Tata Motors and Brazil's Marcopolo SA came together in 2006 to form a JV to manufacture low-floor air-conditioned and non air-conditioned buses in India. This JV was well known as Tata Motors Marcopolo Ltd. (TMML), in which Tata Motors had a 51 percent holding of the company and Marcopolo SA had 49 percent holding in the JV.
From August 29th 2022 TMML has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Motors.
Rajesh Kumar Srivastava, who is the senior-most director on the ONGC board, has been given additional charge of chairman and managing director after current acting head Alka Mittal superannuated.
Gautam Adani became the first Asian to reach the top 3 richest list on Bloomberg Billionaire's Index. At a total wealth of $137 billion, Adani surpassed Louis Vuitton chief Bernard Arnault to become the third richest person in world.
Elon Musk retained the top spot with his net-worth touching $251.4 billion, followed by Jeff Bezos ($153.4 Billion).
The Indian Navy will get a new ensign – the flag that is hoisted atop all Naval warships, ground stations and naval air bases.
It would be unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 2 when the first indigenous aircraft carrier Vikrant is commissioned at the Cochin Shipyard Limited Kochi, Kerala.
The one adopted in 2014 is the current ensign of the Navy.
Each year, India celebrates National Nutrition Week (NNW) from September 1 to September 7.
Since 1982, the Indian government has been conducting National Nutrition Week to educate citizens about nutrition and urge them to lead healthy and sustainable lifestyles.
The theme for this year is 'Celebrate a World of Flavors'.
NNW first observed in March 1975 by the American Dietetic Association.
Last year, 1.64 lakh persons died by suicide, an increase of 7.2% from 2020 when 1.53 lakh persons had killed themselves.
In 2021, the rate of suicide – the number of death due to suicides per one lakh population – stood at 12.
These findings are from Accidental Deaths & Suicides in India (ADSI) and Crime in India (CII) reports for 2021.
Maharashtra has reported the highest number of deaths by suicide (22,207).
The number of cybercrime incidents in 2021 has gone up by 18.4% since 2019, but the number of such cases against women has risen at a significantly steeper 28%, data released by the National Crime Records Bureau showed.
Karnataka had the highest share with 2,243 cases in 2021, followed by Maharashtra with 1,697, and Uttar Pradesh with 958 cases.
The latest report released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) shows that 1,49,404 cases of crime against children were registered in 2021 of which 53,874 — 36.05 per cent — were under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO).
The largest number of cases registered under POCSO in 2021 was in UP (7,129) followed by Maharashtra (6,200).
The country's largest carrier IndiGo has joined a sustainable initiative spearheaded by the World Economic Forum (WEF). The airline has become a signatory to the Clear Skies for Tomorrow, India Coalition campaign.
It will help in achieving a significant scale for SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel).
Clean Skies for Tomorrow was launched in January 2019.
State-run NHPC has signed an MoU with power trading major PTC India Ltd for sale of power from upcoming the West Seti and Seti River-6 hydro power projects in Nepal.
PTC shall purchase the contracted capacity from NHPC from date of commercial operation of the projects for onward sale to the state utilities, discoms and bulk customers in india and neighboring countries.
CCI approved the merger of Aditya Marketing and Manufacturing Private Ltd into Umang Commercial Company Private Ltd.
CCI approved acquisition of 35.43% shares in Olam Agri Holdings Pte. Ltd. by Saudi based SALIC International Investment Company.
CCI approved the acquisition of app.7.49% shareholding in Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd by Caladium Investment Pte.Ltd.
Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader who brought the Cold War to a peaceful end, has died aged 91.
Mr Gorbachev took power in 1985 and introduced reforms, as well as opening up the Soviet Union to the world.
But he was unable to prevent the slow collapse of the union.
He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990.
The Ministry of Women and Child Development is celebrating the 5th Rashtriya Poshan Maah 2022 from 1st to 30th September 2022.
This year, the objective is to trigger Poshan Maah through Gram Panchayats as Poshan Panchayats with key focus on “Mahila aur Swasthya” and “Bacha aur Shiksha”.
In the 5th Rashtriya Poshan Maah the aim is to convert Jan Andolan into Jan Bhagidari.
The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal of the Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Ministry for signing an MoU with the Government of Nepal on biodiversity conservation.
It is aimed at strengthening and enhancing coordination and cooperation in the field of forests, wildlife, environment, biodiversity conservation, and climate change.
Publisher Diamond Comics has partnered with the production houses T-Series and Cine1Studios to create this comic book for all young audiences. India's iconic comic book distributor is known for creating famous characters such as Chacha Chaudhary, Motu Patlu, Billoo, and Pinki, among others.
The epic comic book will be based on Aaryan's character in the movie - Rooh Baba.
The upcoming FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in India will see the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology making its debut in the age-group showpiece.
The U-17 Women’s World Cup in India will be the third FIFA women’s tournament to utilise VAR following the U-20 Women’s World Cup Costa Rica 2022 and the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019.
In a first, India to get its first vaccine against cervical cancer on September 1.
The cervical cancer vaccine, Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus vaccine (qHPV), is developed by the Serum Institute of India (SII) and the Department of Biotechnology(DBT).
It will be launched by the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology Jitendra Singh
According to WHO, 41, 91,000 women have died due to cervical cancer in India since 2019.
Indian Railways have set up ‘Meghdoot’ machines at Dadar, Thane and other stations of Mumbai Division.
Maithri Aquatech’s MEGHDOOT – AWG(Atmospheric Water Generator) uses innovative technology to convert water vapour in the air into fresh and clean drinking water.
Meghdoot machines are research-driven and it does not need source water.
Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) under the Ministry of Electronics and IT, in collaboration with the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore successfully designed and conducted the Cyber Security Exercise “Synergy” for 13 Countries.
It was a part of the International Counter Ransomware Initiative- Resilience Working Group.
The theme of the exercise was “Building Network Resiliency to counter Ransomware Attacks”
According to the provisional estimates by the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country for the April-June quarter of the current financial year grew at 13.5 per cent.
Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing sector rose 4.5%. The manufacturing sector grew 4.8% and the Construction sector appreciated by 16.8%.
Home Minister Amit Shah will launch the Central Armed Police Forces' eAwas web-portal in New Delhi. Ministry of Home Affairs said, increasing the Housing Satisfaction Ratio for CAPFs personnel is one of the priority areas of the Government.
The web-portal will enable online registration and allotment of residential quarters to eligible personnel of CAPFs and Assam Rifles.
ICICI Bank announced its partnership with National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to launch a range of credit cards on RuPay, the indigenous payments network. To begin with, the ICICI Bank RuPay Credit Card is available in the Coral variant of the Bank’s Gemstone series, which will be followed by Rubyx and Sapphiro variants soon.
LIC lost its spot on the list of India's 10 most valued companies by market capitalisation to Bajaj Finance and Adani Transmission.
LIC now ranks eleventh. The top 10 most valued firms of India now are Reliance Industries, Tata Consultancy Services, HDFC Bank, Infosys, Hindustan Unilever, ICICI Bank, State Bank of India, HDFC, Bajaj Finance, and Adani Transmission.
Bajaj Finance and Adani Transmission both have a market cap of Rs 4.4 trillion each.
The 50th All Manipur Shumang Leela Festival 2021-2022 kicked off at Iboyaima Shumang Leela Shanglen at Palace Compound in Imphal. Manipur Governor La Ganesan and Chief Minister N. Biren Singh attended the inaugural function. During the festival, the Governor also distributed medals to the winners of 49th All Manipur Shumang Leela Festival 2020-21.
