Flight Lieutenant Hina Jaiswal scripted history by becoming the first woman flight engineer to be inducted into the Indian Air Force. Till last year, the Flight Engineer branch was exclusively the men's domain.
A Flight Engineer is the member of an aircraft's flight crew
PETA’s Film and Television Division handed out its second annual “Oscat” awards, promoting good behaviour toward animals on screen and on set. Bradley Cooper earned the Best Director prize.
PETA-People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
Argentina's President Mauricio Macri will arrive in India today for a three-day visit during which he will hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to enhance cooperation in key sectors such as economy, nuclear technology and space.
Argentina Capital-Buenos Aires.
IndianMoneyInsurance.com, a subsidiary of the Bengaluru-based IndianMoney.com Group, has received the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India’s insurance broking licence to enter the insurance business.
CS Sudheer, founder, IndianMoney.com Group.
The Centre has increased the minimum selling price of sugar by two rupees per kilogram to 31 rupees a kilogram. It has been done by considering the rising arrears of sugarcane growers.
UM Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution-Ram Vilas Paswan
Saina Nehwal won her second consecutive and fourth overall Senior Nationals women’s single badminton title defeating PV Sindhu 21-18, 21-15 in the final in Guwahati. Sourabh Verma clinched men’s title.
Badminton Association of India, President- Himanta Biswa Sarma.
The Himachal Pradesh Assembly passed Himachal Pradesh Official Language Bill, 2019 (Amendment). It was introduced to make Sanskrit the second official language of the state.
Himachal Pradesh CM-Jai Ram Thakur.
The Union government has hiked the basic customs duty on all goods imported from Pakistan to 200 percent with immediate effect. This comes after India revoked the 'Most Favoured Nation' (MFN) status to Pakistan.
The MFN applied rate is 32.8% for farm products.
Hero Motors Company firmed up plans to invest Rs 2,000 crore across its hospitality, auto components and bicycles businesses by the end of next year to scale up operations.
Pankaj M Munjal, managing director, Hero Cycles.
Andrea Levy, a prize-winning novelist who chronicled the hopes and horrors experienced by the post-World War II generation of Jamaican immigrants in Britain, has died. She was 62
She was born in London in 1956.