Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated 108th Indian Science Congress (ISC) through video conferencing. This year's ISC is being held at Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Maharashtra. The focal focal theme of this year's ISC is Science and Technology for Sustainable Development with Women Empowerment.
India will take over the leadership of Asian Pacific Postal Union having its Headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand from this month. APPU is an intergovernmental organization of 32-member countries of the Asian-Pacific region. The goal of APPU is to extend, facilitate and improve postal relations between member countries and to promote cooperation in the field of postal service.
The Gaan Ngai festival is one of the major festivals of Manipur which is celebrated every year after harvesting. The festival also marks the end of the year when the farmers have stored their foodgrain in their ganeries. The Zeliarong community in Manipur comprises Rongmei, Liangmei, and Zeme tribes.
World Braille Day, celebrated since 2019, is observed to raise awareness of the importance of Braille as a means of communication in the full realization of the human rights for blind and partially sighted people. World Braille Day is observed in honour of Louis Braille, the Frenchman who invented a reading and writing system for the blind and visually challenged.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India today signed a $350 million loan to improve the connectivity of key economic areas in the state of Maharashtra. The project would help address intra-regional disparities by improving connectivity, facilitating access to services, and accelerating inclusive economic growth of lagging districts in the state.
NTPC Ltd commissions India's first green hydrogen blending project. The green hydrogen blending has been started in the piped natural gas (PNG) network of NTPC Kawas township, Surat. The project is a joint effort of NTPC and Gujarat Gas Limited (GGL). Green hydrogen in Kawas is made by electrolysis of water using power from already installed 1 MW floating solar project.
Fintech unicorn BharatPe has appointed current chief financial officer Nalin Negi as the firm’s interim chief executive officer (CEO) until its board finds a replacement for Suhail Sameer, who stepped down from the position. Sameer took over as the CEO of BharatPe in August 2021, a year after he was appointed as the president of the company.
Reliance Consumer Products (RCP), the FMCG arm of Reliance Retail Ventures (RRV), has announced that it will acquire a 50 per cent stake in Gujarat-based Sosyo Hajoori Beverages, the owner of soft drink brand Sosyo. A product of the Swadeshi movement of the Indian independence struggle, Sosyo was established in 1923 by Abbas Abdulrahim Hajoori.
Isha Ambani, executive director, RRV
Abbas Hajoori, chairman, Sosyo Hajoori Beverages
HDFC Bank said it is partnering with Microsoft in the next phase of its digital transformation. will leverage Microsoft Azure to consolidate and modernise its enterprise data landscape through a Federated Data Lake to scale its information management capabilities across enterprise reporting and advanced analytics, using artificial intelligence.
The Reserve Bank of India has launched the Inflation Expectations Survey of Households (IESH) which will provide useful inputs for monetary policy. In the January 2023 round, the survey will be conducted across 19 cities. It aims to capture subjective assessments of price movements and inflation, based on individual consumption baskets.
Jet Airways said Sanjiv Kapoor remains the CEO-designate of the company till the airline's ownership is transferred to the consortium by the lenders. After the Insolvency resolution process in June 2021, Jalan-Kalrock Consortium was declared the winning bidder for Jet Airways. The airline has not flown since April 2019 when it ceased all operations due to financial issues.
Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee National Institute of Water and Sanitation (SPM-NIWAS) at Joka in Kolkata via video conferencing. SPM – NIWAS has been set up at a cost of around Rs. 100 Crore, on 8.72 acres of land at Joka, Diamond Harbour Road, Kolkata, West Bengal.
The Election Commission (EC) is focusing on 929 polling booths across Tripura, setting a target of 92 per cent voter turnout in the assembly elections due early this year. These booths recorded a voter turnout of less than 89 per cent, which was the average across 3,328 booths in the 2018 assembly polls.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated Indian Library Congress at the Collectorate Ground in Kannur. The People’s Mission for Social Development and Library Council organized the event in association with Kannur University. The program was presided over by Dr V Shivdan, and Higher Education Minister of Kerala Dr R Bindu.
Agrinnovate India Limited, the commercial department of Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE) under Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare granted “Non-Exclusive Rights” for Commercial production of “Lumpi-ProVac”, to Institute of Veterinary Biological Products (IVBP), Pune
Eicher Motors Ltd said it will acquire a 10.35 per cent equity stake in Spanish electric motorcycle maker Stark Future for €50 million (over Rs 440 crore). The acquisition is part of a strategic collaboration in the electric motorcycle space with Stark Future SL, said Eicher Motors, the parent company of Royal Enfield, a mid-weight motorcycle manufacturer.
Eicher Motors Ltd MD- Siddhartha Lal
Stark Future founder and CEO-Anton Wass