The Central government will soon launch a nationwide campaign Har Ghar Tiranga to inspire countrymen to hoist the national flag at their homes to mark the 75th Independence Day.The initiative has been taken under the aegis of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, for which the Ministry of Culture is the nodal ministry.It aims at encouraging Indians everywhere to hoist the national flag
As per PIMS, an importer will have to provide advance information online about the import of papers and obtain a registration number. The Directorate General of Foreign Trade has introduced Paper Import Monitoring System by amending the import policy of major paper products.Paper Import Monitoring System (PIMS) will come into effect from 1st October 2022.
Union Minister for Mines Pralhad Joshi has said that Sustainable Mining is the need of the hour. Inaugurating the 6th National Conclave on Mines and Minerals in New Delhi on July 12th 2022, minister said that Mineral Mining Sector has reached its zenith of growth and under PM's vision mineral production is scaling new heights. He stressed Self Reliance on the Mining Sector.
The conclave has been organized as a part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.
Eminent archaeologist, historian and former Director-General of the Bangladesh National Museum Dr. Enamul Haque passed away in Dhaka yesterday. He was 85. Dr. Enamul Haque was conferred with Padma Shri for the year 2020 for his work on Bengal’s Iconography and terracotta art.He was instrumental in setting up the Bangladesh National Museum.
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has signed his resignation letter, and the Speaker of Parliament will publicly announce it to the nation. According to Sri Lanka newspaper reports the resignation was signed and handed over to a senior government official who will hand it over to Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena. Ranil Wickremesinghe is the current Prime Minister.
Sri Jayawardanapura Kote is legislative and Colombo is the executive and judicial capital
The UN in the World Population Prospects 2022has said that India will surpass China as the most populous country on earth in 2023. The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, said that the global population is projected to reach eight billion on November 15, 2022.The UN said, world's population is growing at its slowest pace since1950.
In Shooting, India’s Arjun Babuta have won his first gold medal at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup stage at Changwon in South Korea. He defeated Tokyo 2020 silver medallist Lucas Kozeniesky of the USA 17-9 in the final. Arjun Babuta had also topped the eight-men ranking round with a score of 261.1 ahead of Lucas Kozeniesky’s 260.4.
In Athletics, Bhagwani Devi, a 94-year-old sprinter from India, won the gold medal in the 100 m sprint at the World Masters Athletics Championships held in Tampere, Finland. She won the gold with a timing of 24.74 seconds. Bhagwani also bagged a bronze medal in shot put. World Masters Athletics Championships was held in Tampere from June 29 - July 10.
With a World Record at stake, Rohit ensured that there was no slip-up as he became the first skipper in the history of the game to register 13 successive wins in the shortest format.
Hitman has achieved as captain, India have gone on to beat teams like New Zealand, West Indies, Sri Lanka and now England.
Former drinking water and sanitation secretary Parameswaran Iyer, who led the Centre’s flagship Swachh Bharat Mission, took charge as chief executive officer (CEO) of Niti Aayog. His appointment for the role was cleared by the Cabinet Appointments Committee on June 24. He replaced Amitabh Kant, who demitted office on June 30.He has over 25 years of experience.
A team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has developed technology to produce hydrogen from biomass, marking what the developers called a significant step forward in extracting green hydrogen.The indigenous technology for thhe carbonnegative production of hydrogen wasdeveloped by a team led by S Dasappa. India uses close to 50 lakh tonnes of hydrogen
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has fined Ola Financial Services Rs 1.67 crore for not complying with its directions on prepaid payment instruments. The company is a unit of the ride-hailing platform. Ola Financial Services was found to be non-compliant with the directions issued by RBI on Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements.
The Indian Banks’ Association has come out with a Request for Proposal for appointing an agency/firm/ institution to design and deliver a leadership development programme for senior officers of public sector banks. The objective is to develop future generation of leaders who are digitally savvy, strategic thinkers with capability to build highly collaborative working teams.
This partnership will help the private life insurer offer a wide array of life insurance solutions to the bank’s existing and future customers, across their 727 branches. Through this partnership, City Union Bank customers will be able to fulfil their long-term financial goals by investing in Bajaj Allianz Life’s value-packed products ranging from term, savings, retirement.
A nine-member panel has been constituted to sort out the issues between non-life insurers and re-insurers under the chairmanship of Bhargav Dasgupta, MD and CEO of ICICI Lombard General. Headed by Naveen Tahilyani, CEO and MD, Tata AIA Life Insurance, the second task force, comprising seven members, will look at the life insurance segment and re-insurers.
Star Health and Allied Insurance Co. Ltd. and Common Services Centres (CSC), under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, have partnered to provide over 5 lakh CSCs access to a select range of Star Health insurance products. These products have been designed to meet the needs of rural customers across the tier-II, tier-III cities.
India Mortgage Assure Corp.has partnered with with RBL Financial institution to supply mortgage guarantee-backed house mortgage merchandise for salaried and non-salaried prospects. This partnership with IMGC will assist RBL Financial institution prolong ortgage guarantee-backed house loans to new borrower segments by its community of over 500 branches throughout country.
Mohammed Shami became the fastest Indian bowler to 150 ODI wickets in the first India vs England ODI at the Kennington Oval.The seamer needed 80 matches to 150 ODI wickets. Shami,achieved the feat with his second wicket of the match. Overall, Shami is third joint-fastest to reach 150 ODI wickets. He shares the record with Afghanistan's Rashid Khan.
Uttarakhand in July 2022 became the first state in the country to initiate process of implementing the Centre's New Education Policy, with Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami inaugurating Bal Vatikas' at anganwadi kendras across the state to strengthen the pre-primary education system. The Bal Vatikas' will function at 4,457 anganwadi kendras equivalent to the nursery class
Scientists have identified co-dopants that can increase the photovoltaic performance of transparent metal oxides such as ZnO, In2O3 and SnO2 thereby creating potential for more efficient, better performing and more stable solar cells. Perovskites are a leading candidate for eventually replacing silicon as the material of choice for solar panels.
The International Cricket Council announced the winners of the ICC Player of the Month awards for June 2022 as England’s all-conquering Jonny Bairstow and South Africa’s batting force Marizanne Kapp.Baristow scored the second fastest century ever registered by an English batter in the longest format against New Zealand. Kapp scored a national record of 150 againt England.
