The 26th National Childres's Science Congress has been inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Odisha government is organizing various programmes for the development of scientific temper among students.
Bhubaneswar is the capital city of Odisha.
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari laid the foundation stone of 11 projects for Yamuna Rejuvenation under Namami Gange Programme in New Delhi. This initiative aims to increase the flow of the Yamuna river.
Delhi is situated on Yamuna River.
President Ramnath Kovind launches 'Sadbhaav Utsav' in Mumbai. He participates in the Wellness festival organised on the occasion of 100 year anniversary of the Yoga Institute.
'Sadbhaav Utsav' is a two-day event for religious harmony.
C Vidyasagar Rao is governor of Maharashtra.
The Union government declared the Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) a banned organisation. The decision was taken under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967 for the outfit's alleged involvement in the killing of innocent people.
Rajnath Singh is Union Home Minister.
The Maharashtra government implemented the recommendations of the 7th pay commission to its employees which will benefit the officers, employees, teachers from the unaided schools and those from Zilla Parishad institutions.
Devendra Fadnavis is CM of Maharashtra.
Union Finance Ministry decided seventh tranche of electoral bonds for sale will take place. Registered political parties that have secured not less than 1 percent of the votes polled in the last election of the Lok Sabha or legislative assembly eligible.
SBI is the only authorized bank to issue electoral bond.
In Assam, the third Dwijing Festival has begun on the bank of Aye river at Chirang district. Around 15 lakh tourists are expected to participate in the festival. Adventure sports, food mart, cultural events, traditional games are being organized.
Sarbanand Sonowal is CM of Assam.
Tata Coffee Executive Director and Deputy CEO Chacko Thomas has been promoted as the managing director and chief executive officer. He will take over from Sanjiv Sarin. Thomas has been associated with Tata Coffee as the executive director since 2015.
Tata Coffee is coffee company owned by the Tata Global Beverages
Cash-strapped Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS) said it has appointed retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) official Bijay Kumar as deputy managing director of the company and N Srinivasan as a non-executive director of the company.
The group debt stood at Rs 94,215.6 crore as of 2018.
Dr. Hamidi Kashmiri, the tallest literary figure in the world of Urdu language, literature, and literary criticism passed away. He was propounder of “Iktishaafi Tanqueed”. He has also been the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kashmir.
Hamidi Kashmiri was Sahitya Akademi Award winner.