Legendary actor Asha Parekh has been honoured with Outstanding Contribution To Film Industry accolade at Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2022.
Asha Parekh had appeared in many commercially successful films throughout her career. She was the highest-paid actor (female) of 1960s and 1970s.
She is known as the 'Hit Girl' of Indian cinema
SIDBI has launched the 'Waste to Wealth Creation' programme in which women will make ornaments and showpieces from fish scale in the Sundarbans in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district.
Under this programme, SIDBI will extend benefits to 50 women in directly generating revenues from alternate livelihoods.
Israel has successfully tested a new naval air defense system, intercepting a series of threats in what officials called a key layer of protection against Iran and its proxies in the region.
The C-Dome system is a naval version of the Iron Dome, which has been used to shoot down rockets fired from the Gaza Strip for the past decade.
The National Dam Safety Authority, which seeks to maintain standards related to dam safety, prevent dam-related disasters & resolve inter-state issues in this regard, has come into force from 25 Feb. Authority will be headed by a chairman and assisted by 5 members to lead its 5 wings- policy &research, technical, regulation, disaster & resilience, administration & finance.
Edelweiss Asset Management has announced the launch of eInvest a mutual fund mobile app for investors for a smooth investing experience. eInvest is an easy-to-use app that will help investors perform all financial transactions on the go.
This app will bring a transformational change in the way mutual fund investors manage their day-to-day operations.
The number of dollar-millionaire households in the country has increased by 11% to 4,58,000 households compared to last year, according to the latest Hurun India Wealth Report 2021.
According to the report, the number of Indian dollar-millionaire households is estimated to increase by 30% over the next five years to reach 6,00,000 households by 2026.
A dollar-millionaire household has a net worth of at least INR 7 crore.
A book on the digital age by Indian American Congressman Ro Khanna, that seeks to democratize the digital revolution in the larger good of humanity and the planet, has been getting rave reviews and accolades from politicians and global economists.
In his foreword, Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen writes that ‘Dignity in a Digital Age: Making Tech Work for All of Us’.
The Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians was awarded to Professor Neena Gupta, a mathematician of the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata, in a virtual ceremony on 22nd February 2022.
She received the award for the year 2021 for her outstanding work in affine algebraic geometry and commutative algebra.
Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways and AYUSH Sarbananda Sonowal has inaugurated Nikarshan Sadan” – The DCI (Dredging Corporation of India) Dredging Museum at DCI campus in Visakhapatnam.
The museum displayed models of different types of dredgers, vintage photos and historical milestones of this dredging behemoth from the Eastern Port City of Vizag.
KPAC Lalitha, veteran actor in Malayalam cinema, passed away.
She was 74 years old.
She has been suffering from poor health for the past few months.
Lalitha entered cinema after a career in theatre.
A prolific actor, she has acted in over 500 films in a career spanning over 50 years.
Union Minister Giriraj Singh has released Rural Connectivity Geographic Information System Data in the public domain.
GIS technology will be utilized for improvement in the planning and implementation of projects in rural areas.
Data will contribute immensely to the making of New India.
India’s first indigenously designed, developed and manufactured Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas, will take part in the famed ‘Cobra Warrior’ exercises, a multi-nation air exercise at Royal Air Force (station) Waddington, UK.
The Cobra Warrior exercises are the largest joint military exercises conducted by the Royal Air Force (RAF) in the United Kingdom for over a decade.
LCA Tejas Mk 1A has an indigenous content of 60 per cent.
A joint team of scientists from Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, for the first time in the country successfully demonstrated Quantum Key Distribution link between Prayagraj and Vindhyachal in Uttar Pradesh, a distance of more than 100 kilometres.