Doordarshan and Doordarshan News Director-General Mayank Kumar Agrawal has been given the additional charge of Prasar Bharati Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
Mr. Shashi Shekhar Vempati who appointed as CEO of the public broadcaster in June 2017, on the recommendation of a three-member committee headed by the then Vice-President completed his tenure of years.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin launched the official logo and mascot of the 44th Chess Olympiad.
The mascot 'Thambi' is a knight dressed in the traditional Tamil attire Veshti (Dhoti) with a shirt and is seen with folded hands, apparently extending the Tamil greeting 'Vanakkam'. The words ''Chess Believe'' are seen on its shirt.
More than 4.11 lakh PoS, mobile PoS and other physical devices were deployed across the country under the Payments Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF) scheme as on April 30, 2022, the RBI said.
The PIDF scheme subsidises deployment of Points of Sale infrastructure in tier-3 to tier-6 centres and northeastern states of the country.
Prime Minister participated in a programme named ‘Gujarat Gaurav Abhiyan’. During the programme, he inaugurated and lay the foundation stone of development initiatives worth about Rs 3050 crores at Khudvel, a tribal region in Navsari. This includes the inauguration of 7 projects, foundation stone laying for 12 projects and Bhumi Pujan of 14 projects.
India will host the Special ASEAN-India Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on the 16th and 17th.
External Affairs Spokesman Arindam Bagchi said, this will be the first meeting hosted by India in New Delhi and it will be accompanied by 12th Edition of Delhi Dialogue.
The Ministerial Session will be attended by External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar and ASEAN’s Ministers.
He said the theme of the Delhi Dialogue is, Building Bridges in the Indo-Pacific.
Recognising its efforts in advancing tobacco control, the WHO has awarded the Resource Centre for Tobacco Control (e-RCTC) of the Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in Chandigarh with the Regional Director Special Recognition Award.
The International Monetary Fund has named Indian national Krishna Srinivasan as Director of the Asia Pacific Department.
Prior to focusing on Asia Pacific, he was Deputy Director in the Western Hemisphere Department, monitoring the economies of Brazil, Canada, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and the Caribbean.
IMF's Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva.
India's real GDP is projected to grow by 6.9% in fiscal year FY 2022-23 and 6.2% in FY 2023-24, as the country’s economy loses momentum due to high inflation, and rising global energy and food prices, says the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in its latest report.
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has announced that a new Guinness World Record was created by NHAI in laying 75 km of bituminous concrete in a single lane on NH53 in 105 hours and 33 minutes.
The project implemented by NHAI and Raj Path Infracon Pvt Ltd.
The country's first homegrown COVID-19 vaccine Anocovax for animals, developed by Haryana-based ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines, (NRC), was launched by Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh.
Anocovax is an inactivated SARS-CoV-2 Delta (COVID-19) vaccine for animals. The immunity induced by Anocovax neutralizes both Delta and Omicron variants of SARS-CoV-2.
WhatsApp India has launched SMBSaathi Utsav – an initiative to support small businesses by helping them adopt digital mediums such as the WhatsApp Business App to run their business.
The initiative of WhatsApp aims to educate and help small businesses unlock the potential of their business through WhatsApp.
IDS launched Bharat Blockchain Network (Academic Blockchain Consortium) & Polyversity (Educational Metaverse) in the presence of Dharmendra Pradhan – Minister for Education and Skill and Entrepreneurship, Govt. of India and AICTE officials at an event organised at AICTE Auditorium.
The event is to upskill or reskill one crore students in emerging technologies.
Axis Bank and Indian Oil Corp.Ltd. (IOCL) in partnership with National Payments Corp. of India (NPCI), have announced the launch of a co-branded contactless INDIAN OIL AXIS BANK RuPay Credit Card.
As an onboarding gift, users of this card will be entitled to 100% cashback up to ₹250 on all fuel spends within the first 30 days of issue of card.
DBS Bank India has announced the launch of its first-ever credit card in India in partnership with Bajaj Finance Limited.
The Bajaj Finserv DBS Bank SuperCard, powered by Visa, is designed to de-clutter customers’ wallets, eliminating the need to have multiple credit cards.
Markets regulator Sebi has restructured its advisory committee on mutual funds.
The 25-member advisory committee will be chaired by former Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Usha Thorat, according to the latest update with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi).
Earlier, the panel had 24 members.