On December 19, 2011, United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 66/170 to declare October 11 as the International Day of the Girl Child, to recognize girls’ rights and the unique challenges girls face around the world.
In 2021, the Generation Equality Forum launched five-year commitments for bolder solutions to gender inequality.
International Day of the Girl 2021 theme: Digital Generation. Our Generation.
India's rank has slipped by six places from last year to 90 on the Henley Passport Index, which lists the world's most travel-friendly passports.
The rankings are based on the survey of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) data. India, which held the 84th rank last year, fell six places to the 90th rank.
The index covers 227 destinations and 199 passports.
The latest round of Ficci's Economic Outlook Survey has put forth an annual median GDP growth forecast for 2021-22 at 9.1 per cent. This marks a marginal improvement from the growth projection of 9 per cent recorded in the previous survey round (July 2021).
Justice Rajesh Bindal as the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court — one of the oldest high courts to be established in India.
He is the senior-most Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court and is currently the Acting Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court.
The 16th meeting of the India-US Defence Policy Group (DPG) took place in Washington to review the progress on various defence cooperation issues between the two countries.
During the meeting, both sides shared regional security perspectives and agreed to cooperate "to work together to promote shared interests in the Indo-Pacific region".
The President of India appointed Meghalaya High court Judge, Justice Ranjit Vasantrao More as the Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court.
He is a native of the Satara district in Maharashtra.
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Justice Ranjit Vasantrao More as Chief Justice.
Meghalaya CM:- Conrad Kongkal Sangma;
Governor:- Satya Pal Malik
Vice-President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu, who is in Guwahati as part of his Northeast tour, inaugurated the Mahabahu Brahmaputra River Heritage Centre in presence of Governor Prof. Jagdish Mukhi and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma at Panbazar in Guwahati.
This centre has on display the heritage of boats, an amphitheatre, an exhibition space, a cafeteria.
13th & current vice president of India:-M. Venkaiah Naidu
Indian Council Of Medical Research (ICMR) released the Multilingual Dementia Research and Assessment (MUDRA) Toolbox in five Indian languages - Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam.
Dementia is a neurological illness that affects a person's ability to perform activities of daily living and creates a loss in memory.
Indian Council of Medical Research, Founded: 1911.
Punjab National Bank, as the country’s second-largest Public Sector Bank, has launched a “6S Campaign” encapsulating different schemes such as –
# Swabhiman
# Samruddhi
# Sampark &Shikhar
# Sankalp
# Swagat
PNB was truly India's first National and swadeshi Bank.
Vallilath Madhathil Madhavan Nair, the oldest living former diplomat of India, passed away, two days short of his 103rd birthday. He is survived by wife Krishnakumari.
Mr. Nair joined the Indian Civil Service or the ICS in 1942 and was allotted to the Bihar Cadre. He was permanently seconded to the Indian Foreign Service on November 1, 1944.
He was born on October 8, 1919. He retired from the IFS in the late 1970s.
The Memorandum of Understanding was signed between All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) & Croatia’s Kvarner Health Tourism Cluster. AIIA is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Ayush.
The MoU with Croatia is a significant step towards bolstering India’s ties with other countries and promoting academic research, clinical & educational activities, medical education,etc.
AIIA is a public Ayurveda medicine and research institution located in New Delhi, India
ISpA is the premier industry association of space and satellite companies, which aspires to be the collective voice of the Indian space industry. It will undertake policy advocacy and engage with all stakeholders in the Indian space domain, including the government and its agencies.
Lt Gen Anil Bhatt (Retd) has been appointed the director-general of the new body.
Crypto platform CoinSwitch Kuber has brought on board Ranveer Singh as its brand ambassador. Through this association, CoinSwitch Kuber aims to leverage Ranveer Singh’s mass appeal, along with his popularity among Gen Z and millennial customers.
Ranveer Singh will feature in three ad films for CoinSwitch Kuber’s ongoing ‘Kuch Toh Badlega’ campaign.
CoinSwitch Kuber has recently reached unicorn status in India and is valued at $1.9 bn.
Indian Railways successfully operated two long haul freight trains “Trishul" and “Garuda" for the first time over South Central Railway(SCR). Long haul trains, which are twice or multiple times longer than the normal composition of freight trains, provide a very effective solution to the problem of capacity constraints in critical sections.
South Central Railway HQ: Rail Nilayam, Secunderabad
About 43 per cent rural households have been provided with tap water connections till date under the Jal Jeevan Mission with 100 per cent homes in six states and Union Territories having tap water supply.
However, in seven states and UTs, less than 25 per cent households have tap water supply.
Data shared by the Jal Shakti Ministry
(Minister -Gajendra Singh Shekhawat)
After the 7th round of the final tournament of the "Meltwater Champions Chess Tour" - Magnus Carlsen is the "Tour Winner". Although neither the World Champion nor his direct rival Wesley So scored, So cannot catch up to Carlsen's seven-point lead with only two remaining rounds. Carlsen lost to Teimour Radjabov 1:3, while So lost to Levon Aronian 0.5:2.5 after just 3 games.
Magnus Carlsen is a Norwegian chess grandmaster who is the current World Chess Champion.
Microsoft has acquired Ally.io, a SaaS startup headquartered in Seattle with a centre in Chennai, and founded by Vetri Vellore for an undisclosed value. Founded in 2017, Ally has built a technology platform in the space of goal setting and business execution software or what is commonly called as Objectives and Key Results (OKR) segment.