The 11th edition of the annual Joint Military Training (JMT) between the Indian Air Force (lAF) and the Republic Singapore Air Force (RSAF) commenced at Air Force Station, Kalaikunda. The RSAF is participating in JMT-2022 with F-16 aircraft, while the IAF would field the Su-30 MKI, Jaguar, MiG-29 and LCA Tejas aircraft.
KV Kamath has been appointed non-executive chairman of Reliance Strategic Investments, a wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries Ltd.
Reliance Strategic Investments is to be renamed as Jio Financial Services.
He has also been appointed on the board of Reliance Industries as an independent director for a period of 5 yrs.
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has been again placed at the top amongst all Group A Ministries and Departments for resolving public grievances in the rankings report published by Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) for the month of October 2022. This is the third month in a row when UIDAI has topped the rankings.
The Environment minister of India, Shri Bhupender Yadav will attend the 27th Session of Conference of Parties of the UNFCCC (COP 27) scheduled to be held at Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt from 6-18 November, 2022. India to invite all countries to join LiFE movement – Lifestyle for Environment, a pro-people and pro-planet effort. COP 27 is named as the COP of “Implementation".
The Infrastructure Finance Secretariat (IFS), DEA, has come out with Scheme for Financial Support for Project Development Expenses of PPP Projects – ‘IIPDF Scheme’ (India Infrastructure Project Development Fund Scheme) for providing necessary support to the PSAs, both in the Central and State Governments.
The President of India inaugurated the permanent North-East Campus of Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) North East at Aizawl, Mizoram. With the main Campus in New Delhi, IIMC has five regional campuses at Dhenkanal in Odisha, Aizawl in Mizoram, Jammu in J&K, Kottayam in Kerala and Amravati in Maharashtra.
Aibawk cluster in the Aizwal district of Mizoram has become the first cluster to be completed under the Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM). SPMRM was launched by the Prime Minister in February 2016 with a vision to provide amenities to rural areas which are perceived to be urban and have the potential to stimulate local economic development.
A Student-Scientist Connect Programme organized by CSIR-NIScPR. This programme was conducted under the Jigyasa programme of CSIR. The students were familiarized with the contributions and technologies of CSIR laboratories that form a part of our daily life activities and were encouraged to be a part of such S&T innovations that contribute to nation building.
A Centre for Policy Research in Maritime Studies (C-PRiMeS) of Indian Maritime University (IMU) in Chennai was inaugurated by the Union Minister Shri Sarbananda Sonowal. The C-PRiMeS centre will undertake maritime studies and act as a think tank for the development of the marine economy.
Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) of NITI Aayog today launched the fourth edition of ‘Innovations for You’ coffee table book featuring 75 successful women entrepreneurs of India. These women entrepreneurs are supported by Atal Incubation Centres (AICs) of AIM, NITI Aayog. The book captures success stories of these start-ups supported through Atal Incubation Centres.
India's forex reserves increased by 6.561 billion to reach 531.081 billion US Dollar for the week ended October 28. Foreign currency assets stood at 470.847 billion US Dollar. The value of gold reserves increased from 556 million to 37.762 billion US Dollar.
The President inaugurated the Atal Setu viaduct connecting West Bengal and Sikkim at Rangpo on National Highway 10; the two-lane Chisopani traffic tunnel including approach roads in East Sikkim. The President also laid the foundation stone for the National Institute of Technology, Khamdong, East Sikkim.
Make -2 projects are essentially Industry funded projects involving design, development and innovative solutions by Indian vendors for development of prototypes. Indian Army is already progressing with 43 ongoing projects under the Make -2 procedure of Capital Acquisition.
Election Commissioner Anoop Chandra Pandey launched the PWD App 2.0 and a Training Module on sensitization of election at the National Conference of PWD Icons for Accessible Elections in New Delhi. The App aims to provide election information to Specially Abled people in a friendly way.
The 9th round of India - South Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) up-gradation negotiation was held in Seoul. India raised serious concerns about the growing trade deficit between the two countries and discussed market access issues. It was agreed that the 10th round of CEPA upgradation negotiations will be hosted by India in early 2023.
Union Government has constituted a committee for strengthening the assessment and accreditation of Higher Educational Institutions. The mandate of the Committee is to prepare a road map for the National Accreditation Council envisioned in the National Education Policy, 2020. It will be headed by Dr. K. Radhakrishnan, Chairperson, Board of Governors, IIT Kanpur.
In Squash, Indian men's team clinched their first-ever gold at the Asian Squash Team Championships. They defeated Kuwait in the final in straight sets in Cheongju, South Korea. It was Saurav Ghoshal and Ramit Tandon who won their games in the final to dole out a 2-0 defeat to Kuwait.
In December 2015, the UN General Assembly designated 5 November as World Tsunami Awareness Day, calling on countries, international bodies and civil society to raise tsunami awareness and share innovative approaches to risk reduction. Japan started this observance after its repeated, bitter tsunamis experience.