The Centre appointed S Somanath as the Secretary of the Department of Space and the Chairman of the Space Commission.
His new appointment is for a combined tenure of three years from the date of joining of the post.
Sh. S Somanath will succeed K Sivan, who completes his extended tenure on January 14.
He is tenth chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation.
The Supreme Court has set up a five-member committee headed by retired top court judge Justice Indu Malhotra to probe into the security lapse during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Punjab visit on January 5.
Bench of Chief Justice of India NV Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli made the decision to appoint an independent committee.
The ministry of home affairs constituted a three-member committee to probe into the serious lapses in the security arrangement during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Punjab's Ferozepur. The ministry announced that the committee will be led by Sudhir Kumar Saxena, secretary (security), Cabinet Secretariat.
The Odisha state cabinet has raised the upper age limit from 32 to 38 years for recruitment into government jobs. The upper age limit for various recruitments of the state government was raised to enable aspirants, who missed out the opportunity because of the Covid situation over the last two years, to appear for recruitment examinations.
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated a Technology Centre of the MSME Ministry, established at Puducherry.
This World Class Technology Centre set up with an investment of about Rs. 122 crore is spread across 10 acres, will train 20,000 youth, support 2000 MSMEs and incubate 200 Start Ups, thereby propelling the local economy to great heights.
The Ministry of Railways has approved the renaming of the Statue of Unity’s Kevadiya railway station. This Gujarat’s railway station which falls under the Vadodara division has been renamed as ‘Ekta Nagar’ railway station.
It falls under the Vadodara division under Western Railway zone of Indian Railways.
The station code of Ekta Nagar railway station will be EKNR.
The All India Sports Council of the Deaf has got approval from the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD) to host the first World Deaf T20 Cricket Championship in Kerala from January 10-20, 2023.This championship was planned to be conducted in 2020-21 but due to the sudden outbreak of coronavirus it was postponed first to 2022 & now fixed for 2023.
It will be held in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
The power of the Indian passport has improved, with the country climbing seven places to rank in 83rd place in the Henley Passport Index, up from the 90th position in previous year's rankings.
The Henley Global Mobility Report 2022 Q1, published quarterly by global immigration consultant firm Henley & Partners,
It shows that the Indian passport now has visa-free access to 60 destinations worldwide.
UCO Bank has announced that it has launched the UCO Bank RuPay Select Contactless Debit Card for its premium customer segment in association with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), on the occasion of the 79th Inauguration Day of the bank.
The card also offers an ATM withdrawal limit of Rs 50,000 along with a purchase of up to Rs 2 lakh at POS or e-commerce.
Private sector lender Federal Bank has launched an online lending platform federalinstaloans.com to facilitate quick and hassle-free credit approvals for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) across India.
Eligible borrowers can avail up to ₹50 lakh through the platform at present.
Federal Bank Limited is an Indian private sector bank headquartered in Aluva, Kerala .
Deon Lendore, an Olympic and world championship medalist from Trinidad and Tobago, died in a car accident in Texas.
He was 29.
According to Texas A&M University, for whom Lendore had worked as a volunteer assistant coach over the past two seasons, the sprinter was returning home from practice when he was involved in an automobile accident.
HDFC Bank has been adjudged Best Private Bank in India at the Global Private Banking Awards 2021, organised by Professional Wealth Management.
For the Global Private Banking Awards 2021, PWM received over 120 submissions which were reviewed by a panel of 16 judged from four continents.
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has forged a partnership with fintech firm Arthimpact Digital Loans (ARTH) for providing end-to-end fintech solution including skilling, micro financial services and forward linkage support to self-help group members. NABARD's established on 12 July 1982 as a central regulating body for agriculture financing.