Global payments and technology company Mastercard is in talks with Indian banks to roll out its Carbon Calculator feature, which offers consumers an estimated carbon footprint for each of their purchases.
Mastercard Carbon Calculator, developed in collaboration with Swedish fintech Doconomy, is currently used in over 25 countries.
Michael Miebach is the chief executive officer of Mastercard.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inducted the first indigenously developed light combat helicopters (LCH) into Indian Air Force at Jodhpur in Rajasthan.
The Light Combat Helicopter has been developed by state-run aerospace major Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL).
According to the Ministry of Defence, 10 helicopters would be for the IAF and five will be for the Indian Army.
Vivek Lall, an Indian-origin General Atomics Global Corporation chief executive, is honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award by US President Joe Biden with the citation of 'With Grateful Recognition'.
He is serving as a US Technical Team Member to the Noth Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Science and Technology (STO) with the Pentagon.
Ajay Bhadoo has been appointed as the Deputy Election Commissioner.
Mr. Rajiv Kumar is the current Chief Election Commissioner & Mr. Anup Chandra Pandey is the Election Commissioner of India.
Akash Tripathi has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), MyGov, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology.
The RRBs should have a track record of profitability and earned operating profit of minimum Rs 15 crore for at least three out of the previous five years, according to the draft guidelines issued by the finance ministry recently.Besides, there should not be any accumulated loss and the lender should have given return on equity of minimum 10% in 3 out of the preceding 5 yrs.
Telangana won the first prize under the large states category under the Swachh Survekshan Grameen (SSG) 2022 which looks into the sanitation status of rural areas.
Haryana secured the second position while Tamil Nadu was third.
The awards were presented by President Droupadi Murmu.
The Swachh Survekshan Gramin-2022 award is given by the Jal Shakti ministry
Suzlon Energy founder Tulsi Tanti, popularly known as India’s ‘wind man’, died of cardiac arrest at 64.
One of the pioneers of the wind energy business in India and a globally renowned expert on clean energy, Tanti envisioned the opportunity in the renewable energy industry back in 1995 when the global wind energy market was dominated by international players.
Education Ministry launched YUVA 2.0(Young, Upcoming and Versatile Authors) to promote reading, writing, and book culture in the country.
In view of the significant impact of the first edition of YUVA with large-scale participation from young and budding authors in 22 different Indian languages and English, YUVA 2.0 has been launched.
Theme:Democracy(institutions, events, people, constitutional values–past, present,future)
Anees Salim’s The Odd Book of Baby Names (English fiction) and Rudrangshu Mukherjee’s Tagore & Gandhi: Walking Alone, Walking Together (English non-fiction) were among the eight that were adjudged the best books of the year at the ‘Valley of Words Book Awards’.
The PFC-VoW Book Awards is considered one of the most comprehensive independent literary award in India.
Hindi fiction was won by Khela written by Neelakshi Singh.
Pullampara became the first grama panchayat in the country to attain full digital literacy among its residents.
The ‘Digi Pullampara’ project was launched on August 15, 2021 to impart digital education to the most underprivileged sections of society in the panchayat.
Haryana will develop the world's largest jungle safari park in the Aravalli range.
The 10,000-acre safari park will cover Gurugram and Nuh districts.
At present, Sharjah is home to the largest curated safari park outside Africa. Opened in February 2022, the Sharjah Safari covers an area of about 2,000 acres.
World Habitat Day is celebrated annually on the first Monday of every October.
World Habitat Day 2022 aims to focus on the growing inequalities and vulnerabilities that have been a result of COVID-19, climate and conflict.
Theme of 2022: "Mind the Gap. Leave No One and Place Behind".
World Habitat Day was first celebrated in 1986 with “Shelter is My Right” as a theme.
Olympic silver medallist Mirabai Chanu and olympic fencer Bhavani Devi won the gold medal at the 36th National Games. While Chanu walked away with the title after lifting 84 kg in snatch and 107 kgs in clean and jerk, Devi won the women’s sabre competition, earning her the third consecutive gold medal.
She also won gold medals in the 2011 and 2015 editions.
Antim Panghal, the World under-20 champion, made an impressive debut at the National Games 2022 as she won the gold medal in women's 53kg wrestling.
She beat Priyanshi Prajapati of Madhya Pradesh by fall in the final.
Olympian Elavenil Valarivan won the gold medal in the women’s rifle shooting.
The retail inflation to come under control at 5.2% down from 6.7% which RBI has forecast for the current year, RBI said in its 'Monetary Policy Report September 2022'.
The central bank is mandated to keep retail inflation in a range of 2-6%.
In tennis, India's Rohan Bopanna and his Dutch partner Matwe Middelkoop clinched the ATP 250 Tel Aviv Watergen Open men's doubles title.
They notched up a 6-2, 6-4 victory over the third seeded Mexican-Argentine pair of Santiago Gonzalez and Andres Molteni in the final.
It was Bopanna's third ATP title of the season and 22nd overall.
Novak Djokovic lifted the Tel Aviv Watergen Open men’s singles title beating Marin Cilic.
The launch of Fit India Freedom Run 3.0 took place at the Major Dhyanchand National Stadium in New Delhi this morning on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti.
The third edition was jointly launched with a Fit India Plog Run by Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju and Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur. It will go on till 31st of October.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Fit India movement in 2019.
Long jumper Jeswin Aldrin qualified for 2023 World Championship with a 8.26m (8.25m qualification mark)leap in his final attempt at the National Game.
Amlan Borgohain of Assam & Jyothi Yarraji of Andhra Pradesh emerged as the fastest man and woman in 100m dash events.
Rosy Meena Paulraj cleared 4.20m to go past VS Surekha’s earlier national mark of 4.15m set in 2014.
Jyothi won with a time of 11.51 seconds and Amlan clocked 10.38s in the final.
The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises organized a National SC-ST Hub Conclave at Ahmedabad, Gujarat on 28th September 2022 to spread awareness about the National SC-ST Hub (NSSH)Scheme and other Schemes of the Ministry.
NSSH is aimed at capacity enhancement and promoting entrepreneurship culture amongst the SC-ST population for enhancing their participation.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has launched a multi-phase ‘Operation Garuda’ against illicit drug trafficking network, registering 127 new cases, arresting 175 people and seizing huge quantities of narcotic drugs.
The operation seeks to target drug networks with international footprints for action against handlers, operatives, production zones and support elements.
