Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos blasted off Blue Origin's New Shepard flight from its Launch Site One in a remote location in the West Texas desert in the United States. The founder of Blue Origin was accompanied by brother Mark Bezos. The successful launch and subsequent touchdown made Wally Funk, 82, the oldest person and Daeman the youngest to have flown in space.
The 95th round of IOS of the Indian manufacturing sector will assess business sentiment for the current quarter and expectations for the ensuing quarter (Q3:2021-22) based on qualitative responses on a set of indicators pertaining to demand conditions, financial conditions, employment conditions and price situation.
The SIOS survey will assess the business situation for the current quarter from selected companies in the services and infrastructure sectors in India and their expectations for the ensuing quarter. It is based on responses on a set of indicators pertaining to demand conditions, financial conditions, employment conditions and the price situation.
State Bank of India has selected Paisalo Digital as its National Corporate Business Correspondent for boosting its financial inclusion drive with the help of kiosk-based banking services.
Paisalo is tapping into the Rs 8 lakh crore market opportunity of small ticket loans for India’s 365 million unbanked population.
ICICI Bank launched a co-branded credit card with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL).
Titled, ‘ICICI Bank HPCL Super Saver Credit Card’, the card offers best-in-class rewards and benefits to customers on their everyday spends on fuel as well as other categories including electricity and mobile, departmental stores like Big Bazaar and D-Mart, among others.
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao will launch his government’s new Dalit empowerment scheme, now christened Dalita Bandhu, on a pilot basis from the Huzurabad assembly constituency.
As per the scheme, an eligible Dalit family will get assistance worth Rs 10 lakh. The sanctioned amounts will be deposited in the bank accounts of eligible beneficiaries.
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) Secretary Aramane Giridhar (IAS) has been given additional charge of the Chairman of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). Present NHAI Chairman, Sukhbir Singh Sandhu has been appointed the new Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand. He took over as NHAI Chainman in October 2019.
The Jawaharlal Nehru Centre For Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bengaluru, ranked 23rd globally among universities and institutions as part of its ‘50 Rising Institutions’ list.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University is in the first place, the University of Texas Austin (fourth), the University of Berkley (12th) and the University of Cambridge (27th).
The top 50 table appeared in the Nature supplement "Nature Index 2021 Materials Science".
Young wrestlers Aman Gulia and Sagar Jaglan emerged the new world champions in their respective categories.
• Gulia emerged winner with a convincing 5-2 win over American Luke Joseph Lilledahl in 48kg final
• Jaglan blanked James Mockler Rowley 4-0 in the 80kg summit clash.
World Championships 2021 venue: Budapest, Hungary.
Henry was installed as head of a new government in an attempt to stabilize a country on the brink of chaos since the murder of president Jovenel Moise at his residence in the early hours of July 7.
The swearing-in of Henry, who was named to the post by Moise days before his death, was seen as a key step towards holding elections as demanded by many Haitians.
Haiti Capital: Port-au-Prince; Currency: Haitian gourde
Andhra Pradesh has started a programme to transform foundational learning in government schools for which the World Bank has approved a loan of 250 million dollars.
The main objectives of the programme called Supporting Andhra’s Learning Transformation (SALT) are strengthening foundation schools and providing training and skill development to teachers.
Governor: Biswa Bhusan Harichandan;
CM: Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
Signifying the strong bonds between India and Bangladesh, Indian Air Force chief RKS Bhadauria reviewed the Passing Out Parade and Commissioning Ceremony at Bangladesh Air Force.
This was the first instance when any foreign chief was invited to review the Parade as the Chief Guest.
Dvara E-Dairy Solutions, a portfolio company of Dvara Holdings has launched an artificial intelligence (AI) led digital tag 'Surabhi e-Tag' to identify cattle based on muzzle identity (muzzle images of the cattle are collected through the Surabhi mobile application).
This will be used for cattle insurance products offered in partnership with IFFCO Tokio General Insurance.
The fourth round of national serosurvey that was conducted in 70 districts in June-July revealed that a third of the population did not have antibodies against the coronavirus (Covid-19) disease, meaning about 40 crore Indians were still vulnerable to the virus.
It was found that two-thirds of the general population (above the age of six years) had SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Cachar district of Barak Valley in South Assam has got the prestigious National Silver SKOCH award under health category on the project called ” Pushti Nirbhor”.
It is a convergence project with transformation and Development along with Panchayat and Rural Development Department in one of the” Axom Adarxo Gram yojana”
Village name Dinnathpur Bagicha near Indo-Bangladesh Border under Katigorah, Cacher,Assam