Nepal Supreme Court reinstated the dissolved lower house of Parliament and issued a mandamus ordering the appointment of Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba as Prime Minister.
Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba is set to succeed KP Sharma Oli as Prime Minister of Nepal.
NTPC REL, a 100 percent subsidiary of NTPC, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Ladakh to set up the country’s first green hydrogen mobility project in the region.
It added that the signing of the MoU also marked the inauguration of NTPC’s first solar installations in Leh in the form of solar trees and a solar carport.
NTPCL Founded in: 1975;
Headquarters: New Delhi
BHIM UPI has forayed in Bhutan in collaboration with the Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan.
NPCI’s international arm, NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL) and Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan (RMA) collaboration will help enable UPI acceptance powered by BHIM App in Bhutan.
The service will be launched by India’s Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman.
Bhutan Capital:Thimphu; Currency, Ngultrum.
Fair trade regulator Competition Commission of India (CCI) approved the acquisition of 23.5 per cent stake in ONGC Tripura Power Company Ltd by Summit India (Tripura).
The transaction represents a credible business opportunity for Summit India (Tripura) as ONGC Tripura Power Company operates a 726.6 MW, fully operational natural gas based power plant in Palatana,
CCI Headquarters: New Delhi;
Founded: 14 October 2003
New Zealand opener Devon Conway and England spinner Sophie Ecclestone won the ICC Player of the Month for June in the men’s & women’s category respectively. The Kiwi batter edged out his teammate Kyle Jamieson and South Africa’s Quinton de Kock to bag the award. Ecclestone, on the other hand, won ahead of India's teen batting sensation Shafali Verma and Sneh Rana.
The Uttar Pradesh government released the new population policy for 2021-2030 on the occasion of World Population Day.
In the new population policy, a target has been set to bring the birth rate to 2.1 per thousand population by 2026 and to 1.9 by 2030.
The state's total fertility rate is 2.7 percent currently.
A gymnastics judge from India, Deepak Kabra, will be seen judging the artistic gymnastics events at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. This is the first time that an Indian will be seen officiating in the sport of Gymnastics at the Olympics.
The Mumbai based Deepak Kabra was appointed as a member of the Asian Gymnastics Union's technical committee in the year 2019.
Industry body IAMAI said Google India Vice President and Managing Director Sanjay Gupta has been elected as its chairman for the period 2021-23.
He succeeds Amazon Senior Vice President and India Country Manager Amit Agarwal.
Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has also named Facebook India Vice President, Ajit Mohan as Vice Chairman.
Former Indian cricketer and 1983 World Cup winner Yashpal Sharma passed away due to a cardiac arrest.
A middle-order batsman, Sharma represented India in 37 Test matches and 42 one-day internationals.
Sharma was India's second-highest scorer behind Kapil Dev in the tournament.
A tripartite Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the Administration of Union Territory of Ladakh and Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council Leh/Kargil with Sikkim State Organic Certification Agency (SSOCA) regarding the implementation of Prampragat Krishi Vikas Yojana and Mission Organic Development Initiative.
The aim of MoU is to convert Ladakh into organic by 2025.
Hyderabad’s hunger activist Syed Osman Azhar Maqsusi, who has been feeding thousands of people every day as part of his food drive ‘Hunger Has No Religion’ was awarded a top UK award recently.
In order to honour Maqsusi’s efforts, he was conferred with the Commonwealth Points of Light award for his drive that helps to feed 1,500 people on a daily basis.
Award is for those ‘outstanding individuals who are making a change in their community
The Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the newly built Center of Excellence (CoE) for Research & Analysis of Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances of the National Forensic Science University in Ahmedabad. an indigenous kit will also be made in this university to conduct a lot of tests which will be made available to police forces across the country.
Cyber Defence Center &Ballistic Research Center set up in this Center are unique for Asia
Nepal has signed a $1.3 billion deal with India’s hydropower major Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) to develop a 679-megawatt hydropower project in eastern Nepal, the second mega venture undertaken by India in the neighbouring Himalayan nation.
The project will be developed under the build, own, operate and transfer (BOOT) model.