Shri Sanjay Bhattacharyya presently Ambassador of India to Switzerland, has been concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of India to the Principality of Liechtenstein, with residence in Berne.
Liechtenstein is a western European principality located between Switzerland and Austria, its capital is Vaduz.
On July 9, 1997, about 25 years ago, the National Stock Exchange (NSE) implemented the T+5 stock settlement mechanism. From February 25, 2022, India became only the second country after China to move to the T+1 stock settlement mechanism in a phased manner.
On 20 December 2013, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed March 3, the day of signature of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in 1973, as World Wildlife Day.
The World Wildlife Day (WWD) 2022 theme is "Safeguarding key species for ecosystem restoration"
There are over 22,000 endangered & critically endangered species.
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Custom (CBIC) has lowered the threshold for mandatory issuance of e- invoice (electronic invoice) under Goods & Services Tax (GST) to ₹20 crore from the earlier prescribed limit of ₹50 crore.
It means businesses with turnover of ₹20 crore or more will have to issue e-invoice from April, 2022.
Radal Nadal, 35, beat Cameron Norrie 6-4, 6-4 to win the Mexican Open and take his career-best start to the season to 15-0, while claiming his 91st ATP title. Mexican Open is an ATP 500 level tournament played on hard courts, and this year 4 of the top 5 players in the world started in the draw: Daniil Medvedev (2), Alexander Zverev (3), Stefanos Tsitsipas (4) & Nadal (5).
'Building AI Readiness among Young Innovators', a program by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, in partnership with Intel India, was launched on the occasion of National Science Day on 28th February by Dr Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State for Science and Technology(I/C), Government of India.
Union Minister for Electronics & Information Technology, Railways and Communications, Ashwini Vaishnaw will inaugurate the 3rd edition of ‘NIC Tech Conclave 2022’, a 2-day event being organized by the National Informatics Centre (NIC), at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
NIC has been organizing Tech Conclave focused on Emerging Technologies applicable especially in e-Governance.
The Theme for Tech Conclave this year is “Next Gen Technologies for Digital Government”.
The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), commemorated its 20th Foundation Day by organising the National Innovation Conclave on Low Carbon Technologies. This conclave provided a platform to present the innovations showing benefits of energy savings and greenhouse gas emission reduction potential when deployed at a large scale in industrial and commercial sectors.
India's Sadia Tariq came up with a brilliant performance to win the gold medal in the Moscow Wushu Stars Championship which is being held in the Russian capital from February 22 to 28.
Sadia Tariq, who hails from Srinagar, is a two-time gold medalist in the Junior National Wushu championship.
The 19th edition of India-US Military Cooperation Group (MCG) meeting was held in Agra, Uttar Pradesh on March1-2, 2022.
The meeting was co-chaired by Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC) Air Marshal BR Krishna from the Indian side and Deputy Commander, US Indo-Pacific Command Lieutenant General Stephen D Sklenka from the US.
In line with the vision of PM Narendra Modi to make India a global hub for manufacturing, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce & Industry is organizing a Post Budget Webinar on Make in India for the World.
The Union Budget 2022 has laid down a roadmap for India@100 with manufacturing as one of the key drivers of growth.
Deepak Parekh, the chairman of Housing Finance Development Corporation, has resigned as the non-executive chairman of the company's insurance arm HDFC ERGO General Insurance.
HDFC has nominated Keki Mistry, the incumbent vice chairman and CEO of the company, as a non-executive chairman.
The world’s single largest ecosystem, covering nearly three-fourths of the earth’s surface, oceans are vital to the economies, security, and livelihoods of lakhs of communities in India that has a coastline of 8,118 km, spanning nine states and four Union Territories.The Parikrama, a part of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’- an endeavour to know the problems of coastal fisherfolk.
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) today celebrated its 17th Foundation Day at 15th August Ground at Red Fort, New Delhi. The Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani was the chief guest at the event which was attended by the Chairperson of NCPCR, Shri Priyank Kanoongo, Secretary, WCD, Shri Indevar Pandey.
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) will hold the 7th National Conference on Economics of Competition Law on Friday, March 4, 2022 in Virtual Mode. CCI has been organising the Conference every year since 2016.
The Conference is an endeavour to develop and sustain interest in the Economics of Competition Law and create a critical mass of antitrust economists.