Veteran industrialist Ratan Tata, former Supreme Court judge KT Thomas, and former deputy Lok Sabha speaker Kariya Munda have been nominated as trustees of the PM CARES Fund.
Prime Minister is the ex-officio Chairman of the PM CARES Fund and the Minister of Defence, Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Finance, Government of India are ex-officio Trustees of the Fund.
The approval of the The Competition Commission of India (CCI) is required for deals that entail acquisition of shares, assets, control or voting rights if the involved parties have assets in excess of INR 2,000 Cr in India or a turnover in excess of INR 6,000 Cr. This is strictly to ensure the prevention of unfair trade practices in the business.
India’s Presidency of the prestigious Asia-pacific Institute of Broadcasting Development, AIBD has been extended for one more year. This was unanimously decided by the AIBD member countries at the two-day General Conference held in New Delhi. Currently, Chief Executive Officer of Prasar Bharati & Director General of Doordarshan Mayank Kumar Agrawal is the President of AIBD.
Information and Broadcasting Minister : Anurag Singh.
World Rhino Day was announced by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) - South Africa in 2010. The day got international recognition in 2011.
World Rhino Day is observed on September 22 every year to create awareness and educate people about all the five species of rhinoceroses.
Javan and greater one horned rhino have one horn, whereas the white, black and sumatran rhinos have two.
VSSC/ISRO successfully tested a hybrid motor at ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC), Mahendragiri, supported by Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC/ISRO). The motor used Hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) as fuel and liquid oxygen (LOX) as the oxidizer. Unlike solid-solid or liquid-liquid combinations, a hybrid motor uses solid fuel and liquid oxidizer.
Sh. Bharat Lal has been appointed as the Director General, National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG).
The National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG) is an autonomous institute under the aegis of the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Government of India. Its head office is in New Delhi.
Union Minister for education and skill development Dharmendra Pradhan has launched the Skill Certification Assessment for Leather Employees (SCALE) app which aims to provide a one-stop solution for the skilling, learning, assessment, and employment needs of the leather industry. The app was launched at the Central Leather Research Institute (CSIR), Chennai.
MotoGP commercial rights owner Dorna and Noida-based race promoters Fairstreet Sports signed a MoU to host the premier two-wheel racing event in India for the next seven years.
The Buddh International Circuit, which will be hosting the MotoGP race, was once home to the Formula 1 Indian Grand Prix, held for three consecutive years from 2011 till 2013.
Mr. Tomar virtually addressed the Leeds-2022 conference organized by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in New Delhi. In the session on Food for All-Farm to Fork, the Minister said, the country's agriculture sector has registered a growth of 3.9 percent despite the Covid pandemic.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) reduced its forecast for India's gross domestic product growth for the fiscal year 2022–2023 (FY23) to 7% from 7.2%, citing weak global demand and tightening monetary policy to combat inflationary pressures brought on by high prices for oil and other commodities.
Takeo Konishi, the ADB's country director for India.
In May 2022, India restricted export of wheat to enhance domestic availability. This month, it also banned export of broken rice and imposed a 20 per cent export duty on non-Basmati rice except for parboiled rice to boost domestic supplies amid a fall in area under paddy crop in the current kharif season.
Fiscal support of 50% of capital expenditure on a pari-passu basis will be available under the Scheme for Setting up of Compound Semiconductors / Silicon Photonics / Sensors Fab and Semiconductor ATMP /OSAT facilities in India. Additionally, target technologies under the scheme will include Discrete Semiconductor Fabs.
Larger scope of the partnership includes the launch of the Poshan Innovation Platform in January 2023 with the aim to combat undernutrition in the country.The platform is to develop continuous sandboxing of ideas, mentoring by experts, & seed funding by the private sector.
A phase-wise approach will be followed to assemble the PIP between September 2022 & December 2026.