Mary Elizabeth Truss, prominently referred to as Liz Truss was announced as the next prime minister of the United Kingdom, after she defeated rival Rishi Sunak in the Conservative Party leadership race.
Truss, 47, had emerged as a contender for the prime ministerial role after her predecessor Boris Johnson agreed to step down.
Grandmaster Aravindh Chithambaram emerged champion in the 22nd Dubai Open chess tournament on Sunday, with 7.5 points as seven Indians finished in the top 10.
This is sixth overall, fifth individual triumph of the year out of the eight tournaments he played. The last tournament he played was over 1.5 months ago which he won at 41st Benasque Open 2022.
An IAD developed by VSSC, has been successfully test flown in a Rohini sounding rocket from TERLS,Thumba.
The IAD has systematically reduced the velocity of the payload through aerodynamic drag and followed the predicted trajectory.
The IAD has huge potential in variety of space applications like recovery of spent stages of rocket, for landing payloads on to Mars or Venus.
Dr. S. Unnikrishnan Nair: Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Trivandrum.
HAL-L&T consortium bagged an Rs 860 crore contract for the end-to-end realisation of five Polar Satellite Launch Vehicles (PSLV) over a period of four years from the NewsSpace India Limited (NSIL).
The contract was exchanged today between HAL and NSIL during the inaugural session of the 7th Bengaluru Space Expo 2022 at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC).
D Radhakrishnan, CMD, NSIL.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said two entities – namely HDFC Bank (in partnership with Swedish firm Crunchfish AB) and Precision Biometric India Private Ltd. – have been selected for the ‘test phase’ of the 'On Tap' application facility for the theme 'Retail Payments' under regulatory Sandbox.
Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, on Monday, announced development and upgrade of 14,500 schools across India under the Pradhan Mantri Schools For Rising India (PM-SHRI) Yojana. The upgrade was announced on the occasion of Teacher’s Day. The PM-SHRI schools will have a modern, transformational and holistic method of imparting education.
Indian Army Chief General Manoj Pande was conferred with the honorary rank of General of Nepal Army by President of Nepal Bidhya Devi Bhandari in a ceremony at her residence Sheetal Niwas. Indian Army Chief's visit aims to provide an opportunity to enhance existing bilateral defence ties and strengthen cooperation in areas of mutual interest between the two countries.
Shipping Corporation of India on Monday said Binesh Kumar Tyagi has taken over as its Chairman and Managing Director (CMD). Tyagi was heading the Liner and Passenger Services Division as Director (L&PS) since January 7, 2021 in the company, the PSU said in a regulatory filing.Under Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, SCI is the largest shipping company in India.
After a year since PayU announced the acquisition of payment gateway provider BillDesk for $4.7 billion, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has finally allowed the 100 per cent of equity share capital of Indiaideas.com (BillDesk) by PayU Payments. BillDesk, founded in 2000, is an Indian success story and one of the leading payment businesses in the country.
The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), has taken a unique initiative to support the research efforts of bright young minds of the Country by developing the Studentship Program for Ayurveda Research Ken (SPARK) for Ayurveda (BAMS) students studying in recognised Ayurveda colleges.
Prof. Rabinarayan Acharya - Director General, CCRAS
IndusInd Bank has announced a strategic partnership with Asian Development Bank (ADB) to support and promote Supply Chain Finance (SCF) solutions in India. The Bank has entered into a partial guarantee programme with ADB with an initial outlay of USD 70 million (Rs560 crore), exclusively towards promoting Supply Chain Finance solutions in India.
The government has decided to rename the historic Rajpath and Central Vista lawns in the national capital as ‘Kartavya Path’. Rajpath was known as Kingsway during British Rule.Earlier, the name of the road on which PM's residence is located was changed from Race Course Road to Lok Kalyan Marg.
India’s external debt grew by 8.2 per cent to over 620 billion US dollar at the end of March this year. The Union Finance Ministry's Department of economic Affairs has released the 28th edition of the Status Report on India’s External Debt 2021-22. According to it, India’s external debt was over 573 billion dollar at the end of March, last year.
Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri will lead an delegation to Milan, Italy to attend the Gastech Milan-2022. Gastech, the World’s largest gathering focussed on LNG as an abated bridge fuel will bring together leading Ministers and CEOs to discuss the evolving energy landscape, assess post-pandemic economic recovery and navigate a route energy transition.
Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat have been ranked as the top three states among larger states in terms of the overall implementation of the Centre’s flagship Poshan Abhiyaan, according to a Niti Aayog report. Sikkim was the best performer among the small states. The report was titled ‘Preserving Progress on Nutrition in India: Poshan Abhiyan in Pandemic Times’
Former India cricketer Suresh Raina has announced his retirement from all forms of Cricket.
Earlier in 2020, Raina had announced his retirement from international cricket. His announcement had came in less than an hour after MS Dhoni had announced retirement his on 15 August.
As an India player, Raina played 18 Tests, 226 ODIs and 78 T20s.