Joydeep Karmakar, a decade after he missed a bronze by a whisker at the 2012 London Olympics, is back with the Indian team as the chief national rifle coach till June 2025, a tenure that will include the 2024 Paris Olympics.
He was appointed by the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI).
The Tata Power Community Development Trust (TPCDT) has partnered with the Center for Autism and other Disabilities Rehabilitation Research and Education (CADRRE) to launch 'Pay Autention - A different mind is a gifted mind', India’s first bridgital autism support network.
World Autism Awareness Day Observed on 2nd April 2022.
CADRRE honorary director G. Vijaya Raghavan.
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the first line of defense for the United States, announced the appointment of Nand Mulchandani as its first-ever Chief Technology Officer (CTO).
Before joining the intelligence agency, Mulchandani served as the CTO and acting director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Centre under the US Department of Defence.
CIA Director- William J. Burns.
The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) has given its approval to the Sputnik Light Covid-19 vaccine to be administered as a precaution dose.
The NTAGI's Standing Technical Sub-Committee (STSC) discussed the issue and recommended that Sputnik Light, which has the same component of Sputnik V's first dose.
ISMC has announced its plan to set up India’s first semiconductor fabrication unit. The international semiconductor consortium will invest $3 billion in India's southern Karnataka state to set up a chip-making plant.
It comes after union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that the Modi government expects to grant approvals to electronic chip makers in the next 6 to 8 months.
The Union Cabinet has approved the signing of a pact between India and Chile for cooperation in the disability sector.
The Memorandum of Understanding will encourage cooperation between the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities and the Government of Chile through joint initiatives in the disabilities sector.
Chile's Capital: Santiago; Currency: Chilean peso
The Union Cabinet has approved the amalgamation of Consultancy Development Centre (CDC) along with its manpower, moveable assets and liabilities with the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). CSIR and CDC are two separate autonomous bodies under the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Ministry of Science and Technology.
Doordarshan has won ENBA Award 2021 for the best in-depth Hindi series.TV series based on pet care ‘Best Friend Forever’ on Doordarshan has won big at the 14th edition of the Exchange4media News Broadcasting Awards (ENBA).
Objective of the show is to maintain a two way communication where viewers can directly call and talk to the experts,& share their worries & experiences.
Brazil is ready to host the Deaflympics for the first time in the competition's 98-year history, with Caxias do Sul set to welcome the world's best athletes with hearing impairments over the next two weeks.
The 24th edition of the Deaflympics had initially been scheduled to take place from December 5 to 21 in 2021, but was postponed due to COVID-19 complications.
Ministry of Development of North-East Region Gangtok hosts Symposium on Smart City Revolution Govt amends funding pattern to ensure projects in North East reach completion. Past five years have been specially transformational for the North East.
Also launched the Online Building Permission System (OBPS) of Government of Sikkim at this event.
Oil India Limited signed an MoU with Digboi Forest Division, Assam Forest Department on 29th April 2022 for a project on Carbon Sequestration and Restoration of Degraded Forest Land in Upper Dihing Reserved Forest (west block) under Digboi Forest Division. The initiative has been undertaken under OIL’s CSR project Vasundhara.
The Union Cabinet has approved a proposal to open a new Indian mission in Lithuania in 2022 in a bid to deepen political relations and strategic cooperation and enable growth of bilateral trade with the Baltic country.
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accorded approval to the opening of a new Indian mission in Lithuania in 2022.
Lithuania's Capital: Vilnius; Currency: Euro.
In Bihar country's first ethanol plant was inaugurated in Purnia district.
Ethanol production would help reduce the cost of petrol and generate fresh employment opportunities in the state.
The rupees 105 cr plant set up by a private investor is the first one developed since the Union government approved the Bihar government's ethanol production and promotion policy -2021.