The Indian Navy conducted a 20-day joint maritime exercise Paschim Lehar at the Arabian Sea to “validate operational plans” of the Western Naval Command and enhance inter-service synergy among the Navy, Air Force, Army and Coast Guard.
The exercise was conducted under the aegis of FOC-in-C, Western Naval Command.
Prime Minister will be hosting the first meeting of the India-Central Asia Summit in a virtual format. Presidents of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan will be participating in the meeting.
The summit is a reflection of India’s growing engagement with the Central Asian countries, which are a part of India’s extended neighbourhood.
Jammu and Kashmir Police bagged 115 Police Medals for Gallantry (PMG), out of a total of 189 awarded this year. They more than doubled their last year’s tally of 52 PMGs. J&K Police won awards for conducting several counter-insurgency operations in 2019-20.
No one has been given the top category president's police medal for gallantry (PPMG) this time.
The Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu was Tuesday awarded the prestigious international TX2 Award for doubling its tiger population since 2010.
Nepal’s Bardia National Park was also jointly conferred the award, for doubling its population of wild tigers.
The Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve is located in Erode district , now houses 80 tigers in its 1408 sq. km campus.
Hitachi Payment Services, a payment solutions provider, has launched a FinTech platform for India’s microbusinesses and small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs).
The objective is to offer a high-quality digital platform for fintech services at affordable prices for Indian MSME market.
Noted Kathakali dancer Milena Salvini of France passed away.
Italian-born Salvini was a regular visitor to India, especially Kerala where she learnt Kathakali, and ran ‘Centre Mandapa’, a school for Indian dance forms, in Paris.
The Government of India conferred the Padma Shri award on Salvini in 2019 for her contribution in the field of performing arts.
The MoU was signed between Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, CSIR and Institut Pasteur, France. CSIR & Institut Pasteur will jointly research and focus on emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases and inherited disorders and enable delivery of effective and affordable healthcare solutions not only for the people of India and France but for the global good.
It was recently reported that India’s first innovation center for graphene will be set up in Kerala by the Digital University Kerala (DUK), along with Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET) in Thrissur, for an investment of Rs 86.41 crore (over USD$11.5 million).
Tata Steel Limited is set to be the industrial partner of the center.
India has paid USD 29.9 million in UN regular budget assessments for the year 2022.
As of January 21, 2022, 24 Member States have paid their regular budget assessments in full.
India is currently a non-permanent member of the 15-nation Security Council and its two-year term will end on December 31, 2022.
Pencilton, a teen-focused Fintech startup based in India, recently launched PencilCard, a debit card that is compliant with National Common Mobility Card standards. It has been launched in partnership with Transcorp.
The National Common Mobility Card was developed by India’s Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in early 2019.
It allows the user to pay for travel, toll duties, retail shopping and withdraw money.
Iran, Russia, & China, began the 2022 Marine Security Belt naval drills in the northern Indian Ocean, as the Chinese Navy sends the destroyer Urumqi to the Gulf of Oman to participate in the CHIRU-2Q22 joint drills.
The drill, will be staged in the northern parts of the Indian Ocean, will involve forces from the marine & airborne units of the Iranian Navy.
India’s largest IT services company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and the second largest firm Infosys have been named among the most valuable IT services brands globally, according to a report by brand valuation firm Brand Finance. The Ireland-headquartered IT firm Accenture, however, has retained its leading position valued at $36.2 billion.
The two Indian technology powerhouses knocked out IBM – popularly known as the Big Blue.
In the composite ranking of the first-ever District Good Governance Index (DGGI) released by Sh. Amit Shah, the Jammu district has managed to top the list followed by districts of Doda, Samba, Pulwama, and Srinagar in the UT.
The DGGI has been prepared by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) in partnership with the UT's administration.