World Homeopathy Day is celebrated on April 10 to commemorate the birth anniversary of the founder of homeopathy, German physician Samuel Hahnemann. This day is observed to honour homeopathy and its contributions to the field of health.
In India, World Homeopathy Day is celebrated under the aegis of the Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India.
APL announced the commissioning of its first 800 Mw ultra-super-critical thermal power generation unit at Godda in the Jharkhand state of India and begins supplying Bangladesh with 748 Mw of power.
Godda power plant will source coal from the Carmichael mine in Australia, owned and operated by Adani Mining.
State-run ONGC has increased its stake in Mangalore SEZ Ltd (MSEZ) from 26 percent to 49 percent by purchasing 1,15,20,000 equity shares from IL&FS. In a regulatory filing to the stock exchanges , ONGC said that its board of directors has approved the “acquisition of 1,15,20,000 equity shares of Mangalore SEZ Ltd (MSEZ) from IL&FS.
The Indian men's football team climbed up 5 places in the recent FIFA World Rankings and are now ranked 101st. Previously, there were ranked 106th in the world.
World Champion Argentina has climbed to the top of FIFA ranking for the first time in over six years.
Argentina was followed by Brazil, France, Belgium, and England.
Morocco stayed at No. 11 to lead African teams.
The State Bank of India (SBI) is planning to launch new variants of current account (with balances of ₹50,000 and ₹50 lakh) and “Parivar” (family) savings account in FY24 to minimise the gap between deposit growth and credit growth.
The new plans come in the wake of deposit growth lagging credit growth over the last few quarters.
Priyanshu Rajawat ended India's wait for a singles title in 2023 as the young shuttler won the Orleans Masters Super 300 tournament.
Priyanshu defeated World No. 49 Magnus Johannesen in a battle of 21-year-olds in the men's singles final in France.
Chandrakala Ojha, a 15-year-old girl from Purai village in Chhattisgarh's Durg district, registered her name in the Golden Book of World Records by swimming continuously for 8 hours.
She has won 3 gold and 2 silver medals in Junior Open National and State championships.
Bharat Biotech has won the `Best Production /Process Development’ award as part of the Vaccine Industry Excellence (ViE) awards at the World Vaccine Congress 2023.
The Congress was held during April 3-6 in Washington, USA.
Germany’s Berlin was ranked as the city with the best public transport system globally, followed by Czech Republic’s capital Prague
while Mumbai secured the 19th spot and was the top-ranked Indian city, according to a survey published by London based ‘Time Out’ - a media outlet that focuses on hospitality business and labels itself as a global brand ‘dedicated to city life
The tiger population has gone up in the Shivalik Hills-Gangetic Plains landscape, central India and the Sundarbans but their numbers have dwindled in the Western Ghats and the Northeast-Brahmaputra Plains due to habitat loss, fragmentation and poaching over the years, according to a government report released.
A NASA instrument to provide unprecedented resolution of monitoring major air pollutants – down to four square miles – lifted off on its way to geostationary orbit.
The Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) instrument will improve life on Earth by revolutionizing the way scientists observe air quality from space.
Bangladesh, Japan, and India will hold a meeting in Tripura on 11-12 April to put in place connectivity initiatives to harness the commercial potential of the region.
Asian Confluence, a think tank based out of North East India, in collaboration with India's foreign ministry, is organising the event.
As a joint program under Mission Innovation, the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), India’s Ministry of Science and Technology, and the International Energy Agency (IEA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which aims at enhancing innovation for the clean energy transition. The parties signed the agreement in New Delhi.
International Energy Agency (IEA) is headquartered in Paris, France