Gaurav Dwivedi has been appointed the Chief Executive Officer of public broadcaster Prasar Bharati. He will have a five-year tenure from the date he assumes charge.
Earlier, Dwivedi was the Chief Executive Officer of MyGovIndia.
Shashi Shekhar Vempati was the CEO of Prasar Bharati from 2017 to 2022.
Prasar Bharati is a parent organization of Doordarshan.
The Indian Navy conducted a structured exercise to evaluate organizational effectiveness in protecting offshore assets off Mumbai on an Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) platform 150 km into the sea. The Indian Navy named the exercise ‘Prasthan’.
‘Prasthan’ is conducted twice a year under the aegis of Headquarters, Western Naval Command.
The UK region will become the first destination outside of Asia to host this event.
The tournament, organized by England Kabaddi, Scottish Kabaddi, and the British Kabaddi League, will feature at least 16 teams (men and women).
World Kabaddi Federation was founded in 2003. It was incorporated under section 25 of the companies Act, 1956 on September 30, 2005.
Ashok Das, President of the World Kabaddi Federation and England Kabaddi.
Table Tennis star Achanta Sharath Kamal is set to receive Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award in 2022, according to an announcement from the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports.
A total of 25 athletes including shuttlers Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy, woman boxer Nikhat Zareen, athletes Eldhose Paul, Avinash Sable have been nominated for the Arjuna Award this year.
To collaborate on the design and development of low and zero-emission propulsion technology solutions for commercial vehicles in India, including hydrogen-powered internal combustion engines, fuel cells, and battery electric vehicle systems, Cummins and Tata Motors have signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (DMRC) for jointly developing the Indigenous Communication-based Train Control System (i-CBTC), an important milestone in India’s journey towards self-reliance in Rail and Metro operations.
Manoj Joshi: Chairman, DMRC Ltd;
Dinesh Kumar Batra, BEL chairman, and managing director.
During the Summit, G20 Leaders will deliberate upon key issues of global concern under the Summit theme of "Recover Together, Recover Stronger”. Three working sessions will be held as part of the G20 Summit Agenda. These are food and energy security, health, and digital transformation.
President Droupadi Murmu will pay tributes to Bhagwan Birsa Munda at Ulihatu village in Khunti district of Jharkhand on the occasion of Janjatiya Gaurav Divas. Union Government has declared 15th November as Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas to commemorate the contributions of tribal communities in the nation's history and culture.
University Grants Commission has asked higher education institutions to initiate necessary steps to engage professionals and industry experts as Professors of Practice in their institutes. It is inline with the recommendations of National Education Policy 2020 is to impart holistic and multidisciplinary education in higher education institutions.
The exercise will be undertaken along the entire seven thousand 516 km coastline and Exclusive Economic Zone of India. It will involve all the Coastal States and Union territories. this exercise was conceptualised in 2018 to validate various measures that have been instituted towards enhancing maritime security since 26/11 terror attack.
Wholesale Price-based Inflation (WPI) for October eased to its lowest level since March 2021. Dropping below the double-digit mark for the first time since March of the year 2021, it eased to 8.39 per cent in October from 10.70 per cent in September.
India's retail inflation eased sharply to 6.77 per cent on an annual basis in the month of October from 7.41 per cent in September 2022. The number has remained above RBI’s tolerance band of 2-6 per cent for the 10th consecutive month. Food inflation for October came in at 7.01 per cent as against 8.6 per cent a month before.
The report, titled ‘Financing India’s Infrastructure Needs: Constraints to Commercial Financing and Prospects for Policy Action’, estimated that India would need $840 billion over the next 15 years. Currently, the central and state governments finance over 75% of city infrastructure, while urban local bodies (ULB) finance 15% through their own surplus revenues.
India on Monday submitted its Long-Term Low Emission Development Strategy to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), during the ongoing 27th Conference of Parties (COP27), which is aimed at rational utilisation of national resources with due regard to energy security.
The Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Ministry of Finance (MoF); Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA); and the World Bank Group are jointly organising a 5-day focused workshop titled “Cities Creditworthiness Academy” with the view to create an enabling ecosystem for financing future cities of India.
IFFI 53 - the annual film festival will be hosted in Goa from November 20 to 28, 2022. The Austrian film ‘Alma and Oskar’, directed by Dieter Berner, will open the annual festival while Krzysztof Zanussi’s ‘Perfect Number’ is the closing film. France is the ‘Spotlight’ country and 8 films will be screened under ‘Country Focus’ package.
India’s National Grid Operator “Power System Operation Corporation Limited (POSOCO)” today announced that POSOCO has changed its name to “Grid Controller of India Limited”. The change in name has been made to reflect the critical role of Grid Operators in ensuring integrity, reliability, economy, resilience and sustainable operation of the Indian Electricity Grid.
NMDC bagged the Champion of Champions Award, sweeping the 16th PRCI Global Communication Conclave 2022, to bring home fourteen Corporate Communication Excellence Awards. The awards were presented at the Global Communication Conclave organised by Public Relations Council of India (PRCI) in Kolkata.
National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), under the Ministry of Environment and UNDP, jointly launched “In Our LiFEtime” campaign to encourage youth between the ages of 18 to 23 years to become message bearers of sustainable lifestyles. This campaign envisions to recognize youth from around the world taking climate action initiatives that resonate with the concept of LiFE.