J B Mohapatra has been appointed the chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).
He has been holding the additional charge of CBDT chairman since May 31, after the extended tenure of incumbent P.C. Mody had ended.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes is a statutory authority functioning under the Central Board of Revenue Act, 1963.
The India-Kazakhstan joint military exercise KAZIND-21 commenced at Training Node Aisha Bibi, Kazakhstan.
This is the 5th Edition of Annual bilateral joint exercise of both Armies.
The fourth edition of the exercise was held at Pithoragarh, India in September 2019.
The contingent comprises 120 troops from Kazakhstan and 90 soldiers of the Indian Army.
A 200 personnel contingent of the Indian Army will participate in Exercise ZAPAD,2021, a Multinational exercise being held at Nizhniy, Russia.
The Exercise ZAPAD is one of the theatre level exercises of the Russian Armed Forces and will focus primarily on operations against terrorists.
Over a dozen countries from Eurasian and South Asian Region will participate in the event
Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan addressed the 61st Foundation Day of National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT).
On the 61st foundation day of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said the New Education Policy-2020 will turn India into a global knowledge superpower.
Double delight for India, in the Men's High Jump T42 event at Tokyo Paralympics, Mariyappan Thangavelu won silver medal while Sharad Kumar clinched bronze.
With this, India's medal tally at the Paralympics touched an unprecedented 10.
Singhraj Adana won a bronze medal in the 10-metre Air Pistol SH1 shooting at the Asaka Shooting Range.
The Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Zubin Irani inaugurated NUTRI GARDEN to mark the beginning of Poshan Maah – 2021 at All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA).
Plantation of Shigru (Sahijan) and Amla saplings were also carried out.
AIIA, New Delhi under the direction of the Ministry of Ayush initiated the celebration of Poshan Maah - 2021.
As part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahostav, Atul Chaturvedi, Secretary, Department of Animal husbandry and Dairying, and Department of Rural Development signed an MoU between DAHD and MoRD for Leveraging SHG platform for rural economic growth through convergence of DAHD, MoFAHD and National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM), MoRD.
National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) signed an MoU with South Asian Institute for Advanced Research and Development (SAIARD) to create an academic platform to engage young students as well as develop a research and capacity building hub to support regional development in the eastern region.
Both NMCG and SAIARD will focus on geospatial technology in riverine ecosystems.
Scientists of IIT, Ropar & Kanpur and Faculty of Management Studies of Delhi University have developed a living-plant based air purifier “Ubreathe Life” that amplifies the air purification process in the indoor spaces.
These indoor spaces can either be hospitals, schools, offices and your Homes.
The world's first, state-of-the art ‘Smart Bio-Filter’ can make breathing Fresh
It has been incubated at IIT Ropar, & is a designated iHub-AWaDH
PM Narendra Modi released a special commemorative coin on the occasion of the 125th Birth Anniversary of Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Ji.
This was a happy coincidence of Janmashtami day before and the 125th birth anniversary of Srila Prabhupada ji.
The PM noted that the occasion is taking place amidst the celebration of Azadi ka Amrit mahotsav.
The Election Commission of India organized a two-day SVEEP (Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation) Consultation Workshop.
The agenda of the workshop was to review State SVEEP Plans & conduct extensive deliberations on the important aspects of SVEEP for a comprehensive strategy for the forthcoming elections.
India’s economy grew by 20.1% during the April-June quarter of this financial year, as against a 24.4% contraction seen during the same period last year.
The massive growth seen in the first quarter has made India the fastest-growing major economy across the globe.
The construction sector’s GVA was 68.3% higher than the previous year.
For the full financial year 2020-21, India’s GDP contracted by 7.3%.
Following the Indian wrestlers’ fine performance in the Tokyo Olympics, Tata Motors extended its 3-year-old association with the WFI with a ‘quest for gold’ in Paris 2024.
Holistic development of the wrestlers, providing assured and enhanced access to world-class training facilities, internationally-acclaimed coaches, support through nutritional programmes to young wrestler
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) increased incentives for banks for the distribution of coins to the general public to ₹65 from ₹25 per bag, with effect from September 1, 2021.
The central bank, while reviewing incentives, announced that the banks will also be provided an additional incentive of ₹10 per bag for coin distribution in rural and semi-urban areas.
Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company(AMC) has been barred from launching any new fixed maturity plan(FMP) scheme for the next six months, as per an order issued by the Securities and Exchange Board of India(SEBI).
The market regulator, which examined the case of delayed payments made in these six FMP schemes, has also decided to impose a fine of Rs 50 lakh on the company
PM Modi inaugurated the renovated Jallianwala Bagh Smarak complex displaying “the horrific massacre of April 1919" in Amritsar.
Jallianwala Bagh is the place which gave courage to countless revolutionaries, sacrificers, fighters like Sardar Udham Singh, Sardar Bhagat Singh to die for the freedom of India.
Those time of April 13,1919, became the saga of our freedom struggle.
In Madhya Pradesh, Indore has become the first district in the entire country with a population of more than 10 lakh to inoculate 100% eligible population with the first dose of Covid19 vaccine.
The target of Indore district was to vaccinate 28 lakh, 7 thousand ,559 people. Surpassing the target, a total of 28, lakh 08, thousand 212 persons have been vaccinated.
The Kochi-headquartered Coconut Development Board celebrated 23rd World Coconut Day on the theme ‘Building a safe, inclusive, resilient and sustainable coconut community amid covid 19 pandemic and beyond’ on 2nd September in association with MIDH Division of Ministry of Agriculture &Farmers Welfare, Government of India.
September 2 is the foundation day of International Coconut Community (ICC).