Amlan Borgohain, who holds the 200m national record, has now added the 100m record to his name.
The 24-year-old from Assam clocked 10.25s (wind speed +1.8, legal) to break the six-year-old national record of Amiya Kumar Mallick (10.26s) at the 87th all-India inter-Railway athletics championships in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh.
PM Modi will unveil a new Naval Ensign (Nishaan) “doing away with the colonial past and befitting the rich Indian maritime heritage” during the commissioning of the indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant in Kochi, Kerala, on Sep 2.
Current Indian Naval Ensign consists of a St George’s Cross. In one corner of the cross, Indian flag was put during when India attained freedom
Airports Authority of India signed MoU with Sweden's LFV Air Navigation Services for the rapid development of next-gen smart airports & to build sustainable transportation.
The MoU was signed between AAI & Sweden's LFV, which provides air traffic management and air navigation services at several locations in Sweden and internationally.
Model Divita Rai from Karnataka was named the winner of LIVA Miss Diva Universe 2022 According to a press release, Rai will represent India at the global pageant of Miss Universe.
Telangana’s Pragnya Ayyagari was crowned LIVA Miss Diva Supranational 2022 and she will be India’s face at the international Miss Supranational pageant.
Ojasvi Sharma was adjudged the LIVA Miss Popular Choice 2022.
Set to be inaugurated in 2024, Temple of Vedic Planetarium in West Bengal’s Mayapur will replace Cambodia’s 12th-century built Angkor Wat complex as the world’s largest religious structure.
It is bigger than the Taj Mahal and St Paul’s Cathedral in Vatican.
Alfred Ford,great grandson of legendary businessman Henry Ford & heir to Ford Motors, is the chairman of this project.
India's gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate in the April-June quarter of the ongoing fiscal is expected at 15.7 percent due to the low base effect and consumption boost post easing of Covid restrictions, says the latest SBI Ecowrap report.
The progress in the economy is seen despite global spillovers, elevated inflation and some slackening of external demand.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot unveiled a scheme called Mahila Nidhi on Women's Equality Day to help them sustain their livelihoods as well as start some small business ventures for their economic betterment.
This initiative by the state government will help women set up businesses through easy availability of finance under 'Mahila Nidhi' programme.
Railways Ministry has topped the list of government departments that did not adhere to Central Vigilance Commission’s (CVC) advice against corrupt officials and concluded cases as per its own disciplinary procedures, according to the CVC’s latest annual report.
Annual report for 2021 found 55 such instances across government departments, 11 of them in Railways.
Abhijit Sen,renowned agriculture economist & former member of the Planning Commission during the previous United Progressive Alliance government,passed away. He was 72.
He was also chairman of the Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices (CACP) in the first Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA government, authored the report of the High Level Committee on Long Term Grain Policy
The survey aims at capturing subjective assessments on price movements and inflation, based on their individual consumption baskets, across 19 cities, viz, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi and Thiruvananthapuram.
M/s Hansa Research Group Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai has been engaged to conduct the survey
James Anderson became the most successful pace bowler in the history of international cricket.
The 40-year-old ageless pace legend accomplished this feat in the second Test against South Africa in Manchester’s Old Trafford.
Now, he has overtaken Glenn McGrath (949 wickets) to become the sport’s leading pacer. In 287 matches, Anderson has taken 951 wickets.
Nagesh Singh, presently Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, has been appointed as India’s next ambassador to Thailand.
Singh will be replacing ambassador Suchitra Durai and is expected to take up the assignment shortly.
Nagesh Singh is a 1995 batch officer of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) who has served as Consul General of India in Atlanta.
Ranveer Singh bagged the Best Actor award for ‘83’, Kriti Sanon was adjudged the Best Actress for her performance in ‘Mimi’.
Vicky Kaushal won the Best Actor - Critics’ Choice for ‘Sardar Uddham’ and Vidya Balan bagged the Best Actress-Critics’ Choice for ‘Sherni’.
‘Shershaah’ bagged as many as seven awards at the 67th Filmfare Awards 2022.
While headline inflation measured by the CPI has averaged 6.8% in the first seven months of 2022,well above the 6% upper tolerance threshold set by policy makers a dozen States clocked an average inflation of less than 6% and another 12 States averaging over 7%.
Telangana, along with West Bengal (8.06%) and Sikkim (8.01%), report rates well above the nation’s 6.8%
Highest inflation during a month this year was recorded in Telangana at 10.05% in June.
MoU was signed between Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy (Ministry of Ayush) and Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (Ministry of Health & Family Welfare) in New Delhi for Inter-Ministerial cooperation for promotion and facilitation of “One Herb, One Standard”.
MoU will help in standardization of Traditional medicine by sharing information.
New Zealand allrounder Colin de Grandhomme has announced his retirement from international cricket.
De Grandhomme's international career lasted over 10 years and he represented New Zealand in 115 games across formats.
He also represented Zimbabwe in the 2003-04 Under-19 World Cup before leaving for Auckland in 2006.
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) conducted the 10th National Maritime Search and Rescue Exercise (SAREX -22) in Chennai.
Exercise “SAREX-2022” was reviewed by Indian Coast Guard chief VS Pathania along with other agencies and foreign participants.
The theme of this edition of the biennial exercise is “Capacity Building Towards Marine Passenger Safety”.
Athletics Federation of India (AFI) announced its partnership with HSBC India to support women athletes of the country, especially the youngsters.
Under the partnership, promising girls will be picked from the National Inter District Championships for Under-14 and Under-16 categories and would be nurtured to perform on the global stage.