England's Eoin Morgan has retired from international cricket with immediate effect.
Morgan, who led England to 50-over World Cup glory in 2019, captained England in a record 126 ODIs and 72 T20s. His 118 wins as skipper across the two formats is also a record. He retires with a slew of records to his name, including most ODI runs for England (6,957).
In recognition of Professor Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis’s notable contributions in the fields of statistics, statistical systems, and economic planning, the Government of India in 2007, designated June 29 as the "Statistics Day" in the category of Special Days to be celebrated every year at the National level.
'Statistics’,derived from the Latin word "status"means"political state" or "government".
Sh. Mistry was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2016 for his contribution in the field of industry and trade.
The Shapoorji Pallonji Group's construction unit is behind some of Mumbai’s iconic landmarks such as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) building, the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building, Hong Kong Bank, Grindlays Bank, Standard Chartered Bank and Brabourne Stadium.
Pay Roll Automation for Disbursement of Monthly Allowances (PADMA), an automated Pay & Allowances module for the Indian Coast Guard was inaugurated by Rajnish Kumar, Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA), Ministry of Defence.
This module has been developed under the aegis of Defense Accounts Department and will be operated by Pay Accounts Office Coast Guard, Noida.
INS Satpura entered Pearl Harbour in Hawaii on 27 Jun 22 to participate in the 22nd biennial, multi-lateral Rim of the Pacific exercise (RIMPAC-22). The exercise is organised by the US Indo-Pacific Command (USINDPACOM).
27 countries are participating in the current edition of the multi-dimensional exercise.
Indigenously-developed Laser-Guided Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) was successfully test-fired from Main Battle Tank (MBT) Arjun by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Army at KK Ranges with support of Armoured Corps Centre & School (ACC&S) Ahmednagar on June 28, 2022.
Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and Chairman DRDO Dr G Satheesh Reddy.
‘Dak Karmayogi’, an e-learning portal of the Department of Posts was launched by Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnav and MoS Communications Devusinh Chauhan in Delhi.
‘Dak Karmayogi’ portal will enhance the competencies of about four lakh Gramin Dak Sevaks and departmental employees.
This portal has been developed under the vision of ‘Mission Karmayogi’.
International Day of the Tropics is observed on June 29 annually. It highlights the challenges faced by the nations of the Tropics.
Tropics are the regions around the equator that lie between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, respectively.
This belt hosts about 40% of the Earth’s population and 80% of biodiversity.
Arjun Munda launched the second phase of Going Online As Leaders (GOAL) programme, a joint initiative of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and Meta (FaceBook) to digitally upskill 10 lakh youth by promoting entrepreneurship amongst tribal communities of the country.
GOAL Program was launched on 15th May 2020 by Facebook in partnership with the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
The Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (DAHD), Government of India, launched the pilot project on ‘One Health’ in Karnataka.
It is a multi-sectoral approach that takes into consideration human,animal and environment health and the inter-connectivity and the interdependence of the three for holistic health.
Uttarakhand & Karnataka were selected for the pilot.
DAHD is piloting the project with financial support of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
BSE said it has collaborated with the Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture to promote and create awareness in the state on the benefits of listing on its SME platform.
Being the apex chamber and primary body of all associations, MACCIA represents the highest MSMEs in the state.
Bajaj Allianz General Insurance announced the launch of a new health insurance product ‘Global Health Care’.
It is a comprehensive health indemnity insurance product that provides seamless cover to the policyholder for planned as well as emergency treatment availed for domestic and international usage.
The PBP is a five-nation(USA,Australia, New Zealand, Japan and the United Kingdom) “informal mechanism” to support Pacific islands and to boost diplomatic, economic ties in the region.
Announced on June 24, it speaks of enhancing “prosperity, resilience, and security” in the Pacific through closer cooperation.
Mukesh Ambani has resigned as a Director in Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited with the company's Board on June 28, approving his elder son Akash Ambani's appointment as the Chairman.
In regulatory filing, Reliance Jio, the telecom arm of the Reliance group, said the Board of Directors at its meeting held on June 27 approved the appointment of Akash Ambani.
SEBI provided an additional payment option of UPI or unified payments interface mechanism to retail investors to apply in the public issue of REITs and InvITs for application value up to Rs 5 lakh.
Earlier it decided to reduce the time taken for allotment and listing of units of privately placed InvIT after the closure of the issue to 6 working days as against 30 days.
Olympic and World Cup medallist Varinder Singh, who was an integral part of some of India's memorable victories in the 1970s, died in Jalandhar.
Varinder Singh was part of the gold-medal winning Indian team at the 1975 men's Hockey World Cup in Kuala Lumpur. This remains India's only gold medal at the prestigious tournament.
At the UN Ocean Conference at Lisbon,India assured the world community that it is committed to protecting at least 30% of lands, waters and oceans & adhering to its commitment of 30 X 30 by 2030.
Theme of the conference is “Scaling up Ocean Action based on Science and Innovation for the implementation of Goal 14: Stocktaking, Partnerships and Solutions”.
Tokyo Olympian Deepak Punia won a bronze medal after defeating Maksat Satybaldy in the 86kg freestyle weight category at the U23 Asian wrestling championships 2022 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
India won 25 medals in all in the U23 meet in the event, including 10 gold medals.
Iraqi official Mohammed Jalood was elected president of the International Weightlifting Federation.
Jalood is a longtime IWF official who held the post of general secretary until before this.
Jalood is the first permanent president since Tamás Aján stepped down in 2020 after 44 years.
IWF is headquartered in Lausanne,Switzerland.
Protean eGov Technologies Ltd (formerly NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure Ltd) & PayNearby have partnered to offer PAN-related services for PayNearby’s retail partners through Aadhaar and biometric or SMS-based OTP authentication for their customers.
Protean accepts and processes PAN applications on behalf of the Income Tax Department, Government of India.
Under the collaboration, PayNearby will work as the PAN Service Agency (PSA) of Protean.
Gabon and Togo joined the Commonwealth becoming the latest nations with no historic ties to Britain to enter the English-speaking club headed by Queen Elizabeth II.
The 54-nation group of mostly former British colonies accepted Togo and Gabon's application for membership on the final day of its leadership summit in Rwanda.
They are the first new members to join the Commonwealth since Rwanda in 2009.
Novak Djokovic became the first player in history to win 80 matches in all four Grand Slams when he defeated Kwon Soon-woo 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Centre Court his 80th win in Wimbledon.
