World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has restored the accreditation of the National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL), which was suspended in 2019 because of its failure to comply with global standards. The NDTL can resume testing with immediate effect.
India is currently third in the WADA’s global list of dope violators, led by Russia.
The world's first SMS has been sold as a non-fungible token (NFT) for $149,729 (€132,680) at auction in Paris. Reading "Merry Christmas," the message was sent by British programmer Neil Papworth from his computer on December 3 1992 to Richard Jarvis, then director of UK telecommunications company Vodafone.
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved additional financing of $150 million to the ongoing Karnataka Urban Water Supply Modernization Project in order to accelerate the state of Karnataka’s efforts to bring continuous piped water supply to the entire population in three of its cities.
Junaid Ahmad, World Bank's Country Director in India.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Kisan Diwas, laid the foundation stone for 27 projects worth ₹2095 crore in his Varanasi parliamentary constituency.
The Prime Minister laid the foundation stone of 'Banas Dairy Sankul' at UP State Industrial Development Authority Food Park, Karkhiyaon, Varanasi
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted a flight test of indigenously-developed high-speed expendable aerial target (HEAT) 'Abhyas' off the Chandipur coast in Odisha.
During the flight trial, a high subsonic speed trajectory at a very low altitude with high endurance was demonstrated.
The Government of India (GoI) and the German development bank KfW signed agreements for a Euro 140 million reduced interest loan and Euro 2 million grant for an energy reform programme in Madhya Pradesh. The project comprises two components - implementation of smart meters and Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI); and separation of agriculture and non-agriculture feeders.
The financing from EIB will help to fund the construction of a 29.4 km metro corridor comprised of Corridor-1 from Sikandara to Taj East Gate (14 km) and Corridor-2 from Agra Cantt to Kalindi Vihar (15.4 km) in the Agra City.The Agra Metro Project will connect major tourist attractions like Taj Mahal, Agra Fort etc.
EIB HQ: Luxembourg
These nodes will be located at Meerut, Agra, Kanpur, Lucknow, Prayagraj, Varanasi & Gorakhpur. Till date only one Internet exchange node was operating in UP at Gautam Buddha Nagar.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a portal and logo dedicated to the Conformity Assessment Scheme (CAS) of milk products developed by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) with the help of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB). The Unified Dairy Mark was launched under the CAS, which was notified by the BIS.
ASIGMA, which stands for Army Secure IndiGeneous Messaging Application, is a new generation, state-of-the-art, web-based application developed entirely in-house. The new application is being deployed on the Army's internal network as a replacement of Army Wide Area Network (AWAN) messaging application.
Union Minister for Ayush Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated the 5th Siddha Day celebrations with the theme Strength of Siddha in communicable disease at the National Institute of Siddha NIS Tambaram Sanatorium, Chennai.
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari today inaugurated and laid foundation stone of National Highway projects of 240 Km worth Rs.9119 crore in Meerut and Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh.
Gadkari also launched first Intelligent Transport system (ITS) on 6 Lane Eastern Peripheral Expressway at Dasna, Ghaziabad.
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and the Polish Chamber of Statutory Auditors (PIBR).
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of ₹1 crore each on payment system operators One Mobikwik Systems Private Ltd. and Spice Money Ltd. for deficiencies in regulatory compliance. The two entities had not complied with the directions issued by the Reserve Bank on net-worth requirement for Bharat Bill Payment Operating Units (BBPOUs).