RH200, the versatile sounding rocket of ISRO, has registered its 200th consecutive successful launch from the shores of Thumba, Thiruvananthapuram.
The Rohini Sounding Rocket (RSR) series have been the forerunners for ISRO's heavier and more complex launch vehicles, with a continued usage even today for atmospheric and meteorological studies.
ISRO chairman S Somanath.
Shri Vinit Kumar has been appointed as CEO, Khadi & Village Industries Commission (KVlC), under the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
He has served as the Chairman of Syama Prasad Mukherjee Port, Kolkata (erstwhile Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Port, Kolkata).
The Army Red Team has won the 72nd Inter Services Volleyball Championship 2022-23. The Army Red team emerged victorious with a set score of 3-1. The closing ceremony of the Championship was organised at Eagles Indoor Volleyball Stadium in Secunderabad.
Two teams of Indian Army, Red and Green besides one team each of Indian Navy & Indian Air Force participated in the event.
Malaysia's veteran opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim will be the country's new prime minister, after a turbulent 25-year pursuit for the job that saw him jailed twice.
King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah appointed Anwar after meeting candidates for prime minister and newly elected members of parliament.
With rising domestic economic activity and an uptick in oil import bills, India’s current account deficit is expected to be 3-3.2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) for FY23, according to Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) V Anantha Nageswaran. But he stressed the country’s external sector remains robust.
Cristiano Ronaldo made history as the first male player to score in five World Cups in Portugal's opening game in Qatar against Ghana.
The first player to score in five World Cups, men's or women's, was Marta in 2019, and Christine Sinclair matched the feat that same year.
Lionel Messi, Miroslav Klose, Pele and Uwe Seeler are the players who have scored at four World Cups.
Airtel Payments Bank has taken yet another step towards digital inclusion and announced the launch of Face Authentication-based savings bank account opening for customers. The facility will further ease the account opening process making it seamless & convenient for customers. Airtel Payments Bank is the first Payments Bank in the country to offer this facility.
The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women is observed on November 25, every year. It is a day to pay tribute to the Mirabal sisters, the Dominican Republic activists who were murdered at the order of Rafael Trujilllo in 1960. The United Nations aims to raise awareness about gender-based violence against women.
The theme 2022 is UNITE! Activism to End Violence against Women & Girls
he Indian Navy’s guided missile stealth frigate, INS Trikand, offshore patrol vessel, INS Sumitra, and Maritime Patrol Aircraft, Dornier, participated in the 13th Edition of the Indian Navy (IN) - Royal Navy of Oman (RNO) bilateral exercise ‘Naseem Al Bahr’ (Sea Breeze). The first IN-RNO exercise was conducted in 1993. This year marks 30 years of IN-RNO bilateral exercise.
Unemployment rate for persons aged 15 years and above in urban areas declined to 7.2 per cent during July-September 2022 from 9.8 per cent a year ago, the National Statistical Office (NSO). Unemployment rate or joblessness is defined as the percentage of unemployed persons among the labor force.
India participated in 22nd Council of Ministers's meeting of the Indian Ocean Rim Association held at Dhaka in Bangladesh. The Indian delegation was led by Minister of State for External Affairs Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh. India showed strong commitment to strengthening IORA to promote peace, security and prosperity in the Indian Ocean Region as well as in the Indo-Pacific.
The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi is the only Indian educational institution among top 50 in the Global University Employability Rankings by Times Higher Education (THE). Globally, the US continues its dominance with four universities in the top five, led byMassachusetts Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology and Harvard University as top three
IDFC FIRST Bank has launched FIRSTAP, the country’s first sticker-based debit card, in association with National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), to facilitate transactions by simply tapping the sticker on a Near Field Communication (NFC) enabled point-of-sale terminal.
The sticker-based Debit Card is one third the size of a regular debit card.
V Vaidyanathan, managing director and chief executive officer at IDFC First Bank Ltd.
Canara Bank ushered in a new dawn of digital banking on its 117th Founder’s day, with issuance of an Electronic Bank Guarantee in partnership with National E-Governance Services Limited. Bank now offers an API based digital workflow of Bank guarantees which will eliminate physical issuance, stamping, verification and paper based record maintenance of Bank Guarantees.
39 schools from across the country have been awarded the Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar for the 2021-22 academic session, the Ministry of Education announced. The schools selected from among the 8.23 lakh entries include 28 government and aided while 11 are private schools.The awarded schools also include two Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas, one Navodaya Vidyalaya and three KV