United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) has decided to hold a special meeting on this theme," with the support of its Executive Directorate (CTED), in India on October 29, 2022.
The most recent special meeting of the CTC outside of United Nations headquarters took place in Madrid, Spain, in July 2015, focusing on foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs).
The Centre has decided to hold DefExpo 2022, the premier defence exhibition on land, naval and homeland security systems, in Gandhinagar, Gujarat for five days from October 18.
The theme of the 12th edition of exhibition is 'Path to Pride' and it seeks to invoke nationalistic pride and encourages citizens to partake in nation building.
He became an umpire in the year 1981 and officiated in his first game, an ODI, in December 1992. He ended his illustrious career by officiating in his last game, a Test match between Pakistan and Australia in 2010. In total, he officiated in 108 Tests, a record 209 ODIs and 14 T20Is.
Koertzen was inducted into the ICC’s Elite Panel in 2002 and was a part of it for 8 yrs.
Indian Army’s Army Design Bureau (ADB) and Drone Federation of India (DFI) have inked an MoU to make drones to be used in the Indian Army operations.
Under the MoU, DFI & ADB will collaborate on roadmap planning, research, testing, manufacturing, and adoption of drones, counter-drone, and associated technologies that are to be utilised by the Indian Army in its operations.
Smit Shah : President at Drone Federation of India
The 44th Chess Olympiad inaugurated by Prime minister Narendra Modi in Chennai ended on August 9th. India competed in the tournament with three teams in the Men's Section and three teams in the Women’s section. India 'B' team comprising D Gukesh, R Praggnanandhaa, Raunak Sadhwani and Adhiban won the bronze medal beating Germany.
August 10 is observed as the World Lion Day. The day aims to spread awareness of lions and the urgent need to strive toward their conservation. Lions are silently in danger of going extinct worldwide. In 2013, the first World Lion Day was observed. Dereck and Beverly Joubert, from the Big Cat Initiative and National Geographic, founded it.
Lions are designated as a vulnerable species on the Red List of Threatened Specie by IUCN
The scheme has now been implemented all over the country with Assam being the latest state to join the initiative in June 2022. The ONORC, which was launched as a pilot project on August 9, 2019 in four states, has completed three years. This system allows all NFSA beneficiaries, particularly the migrant beneficiaries, to claim either full or part of their entitled part
THE NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY ACT was passed in 2013
Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah launched the onboarding of cooperatives on the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) portal.Over 300 cooperatives have been onboarded as buyers on the GeM portal to enable them to purchase goods and services at competitive prices, which will help expand their businesses.Cooperatives that were onboarded include IFFCO, KRIBHCO Amul etc.
ONDC (OPEN Network of digital commerce), which is developing a first-of-its-kind open network for digital commerce, said US tech giant Microsoft has onboarded its platform. Microsoft intends to introduce social e-commerce — group buying experience — in the Indian market. Microsoft, among the three largest tech companies, is the first in its league to announce onboarding.
The Indian government will soon start its mega ocean mission called 'Samudrayaan' to unlock the mysteries in the heart of deep water. With this mission, India will be joining the elite club of nations such as the US, Russia, Japan, France, and China to have niche technology and vehicles to carry out subsea activities.
The Lok Sabha passed the New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (Amendment) Bill, in 2022 today. The Bill amended the New Delhi International Arbitration Centre Act, 2019. It also renamed the New Delhi International Arbitration Centre the India International Arbitration Centre.
PNB Housing Finance is revamping its 'Unnati' loan portfolio to go deeper into the affordable housing segment eyeing customers who need loans of Rs 9-12 lakh, MD & CEO Hardayal Prasad said.
PNB Housing has created a small vertical under Unnati which will be different from existing Rs 18-19 lakh as affordable housing loans.
American legend Serena Williams, winner of 23 Grand Slam titles, has announced her retirement from professional tennis.
She has been ranked singles world number one by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) for 319 weeks.
Serena has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most by any player in the open era, and the second-most of all time, only behind Margaret Court’s 24.
World Biofuel Day is observed on August 10 every year to create awareness about the non-conventional sources of energy that could be used as an alternative to fossil fuels. This day also commemorates the research experiments done by Sir Rudolf Diesel who ran an engine with peanut oil in the year 1893, thereby giving the world hope that biofuels can replace traditional fuels