Lieutenant General Mohan Subramanian of India has been appointed as Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), United Nations Secretary-General General António Guterres announced.
Lieutenant General Subramanian succeeds Lieutenant General Shailesh Tinaikar of India.
World Zoonosis Day is held annually on July 6, worldwide,to raise awareness about the infectious diseases collectively termed zoonotic diseases.
The day is celebrated in memory of Louis Pasteur, a French biologist who,on July 6, 1885, successfully administered the first-ever Rabies vaccine to a patient named Joseph Meister.
Zoonotic diseases originate in animals and can spread to humans.
Odisha, Uttar Pradesh & Andhra Pradesh have emerged as top 3 states in the 1st State Ranking Index for National Food Security Act, NFSA.
Among the Special Category Tripura stood first in the ranking followed by Himachal Pradesh and Sikkim.
Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal released this 1st edition of State Ranking Index
Ukrainian Mathematician Maryna Viazovska is among the 4 winners of the 2022 Fields Medals which is considered equivalent to the Nobel Prize.
She is best known for her solution to the sphere packing problem.
The others were France's Hugo Duminil-Copin, US-based June Huh, and Britain's James Maynard.
Fields Medals is one of the highest honours in Mathematics awarded to scholars under 40.
India's services sector logged its fastest growth in over 11 years after June month’s service activities improved further as per the S&P Global India Services Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) survey. The seasonally adjusted S&P Global India Services PMI Business Activity Index rose from 58.9 in May to 59.2 in June its highest mark since April 2011.
Sweden and Finland signed the Accession Protocols at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels. The signing was held in the presence of Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto and Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde.
The membership bids of the two nations will be sent to the alliance capitals for legislative approvals.
NATO alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg
India’s unemployment rate shot up at 7.80% in June with the loss of 13 million jobs, mainly in the agriculture sector.
Unemployment rate in rural areas went up to 8.03% from 6.62% in May. In urban areas, it was at 7.30% compared to 7.12% in May.
Highest rate of unemployment was witnessed in Haryana at 30.6% followed by Rajasthan at 29.8% and Assam at 17.2%.
Data was released by the economic think-tank Centre for Monitoring the Indian Economy
A unit of Russian nuclear major Rosatom State Corporation has signed an agreement to supply thermocouples for four power units of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu.
LUCH Scientific Production Association, which is a part of Science and Innovations,the R&D unit of Rosatom will provide the new sensors designed for thermal control of NPP process equipment
South Indian Bank has signed an agreement with Kerala’s Forest and Wildlife Department to enable digital collection of payments at eco-tourism centres,Vanasree shops,mobile Vanasree units and eco-shops across the State.
Through this partnership,digital collection system of South Indian Bank will now be available at all 124 tourist spots that fall under the Forest Department
Edelweiss General Insurance has launched SWITCH, a comprehensive motor insurance product under IRDAI's Sandbox initiative.
SWITCH is a completely digital, mobile telematics-based motor policy. The app detects motion and automatically activates insurance when the vehicle is driven, making it convenient and hassle-free for customers.
Shanai Ghosh is executive director & CEO, Edelweiss General Insurance.
An Inter-State Declaration of Intent to collaborate in the fight against human trafficking was signed by six States — Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha and Tamil Nadu.
It was signed at a 2-day Southern Regional Consultation to Combat Human Trafficking was hosted by the Telangana Government in collaboration with the nonprofits Prajwala and Shakti Vahini.
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology, Jitendra Singh inaugurated first-of-its-kind, state-of-the-art “Autonomous Navigation” facility to develop unmanned ground and aerial vehicles in the IIT Hyderabad campus.
TiHAN was funded by the Union Ministry of Science and Technology at a budget of Rs 130 crore.
TiHAN - Technology Innovation Hub on Autonomous Navigation
Scientists in the US have developed a rapid Covid-19 test that can accurately detect all current variants of SARS-CoV-2 within hours.
The test, CoVarScan, detects the signatures of eight hotspots on the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes Covid-19.
The researchers at the University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center in the US tested CoVarScan on more than 4000 patients.
Mumbai lawyer and first-time legislator, Rahul Narwekar, 45, has been elected as the youngest Speaker of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and also becomes the youngest ever in India to hold this august Constitutional post.
He is a sitting MLA from Colaba Assembly Constituency in Mumbai.
Michelle Poonawalla, well known artist, businesswoman and philanthropist, from the renowned Poonawalla family received the coveted Shiromani Award at NRI World Summit 2022, United Kingdom for her contribution to the field of Art.
Poonawalla unveiled her artwork ‘Reserve’ at the JMS Foundation Charity Gala on 23 June.
Shiromani Award was instituted in 1977
French engine maker, Safran, plans to set up a $150 million Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility in India for the overhaul of engines in use by Indian and foreign commercial airlines. This was discussed during a meeting of a high-level delegation of the Safran Group, led by its CEO Olivier Andries, with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
Indian-American Jayshree Ullal, CEO of Arista Networks, an American computer networking company, and a member of the board of directors of Snowflake, a new cloud computing firm, was ranked near the top of Forbes’ eighth annual list of America’s Richest Self-Made Women, with a net worth of $1.7 billion as of May 2022.
Ullal was born in London in 1961 & raised in New Delhi.
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology Jitendra Singh who is also Chairman of the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA announced the setting up of Dr. Rajendra Prasad Memorial Award in public administration in the field of academic excellence, in memory of the first President of India who had also laid foundation stone of IIPA in Delhi.
As many as 60 MoUs were exchanged between Tamil Nadu government and companies from across the world that pledged an investment of Rs 1.25 lakh crore in varied sectors like green hydrogen, electric vehicles, flight training and automobile components.
Single biggest investment pledge was made by ACME Green Hydrogen & Chemicals Private Ltd which will invest Rs 52,000 crore.
The Directorate General Defence Estates (DGDE) has developed an ‘Artificial Intelligence-based Change Detection Software’ which can automatically detect unauthorised constructions & encroachments on the defence land using Satellite Imagery.
The AI-based software has been developed by Centre of Excellence on Satellite & Unmanned Remote Vehicle Initiative (CoE-SURVEI).
CoE-SURVEI built it along with with knowledge partner Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.
India gifted 75 ambulances and 17 school buses to Nepal as part of its ongoing efforts to build on the “robust and longstanding” partnership between the two countries and help the Himalayan nation bolster its infrastructure in the healthcare and education sectors.
India’s newly-appointed Ambassador Naveen Srivastava handed over the keys.
Irdai and National Health Authority (NHA) will develop a National Health Claims Exchange as a digital platform to settle health claims.
NHA and IRDAI also proposed creation of a working group with representation from the industry to decide how to make the largest segment of general insurance in India attract more people to buy health insurance.
R S Sharma -CEO of NHA;
Debasish Panda- Chairman of IRDAI.
In a report titled ‘Alternative Products and Technologies to Plastics and their Applications’,Niti Aayog has called for strengthening of the waste minimisation drive through extended producer responsibility, proper labelling and collection of compostable and biodegradable plastics, while relaxing the deadline for adoption of biodegradable plastic.
India produced 3.47 million tonnes of plastics waste per annum, as per CPCB report
The glacier collapsed on the mountain of Marmolada, the highest in the Italian Dolomites, near the hamlet of Punta Rocca, on the route normally taken to reach its summit.
The disaster struck one day after a record-high temperature of 10 degrees Celsius was recorded at the glacier's summit.
Marmolada glacier is the largest in Dolomites mountain range,part of Italian Alps.
World No.2 Ons Jabeur of Tunisia became the first Arab woman to reach the semi-final of a Grand Slam.
Jabeur, the only top 15 seed to make the last-eight in the women's tournament, battled back to see off 66th-ranked Bouzkova of the Czech Republic.
