Madhabi Puri Buch has been appointed as the new chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) - the first-ever woman to head the capital markets regulator.
Ms. Buch (57), who was not only the first woman whole-time member of SEBI but also the first person from the private sector working at the regulator, has been appointed for a three-year term.
The board of directors of L&T Finance Holdings Ltd (LTFH) approved the appointment of S N Subrahmanyan as its director and chairperson.
Subrahmanyan takes over from Shailesh Haribhakti who served as the chairperson on the board of L&T Finance Holdings from 1 June 2017. Haribhakti will continue as a board member.
The All India House Price Index (HPI) rose 3.1% in the third quarter of the fiscal on an annual basis, according to data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
The RBI releases its quarterly house price index (HPI) based on transaction-level data received from housing registration authorities in ten major cities.
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) and Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaboratively work in the field of renewable energy, electric mobility, and alternative fuels including the development of ESG Projects. This is in line with the government's vision of a carbon-neutral economy by 2070.
India and Nepal sealed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a long-term supply of Urea and DAP fertilizers from India to Nepal under a G2G arrangement.
The signing of this MoU is expected to help address the recurring fertilizer shortages in Nepal and enable improve agricultural productivity for the direct benefit of Nepali farmers.
India has started a mega mission to evacuate its 20,000 citizens from Ukraine.
India is the only country in the world that is evacuating its citizen from Ukraine on government expenses.
On the other hand, most of the nations have clearly asked their citizens to bear their own expenses and make personal efforts to exit Ukraine.
Capital: Kyiv; Currency: Ukrainian hryvnia.
Former Chief Minister of Odisha Hemanand Biswal passed away.
He was 82.
He was the Chief Minister of the state for two brief terms from 1989 and from 1999.
He was elected to the state assembly for six times while in 2009 he was elected to the Parliament from the Sundargarh constituency.
The International Monsoons Project Office (IMPO) will be hosted at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, an institution under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt of India, initially for five years.
Setting up the IMPO reiterates the importance of monsoons for the national economy.
To battle against the mentality that sparks issues, cases of violence, or general violence, Zero Discrimination Day is observed every year on March 1.
The day was first launched by Michel Sidibe, director, UNAIDS, in December 2013. The next year on March 1, 2014, Zero Discrimination Day was observed for the very first time.
2022 Theme:- 'Remove Laws That Harm, Create Laws That Empower.’
India's economic growth slowed to 5.4 per cent in the third quarter of 2021-22 but higher than China's GDP expansion of 4 per cent during the same period and the country retained its position as the world's fastest growing major economy.
In the current fiscal, GDP growth stood at 20.3 per cent in April-June quarter and 8.5 per cent in July-September period.
New Development Bank (NDB) will become the first multilateral agency to open an office in the Gujarat International Finance Tech City (Gift) after an approval for the same this week.
The multilateral agency will take all requisite steps to make the Indian office operational by the middle of May.
In a bid to boost tourism, the Delhi government has decided to build India’s first ever e-waste eco-park.
The announcement was made by Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. He said that soon Delhi will be home to the "country's first" e-waste eco-park which will take care of rising e-waste.
The park will be built on 20 acres of land.
Canada has approved the use of Covifenz, the world’s first plant-derived Covid-19 vaccine jointly developed by Medicago Inc. and GlaxoSmithKline Plc.
The vaccine has been cleared for people aged 18 to 64 since its safety and effectiveness, according to Health Canada, have not been established in people younger than 18 or older than 64 years of age.
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has inaugurated and laid foundation stone of 46 National Highway Projects with investment of ₹19,930 crore in Karnataka.
National Highway Projects of total length 238 KM with an investment of ₹3,972 crore will improve the interstate road connectivity from Karnataka to Maharashtra and Goa.