The Reserve Bank of India, in the exercise of the powers conferred on it under Section 8 of the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007, has revoked the Certificate of Authorisation (CoA) of the Chennai-based GI Technology Private Limited over governance concerns in the company.
Fiji is the first country in the Pacific to hold the 12th World Hindi Conference. The conference would be taking place under the aegis of the Ministry of External Affairs and the Government of Fiji from February 15-17, 2023 & external affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar will lead the Indian delegation for the Conference.
The 11th World Hindi Conference was held in Mauritius.
Suva, capital of Fiji;
Fijian dollar, currency of Fiji.
Mr.Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated the country’s second Rashtriya Adarsh Veda Vidyalaya in Puri, with the objective of spreading knowledge of the Vedas among people.
The RAVV or the National Model Vedic School has come up on the campus of the Central Sanskrit University. Maharishi Sandipani Rashtriya Ved Vidya Pratishthan is the first such school in Madhya Pradesh.
Mawmluh Caves located in the East Khasi Hills district has made it to the first 100 geological heritage sites listed under International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) by UNESCO. The first 100 sites were chosen from 56 countries.
With 7.2 km, it is the fourth longest cave in the Indian subcontinent and is referred to locally as Krem Mawmluh.
Mr.Rajnath Singh dedicated to the nation 75 infrastructure projects at a total cost of Rs.2180 crore built by the Border Roads Organisation at a function organised at D-S-DBO road in Ladakh on October 28.
The 75 projects - 45 bridges, 27 roads, 2 Helipads & one Carbon Neutral Habitat– are spread across 6 states & 2 UTs.
Two helipads are in Hanle and Thakung in Ladakh.
Indian Air Force (IAF) and FASF are participating in a bilateral exercise, named Garuda VIl, from 26 October to 12 November 2022 at Air Force Station Jodhpur.
1st, 3rd and 5th editions were conducted in India in 2003, 2006 and 2014 at Air Force Stations Gwalior, Kalaikunda and Jodhpur. The second, fourth and sixth editions were conducted in France in 2005, 2010 and 2019.
The 5th edition of India's only comprehensive International Trade Fair and Conference, Windergy India 2023 will be held from 4th October to 6th October 2023 in Chennai.
It is organised by Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association (IWTMA) and PDA Ventures Pvt Ltd.
Saudi Arabia has won a bid to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games at a planned mountain resort in the Gulf Arab state's $500 billion flagship NEOM project.
NEOM is Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's most ambitious project under the kingdom's Vision 2030 development plan to reduce reliance on oil and transform the economy, including by developing sports.
NEOM is a 26,500-square-km high-tech development on the Red Sea.
BPCL a Maharatna and Fortune Global 500 Company has achieved the No.1 rank for 3rd time in Indian oil and gas sector for its sustainability performance in the 2022 edition of the S&P Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) rankings.
BPCL scored 65 percentage points against an industry average of 31.
India defeated Australia to win Sultan of Johor Cup 2022 in shootout 5-4 after a 1-1 draw.
This is the third time India has won the Sultan of Johor Cup.
The Indians have won the age group tournament twice -- 2013 and 2014 -- and finished second best four times in 2012, 2015, 2018 and the last edition of the event in 2019.
Faggan Singh Kulaste inaugurated the Saras Food Festival and said the govt will take steps to establish Saras stalls by women SHGs in all state capitals, major cities and metros, airports and railway stations for widening the reach of marketing.
He launched the e-commerce portal www.esaras.in,for better and more effective marketing of the products prepared by women of SHGs
Faggan Singh is Union Minister of State for Rural Development.
ASEAN - India Start-Up Festival 2022 has been held in Jakarta, Indonesia from October 27-30, by the ASEAN Committee on Science, Technology and Innovation (COSTI), in partnership with the Indian Department of Science and Technology (DST), through the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) of Indonesia and Start-up Incubation and Innovation Centre (SIIC) IIT Kanpur.
NASA announced that it has selected 16 individuals to be part of its independent study team on unidentified aerial phenomena(UAP). UAP refers to things in the sky that cannot be identified as aircraft or natural phenomena, or in common parlance,UFOs.
The 9-month independent study will begin on Oct 24. A full report containing the team’s findings will be released in mid-2023
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar announced at the plenary session of UNSC special meeting of the Counter Terrorism Committee (CTC )that India will contribute USD 500,000 to the United Nations Trust Fund for Counter Terrorism this year to aid capacity-building support to member states in combating terrorism.
India is hosting the 2-day anti-terrorism meeting in Delhi.
World Savings Day is marked every year on October 30 in order to raise awareness about the importance of savings. Also known as World Thrift Day, the day hopes to educate individuals about the benefits of storing their savings in a bank instead of letting them lie about in other places.
The theme for World Savings Day 2022 is ‘Savings can make all the difference’,