Theme for the 8th edition of International Day of Yoga is "Yoga for Humanity." The Ministry of Ayush has chosen this theme for the 8th International Day of Yoga 2022, which will be held on June 21, 2022 in India and around the world. Mysuru, Karnataka, will host the main event of the IDY 2022 demonstration.
Rajesh Gera has been appointed as the Director General, National Informatics Centre (NIC).
The NIC, under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), was established in 1976 with the objective to provide technology-driven solutions to central and state governments.
Singer Krishnakumar Kunnath, better known as KK, passed away.
The singer fell ill while performing at an event in Kolkata.One of the most versatile singers of the Indian film industry, KK has recorded songs in several languages, including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Bengali.
The government on Monday approved the continuation of the Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) for five years from 2021-22 to 2025-26.
The outlay approved for the continuation of the scheme during the 15th Finance Commission cycle is Rs 13,554.42 crore.
Since its inception in 2008-09, about 7.8 lakh micro enterprises have been assisted.
Recognising its efforts in controlling tobacco consumption, the World Health Organization (WHO) has selected Jharkhand for the World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) Award-2022.
NTCP was launched in Jharkhand in 2012 when the tobacco prevalence rate in the State was 51.1 per cent, of which 48 per cent were smokeless users, according to the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS)-1 report.
National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP).
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations adopted June 1 as World Milk Day in 2001. The day is marked to recognise milk as global food and to celebrate the dairy industry.
The theme for World Milk Day 2022 is 'Dairy Net Zero' by cutting down the greenhouse gas emission of the industry over the next 30 years.
India is among the largest producers of milk.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced new legislation that his government says will usher in “some of the strongest gun control measures” in decades, including a “freeze” on the buying and selling of handguns in the country. A mandatory buyback program for "assault-style weapons" will go into effect later this year if the bill passes.
Anna Qabale Duba from Marsabit County in Kenya has been announced as the winner of the Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award in an award ceremony held at Atlantis The Palm, Dubai.The winner was announced by Dr. Azad Moopen, & the award was presented by H.H. Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Chairman &Chief Executive of Emirates.
Former State Bank of India exexutive Natarajan Sundar has joined National Assets Reconstruction Company Ltd (NARCL) as managing director and CEO.
Karnam Sekar, Malvika Sinha named independent directors; NARCL Board now has 5 nominees from shareholder banks.
Indian Naval Air Squadron (INAS) 325, operating the indigenously built ALH MK III aircraft, was commissioned into the Indian Navy by Lieutenant General Ajai Singh, AVSM, Commander-in-Chief, Andaman & Nicobar at an impressive ceremony held at INS Utkrosh, Port Blair.
The unit is the second ALH MK III Squadron commissioned into the Indian Navy.
National Panthers Party Chief Professor Bhim Singh passed away at his residence in Jammu after a prolonged illness, officials said. He was 80.
Singh was the founder and Chief Patron of the Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP), a political organisation which seeks "ultimate revolution", based in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
India's GDP grew by 4.1% in the fourth quarter of FY22. Meanwhile, the overall growth recorded for the financial year 2021-22 is estimated at 8.7% as against the contraction of 6.6% in FY21.
The estimate of 8.7% for FY22 is the highest in 22 years in terms of back series data.
The nominal GDP grew by 19.5% in the financial year 2021-22.
GVA for FY22 came in at 8.1% compared to a contraction of 4.8% in the preceding fiscal.
Greenko Group, a Hyderabad-based clean energy firm, has initiated the construction of the world’s largest integrated RE storage project with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, performing the first concrete pour ceremony for the facility at Kurnool district.
The project is scheduled to get commissioned by the last quarter of 2023.
Cyclones Asani & Karim, titled after the northern and southern hemispheres are twin cyclones that formed last month at almost uniform longitude and are now sliding away. Karim (was given by the South African country Seychelles) is classified as a category II hurricane.
Asani (named by Sri Lanka. It means “wrath” in Sinhalese), a Severe Cyclonic Storm over the Bay of Bengal.
The combined Index of Eight Core Industries stood at 143.2 in April 2022, which is an increase of 8.4 per cent (provisional) as compared to the Index of April 2021.
The production of Coal, Electricity, Refinery Products, Fertilizers, Cement and Natural Gas industries increased in April 2022 over the corresponding period of last year.
The central government has released Rs 86,912 crore to state governments, clearing all the Goods and Services Tax (GST) compensation due to them.
The Centre made the full payment despite only about Rs 25,000 crore being available in the GST compensation fund. The balance money has been paid from the Centre's own resources pending collection of cess.