The BCCI has imposed a two-year ban on journalist Boria Majumdar for bullying senior wicket-keeper Wriddhiman Saha, barring the sports journalist from interviewing players and entering stadiums in the country.
Majumdar won't be given media accreditation for two years as part of the sanctions ratified by the BCCI Apex Council.
Venkataramani Sumantran has been Appointed as the chairman of the Board of Directors of InterGlobe Aviation, the parent company of India's largest airline IndiGo. Sumantran succeeds Meleveetil Damodaran.
He is currently the Chairman & Managing Director of Celeris Technologies, a strategic advisory firm engaged in the domains of automotive, mobility, digital transformation.
In a first, India will be the 'country of honour' at the Marché Du Film, organised alongside the Cannes Film Festival this year. The development was shared by Union information and broadcasting minister Anurag Thakur.
The ‘country of honour’ status ensures India’s presence as a focused country at the opening night where on one hand India can showcase its cinema culture.
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das announced hike in benchmark interest rates by 40 basis points to 4.40 percent.
The MPC voted unanimously to increase the policy repo rate by 40 bps to 4.40 per cent with immediate effect. The standing deposit facility rate now stands at 4.15 per cent, while the marginal standing facility rate and bank rate stand at 4.65 percent.
The MPC also hiked CRR (cash reserve ratio) by 50 basis points to 4.5 per cent.
Rajasthan became the first state in India to surpass 10 GW of cumulative large-scale solar installations, as per Mercom’s India Solar Project Tracker. The state has a total of 32.5 GW of installed power capacity, with renewables contributing 55%, followed by thermal energy at 43%, and nuclear energy making up for the remaining 2%.
Ronnie O'Sullivan won a record seventh World Snooker Championship crown after beating Judd Trump 18-13 in the final at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre(United Kingdom).
With this title, O'Sullivan has equalled Stephen Hendry's modern-day record of seven world titles.
O'Sullivan, at 46, is the oldest World Championship finalist since mentor Ray Reardon in 1982.
Fitech start-up FidyPay has partnered with Yes Bank to extend the digital facilitation to a wide array of businesses, comprising fintechs, SMEs, and start-ups.
As part of the association, FidyPay will be enabling a seamless connected banking experience to Yes Bank's customers, the company said in a release.
The Times Higher Education (THE) has released the 2022 edition of its Impact Rankings, in which India has been featured as the fourth most-represented nation along with Turkey with 64 universities.
As per the THE rankings, apart from Calcutta University, two universities are in the top 100.
The Coast Guard has commissioned its second air squadron, 845 Squadron (CG), of Advanced Light Helicopter Mk-III at an event held at the Coast Guard air enclave, Nedumbassery.
The commissioning was done by Coast Guard Director General V.S. Pathania.
The first ALH Mk-III squadron of the Coast Guard is in Bhubaneswar.
India’s Services exports set a new record of USD 254.4 Billion in the financial year 2021-2022. The new record achieved in 2021-22 beats the previous high of USD 213.2 Billion in 2019-20.
Also, Services exports hit an all-time monthly high of USD 26.9 Billion in March 2022.
Telangana state Government has announced extension of insurance coverage to handloom and power loom weavers under ‘Nethanna Bima’ (Weaver’s Insurance) Scheme. The State Government has issued orders to extend insurance coverage of 5 lakh rupees for weavers under the Insurance Scheme on par with farmers insurance scheme.
Home Minister Amit Shah has said that Narendra Modi government has pursued had a zero-tolerance policy toward terrorism from day one. Inaugurating the National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) premises at Bengaluru. National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) has been conceived to develop cutting edge technology to enhance India's counter terror capabilities.
NATGRID Formed: 2009;
Headquarters: New Delhi.
India Meteorological Department has signed an agreement with IIT Bombay to work together for developing climate solutions for the stakeholders at village, city, and district levels through user-friendly weather forecasting applications.
IIT Bombay has also set up the first-ever chair professorship in climate studies.
The RailTel Corporation of India Ltd had designed and established a “Health Cloud” at Visakhapatnam premises of Andhra Pradesh Med Tech Zone (AMTZ). The Andhra Pradesh Med Tech Zone (AMTZ) is the world’s first integrated medical device manufacturing hub. The “Health Cloud” at AMTZ has been inaugurated by Louise Agersnap, Head of WHO Innovation Hub, WHO-Geneva.
Canara Bank has launched ‘skill loans’ in association with the Additional Skill Acquisition Programme (ASAP). Loans ranging from ₹5,000 to ₹1.5 L can be availed of by students pursuing skill training programmes offered by ASAP Kerala or any other Central/State government-recognised agencies that conduct National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF) or NSDC courses.
NSDC: National Skill Development Corporation.
According to the report, the commission has recommended increasing the number of Assembly seats. For Kashmir, it has been suggested to increase the seats from 46 to 47, while the Jammu region will have 43 seats instead of 37. Now, J&K will have 90 Assembly seats.
The Delimitation Commission on Jammu and Kashmir was established on March 6, 2020.
The Delimitation Commission was headed by Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai.
World Password Day is observed every first Thursday in the month of May. This year it falls on May 5. The day is to address the critical need for solid passwords.
The day was started by security researcher Mark Burnet, who encouraged people to have a specific day known as World Password Day.