Former Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema has signed a deal to join Saudi Arabia’s Al Ittihad football club on a three-year deal.
He joins his former Real Madrid teammate Cristiano Ronaldo in the Saudi Pro League after the five-time world player of the year moved to Al Nassr from Manchester United following last year’s World Cup.
The Union cabinet has approved the elevated Gurugram metro project to connect Cyber City with Huda City Centre with spur to Dwarka Expressway covering a total of 28.5 km and 27 stations. The cost of the project has been pegged at ₹5,452 crore and expected to be completed in four years.
The Navy carried out a massive Carrier Battle Group (CBG) operation involving more than 35 aircraft in the Arabian Sea, one of the biggest demonstrations of its operational capabilities in recent years.
This was a twin CBG operation involving both of India’s aircraft carriers - INS Vikramaditya & INS Vikrant,along with a diverse fleet of escort ships,submarines & aircraft.
A CBG is a naval fleet comprising an aircraft carrier and its multiple escort vessels.
External Affairs minister S Jaishankar is to chair the G20 development ministers’ meeting, taking place from 11-13 June in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
The development ministers‘ meeting was preceded by the fourth and final Development Working Group (DWG) meeting, held from June 6 to 9 in Delhi.
The unemployment rate in India fell to 7.7 per cent in May due to a decline in the labour participation at 441.9 million.
Compared to April, labour participation rate (LPR) fell by 1.1 percentage point to 39.6 per cent in May.
Unemployment rate in India among people aged 15 years and above fell to 7.7 per cent in May 2023, from 8.5 per cent in the previous month.
Mumbai based-CMIE is an economic think tank founded by Narottam Shah on 13 April 1976.
According to data from MyGovIndia, India has recorded with 89.5 million digital transactions in the year 2022.
India in the year 2022 accounting for 46% global real-time payments, adding that the digital payment transactions in India is more than the other four leading countries combined.
Brazil which amounted to 29.2 million transactions was second on the list.
China was 3rd with 17.6 million transactions.
Polish Iga Swiatek defeated Czech Republic's Karolina Muchova 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 in 2023 French Open Women's Singles final.
Swiatek has become youngest women's player to clinch consecutive titles at the French Open since Monica Seles (1990, 1991, 2002).
She further became the first woman to win back-to-back French Open titles since Belgium's Justine Henin (2005, 2006, 2007).
The Mercer's Cost of Living survey was conducted across 227 cities from across five continents. In Mercer's 2023 Cost of Living survey, Mumbai has been positioned at 147 in the global ranking, New Delhi at 169, Chennai (184), Bengaluru (189), Hyderabad (202), Kolkata (211), and Pune (213).
Globally, Hong Kong, Singapore and Zurich are the most expensive cities.
The wind tunnel in the mountainous Huairou district of northern Beijing is known as JF-22.
It has a diameter of 4 meters(13 feet) and is capable of generating extremely high airflow speeds of up to 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) per second.
This impressive capability allows it to simulate hypersonic flight conditions up to Mach 30, which is 30 times the speed of sound.
Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship (GAME), a mass entrepreneurship enablement platform and Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI),announced their joint partnership to launch the NBFC Growth Acceleration Program (NGAP). This programme aims to handhold smaller NBFCs that have at least 60% of their exposure to MSMEs.
Bar Council of India(BCI) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Bar Council of England and Wales and Law Society of England and Wales for an exchange programme of lawyers and students for training and learning about each other's jurisdiction.
However, the Lawyers recommended by the Bar Council of India would have no right to practice in UK in terms of the MoU.
BCI chairman: Manan Kumar Mishra
Kotak Private Banking, a division of Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd, has unveiled Kotak Réserve, a Savings Programme curated exclusively for UHNIs(Ultra High Net Worth Individuals) & HNIs(High Net Worth Individuals).
This by-invite programme extends beyond banking services, offering a range of exclusive amenities to provide clients with an unparalleled luxury banking experience.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) and Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU).
The MoU intends to synergise the professional capabilities of IICA and RRU towards capacity building, education, research and consulting in the domain of Internal Security, Financial Crimes, Law Enforcement, Corporate Frauds etc.
RRU is an under the Home Affairs Ministry.
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the first-ever National Training Conclave at the International Exhibition and Convention Centre Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
The National Training Conclave is being hosted by Capacity Building Commission with an objective to foster collaboration among civil services training institutes and strengthen the training infrastructure.
Alby D’Cruz, Kerala's first Ashoka Chakra recipient, passed away.
The country honoured him with the Ashoka Chakra for his extraordinary bravery during the civil strife with the Naga rebels in the 1960s. In a ceremony held in New Delhi on April 30, 1962, President Dr Rajendra Prasad, presented the Ashoka Chakra to Lance Naik Alby.
Ashok Chakra is India’s highest peacetime military decoration.
Biparjoy is likely to cross Saurashtra, Kutch and adjoining Pakistan coasts between Mandvi (Gujarat) and Karachi (Pakistan) around noon of June 15 as very severe cyclone with wind speed reaching 125-135 kmph gusting to 150 kmph.
'Biparjoy' was suggested by Bangladesh and the word means 'disaster' or 'calamity' in Bengali.
Biparjoy is also the strongest cyclone in Arabian Sea after cyclone Tauktae.