India and Japan are all set to hold the first ever joint military exercise 'Dharma Guardian -2018' with the Indian Army and Japan Ground Self Defence Force at Counter Insurgency Warfare School in Vairengte, Mizoram from November 1 to 14, 2018.
The Indian contingent will be represented by 6/1 Gorkha Rifles.
Former SBI chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya has joined the board of Reliance Industries (RIL) as independent additional director in a regulatory filing. She has been appointed for a period of five years.
She is the first woman to head SBI as Chairman in 2013.
Union Minister for Railways, Coal and Corporate Affairs Piyush Goyal will receive the prestigious Carnot prize for his contribution towards sustainable energy solutions. He will be awarded at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design.
The award is named after French physicist Nicolas Sadi Carnot.
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has launched a $1 billion masala bond programme to fund its investment activities in India. The first tranche of $100 million under the programme, was sold to a range of investors, in the US and Europe.
Masala bonds are rupee-denominated borrowings issued overseas.
IT industry body NASSCOM has signed an MoU with a leading technology community Dubai Internet City (DIC) to help small and medium-sized Indian enterprises expand their operations in the Middle East and North Africa region.
Kamal Agarwala,- SME Council Chair, NASSCOM
The largest & most massive galaxy super cluster, nicknamed Hyperion yet found in the early universe, just over two billion years after the Big Bang has been discovered. It was identified using the VIMOS instrument on European Southern Observatory's (ESO).
VIMOS-Visible Multi Object Spectrograph.
Unocoin, the oldest crypto exchange and blockchain company in India, officially launched its first cryptocurrency ATM in Bengaluru’s Kemp Fort Mall. It does not require any banking partnerships & are stand-alone machines that can accept & dispense cash.
Satoshi Nakamoto, the inventor of Bitcoin(cryptocurrency).
The continuing fall of the rupee has had its impact on foreign exchange reserves, which plunged by $5.143 billion to $394.465 billion during the week on account of decline in foreign currency assets.
The rupee lost more than 16 per cent since January.
Two unique theme parks conceptualized and developed with a focus on interaction between humans, animals and nature inaugurated in Hyderabad. While one was dedicated to pets & their owners, the other one was based on teaching tales of Panchatantra with fun.
The Dog park has been certified from Kennel Club of India.
Force India has announced a one-year extension for 2019 for Mexican driver Sergio Perez ahead of the US Grand Prix and next weekend's return to Mexico City. He has been with Force India since 2014.
He is seventh in the 2018 championship standings.