Dinesh Prasad Saklani, a professor of history at the HNB Garhwal University, was appointed as the director of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) for five years. He succeeds Hrushikesh Senapaty, who finished his term over a year ago.
NCERT is an autonomous institution under the Ministry of Education (MoE).
Rahul Bhatia, the co-founder of IndiGo, is taking on a newly-created executive position of managing director at the company, after the biggest budget carrier in Asia by market value posted a surprise quarterly profit.
Mr Bhatia will oversee all aspects of the airline, and actively lead the management team, Chairman Meleveetil Damodaran said in the statement.
IndiGo Chief Executive Officer Ronojoy Dutta.
PM Modi has dedicated to the nation, the 216-feet tall 'Statue of Equality' at Muchintal near Shamshabad in Hyderabad. Statue of Equality commemorates the 11th century Bhakti Saint Ramanujacharya, who promoted the idea of equality in all aspects of living including faith, caste and creed. Statue is made of 5 metals ie Gold, Silver, Copper, Brass and Zinc
Telangana
Governor: Tamilisai Soundararajan
Chief minister: K. Chandrashekar Rao
State-run power giant NTPC has said that 74.88 MW power generation capacity is commercially operational at Fatehgarh Solar PV Project at Jaisalmer in Rajasthan. With this, commercial capacity of the NTPC and NTPC group has become 54,377.30 MW and 67,832.30 MW respectively.
Bhadla Solar Park, with capacity of 2,245 MW, is the biggest solar plant
India produced a clinical all-round performance to beat England by four wickets in the final to win the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2022 at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua.
Bowling his medium pacers to deadly effect, Raj Bawa (5/31) ran through the English middle-order
2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup will be hosted by India
The world's third-largest cricket stadium is going to be built in Jaipur, and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot & BCCI president Sourav Ganguly laid the foundation stone of the project virtually. It will be the second-largest cricket stadium in India and the third-largest in the world & it would seat 75,000 spectators.
Seven out of the 10 big stadiums in the world are in India
Centre has given the charge the Controller General of Accounts (CGA), Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance to Sonali Singh, Additional Controller General of Accounts, after superannuation of Dipak Dash.
A 1987 batch officer of Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS), Singh had joined CGA as Additional Controller General of Accounts in October 2019.
A short biography of Tokyo Olympics-2021 Gold Medal winner Neeraj Chopra titled 'Golden Boy Neeraj Chopra' penned by sports author Navdeep Singh Gill was released recently.
The book has 72 pages and covers the life history and achievements of Neeraj Chopra right from his childhood to Tokyo Olympics, in colour.
Neeraj Chopra has been nominated for Laureus World Sports Awards
State Bank of India (SBI) has launched a dedicated centralized processing cell - ‘Surya Shakti Cell’. The Bank has entered into an Agreement with Tata Power Solar Systems Ltd. (a Tata Power Company) for financing solar projects. Surya Shakti Cell will process all the loan applications for Solar Projects (capacity up to 1 MW) sourced from across India
Chairman, SBI - Dinesh Khara
UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Maharashtra government to support its 'Majhi Vasundhara' campaign, an initiative about the energy and environmental dimensions of sustainable development. UNEP will support the state in educating, mobilising youth on plastic pollution & marine litter through UNEP's Tide Turner Challenge
UNEP Headquarters location: Nairobi, Kenya
Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar passed away in Mumbai at the age of 92 after suffering a multi organ failure last night.
Considered one of Indian cinema's greatest singers, Mangeshkar received the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, in 2001.
Lata Mangeshkar was the first Indian to perform at London’s Royal Albert Hall in 1974.
Veteran actor Ramesh Deo, known for films like "Anand" and "Aap Ki Kasam" in Hindi cinema and his extensive work in the Marathi film industry, died on following a heart attack. He was 93.
Ramesh Deo had featured in more than 250 Hindi films and nearly 200 Marathi movies in his career spanning 60 years.