Through a resolution that was adopted in 2009, the General Assembly selected 22 April as International Mother Earth Day. In 1969 at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco, peace activist John McConnell proposed a day to honour the Earth and the concept of peace.
This year’s World Earth Day 2022 theme is “Invest In Our Planet”.
The assets size of the country’s top banks has improved in 2021 with State Bank of India (SBI) and HDFC Bank climbing up two notches in the latest S&P Global Market Intelligence’s ranking of the Asia-Pacific’s largest banks. What’s more, the third-largest lender – ICICI Bank — has found a place in the league table with the rank of 50.
NIA has set ‘Gold Standard’ with more than 90 percent conviction rate and NIA has a very important role to play in fulfilling the Prime Minister’s goal of a terror-free India and Zero Tolerance Against Terrorism.
➡️NIA Headquarters: New Delhi
➡️Founder: Radha Vinod Raju
➡️Chief: Yogesh Chander Modi.
NITI Aayog & UNICEF India signed a Statement of Intent on the Sustainable Development Goals with a focus on children. Reiterating a mutual commitment towards realizing the rights of children in India, the SoI seeks to formalize a framework of cooperation to launch the first report on the ‘State of India’s Children: Status and Trends in Multidimensional Child Development’.
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi participated in the celebrations of the 400th Parkash Purab of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji at Red Fort in New Delhi today. The Prime Minister offered prayers to Shri Guru Teg Bahadur ji. The Prime Minister sat in prayer when 400 Ragis offered shabad/kirtan.
Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman attended the FATF Ministerial Meeting in Washington D.C, conducted along-side the 2022 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog.
Headquarters: Paris, France; Founded: 1989.
On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Indian Independence & ongoing Azadi ka Amrit Mahotasav, India Post Payments Bank (IPPB), a 100% government owned entity under Department of Posts (DoP) announced the launch of Fincluvation– a joint initiative to collaborate with Fintech Startup community to co-create and innovate solutions for financial inclusion.
Giving a boost to the shipping and tourism sector together, India would host the first-ever Incredible India International Cruise Conference 2022 in May, months ahead of the commissioning of the iconic cruise terminal in Mumbai.
The Mumbai Port Authority (MPA) would host the event in India’s financial capital on May 14-15.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurate DefConnect 2.0 organised by Innovations for Defence Excellence, Defence Innovation Organisation (iDEX-DIO) in New Delhi.
The event will attract a large number of innovators and investors from country’s leading industries in the defence sector.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is among five people named as recipients of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for acting to protect democracy.
The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation said that he was chosen because of the way he has “marshaled the spirit, patriotism and untiring sacrifice of the Ukrainian people in a life-or-death fight for their country.
Dhanlaxmi Bank has signed a memorandum of understanding with Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) and Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) for collection of taxes.
The bank has been authorised by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) based on the recommendation from the Controller General of Accounts for collection of various taxes.
India captain Rohit Sharma and pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah have been named among five players in Wisden's 'Cricketers of the Year' in the 2022 edition of the Almanack.
Besides the duo, the list also features New Zealand batter Devon Conway, England pacer Ollie Robinson and Proteas women star Dane van Niekerk.
Serial entrepreneur Babita Singh has been conferred as a Global Peace Ambassador for promoting Peace through Education, Sports, Art, Culture & Diplomacy at the India International Conclave 2022 held in collaboration with Asia Africa Consortium (AAC) that took place in Shangrila, New Delhi.
Russia’s Ministry of Defence said it had completed the launch of its RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), a new addition to its nuclear arsenal which Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said would provide Moscow’s enemies with “food for thought”.
It has been under development since 2009.
The Tripura government has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with NIXI-CSC Data Services Centre to establish an international standard Data Centre here, an official. National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) and CSE e-governance services Ltd, have floated a joint venture - NIXI-CSC Data Services Centre to set up the proposed data centre.