P Udayakumar, Director (Plng & Mktg), NSIC assumed additional charge of CMD NSIC.
National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC), is an ISO 9001-2015 certified Government of India Enterprise under the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME). NSIC has been working to promote, aid and foster the growth of micro, small and medium enterprises in the country.
The World Bank has approved a project worth ₹1,000 crore for taking rain-fed farming to new heights in the hilly regions of Uttarakhand.
The project named Uttarakhand Climate Responsive Rain-fed Farming Project will be implemented by the watershed department.
The project is aimed at reducing green house gas emissions for funding by the World Bank.
GE Steam Power has signed a USD 165 million contract with BHEL for the supply of three nuclear steam turbines out of six units for NPCIL's domestic nuclear program- phase 1 being developed at Gorakhpur, Haryana (units - 1 to 4 (GHAVP)) and Kaiga (Kaiga-5&6) Karnataka.
Today, GE's steam turbine technology operates in 50 per cent of the world's nuclear power plants.
Karnataka's Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai opened Swedish furniture and home furnishing retailer Ikea's large outlet at Nagasandra on the Pune expressway.
The Ikea store in Bengaluru is 500,000 sq.ft in area and the company hopes to attract about seven million visitors a year. It has employed about 1000 direct workers.
IKEA India CEO - Susanne Pulverer.
An Indian government delegation led by Chief Economic Advisor V. Anantha Nageswaran arrived to assess Sri Lanka's economic conditions and examine whether another tranche of financial package needs to be disbursed to the island nation.
The support from India ranges from economic assistance of close to USD 3.5 billion to helping secure Sri Lanka's food, health etc.
To highlight the importance of sports and games in our lives, International Olympic Day (or World Olympic Day) is observed across the world on June 23 every year. Doctor Gruss, a Czech IOC member, presented the idea of a World Olympic Day in 1947. A year later, the day was observed to mark the birth of the modern Olympic Games.
Bengaluru-based CARD91, announced a strategic partnership with YES BANK and RuPay, the flagship product of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). Through this partnership, CARD91 will create a card management system that will allow companies to launch a variety of co-branded card instruments as well as maintain a real-time dashboard to generate insights.
RBI extended the timeline for implementation of certain provisions of the master directions it issued on issuance of debit cards and credit cards by three months from July 1, 2022 to October 1, 2022.
Issuers given more time for OTP-based activation, ensuring credit limit is not breached without cardholder's consent
South Indian Bank has launched a new portal called ‘SIB TF Online’ for its corporate EXIM customers.
The portal facilitates a platform for trade-related payments to foreign entities remotely. The customer can initiate the payment request over SIB TF Online after uploading the relevant supporting documents for the transaction.
SIB:
HQ: Thrissur;
CEO: Murali Ramakrishnan;
Tagline: Experience Next Generation Banking.
Mongolia’s Khuvsgul Lake National Park has been added to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves of UNESCO.
Khuvsgul Lake is located in the northern Mongolian province of Khuvsgul near the Russian border, holding nearly 70 per cent of Mongolia’s fresh water, or 0.4 per cent of the world’s total.
Ministry of Defence approved setting up of wayside amenities under the brand of ‘BRO Cafes’ at 75 locations on different sections of roads with BRO across 12 states and Union territories.
These are intended to provide basic amenities and comfort to tourists and lead to boosting of economic activities in border areas, besides generating employment for local people.
The navies of India and Indonesia on June 13 began an 11-day coordinated patrol in Andaman Sea and Malacca Strait.
The 38th edition of the exercise IND-INDO CORPAT, conducted for the first time after the COVID-19 pandemic, will take place till June 24.
The two navies have been carrying out CORPAT along their International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) since 2002.
The patrol commenced on June 13 with the arrival of KRI Cut Nyak Dien at Port Blair.
Long-distance runner Hari Chand, who won two gold medals at the 1978 Bangkok Asian Games, passed away at his native village Ghorewaha in Hoshiarpur district,Punjab.
He won a gold medal at the 1975 Asian Championship in 10,000 metre and a bronze medal in 5,000 metre.
Later, he won two gold medals at the 1978 Asian Games in Bangkok in the 5000m and 10,000m events
He also participated in two Olympic Games in 1976 and 1980.
MoU has been signed between Indian Navy & Directorate General of Shipping to facilitate transition of Indian Navy personnel into the merchant navy.
Under the provisions of the pact, the DG Shipping has envisioned certification of Indian Navy personnel in accordance with the International STCW (Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers) conventions.
Assam has become the 36th State to implement the One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) scheme.
With this, the ONORC plan is successfully implemented in all 36 states, and Union Territories, making food security portable throughout the country.
ONORC is a scheme that will nationalise a beneficiary’s ration card by a process called Aadhaar Seeding.
India's first-ever girl Panchayat, "Balika Panchayat" was started in 5 villages of Gujarat's Kutch district. It aims to promote the social and political development of the girls and ensure their active participation of girls in politics.
This is a unique initiative of the Women and Child Development Welfare department of Gujarat under the 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' campaign.
"Balika Panchayat" is managed by people in the 11-21 age group.
During the two-day bankers’ awareness programme in Udaipur, Rajasthan it was decided that immediate efforts are needed for the creation of an integrated pension portal by linking the existing portals of Centre's Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare (DoPPW) and the SBI to provide seamless services to pensioners.
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully launched communication satellite GSAT-24 from Kourou in French Guiana. GSAT-24, built by ISRO for NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), was launched by French company Arianespace.
GSAT-24 is a 24-Ku band communication satellite weighing 4180 kg with pan-India coverage for meeting DTH application needs.
Entire capacity on board leased to Tata Play.
Indian women's Wrestling claimed Under-17 Asian Championship title with a total of eight gold at Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
India lifted the title with a total of 235 points from eight golds, one silver and one bronze. Japan had to be content with the runners-up trophy with 143 points and Mongolia finished third with 138 points.
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held talks with his Rwandan counterpart Vincent Biruta.
Dr. Jaishankar arrived in Rwanda on Wednesday on a four-day visit to attend the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). He will be representing Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the summit of the 54-nation bloc on June 24-25.
Rwanda's President- Paul Kagame.
The United Nations General Assembly designated June 23 as Public Service Day on December 20, 2002.
The day recognises the value and virtue of public service to communities.
The theme for this year's event is “Building back better from COVID-19: Enhancing innovative partnerships to meet the Sustainable Development Goals.”
In the year 2010, the United Nations acknowledged 23 June as International Widows' Day. The day aims to gather support for widows and to spread awareness about their situation.
It is estimated that there are nearly 258 million widows around the world. Practically one in every ten widows live in extreme poverty, as per the United Nations.
