India's Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has been chosen as the external auditor by Hague-based Conference of State Parties of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), for a three-year term starting 2021.
India was also selected as the member of the executive council of the OPCW representing Asia group for another two-year term.
RBI has issued a show-cause notice prior to cancelling the licence of fraud-hit Sambandh Finserve Pvt Ltd. after its net worth eroded below the regulatory minimum.
According to the RBI norms, NBFC is required to maintain minimum capital levels consisting of Tier-I and Tier-II capital, of not less than 15 per cent of their aggregate risk-weighted assets.
The Managing Director and CEO of Sambandh, Deepak Kindo.
Accenture India's chairperson Rekha M Menon has been appointed as chairperson of the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), becoming the first woman to take the top role in the software lobby group's 30-year history. TCS President Krishnan Ramanujam will be the vice-chairperson.
She succeeds U B Pravin Rao, chief operating officer of Infosys as Nasscom's chairperson.
India has been ranked at the 87th position among 115 countries in the Energy Transition Index (ETI) that tracks nations on the current performance of their energy systems.
Sweden is in the first position followed by Norway and Denmark. The report from the World Economic Forum (WEF) has been prepared in collaboration with Accenture also draws on insight from ETI.
China (68) & India (87), collectively account for a third of global energy demand.
With the release of these two rhinos, a total of 22 rhinos have been translocated to the national park wider the IRV2020 program
The Rhino Task Force designed the IRV2020 programme in 2005 with a target to attain a population of 3000 rhinos over seven of the protected areas (PAs) by 2020.This was the 8th round of rhino translocation under the Indian Rhino Vision 2020.
Ola will invest around $2 billion in the next five years to build the Hypercharger Network, comprising high-speed 1,00,000 charging points in 400 cities.
The 'Hypercharger Network' will offer a comprehensive set of charging options to Ola's EV customers which include high-speed Ola hyperchargers and home-chargers.
According to NASA a toaster-size experimental instrument aboard Perseverance called the Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) accomplished the task.
Mars' atmosphere is 96 per cent carbon dioxide. MOXIE works by separating oxygen atoms from carbon dioxide molecules, which are made up of one carbon atom and two oxygen atoms.
Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Ltd has launched the Vedanta Saathi programme through which the company will be creating industrial parks and clusters for the Micro, Small and Medium enterprises in metals, mining and oil & gas space to aid with sourcing finances, raw material and provide R&D facilities. Nitin Gadkari, Minister of MSME launched the programme.
Nitin Gadkari is also Minister for Road Transport & Highways.
The opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2021 was held in Boao, south China's Hainan Province.
The theme of the conference - "A World in Change: Join Hands to Strengthen Global Governance and Advance Belt and Road Cooperation".
This year marked the 20th anniversary of the Boao Forum.
Each year, UNESCO and the international organizations representing the three major sectors of the book industry - publishers, booksellers, and libraries, select the World Book Capital for a one-year period, effective 23 April each year.
UNESCO's General Conference, held in Paris in 1995, designated April 23 as the World Book and Copyright Day.
World Book Capital for 2021: Tbilisi, Georgia.