Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev nominated Alikhan Smailov for Prime Minister, and the lower house of parliament swiftly voted him in during a session broadcast live on state television.
Alikhan Smailov (49) served as the first Deputy Prime Minister in the previous cabinet which Mr. Tokayev dismissed last week.
The Indian Olympic Association appointed senior vice president of the Indian Olympic Association Rakesh Anand as the Chef de Mission of the country’s contingent for the upcoming Commonwealth Games to be held at Birmingham from July 28-August 8.
IOA president Narinder Dhruv Batra also announced general team managers for the Commonwealth Games.
Birmingham is a major city in England.
The birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda is celebrated across India as National Youth Day, to honour one of the greatest philosophers and spiritual leaders.
The decision to celebrate Vivekananda’s birthday as National Youth Day was taken in 1984, and it was first marked on January 12, 1985.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association revealed the winners for the 79th annual Golden Globe Awards.
Full list of winners of the Golden Globes 2022:
#Best Motion Picture — Drama
The Power of the Dog
# Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama
Will Smith, King Richard
# Best Director — Motion Picture
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
In a big boost to the armed forces, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight tested the final deliverable configuration of Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM).
The indigenously developed anti-tank missile is a low weight, fire and forget missile and is launched from a man portable launcher, integrated with thermal sight.
A US man has become the first person in the world to get a heart transplant from a genetically-modified pig.
David Bennett, 57, is doing well three days after the experimental seven-hour procedure in Baltimore.
The possibility of using animal organs for so-called xenotransplantation to meet the demand has long been considered, and using pig heart valves is already common.
Tata Group will replace Chinese mobile manufacturer Vivo as the Indian Premier League's title sponsor from this year.
The board is expected to earn around Rs 130 crore more from the deal it had with Vivo which was supposed to run till 2023.
The 2022 mega auction for IPL is set to take place in Bengaluru in the second week of February.
Indian Premier League chairman:- Brijesh Patel
Vodafone Idea has approved the conversion of the full amount of interest related to spectrum auction instalments and Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) Dues into equity.
The conversion will therefore result in dilution to all the existing shareholders of the company, including the promoters.
The Net Present Value (NPV) of this interest is expected to be about ₹16,000 crore.
India's economic growth is expected to be 8.3 per cent in the current financial year and 8.7 per cent in 2022-23, according to World Bank's "Global Economic Prospects" report.
The 8.3 percent GDP growth prediction for the current fiscal (2021-22) is the same as what was projected by the World Bank in its last projection released in October 2021.
South Africa all-rounder Chris Morris has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket and is set to take up a coaching role with domestic side Titans.
The 34-year-old cricketer made the announcement on social media.
A right-arm pacer and explosive batter, Morris made his Test debut as late as 2016 and featured in only four games in traditional format.
Indian born Engineer Vaibhav Ghadiok has architected the first autonomous traffic management platform in the world.
This young 36-year-old is a pioneer in the field of robotics with multiple inventions and patents to his name.
He is the Executive VP of Engineering at Hayden AI, where he is using his expertise in AI and robotics to enhance transit systems across the world.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has appointed French-born University of California-Berkeley economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas as the next chief economist, replacing Indian origin Gita Gopinath.
Gourinchas will succeed Gita Gopinath, a US national of Indian origin. Gopinath has been appointed the first deputy managing director of the IMF.
Legends League Cricket (LLC) has appointed cricketer Jhulan Goswami as its ambassador to promote women empowerment.
The LLC also announced an all-women match official team for the league, which includes ICC empaneled female umpires and match referees from around the world.
South Africa’s Shandre Fritz will be the match referee for the entire league.
Shubha Bhosle Gaikwad will be India’s youngest female umpire.