The GSM Association (GSMA) elected José María Álvarez-Pallete López, the chief executive of Telefónica Group, as Chair, and Gopal Vittal, the chief executive of India’s Bharti Airtel Group as Deputy Chair.
The executives are members of the new GSMA Board of Directors elected for a two-year term.
The GSMA Board includes 26 members.
The Central Government has constituted the 22nd Law Commission of India with former Karnataka High Court Chief Justice Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi as its Chairperson. The Centre has also appointed former Kerala High Court judge Justice KT Sankaran,Prof. Anand Paliwal, Prof. DP Verma, Prof.(Dr) Raka Arya and Shri M. Karunanithi as members of the Commission.
Virat Kohli claimed the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s Player of the Month following a series of star performances as India charged their way to the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup semi finals, while Pakistan’s veteran all-rounder Nida Dar is the ICC Women’s Player of the Month thanks to her sensational form in their Women’s Asia Cup campaign.
ICC launched the Player of the Month Awards for men and women in January 2021.
World Meteorological Organization said in a report that Each of the last eight years had been hotter than any year prior to 2015, as the COP27 UN Climate Summit opened in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.The report said that Earth has warmed more than 1.1 degrees Celsius since the late 19th century, with about half of that increase occurring in the past 30 years.
WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Bhupender Yadav inaugurated India Pavilion at the 27th Session of Conference of Parties of the UNFCCC (COP 27) at Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. India's Pavilion has been designed with the theme of LiFE- Lifestyle for Environment. The Pavilion will send out the message of LiFE through various audio-visuals, Logo and 3D models.
President Droupadi Murmu today presented the National Florence Nightingale Awards for the year 2021 to the nursing professionals at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The awards are given to recognize the meritorious services rendered by nurses and nursing professionals to the society. It was instituted in 1973 by the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry.
World Radiography Day is celebrated on 8 November each year. The date marks the anniversary of the discovery of x-radiation by Wilhelm Roentgen in 1895. This was an accidental discovery by Professor Rontgen when he was working with a cathode-ray tube in his laboratory. The day is commemorated by the International Society of Radiographers and Radiological Technology,
Theme for 2022-“Radiographers at the Forefront of Patient Safety''
Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has increased its shareholding in Voltas by buying an additional 2 per cent stake.
Voltas is engaged in the business of air conditioning, refrigeration, electro-mechanical projects as an EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) contractor both in domestic and international market.
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India has notified the National Bioenergy Programme MNRE has continued the National Bioenergy Programme for the period from FY 2021-22 to 2025-26. The Programme has been recommended for implementation in two Phases. The Phase-I of the Programme has been approved with a budget outlay of Rs. 858 crore.
Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) launched the hull module of the Submersible Platform for Acoustic Characterization and Evaluation (SPACE) facility at Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL) in Kochi.
SPACE facility is based on the concept design and requirements projected by NPOL and has been constructed by M/s L&T Shipbuilding, Chennai.
The Union Cabinet apprised of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between India and Denmark on cooperation in the field of Water Resources Development and Management. The MoU is directed toward digitalization and ease of information access, integrated and smart water resources development and management among others.
The Taiwanese and Indian firms signed three MoUs at the 2022 India-Taiwan Industrial Collaboration Summit.
The MoUs were signed for collaboration in electronics manufacturing and green technologies.
The summit was jointly held by Taiwan’s Chinese National Federation of Industries (CNFI) and India’s industry body Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry.
The State Bank of India (SBI) in collaboration with the Business Association of Nagas (BAN) has decided to help 1000 entrepreneurs with financing.
An MoU has been signed between the two parties to facilitate ease of doing business and finance MSMEs of Naga entrepreneurs in the state.
The Indian Army has reserved Drone Kill System and Infantry Training Weapon Simulator (IWTS) projects for MSMEs and startups under the Make II scheme.
To give a further boost to the ongoing projects, Indian Army approved Project Sanction Orders (PSOs) of five Make II projects.
Each IWTS will facilitate training of 10 personnel at any one point of time.
The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) and Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) have partnered to promote energy efficiency financing for MSMEs.
The Government of India has set up Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) on 1st March 2002 under the provision of the Energy Conservation Act, 2001.
Mr. Abhay Bakre, Director General of BEE.
Sivasubramanian Ramann, CMD of SIDBI.
Surpassing traditional suppliers Saudi Arabia and Iraq, Russia has emerged as the top oil supplier to India in October. The information provided by energy cargo tracker Vortexa shows that Russia, which made up for just 0.2 per cent of all oil imported by India in the year to March 31, 2022, supplied 935,556 barrels per day of crude oil to India in October-the highest ever.
The world’s first Vedic Clock will be installed in Ujjain – the city of Lord Malakal. The foundation stone was laid at the 300-year-old Jiwaji Observatory in Ujjain for this mega project, being taken up by the state government at an estimated cost of Rs 1.62 crore. The observatory was constructed by Maharaja Sawai Raja Jaisingh of Jaipur in 1719.