Trains will connect Kevadiya to Varanasi,Dadar,Ahmedabad,Delhi's Hazrat Nizamuddin,Rewa,Chennai & Pratapnagar. It will facilitate seamless connectivity,increasing tourism & help in changing the lives of the tribal community of the region.
Gujarat:
CM:Vijay Rupani;
Governor:Acharya Devvrat
Awarded Padma Shri in 1991,Padma Bhushan in 2006 & Padma Vibhushan in 2018 & Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 2003.His grandfather Ustad Inayat Husain Khan is credited as founder of Rampur-Sahaswan gharana of music.
Sangeet Natak:highest Indian recognition to practicing artistes.
Interest of 36% annually (40% by other lenders)on revolving credit & nil interest on cash withdrawal for first 45 days.But cardholders will have to pay a nominal fee of Rs 250 per cash withdrawal against Rs.500 charged by others.
IDFC First Bank:
MD&CEO:V.Vaidyanathan;
HQ:Mumbai.
US Chamber of Commerce's USIBC announced three vice-chairs to its 2021 Global Board of Directors. The two other business executives joining Shaw as vice-chairs are Amway CEO Milind Pant and Edward Knight who is the vice-chair at Nasdaq
She is the founder,chairperson & MD of Biocon Limited
UN Human Rights Council elected Fiji's ambassador Nazhat Shameem Khan as its president in 2021,following an unprecedented secret ballot after a diplomatic standoff blocked the usual consensus decision.She served as the council's vice president in 2020.
She replaced Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger.
The 1,700-tonne-vessel will be used by Guyana in its coastal and riverine areas. It will be equipped with two Caterpillar marine diesel engines coupled with twin-disc reduction gearboxes to achieve speeds of 15 knots
GRSE is a Kolkata based Miniratna. CMD is Vipin Kumar Saxena.
The Language of History: Sanskrit Narratives of Muslim Pasts will analyse a hitherto overlooked group of histories on Indo-Muslim or Indo-Persian political events through a few dozen Sanskrit texts that date from the 1190s until 1721.
She wrote Culture of Encounters: Sanskrit at the Mughal Court.
In Unscripted, Vidhu Vinod Chopra speaks to his long-time collaborator & scriptwriter Abhijat Joshi about his exceptional journey.Provides a glimpse into mind,method & madness of one of contemporary Hindi cinema’s best filmmakers.
An Encounter with Faces docu got him Academy Awards nomination.
Investment banker Keerthik Sasidharan narrates the final days of Kurukshetra war in his debut book.This first volume of "Dharma" trilogy tells about Bhishma’s wondrous immortal life, Draupadi’s loves amid erotic jealousies, and Arjuna's war-weary courage.
Publishers: Penguin Random House India
Climate Action 100+ drives focus on clean energy transition & helps achieve Paris Agreement's goals. In April 2018, KMAMC became first domestic AMC to sign up with the Principles for Responsible Investment supported by the United Nations.
KMAMC:
HQ:Mumbai;
MD:Nilesh Shah
With a capacity of 452 KWh plants over two artificial lakes,airport's total installed capacity has risen to 40 MWp helping it to produce around 1.60 lakh units of power a day.
Technical assistance was provided by French company CIEL TERRA.
CIAL became the world's first solar-powered airport in 2015.
In Leh, first ever Ice climbing festival was celebrated in Nubra valley. The Seven Day event was organized by Nubra Adventure Club with the help of Social activist Dr. Nordan Otzer. Ice climbing is a popular winter sport abroad. 18 participants took part.
Thoise Airfield is located in Nubra.
K2 with its daunting 8,611 meters height is located in Gilgit-Baltistan side of the Karakoram range. It was the only one among 8,000-meter high peaks that was never scaled in winter.10 Nepali climbers led by Nirmal Puja & Mingma Gyalje Sherpa made history.
367 climbers in summer completed ascent of K2(Savage Mountain)
Benjamin de Rothschild was chairman since 1997 of the banking empire Edmond de Rothschild Group started by his father in 1953.He is descendent of the Rothschild family, which has a nearly 300-year history running European banks.
Edmond de Rothschild Group manages assets worth 160 bn euros.