As the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) readies itself for public listing, the government has abolished the position of chairman at the insurer, which will have a chief executive officer (CEO) and managing director (MD).
The insurer will continue with the post of MD. Both CEO and MD will be appointed by the central government.
The Country’s first Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility plant has been set up by Baidyanath Ayurvedic Group on Kamptee Road near Nagpur Jabalpur Highway.
LNG is a clean and cost effective fuel which is capable of decreasing the logistics cost.
LNG is the fuel of the future and will revolutionize the transport sector.
The government has approved the sale of its entire stake, and that of the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), in IDBI bank.
At present, IDBI Bank is classified as a private sector bank by the RBI with the government's shareholding at 45.5 percent, LIC's shareholding at 49.24 percent and the non-promoter shareholding at 5.29 percent.
Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) signed a contract worth about Rs 499 crore with the Ministry of Defence for the manufacture and supply of Akash missiles to the Indian Air Force (IAF).
BDL is supplying Akash Missiles to the Indian Army and Indian Air Force.
BDL is the prime production agency for projects under India's Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP).
Rajasthan schools rank last in the Gender Parity Index (GPI) at the higher secondary level when compared with the rest of the country, reveals the Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) report 2019-20, which analyses trends in school education in the country.
GPI for gross enrollment ratio (GER) is the ratio of girls to boys enrolled in schools.
UDISE+:- the largest Management Information Systems on School Education
Novak Djokovic tied Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal by claiming his 20th Grand Slam title.
The No. 1 -ranked Djokovic earned a third consecutive championship at the All England Club and sixth overall.
The 34-year-old from Serbia is now the only man since Rod Laver in 1969 to win the first three major tournaments in a season
After 28 years of wait, Argentina finally has a trophy as it beat Brazil in the final of Copa America 2021 at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Angel Di Maria goal gave the side a 1-0 win over Brazil.
It is Argentina's first title since 1993 and 15th Copa America title.
Indian-American tennis player Samir Banerjee, 17, has won the Wimbledon Boys’ singles title. He defeated Victor Lilov of the USA 7-5, 6-3 to win the title in the final, which lasted one hour and 22 minutes.
At the junior French Open, Banerjee, ranked 19 in the world, had crashed out in the first round.
This was the 17-year-old’s second appearance at a junior Grand Slam.
Italy defeated England in the UEFA Euro 2020 final in penalty shootout after the score was tied at 1-1 after extra time.
It was the first final to be decided on penalties since Czechoslovakia beat West Germany in 1976
Italy won the European Championship for the first time since 1968
Italy's Goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma named player of UEFA EURO 2020
Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi received the first copy of "The Ramayana of Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji" which is written by the late Baljit Kaur Tulsi—the mother of noted lawyer KTS Tulsi.
The book is published by the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts.
KTS Tulsi is the sitting Rajya Sabha MP of Congress from Chhattisgarh.
Former India pacer and veteran Rajasthan cricketer Pankaj Singh has announced his retirement from all forms of the game
Singh's maiden ODI appearance came against Sri Lanka in a tri-series in Zimbabwe in 2010
The bowler was also a part of Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League.
Eric Garcetti will succeed Kenneth Juster who served as ambassador to India during the Trump administration.
Mr Garcetti has been mayor of Los Angeles since 2013, is a former intelligence officer from the U.S. Navy and a Rhodes Scholar.
The US Embassy in New Delhi is currently being run by interim envoy Atul Keshap
The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) will establish the 'Bangabandhu Chair' at the Delhi University to honour Bangladesh's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the country's Liberation War as well as India's diplomatic ties with Dhaka
The Chair will focus on the Indo-Bangladesh common cultural heritage
Director General, ICCR: Dinesh K Patnaik
India’s first cryptogamic garden housing nearly 50 species of lichens, ferns and fungi was inaugurated in Deoban, Dehradun district
Located in the district’s Chakrata town, the garden was inaugurated by social activist Anoop Nautiyal.
Around 50 species have been grown in the garden at Deoban in Chakrata at a commanding height of 9,000 ft
Cryptogamae means “hidden reproduction”, meaning no seed, no flowers are produced
India and Gambia signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen and promote bilateral cooperation in personnel administration and governance reforms.
The cooperation in improving performance management system in government, implementation of contributory pension scheme and e-recruitment in government form part of the areas to be covered under the MoU
Gambia Capital: Banjul, Currency: Dalasi, President: Adama Barrow
# British pair Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid won a fourth Wimbledon men's wheelchair doubles title, beating the Netherlands' Tom Egberink and Belgium's Joachim Gerard 7-5 6-2.
# In the women's wheelchair doubled Britain's Jordanne Whiley & Japan's Yui Kamiji, clinched a fifth Wimbledon title together, They beat South Africa's Kgothatso Montjane & fellow Briton Lucy Shuker.
# Men's Doubles Champion: Mate Pavic and Nikola Mektic
# Men's Doubles Runner-up: Marcel Granollers & Horacio Zeballos
# Women's Doubles Champion: Hsieh Su-wei & Elise Mertens
# Women's Doubles Runner-up: Elena Vesnina and Veronika Kudermetova
# Australian Dylan Alcott sealed a 2nd Wimbledon quad wheelchair singles title with a 6-2 6-2 win over Sam Schroder( Netherlands).
The Telangana State Cooperative Apex Bank (TSCAB) has been adjudged the best State Cooperative Bank in the country while Karimnagar District Cooperative Credit Bank (DCCB) was adjudged the best DCCB in South India by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD).TSCAB managing director Dr. Nethi Muralidhar.
The awards were announced on the occasion of 40th Foundation Day celebrations of NABARD.