On 31 May 2023, WHO and public health champions around the world come together to celebrate World No Tobacco Day (WNTD). This year’s theme is "We need food, not tobacco". The 2023 global campaign aims to raise awareness about alternative crop production and marketing opportunities for tobacco farmers and encourage them to grow sustainable, nutritious crops.
Maharashtra government has approved a new financial scheme under which more than one crore farmers in the state will be paid 6,000 rupees annually.
The scheme, Namo Shetkari Mahasanman Yojana, was approved at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde in Mumbai
A new 1971 Liberation War Gallery was inaugurated at the Indian Cultural Centre of the High Commission of India in Dhaka.
A number of liberation war fighters, Bir Muktijoddhas, and distinguished guests, including a number of eminent personalities of Bangladesh, representatives from cultural and academic spheres of Bangladesh, youth took part in the inaugural programme.
In Khelo India University games, Savitribai Phule Pune University conquered their final quest with a 2-0 victory over defending champions Osmania University to clinch their first Gold medal in the women’s tennis event in Ekana International Tennis Stadium Lucknow.
Yubi, an online debt marketplace that connects borrowers and lenders for various credit products, today announced its partnership with Indian Bank to extend digital supply chain financing solutions to small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs).
The partnership is expected to disburse ₹1,500 crore within the first year.
Razorpay has announced the launch of ‘Turbo UPI’ that allows customers of online merchants to make UPI payments directly without getting redirected to a third-party UPI app during checkout.
According to the company, the new feature streamlines the payment process and helps businesses in successful completion of UPI payments.
The Reserve Bank Tuesday is working on a light weight and portable payment system that that can be used for critical transactions during catastrophic events like natural calamities and war.
hennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni became the first Indian to record 300 dismissals in T20 cricket during the IPL 2023 ffinal against Chennai Super Kings at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Dhoni recorded the feat when he stumped GT opener Shubman Gill off Ravindra Jadeja’s bowling. Dhoni’s reaction time was clocked at a staggering 0.1 seconds.
Jyothi Yarraji bagged the gold medal in the women’s 100m hurdles event in the T-Meeting 2023 athletics meet, in Tilburg, the Netherlands.
In the category E World Ranking competition the 23-year-old clocked 13.20s in the final to secure victory in the event.
Jyothi Yarraji topped the heats with a time of 13.08s as she made her way to the final
In Nagpur, the 8th International Convention of the Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music among Youth -SPIC MACAY was inaugurated at Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology -VNIT in Nagpur.
This cultural convention is being jointly organized till the 4th of next month, by the Union Ministry of Culture, and Incredible India.
Justice Augustine George Masih was sworn in as the Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court.
Governor Kalraj Mishra administered the oath of office to Masih at a ceremony held at Raj Bhavan
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JioCinema, the official digital streaming partner of IPL (Indian Premier League) 2023, has broken the world record for the most concurrent views to a live-streamed event on Monday as over 3.2 crore viewers witnessed the finale of this year IPL, featuring Chennai Super Kings versus Gujarat Titans.
Public sector oil marketing company BPCL has developed an ethanol-diesel blend in a bid to reduce emissions.
The move is in line with its net zero target of 2040. The oil marketing company has been diversifying its operations with focus on petrochemicals and sustainable aviation fuel among other products.
With the aim to promote oral hygiene, the Maharashtra government named cricketing icon Sachin Tendulkar as 'Smile Ambassador' under the state's 'Swachh Mukh Abhiyan'.
The former Indian cricketer will be the campaign's brand ambassador for the next five years.
Indian Bank has been empanelled as a Clearing and Settlement Bank with the Indian Clearing Corporation Ltd (ICCL).
Indian bank was established in 1907 and is headquartered in Chennai.
In 2022-23, the central bank made a provision of Rs 1.31 lakh crore, up 14 percent from 2021-22. The RBI's FX gains in 2022-23 stands at Rs. 1.03 lakh crore.
The RBI makes a profit on every unit of foreign currency it sells.