Ace athlete of the Indian Navy, MP Jabir, has qualified for the Tokyo Olympics in 400m hurdles after he clocked 49.78s to win gold at the recently concluded Inter-State Athletics Championships.
When he competes in the Tokyo Olympics, Jabir would be the first Indian male athlete to participate in the 400m hurdles in Olympics.
The 25-year-old Naval sailor hails from Malappuram, Kerala.
Drone defence dome has the capability to autonomously protect an area of 1000-2000 sq km against the aerial threats by assessing and acting on aerial threats such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), loitering munitions, and Low- Radar Cross Section (RCS) targets.
Indrajaal Features are:-Real-time situational awareness,24×7 persistent,action & tracking,etc.
A biography of Nathuram Godse, Mahatma Gandhi's infamous assassin, situates the man and his most defining act in the larger context of modern Indian history and contemporary society and politics.
"Nathuram Godse: The True Story of Gandhi's Assassin" by Mumbai-based journalist Dhaval Kulkarni will be published by Pan Macmillan India in 2022.
Hyderabad-based pharma player Laurus Labs has received a licence from the Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) for manufacturing and marketing Covid-19 drug 2-Deoxy-D-Glucose (2-DG) in India.
Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, which was the first to tie up with DRDO, has already received an EUA from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI).
The first production lot of 12 numbers of Short Span Bridging System (SSBS)-10 m designed and developed by Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) has been inducted into Indian Army.
The SSBS-10 m plays a crucial role of bridging the gaps up to 9.5 m as a single span providing a 4 m wide, fully decked roadway, ensuring faster movement of the troops.
Chief of the Army Staff:General MM Naravane
Walmart-owned Flipkart has launched Shopsy, an app to help individuals start online businesses without any investment, and also deepen e-commerce penetration, particularly in non-metros.
After registering on the app, Shopsy users will be able to share catalogues of 15 crore products offered by Flipkart sellers, ranging across categories such as fashion, beauty, mobiles, etc
Indian Railway’s first-ever movable freshwater tunnel aquarium opened in Bengaluru.
IRSDC (Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation) in collaboration has opened the first movable freshwater tunnel aquarium of Indian Railways with the HNi Aquatic Kingdom at KSR Bengaluru railway station.
One-of-its-kind aquatic park based on the concept of the Amazon river.
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has partnered with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to introduce a financial literacy curriculum for students of Class VI.
The Financial Literacy Textbook is launched as a part of a new elective ‘financial literacy’ subject that will enable students to have an understanding of basic financial concepts.
Union education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank
Admiral Karambir Singh, Chief of the Naval Staff, Indian Navy, participated virtually in the inaugural session of the event.
France has assumed the Chairmanship on 29 Jun 21 for a two-year tenure.
IONS, conceived by the Indian Navy in 2008, seeks to enhance maritime cooperation among Navies of the littoral states of the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has launched a TV Channel Selector web portal for consumers who could not access its mobile phone app through smartphones.
With the help of this portal subscribers can choose a preferred channel of interest and remove the unwarranted. The portal also allows the subscriber to modify existing subscriptions.
Chairman :P. D. Vaghela
Founded: 20 February 1997;
Headquarters: New Delhi
Indian Bank, the seventh largest public sector bank, has partnered wealth-tech company Fisdom to offer a comprehensive suite of wealth management products and services to the bank’s 10 crore customers.
The partnership will focus on enabling large-scale facilitation and distribution of wealth products and services through Indian Bank’s network.
India is one of the world’s top 20 most giving countries. In the midst of the coronavirus outbreak, the country ranked 14th in the World Giving Index (WGI) 2021.
The Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) poll highlighted the impact of COVID-induced lockdowns, inspiring people to provide a helping hand to those in need.
Indonesia gets the highest overall Index score of 69 percent.
Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda,and Kosovo made their first appearance in the top 10
India and its neighbouring countries have lost 90 per cent of their original natural vegetation under their four common ‘biodiversity hotspots,’ with the largest one – the Indo-Burma hotspot – being the worst hit, reporting a loss of nearly 95 % of natural vegetation from an originally estimated area of 2.3 million sq.km.
Centre for Science & Environment released the data.
36 biodiversity hotspots in the world.
Tata Consultancy Services announced that it has expanded its strategic partnership with Virgin Atlantic, one of the UK's leading airlines,to help the latter embark on a "new phase of recovery and growth".TCS will build innovative digital solutions with 'Cloud First' guiding principles to help Virgin improve technology resilience, agility, & performance in its transformation
The enhanced partnership builds on a 17-year relationship between the two organisations.
Noted Kannada poet, playwright and Dalit activist Prof Siddalingaiah died in Bengaluru. He was 67. He is credited with starting the Dalit-Bandaya movement in Kannada, as well as starting the genre of Dalit writing in Kannada literature.His poem ‘Yaarige Bantu Yellige Bantu Nalavattera Swatantrya became an anthem of the Dalit movement.