NABARD has sanctioned an amount of over 400 crore rupees to the UT of J&K during the current financial year for giving boost to the infrastructure in the rural areas.The funding is a part of the NABARD’s Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF).
Chintala Govinda Rajulu, newly appointed NABARD Chairman.
India will host the Commonwealth Shooting and Archery Championships in January 2022. The medals from the two events will be counted for ranking of competing nations at the Birmingham Games.The two events will be held in Chandigarh.
Birmingham Commonwealth Games- July 27 to August 7, 2022.
Microsoft announced a partnership with SBI to train differently-abled people find jobs in the banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) sector. Over 500 differently-abled youths will be upskilled in the first year of the collaboration.
SBI Chairman Rajnish Kumar.
The first anniversary of the iconic National War Memorial is being observed.The memorial is a fitting tribute to those heroes who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty during various wars and internal security challenges since Independence.
PM Modi dedicated the monument to the nation last year.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has banned Oman player Yousuf Abdulrahim Al Balushi from all forms of cricket for seven years for his involvement in trying to fix matches.Al Balushi accepted four charges of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code.
ICC Chairperson: Shashank Manohar; Headquarters: Dubai, UAE.
NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, whose calculations helped get the first Americans to space & back safely died.Among her many accomplishments, She completed the trajectory analysis for Alan Shepard’s 1961 suborbital flight.
National Aeronautics & Space Administration Founded:29 July 1958
ExxonMobil inked a letter of cooperation with US’ Chart Industries Inc. & Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL)for supplying liquified natural gas (LNG) by by road, rail and waterways to areas not connected by physical pipelines.
India is the world’s third-largest oil importer.
According to journal JGR Biogeosciences,Carbon more than 8,000 yrs old has been found inside the world's deepest blue hole-the Yongle Blue Hole,which was recently discovered in the South China Sea.They are generally circular, steep-walled & open to surface
South China Sea is part of the Pacific Ocean.
Abbott India announced the launch of an inactivated vaccine in India against four strains of influenza virus.It is the only 0.5 ml quadrivalent flu vaccine in India that has been approved for use in children below 3 years.
Influenza (Flu) is a respiratory illness that a virus causes.
Daredevil & Flat Earth theorist Michael "Mad Mike" Hughes died in a rocket crash. Hughes, 64, wanted to prove the Flat Earth theory by taking photographs of the Earth from a homemade rocket.Hughes launched himself into the heavens in a steam-powered rock.
The flat Earth model is an archaic conception of Earth's shape.
Birla Estates recently launched an interactive AI Powered ChatBot solution LIDEA for its customers on WhatsApp. The solution is aimed at providing information of its projects to users who are evaluating residential developments of Birla Estates.
John McCarthy is one of the "founding fathers" of AI.
IT company Tech Mahindra has signed an agreement to acquire 100 per cent stake in US-based Zen3 Infosolutions for $64 million (Rs 460 crore) in an all-cash deal.The company was founded in the year 2013. Zen 3 Headquartered in Seattle.
Tech Mahindra CEO: C. P. Gurnani.
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad resigned and the cabinet was dissolved, plunging the Southeast Asian country into chaos less than two years after the 94-year-old leader took office in a historic election.
Abdullah of Pahang-King of Malaysia.
CCI gave nod to acquisition of government's entire stake in THDC India and North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Ltd (NEEPCO) by NTPC Ltd. NTPC will acquire 100% of the issued & paid-up share capital of the NEEPCO and 74.5% stake in THDC India.
Competition Commission of India (CCI) chairman-Ashok Kumar Gupta