Benjamin List of Germany and Scotland-born David W.C. MacMillan developed "asymmetric organocatalysis" — work that has already had a significant impact on pharmaceutical research, said Goran Hansson, secretary-general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
The prize money comes from a bequest left by the prize’s creator, Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel, who died in 1895.
In an effort to promote indigenous & Geographical Identification (GI) tagged products, first consignment of GI tagged sweet dish Mihidana sourced from Bardhaman, West Bengal has been exported to the Kingdom of Bahrain.
The consignment of unique sweet dish Mihidana was exported to Bahrain by APEDA registered M/S DM Enterprises, Kolkata & imported by Aljazira Group, Bahrain.
A team of Indian scientists has developed an environment-friendly, non-toxic and biodegradable polymer using guar gum and chitosan, both of which are polysaccharides extracted from guar beans and shells of crab and shrimps.
This work has been published recently in the journal ‘Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications’.
Union Minister of State for Tourism Ajay Bhatt flagged off the "Buddhist Circuit Train FAM Tour" from Safdarjung railway station (part of Delhi Suburban Railways).
Ministry of Tourism in association with the Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has organized the Buddhist Circuit Train FAM Tour as part of the Union government’s "Dekho Apna Desh" initiative.
PNB Housing Finance announced that it has joined hands with CSC e-Governance Services India to provide last-mile home loan facilities to individuals living in tier 2 and 3 cities.
CSC e-Governance Services India Limited, a Special Purpose Vehicle, has been set up by the Ministry of Electronics and IT under the Companies Act, 1956.
E.R. Sheikh assumed charge as first Director General of the Ordnance Directorate (Co-ordination and Services). It is the successor organization of Ordnance Factory Board (OFB). he has contributed to the establishment of the modern production line system for the manufacture of small arms ammunition at the Ordnance Factory Varangaon.
He led the successful development of Bi-Modular Charge System for artillery aammunition.
The globe marks World Cotton Day on October 7th every year since 2019. World Cotton Day also strives to emphasise the problems that the world’s cotton economies experience, as cotton is important for the world’s least developed, emerging, and developed economies. The International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) established the day.
India:- world’s second-largest cotton producer and largest consumer.
Union Minister for Panchayati Raj & Rural Development Shri Giriraj Singh launched People's Plan Campaign 2021- Sabki Yojana Sabka Vikas & Vibrant Gram Sabha Dashboard. He also released a booklet on the People Plan Campaign-2021 for the preparation of plans for FY 2022-23 & the 10th issue of Gramoday Sankalp Magazine. Panchayats are the centre points of grassroots democracy.
There are 31.65 L elected Panchayat representatives across the country (14.53 are women).
Fino Payments Bank has received market regulator SEBI’s nod for launching a ₹1,300 cr IPO.
Fino Payments Bank IPO is likely to see fresh issue of equity shares worth ₹300 cr and an Offer for Sale of 15,602,999 equity shares by promoter Fino Paytech Limited (FPL).
IPO refers to the process of offering shares of a private corporation to the public in a new stock issuance.
SEBI- Headquarters: Mumbai; Founded: 12 April 1992
Mumbai-headquartered Western Naval Command, the sword arm of the Indian Navy, has won the overall sailing championship hosted by the 3-dimensional blue-water force.The Western Naval Command won the overall championship and Kochi-based Southern Naval Command was the runners-up. A total of 63 personnel from the 3 naval commands (Western, Eastern, Southern) participated.
Chief of Indian Navy :- Admiral Karambir Singh.
Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank , sponsored by Canara Bank, has bagged two national awards (‘APY Big Believers’ and ‘Leadership capital’) for significant enrolment under the Atal Pension Yojana (APY) from the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA).KVGB is playing a pivotal role in implementing all the 3 social security schemes (PMJJBY, PMSBY, APY).
Team India showed their dominance in the FIH Hockey Stars Awards 2020-21.
# Drag-flickers Harmanpreet Singh &Gurjit Kaur won the men’s and women’s Player of the Year awards.
# Savita Punia: women’s Goalkeeper of the Year
# PR Sreejesh: men’s Goalkeeper of the Year.
# Sjoerd Marijne: best coache award (women's).
# Graham Reid-best coache award (men's).
Vivek Prasad - Award for rising star in men
Sharmila Devi- Award for rising star in women
The mid-day meal scheme will now be known as PM POSHAN/PM Poshan Shakti Nirman, with the Centre initiating a major political push pivoted around ‘child nutrition’, and announcing that around 24 lakh students receiving pre-primary education at government and government-aided schools will also be brought under the ambit of the scheme from next year.
Last year, the government had opened pre-schools called Balvatikas attached to angandwadi
The labour ministry has reconstituted the expert group responsible for determining the national floor level minimum wages under the Code on Wages (Code focuses on simplifying the existing labour laws dealing with payment of wages, overtime, bonus, etc.), replacing the head of the expert panel and adding few members, barely three months after the committee was set up.
Labour expert SP Mukherjee will now head the committee.
IT services, consulting & business solutions organisation Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has announced that its 20-year long partnership with India’s largest public lender – State Bank of India (SBI)—has been extended for 5 more years as SBI goes ahead with its next leg of growth based on technology, resilience and people. The partnership between TCS & SBI started in 2001.
India clinched a silver medal after going down 0-2 to Russia in the final of the FIDE World Women''sTeam Chess Championship.After losing the first match1.5.-2-5 despite a brilliant win for D Harika on the board, the Indians were outclassed 3-1 in the second as a strong Russian team stormed to a title triumph.
It was India''s first-ever medal in the world chess championship.