The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Kharola as Chairman & Managing Director, ITPO in the rank and pay of Secretary to the Government of India on a contract basis for a period of two years.
Kharola will continue to hold the charge of the post of Chairman, National Recruitment Agency till appointment of a regular incumbent in his place.
World champion from Norway Magnus Carlsen sealed the overall Meltwater Champions Chess Tour title for the second year running — this time with an event to spare — after storming into the semifinals of the Aimchess Rapid.
Norway’s world No. 1, going for a hat-trick of tournament wins in the Tour’s penultimate event, took a USD50,000 prize.
Road Transport and Highways Secretary Aramane Giridhar will be new defence secretary, after the retirement of Ajay Kumar on October 31.
National Highways Authority of India chairperson Alka Upadhyaya will be the new road and transport secretary replacing Giridhar.
Sanjay Malhotra will be the new revenue secretary after Tarun Bajaj completes his term on November 30.
Fashion retailer V-Mart Retail (V-Mart) has acquired e-commerce platform LimeRoad for a lump sum cash of around Rs 31.12 crore.
The Gurgaon-based startup LimeRoad was founded in 2012 by Suchi Mukherjee, Ankush Mehra and Prashant Malik.
Lalit Agarwal, managing director of V-Mart Retail.
Guinness World Records has designated Monday as the 'worst day of the week' on the premise that it - as the first day of the week - is found by many to be slow and extremely boring because one has to work after the weekend.
As per the latest Government data, the total balance stood at ₹1,75,225 crore as on October 5, 2022, as the total number of beneficiaries touched 47 crore. Women beneficiaries own a larger chunk in the scheme at 26.16 crore account of which the bulk (31.42 cror accounts) are in rural and semi-urban areas.
Launched in August 2014, PM JMDJY has recently completed 8 years.
The collaboration between IPPB and RBIH will explore projects which shall have impact on the masses by:
------>Leveraging the deep rural reach of IPPB-Department of Posts (DoP) to take Rural Finance to a billion Indians.
------>Enabling access to sustainable and secure finance services to every segment of the society, through research and innovation.
Shri Rajesh Bansal, CEO - RBIH.;
J Venkatramu, MD & CEO, IPPB.
India's Ramita Jindal was crowned world champion in the 10-meter Air Rifle Women Junior event at the International Shooting Sport Federation, ISSF World Championship Rifle/Pistol in Cairo, Egypt. Tilottama Sen won a second medal for India at the event, a bronze, after she shot 261.0 in the ranking round to finish third.
World Statistics Day 2022 is celebrated annually on October 20th to recognize the importance of statistics in our daily lives. The day celebrates the role of statistics and statisticians in improving the world we live in and marks the anniversary of the founding of the United Nations Statistical Commission in 1947.
The theme of Statistics Day, 2022 is ‘Data for Sustainable Development‘.
World Osteoporosis Day is celebrated on October 20 every year. It aims to highlight the silent bone disease and raise awareness about its prevention and treatment. The day is also observed to celebrate good bone health and to understand why it is important to take care of your body. Osteoporosis is a medical condition in which bones become very weak and brittle.
The theme for World Osteoporosis 2022 is “Step Up For Bone Health”
Madhya Pradesh Wildlife Board approved a new reserve for tigers of Panna Tiger Reserve, one-fourth of which will get submerged due to the linking of the Ken-Betwa rivers.The 2,339 square kilometres new tiger reserve, to be called Durgavati Tiger Reserve, will spread across Narisinghpur, Damoh and Sagar districts.In 2020, UNESCO included PTR in a global network of biospheres
The Competition Commission of India imposed monetary penalties of ₹223.48 crore on MakeMyTrip-Goibibo(MMT- Go) and ₹168.88 crore on OYO for indulging in anti-competitive conduct in the hotel segment of their business and thereby contravened the Competition law. CCI had also directed MMT-Go to amend its market behaviour, for indulging in anti-competitive conduct.
The 22nd global edition of the World Blockchain Summit was held in Dubai’s. The Summit is an attempt to bring experts including government and investors together to initiate conversation and action on blockchain. The next Summit will be held in Bangkok in December 2022. The Summit is a global series of gatherings that take place in 19+ destinations across the world.
India and France have been re-elected as President and Co-President of the ISA. ISA Director General Ajay Mathur said, Union Power and New and Renewable Energy Minister R K Singh has been re-elected as the President of International Solar Alliance. He said, France Minister of State for Development Chrysoula Zacharopoulou has been re-elected as Co-President.
In Assam, Kati Bihu was observed on October 18. Kati marks a crucial phase of the year for every farming household in terms of the beginning of the harvest season and the relocation time of rice saplings. People of Assam will light lamps outside their homes as well as in paddy fields in the evening praying for a better crop in the next season.
People also plant a Tulsi outside their homes and worship Goddess Lakshmi.
The Unique Identification Authority of India has topped among all Group A Ministries, Departments and Autonomous Bodies for resolving public grievances in the rankings report published by Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances for September, said the Ministry of Electronics & IT. This is the second consecutive month UIDAI has topped the rankings.