The Federation of Indian Fantasy Sports (FIFS), the self-regulatory industry body for fantasy sports, announced the appointment of Joy Bhattacharjya as its director-general.
Bhattacharjya is the CEO of the Prime Volleyball League and is a cricket analyst.
The Federation of Indian Fantasy Sports (FIFS), was earlier known as the Indian Federation of Sports Gaming( IFSG).
Bimal Julka, chairman, FIFS.
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has been ranked as the top educational institution in the country for the fourth consecutive year, according to the India Rankings released by the Union Ministry of Education.
Bengaluru-based Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has secured the second spot on the ranking, followed by IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi.
National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF)- First issue: 2016.
Naureen Hassan, an Indian-origin veteran of the financial services sector has been appointed President of UBS Americas and CEO of UBS Americas Holding.
UBS Group AG is a multinational investment bank and financial services company founded and based in Switzerland.
Co-headquartered in the cities of Zürich and Basel.
Agnikul Cosmos, the country’s 1st private factory dedicated to building rocket engines in Chennai, inaugurated by N Chandrasekaran, chairman, Tata Sons, & Somanath, chairman of ISRO & secretary, department of space.
Srinath Ravichandran, chief executive of Agnikul Cosmos, said that the facility presently has the capacity to build 2 rocket engines from scratch, every week.
The AIF set up in 2020 aims at providing a medium-long term debt financial facility till 2025-26 for investment in viable projects for post-harvest management infrastructure and community farming assets through interest subvention and financial support.
AIF with a corpus of Rs 1 lakh crore will be disbursed through loan by 2025-26, ministry officials had said earlier.
Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar.
Y- 3023 Dunagiri, Project 17A frigate was built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders Limited (GRSE) in Kolkata. P17A Frigates are follow-on class of the P17 (Shivalik Class) Frigates with improved stealth features, advanced weapons and sensors and platform management systems. Seven P17A Frigates are under various stages of construction at Mazagaon Dock Limited (MDL) and GRSE.
The website of the Ministry of Home Affairs has been ranked first under the Central Ministries Portal in National e-Governance Service Delivery Assessment. Digital Police portal of National Crime Records Bureau placed at two in the assessment under the Central Ministries Services Portal. It was divided into two main categories, states and UT's and Central Ministry Portals
The Department of Consumer Affairs has launched “Jagriti”, a mascot for empowering consumers and generating awareness towards their rights. Jagriti will be projected as an empowered consumer who is spreading awareness about consumer rights and addressing solutions to the problems faced by the consumers.
The mascot shall be shown along with tagline “Jago Grahak Jago” in media campaigns
Bangladesh has retained its highest ranking in South Asia in terms of gender parity, according to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) latest Global Gender Gap Report 2022. It is for the eighth time in a row that Bangladesh has retained its top position in South Asia. However, its overall ranking has slipped 6 ranks from 65th in 2021 to 71 in 2022 among 146.
At the 228th World Athletics Council Meeting in Oregon, USA, the Council also announced that the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships will be held in Medulin and Pula in Croatia and the 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships will be held in Tallahassee, Florida.
Next year’s World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Bathurst, Australia.
World Athletics President: Sebastian Coe.
World Athletics HQ- Monaco.
Varanasi will be the first city in Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) region to be granted the rotating title of ‘Cultural & Tourism capital of SCO’ under a new mechanism during India’s SCO Presidency from September 2022 to September 2023. India will take over as SCO chair from Uzbekistan at the Samarkand summit in September
SCO Secretary-General- Zhang Ming
Owing to the concerted efforts of community members and government officials, a grey water management system has been successfully implemented in Pappankuzhi Village Panchayat in Kanchipuram district of Tamil Nadu. The initiative is a part of the Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen (SBM-G) Phase II campaign of which greywater management is an integral component.
Chinese smart device maker Xiaomi has promoted its chief operating officer Muralikrishnan B as president to head its India business. Muralikrishnan has been serving as chief operating officer of the company since 2018. He will assume charge as president of Xiaomi India from August 1.
The US House of Representatives has passed by voice vote a legislative amendment that approves waiver to India against the punitive CAATSA sanctions for its purchase of the S-400 missile defence system from Russia to help deter aggressors like China. In October 2018, India signed a USD 5 billion deal with Russia to buy five units of the S-400 air defence missile systems
Kotak Mahindra Bank has completed technical integration with the new e-filing portal of the Income Tax department and has become the first private bank to fully integrate with the portal. Its customers can now pay their direct taxes through the e-pay tax tab on the portal using Kotak net banking or by visiting a branch.
Skill Varsity of Delhi joins hands with YuWaah (Generation Unlimited India) at UNICEF to enable access to employment opportunities, assist students in becoming job ready as well as listen to and amplify the voices of young people. The DSEU and UNICEF have started offering 'Career Awareness Sessions' for students.
The 7th Anniversary of the Skill India Mission is being observed on July 15th. National Skill Development Mission, which is also known as Skill India Mission, was launched on this day in 2015. Skill India is an initiative of the Central Government to empower the youth with skill sets, making them more employable.
The National Security Council Secretariat Government of India organized a two day Meeting of the BIMSTEC Expert Group on Cyber Security Cooperation on 14-15 July 2022 in New Delhi. The Meeting is based on the agreement made during the meeting of the BIMSTEC National Security Chiefs held at Bangkok in March 2019 that the BIMSTEC Expert Group will formulate an Action plan.
BIMSTEC has 7 member countries
Filmmakers Aparna Sen and Nandita Das have been awarded the Icon Award at this year's London Indian Film Festival for their contribution to Indian and global cinema. In the annual Satayjit Ray short film category 'Jaagran', co-directed by Ritviq Joshi and Hardik Sadhwani, won the LIFF Jury Prize.
The United Arab Emirates will invest $2 billion to develop a series of integrated food parks across India under the framework of the four-nation grouping 'I2U2'. On the project relating to food parks, the statement said India will provide appropriate land.The statement also said the I2U2 group will advance hybrid renewable energy project in Gujarat consisting of 300 MW
The grouping is known as 'I2U2' with "I" standing for India and Israel and "U" for US UAE
APEDA has signed an MoU with Assam Agriculture University, Jorhat to conduct various training programmes on pre-harvest and post-harvest management including other research activities for the promotion of export from the region.APEDA also organized a conference on the Export Potential of Natural, Organic, and Geographical Indications (GI) Agro Products in Guwahati in June
This year the 94th ICAR Foundation Day & Award Ceremony are being organized on 16 July 2022 at A P Shinde Symposium Hall, NASC, PUSA, New Delhi.
ICAR was registered as an organization under the Societies Registration Act of 1860 on July 16, 1929.
Union Agriculture Minister is the President of ICAR. The headquarters of ICAR is in New Delhi.
DG ICAR, Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra.
Parshottam Rupala, Union Cabinet Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
