International Animation Day is celebrated on 28 October every year since the year 2002.The International Animated Film Association declared the International Animation Day. This day recognises the main open execution of Charles-Emile Reynaud’s Theatre Optique at the Grevin Museum in Paris, 1892. IAD was started by ASIFA, an individual from UNESCO.
President Droupadi Murmu presented the Silver Trumpet and Trumpet Banner to the President's Bodyguard at a ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhavan. President’s Bodyguard is celebrating 250 years of its raising which is coinciding with Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. The President’s Bodyguard is the oldest regiment in the Indian Army.
Shiprocket, a shipping and logistics solutions provider, has gone live on the government’s Open Network for Digital Commerce and made its first successful transaction. Shiprocket said it is the first inter-city logistics provider to plug into the ONDC network, enabling sellers from all segments to ship products to cities and towns across India.
Saahil Goel, CEO and co-founder, Shiprocket
Northern Arc Capital (NBFC) has raised $50 million through non-convertible debentures from the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank FMO. Northern Arc will use half the proceeds to serve MSMEs and women entrepreneurs Including three critical UN Sustainable Development Goals including SDG 8 (Decent Work&Economic Growth), SDG 5 (Gender Equality) &SDG 10 (Reduced Inequality).
Ashish Mehrotra, MD & CEO of Northern Arc Capital
India’s Tata group and Airbus will make the C-295 transport aircraft in the country, the government said, the first such production by a local private company amid a push for an expansion of defence manufacturing.
Airbus will deliver 16 aircraft in flyaway condition between September next year and August 2025, while the rest will be made by Tata group.
Guillaume Faury: Airbus Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
The Technology Development and Acceleration Cell (TDAC) of the Naval Innovation Indigenisation Organisation (NIIO) under the Indian Navy and Drone Federation of India (DFI) have joined hands to collaboratively work towards promoting indigenous development, manufacturing and testing of a drone, counter-drone, and associated technologies for the Navy.
President of Drone Federation of India, Smit Shah.
In 2014, over 92 percent of mobile phones used in India were imported, today over 97 percent of mobile phones used in India are made in India. Today we export electronic devices worth $12 billion (roughly Rs. 98,800 crore), MoS Rajeev Chandrasekhar said.
Addressing the theme 'Financing Infrastructure in a Crisis-Prone World', Mrs. Sitharaman appreciated AIIB for its continued commitment and dedication to assist members and for providing high-quality development finance.
India has the largest project portfolio within AIIB.
The theme of this year’s Annual Meeting was 'Sustainable Infrastructure Toward a Connected World'.
India is a Founding Member and the second-largest shareholder in AIIB.
The Union Minister for Home and Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah presided over the 'Chintan Shivir of Home Ministers' of States at Surajkund, Haryana on October 27 and 28, 2022. Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, addressed the Chintan Shivir through video conferencing.
Insurance sector regulator Irdai has allowed foreign reinsurance branches, including Lloyd's India, to repatriate up to 20% of the excess assigned capital to attract more players and allow free movement of capital.As per Irdai norms, the registration of branch offices of foreign reinsurers other than Lloyd's have 'assigned capital' and net owned funds (NOFs) as the capital.
Dr Mansukh Mandaviya addressed the 2nd G20 Health Ministers Meeting in Bali, Indonesia.Purpose of the meeting was to discuss the progress & way forward on priorities in the healthcare sector.
He also encouraged all G20 members to contribute their public keys to the proposed Global Federated Public Trust Directory for ensuring seamless worldwide mobility of people & goods.
Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare.
Ministry of Railways has directed Zonal Railways to launch a month long safety drive w.e.f. 28.10.2022 to remove any gaps in maintenance of fixed assets, locomotives and rolling stock and strengthening safety on Indian Railways. During the drive, it will be ensured that extant procedures are being conformed and monitoring of Human Factors shall be done.
Indian scientists at the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG) have developed an indigenous Overhauser Magnetometer, one of the most accurate magnetometers extensively used by all magnetic observatories around the world, making way for reducing the cost of sampling and sensing experiments essential for geomagnetic sampling,
Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG), location: Navi Mumbai.
Uttar Pradesh is all set to get a new elephant reserve soon, as the Union ministry of forest, environment and climate change (MoFECC) has given its nod to the Terai Elephant Reserve (TER), which will be spread in a 3,049 sq km area, including Dudhwa Tiger Reserve (DTR) and Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (PTR). It will be the second elephant reserve in UP and India's 33rd.
The Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi is the 10th busiest airport in the world in terms of seat capacity and frequency of domestic and international flights as of October 2022, reported Official Airline Guide (OAG).The busiest airport in the world as of October 2022 is Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport having serviced 47,47,367 seats.
The UNEP report, titled ‘Emissions Gap Report 2022: The Closing Window — Climate Crisis Calls For Rapid Transformation of Societies’, has found that in India and six other top emitters, emissions have rebounded and increased after the pandemic. The top seven emitters are China, the EU27, India, Indonesia, Brazil, the Russian Federation and USA
Aviation watchdog Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has given the aerodrome licence for the new airport at Mopa in Goa, paving the way for starting commercial flights operations from there soon.The Mopa airport, will be operated by GMR group. This will be the second airport in Goa, where already there is an operational airport at Dabolim in Mormugao city.
Currently, there are 131 operational airports in the country.