj, the director of Ahmedabad based Physical research laboratory gave the presentation about ISRO’s future missions and described that ISRO has its eyes on exploration of Mars, Venus , and the dark side of the moon.In collaboration with the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) very soon it will be sending a lunar rover to explore the shadowed region of the plan. According to the plan the lander and rover…

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India's first floating financial literacy camp - Asiana Times

This event was held by India’s post payments Bank, which called it the ‘Niveshak didi’ in the Srinagar of Jammu and Kashmir. It was conducted on Dal lake for the residents of the city.Niveshak didi held the financial literacy lesson in the local Kashmiri language from shikara- a unique water boat found in Srinagar and other cities of Kashmir. The main motive of this session was raising financial awareness in the local public. It educated people about various banking and financial products and even informed the people about the importance of joining the mainstream financial services provided by the various…

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The Indian Government has finally resumed exports of sugar - Asiana Times

India has emerged as the World’s largest producer and consumer of sugar and the second-largest exporter of sugar. It is interesting to understand the finances of this sweet sugar.The sugar season is from October to November every year. This year the government has decided to allow the port of sugar up to a reasonable limit in order to prevent uncontrolled export of sugar and to ensure sufficient availability of sugar in domestic markets at reasonable prices.The government has hence approved the export of 6 million tonnes of sugar on a quota basis till 31 May. As per the notification released…

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The expanding purview of EPFO - Pension for all - Asiana Times

EPF which stands for Employees’ Provident Fund, is a saving scheme that has been introduced by the EPFO under the guidance of the Government of India. This scheme is extended towards the salaried class to facilitate their habit of saving money to ensure a substantial retirement corpus. The EPF scheme caters to crores of individuals in India directed by three different acts, namely Employees’ Provident Fund Scheme Act 1952, Employees’ Deposit Linked Scheme Act,1976 and Employees’ Pension Scheme Act 1995. The fund is build with monetary contributions extended by employees and their employers each month. Each of them contributes 12%…

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RBI

The digital rupee pilot project has been started in the Wholesale segment from November according to the statement of RBI on ‘Operationalization of Central bank digital currency – Wholesale pilot project. According to the RBI it is a step to make the inter-bank market more efficient. Th settlement in central bank money would reduce transaction cost. Based on the learning from the first phase of the pilot project , the future ones will focus on other wholesale transactions and cross-border payments

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