Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Rashmi Shukla has been appointed as the Director-General of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).
SSB is the border-guarding force deployed along Nepal and Bhutan border.
Sashastra Seema Bal, Headquarters: New Delhi, Motto: Service, Security and Brotherhood.
SSB is under the administrative control of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Former South Africa international Craig Fulton was named as the new chief coach of the Indian men’s hockey team.
Craig Fulton replaces Graham Reid, who had resigned following India’s failure to reach the quarter-finals of the FIH hockey World Cup.
Fulton was the assistant coach of Belgium when they won the 2018 FIH Hockey World Cup and Olympic gold at Tokyo 2020.
World Obesity Day was established in 2015 as an annual campaign with the goal of stimulating and supporting practical actions that will help people achieve and maintain a healthy weight and reverse the global obesity crisis.
1.9 billion people will be living with obesity in 2035.
Childhood obesity is expected to increase by 100% between 2020 and 2035.
2023 theme: ‘Changing Perspectives: Let’s Talk About Obesity'.
The main aim of the day is to highlight safety measures and make sure that people are aware of them and follow them to avoid accidents at work. 4 March also marks the beginning of the National Safety Week in India. The National Safety Week is observed from 4 to 10 March annually.
The theme for National Safety Day 2023 is “Our Aim – Zero Harm”.
National Safety Day commemorates the establishment of the National Safety Council in 1966
In order to reduce carbon footprint in its operations, Tata Steel Mining Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with GAIL (India) Limited for supply of natural gas to its Ferro Alloys Plant at Athgarh in Odisha's Cuttack district.
GAIL will supply the agreed quantity of natural gas through its pipeline from Gujarat to Athgarh.
Natural gas emits 27 per cent less CO2 and has lower levels of other pollutants.
PM Narendra Modi congratulated Bola Ahmed Tinubu for winning the Presidential elections of Nigeria.
Ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu was declared the winner of Nigeria’s presidential election against Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi.
He received 36% of more than 24 million votes cast, according to results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC).
Nigeria:
Capital: Abuja;
Currency: Nigerian Naira.
Renowned Bengali novelist and short story writer Sasthipada Chattopadhyay passed away.
He was the creator of the famous ‘Pandav Goenda’ (five detectives) series.
He created two more detective series: ‘Detective Ambar Chatterjee’ and ‘Goenda Tatar'.
West Bengal government in 2017 honoured him with the ‘Bangla Akademi Award’ for his contribution to children’s literature.
Acclaimed Hindi writer Vinod Kumar Shukla has won the 2023 PEN/Nabokov Award for achievement in international literature, PEN America – one of the most prestigious literary prizes worldwide.
The short story writer, poet and essayist, Shukla, who is considered one of the greatest contemporary writers in the Hindi language received the 59th Annual PEN Literary Awards.
Australia-based Deakin University has become the first foreign university to receive approval of the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) to set up an International Branch Campus (IBC) in GIFT-IFSC, GIFT City, Gujarat.
By virtue of this approval, Deakin University will be able to offer the same degree courses it offers in Australia.
IFSCA chairperson: Injeti Srinivas
President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated the Seventh International Dharma Dhamma Conference, organised by the India Foundation in collaboration with the Sanchi University of Buddhist-Indic Studies, in Madhya Pradesh's capital Bhopal.
The three-day conference has the theme 'Eastern Humanism for the New Era'.
Indian lender State Bank of India completed its first non-dollar transaction with Sri Lanka, by paying for exports in Sri Lankan rupees as India looks to bring countries that are short of U.S. dollars into the trade mechanism.
The move comes as Sri Lanka grapples with its worst economic crisis since its independence, triggered by a shortage of dollars.
A virtual hackathon aimed at promoting sustainable living and climate-positive behavior jointly organized by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and NITI Aayog brought together over 400 young people.
The hybrid event, called ‘LIFEathon,’ brought together young people from 60+ countries to share ideas and innovations for individual action towards climate change.
By measuring the different speeds at which seismic waves created by large quakes penetrate and pass through the Earth's inner core, seismologists from the Australian National University (ANU) believe they have documented evidence of the fifth layer - a solid metallic ball that sits within the inner core.
The findings are published in the journal Nature Communications.
Earth is composed of 4 layers: the crust, mantle, outer core and inner core.
Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the Phase I of the Bengaluru Safe City project. The project is envisaged under Nirbhaya Scheme at a cost of over Rs 496 crore to ensure the safety of women in Bengaluru city.
Bengaluru police have installed about 6,300 fixed surveillance cameras under the project.