Mahesh Vishwanathan Iyer has been named the new chairman of Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL), a state-run city gas provider.
Iyer is the chairperson of Konkan LNG Limited and Central U.P. Gas Limited in addition to holding a directorship in ONGC Tripura Power Company Limited.
MGL is an enterprise of GAIL Limited and Government of Maharashtra.
MGL was incorporated on 8th May 1995.
Economist and author Bibek Debroy has been appointed as the Chancellor of Pune’s Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute.
Debroy, who is presently the chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM), will succeed well-known archaeologist AP Jamkhedkar.
Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute is the third oldest in the country.
India-Bangladesh delegation level talks led by PM Narendra Modi & PM Sheikh Hasina commenced.
On the agenda are issues related to connectivity, energy, water resources, trade & investment, border management & security, development partnership and regional & multilateral matters.
PM Hasina was welcomed by Darshana Jardosh, Minister of State for Textiles and Railways.
The official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs : Arindam Bagchi.
NITI Aayog and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) held the inaugural NITI-BMZ Dialogue of Development Cooperation via video conferencing to lay down a pathway to strengthen mutual cooperation between the two countries, particularly to reconcile the imperatives of dealing with climate change with the goals of Agenda 2030.
NITI Aayog Vice Chairman: Mr Suman Bery.
After achieving the UNESCO World Heritage tag for the Kakatiya Rudreshwara temple (Ramappa temple), Telangana has proposed two monuments with architectural and astronomical magnificence for coveted recognition this year. Heritage Telangana has listed Niluvurallu in Mudumal village of Narayanpet district and Chaya Someshwaralayam as the sites that deserve due recognition.
Bharat Biotech's intranasal COVID-19 vaccine candidate has been approved by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said. This is India's first intra-nasal COVID-19 vaccine Which will be used for primary immunization against COVID-19 in 18+ age group for restricted use in emergency situation.
Krishna Ella, Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Biotech.
The third International Day of Clean Air for blue skies will be held on 7 September 2022, under the theme of ‘The Air We Share’. It focuses on the transboundary nature of air pollution highlighting the need for collectiveaccountability and collective action.On November 26, 2019, the Second Committee of the 74th session of the United Nations adopted the resolution.
Amit Kumar has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Korea, the Ministry of External Affairs informed.
He is presently the Consul General of India in Chicago.
Budget Indian carrier IndiGo has announced that Petrus Johannes Theodorus Elbers (Pieter Elbers) has joined as Chief Executive Officer of the company with effect September 6.
He is replacing Ronojoy Dutta, who decided to retire on September 30.
Prior to this, Elbers was associated with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines as the CEO.
Bruce Ashby was the first CEO of IndiGo from 2005 to 2008.
Jubilant FoodWorks Limited which operates fast-food chains, Domino’s Pizza and Dunkin’ Donuts has announced the appointment of Sameer Khetarpal as its new CEO and managing director. Khetarpal has succeeded Pratik Pota.
JFL has a network of 1567 Domino’s restaurants across 337 cities in India.
The 61st edition of the Subroto Cup International Football Tournament began after a gap of two years, at the BR Ambedkar Stadium in Delhi marking the start of the most prestigious football tournament for schools all over the country.The tournament is organised by the Subroto Mukherjee Sports Education Society (SMSES) along with the Indian Air Force.
Senior diplomat Sanjay Kumar Verma has been appointed as India’s next high commissioner to Canada. In a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs said Verma is a 1988 batch officer of the Indian Foreign Service and is currently the ambassador of India to Japan. Sanjay Verma is succeeding Anshuman Gaur.
Tripura has been lauded for having the first modified bio-village in the country with the use of eco-friendly technology and assembling livestock, agri and agri-allied, aqua support and maximum use of non-renewable sources of energy.This is one of the five successful bio-village 2.0 conceptualised in Tripura
Satyadeo Narain Arya- Governor of Tripura
Manik Saha- Chief Minister of Tripura
Karnataka Minister of Forests Umesh Katti passed away after he suffered a heart attack. Umesh Katti was handling two portfolios in the Basavaraj Bommai government: Forest and Food and Civil Supply. Umesh Katti, was an eight-time MLA from Hukkeri assembly constituency.