The Asian Development Bank will provide a USD 2 million loan for designing climate resilient urban infrastructure, strengthening institutional capacity and improving municipal resource mobilisation in Nagaland. Government of India and ADB on signed the USD 2 million Project Readiness Financing (PRF) loan, the Manila- headquartered lender said in a release.
Indian Army received the first lot of Infantry Protected Vehicles (IPMVS) from a private sector company which has produced and delivered the four-wheeled armoured combat vehicles.
These have been developed and manufactured at a facility in Pune and built on the strategic 8×8 Wheeled Armoured Platform (WhAP).
Sukaran Singh, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, TASL.
The key objective of the Unit is to develop a national One Health roadmap based on the learnings of the pilot project implementation. Inter-ministerial One Health committee under the chairmanship of Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India has been established to lead the implementation of the One Health Support Unit.
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved a proposal for signing a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and the Financial Regulatory Commission, Mongolia (FRC).
Established in 2006, the Financial Regulatory Commission (FRC), Mongolia, is a parliamentary authority.
President of India Sh. Kovind addressed the inaugural ceremony of the National Conference on Mediation and Information Technology organized by the High Court of Gujarat at Kevadia in Narmada district.
Speaking on this occasion, the Chief Justice of India N. V. Ramana emphasized on resolving disputes through mediation.
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL) and Microsoft announced a strategic cloud partnership aimed at accelerating the firm’s digital transformation and shaping the future of innovation.
Through a seven-year collaboration, Microsoft will provide infrastructure as a service (IAAS), platform as a service (PAAS), network and security services on the cloud.
Alliance Air’s made-in-India Dornier 228 aircraft was deployed for its first commercial flight on Dibrugarh(Assam)-Pasighat(Arunachal Pradesh) route.
The Centre-run Alliance Air had in February signed an agreement with the government-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited to lease two 17-seater Dornier 228 aircraft. The airline received its first Dornier 228 on April 7.
It was India’s first commercial airline to fly Indian-made aircraft for civil operations.
The largest iron ore producer of India, National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC), under Ministry of Steel awarded one gold and one silver award in the 80th SKOCH Summit and SKOCH Awards recently conducted by SKOCH, New Delhi.
The theme for the SKOCH Summit was ‘State of BFSI & PSUs’.
NMDC:
Chairman and Managing Director: Sumit Deb;
Headquarters: Hyderabad.
IAF’s Chinook helicopter undertook the longest non-stop helicopter sortie in India, flying from Chandigarh to Jorhat (Assam). The 1910 kms route was completed in 7 hrs 30 min.
India had finalized a contract in September 2015 to procure 22 Apache helicopters and 15 Chinooks choppers from the US at a cost of around USD 3 billion.
Mumbai has been recognised as the "2021 Tree City of the World" by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations jointly with Arbor Day Foundation, Department of Public Relations.
Mumbai city is now part of an important global network leading the way in urban and community forestry.
Previously, Hyderabad was the only city in India to receive this honour.
The city of Mumbai is also known as 'Dream City'.
The number of domestic patent filing has surpassed the number of international patent filing during January-March 2022 for the first time in 11 years, the commerce and industry ministry said in a statement.
This means that of the total 19,796 patent applications filed, 10,706 (54 per cent) were filed by Indian applicants as compared to 9,090 by non-Indian applicants.
Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani became the 6th richest person in the world with a total wealth of $118 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaire's Index.
Adani entered the $100 billion wealth club on April 4 and is now the only Indian in Bloomberg's top 10 global billionaires list.
He has surpassed Google’s famed founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani was at 11th spot with net worth of $97 bn.
The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) launched the “Svanidhi se Samriddhi” programme in 126 additional cities across 14 states and Union territories.
“Svanidhi se Samriddhi”, an additional programme of PM Svanidhi, was launched on January 4,2021 in 125 cities under the first phase covering around 35 lakh street vendors and their families.
28 lakh street vendors and their families will be covered after the expansion.
Union Minister for Tourism, Culture and DONER G. Kishan Reddy inaugurated the 2 days Conference of Amrit Samagam being held from 12th – 13th April in New Delhi.
During the inaugural day of the 2 days’ Amrit Samagam Conference, Shri G. Kishan Reddy also launched the Utsav Portal to showcase all events,festivals and live darshans across India.
The Utsav Portal website is a digital initiative launched by the Ministry of Tourism.
India's retail inflation surged to a 17-month high of 6.95 per cent in March from 6.07 per cent in the previous month due to a sharp increase in food prices as per the National Statistical Office (NSO) data.
Retail inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) has remained above the upper limit of the RBI tolerance band for the third consecutive month.
CPI inflation data is released monthly by the NSO,MoSPI
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and partners of the Adaptation Innovation Marketplace (AIM) have announced $2.2 million in climate action grants for 22 local innovators across 19 countries, including India.
The initiative empowers local actors and contributes to the principles for locally led adaptation action, which have been endorsed by UNDP and partners.
The Netherlands lifted their fourth FIH Junior Women’s Hockey World Cup title after beating Germany 3-1 in the final at Potchefstroom, South Africa.
Netherlands defeated the Indian women's hockey team 0-3 in the FIH Junior World Cup semifinals.