India submitted its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to UNFCCC on October 2, 2015. The 2015 NDC comprised eight goals; three of these have quantitative targets upto 2030 namely, cumulative electric power installed capacity from non-fossil sources to reach 40%; reduce the emissions intensity of GDP by 33 to 35 percent compared to 2005 levels....cont...
Chief Justice of India NV Ramana has written to the Union Government recommending the name of Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, the 2nd senior judge of the Supreme Court, as the next CJI.
If appointed, Justice Lalit will become the 2nd CJI who was directly elevated to the apex court Bench from the Bar after Justice S M Sikri, who became the 13th CJI in January 1971.
Uday Umesh Lalit will be the 49th Chief Justice of India.
The indigenously developed Laser-Guided Anti-Tank Guided Missiles ATGM were 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 and School Ahmednagar in Maharashtra.
Indian Navy’s women officers have created history after they completed the first-ever all-women independent maritime reconnaissance and surveillance mission in the North Arabian Sea onboard a Dornier 228 aircraft. The mission was carried out by five officers of the Indian Navy Air Squadron (INAS) 314 based at Naval Air Enclave at Gujarat’s Porbandar.
External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar participated in the ASEAN-India Foreign Ministers' Meeting at Phnom Penh in Cambodia.He said, there was strong convergence on Indo-Pacific, United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea connectivity, COVID-19, terrorism, cyber security, Ukraine and Myanmar. He added that digital, health, agriculture education and green growth.
In the Commonwealth Games, Para-powerlifter Sudhir clinched Gold medal in the Men's Heavyweight final with the best weight of 212kg last night. Sudhir won India's first gold in Para-Powerlifting at Commonwealth Games. He defeated Nigeria's Ikechukwu Obichukwu by 0.9 points as his final score read a Games record 134.5 points for the gold.
A floating solar power plant is going to be built in Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa. Said to be the world's largest floating solar plant, it will generate 600 Megawatt power by 2022-23. The project is estimated to be worth over ₹3000 crores. It will be built on Omkareshwar dam. Omkareshwar Dam is built on the Narmada river.India’s largest floating solar power project in Telangana
Increase the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) by 50 basis points to 5.40 per cent with immediate effect.
Consequently, the standing deposit facility (SDF) rate stands adjusted to 5.15 per cent and the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate to 5.65 per cent.
GDP growth forecast retained at 7.2%.
The next meeting of the MPC is scheduled during September 28-30, 2022.
Amazon India has engaged with Indian Railways to boost its delivery services in the country. Through this partnership, the e-commerce firm said it will be able to transport packages on more than 110 inter-city routes, ensuring one to two-day delivery for its customer. Amazon began working with the Indian Railways in 2019. The company has increased its transportation lanes
Russia became India's third-largest coal supplier in July, with imports rising by over a fifth compared with June to a record 2.06 million tonnes, data from Indian consultancy Coalmint showed. Russia has historically been the sixth-largest supplier of coal to India, behind Indonesia, South Africa, Australia, and the United States, with Mozambique and Colombia.
Ministry of Women and Child Development has issued Operational Guidelines regarding implementation of ‘Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0'. The scheme has been approved by the Government of India for implementation during the 15th Finance Commission period 202l-22 to 2025-26. Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 is an Integrated Nutrition Support Programme.
The centre has made E-invoicing mandatory for businesses with aggregate turnover exceeding Rs 10 crore from October 1, a move which will further plug in revenue leakage and will ensure better tax compliance from businesses. Presently, e-invoice is compulsory for businesses with an annual turnover of over Rs 20 crore.
Sebi has restructured its advisory committee on market data that recommends policy measures pertaining to securities market data access and privacy.The market data advisory committee will now have 20 membersEarlier, the committee had 21 members.Sebi has replaced NSE's former MD and CEO Vikram Limaye from the list with the exchange's newly appointed chief Ashishkumar Chauhan
In an effort to inculcate a culture of innovation, imagination and proactiveness among youngsters, National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD) and Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for developing entrepreneurial skills among the youth and identifying other aspects for mutual collaboration.
LinkedIn, the world's largest professional network, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Kerala Development and Innovation Strategic Council (K-DISC) and the ICT Academy of Kerala (ICTAK) as part of the Connect Career to Campus (CCC) campaign under the Kerala Knowledge Economy Mission (KKEM) initiative.