Union Sports & Youth Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju launched the 1st ever Khelo India Zanskar Winter Sports Festival at Padum in Zanskar of Kargil district. It is being organised by the Ladakh UT Administration to promote Zanskar as tourists' destination.
Lt Governor: R. K. Mathur
M.P.: Jamyang Tsering Namgya
The MoU was signed for the continuation of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways Professorial Chair focusing on research and development, teaching and training in the area of Development of Highway Infrastructure.
Mansukh L. Mandaviya: Minister of State Ministry of Road Transp.
Gujarat government and Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Friday for setting up India's largest multi-modal logistics park, the completion is expected within three years by 2023.
the park will have textiles, bulk, e-commerce and BTS facilities
The telephone subscribers in urban areas increased from 636.83 million at the end of Jun-20 to 644.26 million at the end of Sep-20 while The rural telephone subscribers increased from 523.69 million at the end of Jun-20 to 524.39 million at the same period
TRAI is a statutory body, established in 1997
In Madhya Pradesh, WIPRO group is all set to act as knowledge partner of the State Government. Azim Premji Foundation has been allotted 50 acres of land for the proposed university in Bhopal. They will also set up a Software Development Centre in Bhopal
MP Governor: Anandiben Patel
Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) has appointed Justice Gita Mittal, former Chief Justice of Jammu & Kashmir High Court, as the new chairperson of Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC) replacing Justice Vikramajit Sen
IBF is a unified representative body of the tv broadcast in 1999
S Gopalakrishnan has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Malawi, according to the Ministry of External Affairs. He is presently Counsellor in the Embassy of India, Washington.
Malawi Capital: Lilongwe; Currency: Malawian kwacha
In its discussion paper on revised regulatory framework for NBFCs, the RBI has said the regulatory and supervisory framework of NBFCs should be based on a four-layered structure: Base Layer, Middle Layer, Upper Layer and a possible Top Layer
NBFCs are licensed under Section 45 IA of RBI Act, 1934
Mahatma Award is founded and constituted by Amit Sachdeva, more famously known as ‘The CSR Man of India’, is supported by the Aditya Birla Group to honour the winners every year. Mrs. Rajashree Birla along with Mr. Amit Sachdeva present the award each year
Award ceremony is hosted annually by Liveweek, a social company
Lloyd Austin, a retired four-star Army general, has been confirmed by the Senate, making him the first Black defense secretary in U.S. history.
The Senate approved President Biden's nomination for Pentagon chief in a near-unanimous 93-2 vote
Joe Biden has been elected as the 46th US President
State-run power producer NTPC said 150 mega watt (MW) unit of Kameng Hydro-Electric Project of its subsidiary North Eastern Electric Power Corporation is commercially operational. commissioned and commercial capacity of NTPC group has become 63,785 MW
NTPC Ltd Founded: 1975
Headquarters: New Delhi, India
Two new species of a rare ant genus have been discovered in India. One of them found in the Periyar Tiger Reserve of Kerala, has been named Ooceraea joshii, in honour of Prof. Amitabh Joshi, a distinguished evolutionary biologist
The discovery has been published in the journal ZooKeys.
The government has decided to observe January 23 as ‘Parakram Diwas’ to commemorate the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, who was born on this day in 1897. This year is his 125th birth anniversary.
Kalka Mail was Renamed as Netaji Express to honour him.
India’s longest road arch bridge, the Wahrew Bridge inaugurated at Sohbar in East Khasi Hills district connects Bholaganj and Sohbar to Nongjri in East Khasi Hills, bordering Bangladesh, constructed at a cost of Rs 49.395 crore under NLCP of DoNER Ministry
Capital: Shillong
Governor: Satya Pal Malik