Facebook parent Meta has appointed Sandhya Devanathan as the Vice President of Meta India.
Devanathan, who is leading the company's gaming vertical for the Asia Pacific (APAC) market, will transition to her new role on January 1, 2023 and will report to Dan Neary, Vice President, Meta APAC.
President Droupadi Murmu appointed Dr CV Ananda Bose as the Governor of West Bengal.
Manipur Governor La Ganesan had been holding the additional charge of West Bengal since July after the former Governor, Jagdeep Dhankhar, became India's Vice President.
Dr. Bose is the first ever Fellow of the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration in Mussoorie.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino is getting four more years in charge of football’s governing body after no candidate stepped up to challenge him.
Infantino won a five-candidate race in 2016 to replace Sepp Blatter, and was re-elected unopposed in 2019. He’s now set to stay in the job beyond the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
FIFA Headquarters location:Location: Zürich, Switzerland.
The International Paralympic Committee voted to suspend the National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) of Russia and Belarus with immediate effect, placing their para-athletes' hopes of competing at the 2024 Paralympics in jeopardy.
Both NPCs were suspended for their "inability to comply with their membership obligations under the IPC Constitution".
Oil refining and marketing company BPCL's former chairman Arun Kumar Singh is likely to be the new chairman of India's top oil and gas producer ONGC -- the first instance of a top PSU board-level position going to a person aged over 60.
ONGC was founded on 14 August 1956 by the Government of India.
The Union Government gave a fresh one-year extension in service to the director of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) Sanjay Kumar Mishra.
Meanwhile, last year, the government also introduced an ordinance that allows the mandatory two-year terms of the directors of the ED and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to be extended by up to three years.
India's first-ever private launch of Vikram Suborbital rocket will take place at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. The Mission Prarambh will carry three customer payloads Space Kidz India, Bazoomq Armenia and N-Space Tech India. A non-government entity, the start-up Skyroot Aerospace Private limited had developed the single-stage Vikram Suborbital rocket.
The Cyber Policy Dialogue was held under the auspices of the India-Australia Framework Arrangement on Cyber and Cyber-Enabled Critical Technology Cooperation and Plan of Action 2020-2025 for a comprehensive and deeper cyber cooperation. The Cyber Policy Dialogue provides a bilateral platform to discuss a range of high-profile issues of mutual interest.
Indian Army is celebrating the 242nd Corps of Engineers Day on November 18th. The Corps of Engineers provides combat engineering support, develops infrastructure for armed forces and other defence organisations and maintains connectivity along our vast borders besides providing succour to populace during natural disasters.
Theme of the two-day event is ‘boardrooms to Community-ESG, Carbon Neutrality, Operational Safety, Greener Solutions’. The Conclave aims to promote sustainability in the management of the entire life cycle of chemicals. It is being organized jointly with UNEP and International Council of Chemical Associations with support of Chemicals and Environment ministry of India.
PM will inaugurate first greenfield airport in Arunachal pradesh - ‘Donyi Polo Airport, Itanagar’. Airport’s name reflects the age-old indigenous reverence to Sun (‘Donyi’) and the Moon (‘Polo’) in Arunachal Pradesh. PM also will dedicate a 600 MW Kameng Hydro Power Station to the Nation.
Shri Rajiv Kumar will be leading a delegation of ECI officials as State guest in Nepal from 18th November to 22nd November, 2022. ECI had been chairing the Association of World Election Bodies, which is the world's largest international organization in the field of election management - since Sept 2019 to October 2022.
In the beginning of March, 2023 Museum Kolding and the National Museum in New Delhi will open the joint exhibition "Silver treasures from Denmark and India". The exhibition is focused on the Danish and Indian Silver artefacts where both museums will show the best silver objects from their collections.
NTPC’s QC Team from Unchahar ABHYUDAYA has won the "GOLD" award in the 47th International Convention on Quality Control Circle (ICQCC-2022). The theme for ICQCC-2022 was “Built Back Better through Quality Efforts”. NTPC QC Team presented on "Frequent Choking of Collecting tanks of AHP-IV".
World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) is a global campaign celebrated each year between 18-24th November with the slogan Antimicrobials: Handle with Care. The aim is to increase global awareness and understanding of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and promote best practice among One Health stakeholders to reduce emergence and spread of drug-resistant pathogens.