SJVN Limited has been conferred with 1st Prize in Swachhta Pakhwada Awards 2023 by Ministry of Power. SJVN's Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) NL Sharma received the prize from Ministry of Power's Secretary Pankaj Agarwal in a ceremony at New Delhi.
The PSUs are evaluated on number of parameters for the initiatives undertaken to create awareness for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
Last year also, SJVN has won the first prize.
India's top oil firm IOC has signed deals to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) from UAE's Abu Dhabi Gas Liquefaction Co Ltd and TotalEnergies of France on a long-term basis.
IOC signed a deal to import 1.2 million tonnes per annum of LNG from Adnoc-LNG for 14 years starting in 2026.
This is the first long-term deal TotalEnergies has signed with an Indian company
In shooting, India shooter Prithviraj Tondaiman bagged the bronze medal in the men’s trap event at the ISSF Shotgun World Cup Lonato 2023 in Italy.
Britain’s Nathan Hales won the gold medal with 49 points while Qi Ying of the Republic of China bagged the silver medal with 48 points.
Prithviraj Tondaiman’s bronze was India’s only medal at the Lonato shooting meet.
A record 13.5 crore people moved out of multidimensional poverty between 2015-16 and 2019-21 as per NITI Aayog’s Report ‘National Multidimensional Poverty Index: A Progress Review 2023’.
National MPI measures simultaneous deprivations across the three equally weighted dimensions of health, education, and standard of living that are represented by 12 SDG-aligned indicators.
Uttar Pradesh registered the largest decline in number of poor with 3.43 crore people.
NTPC has received the prestigious Economic Times (ET) HR World Future Skills Awards 2023 for “Best use of AI/AR/VR in Learning and Upskilling" and “Best Advance in Creating an Extended Enterprise Learning Programme”.
These awards bear testimony to NTPC’s focus on the adoption of cutting-edge technologies such as virtual reality (VR) in Learning and Development (L&D).
The International Energy Agency (IEA) in collaboration with Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) under the aegis of MoP&NG launched the Oil 2023 medium-term market report, titled: IEA Oil 2023 – Supply and demand dynamics to 2028, in Delhi at an event that saw participation from the captains from the Indian oil and gas industry.
The Global Food Regulators Summit 2023 is being organized in Delhi for the first time, as a G20 event. The summit is being organized by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) under the aegis of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on 20th and 21st July, 2023 at Manekshaw Auditorium, New Delhi.
This is the first time the summit is being held outside Rome.
Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) implements the Advance Authorisation Scheme under the Foreign Trade Policy, which allows duty-free import of inputs for export purposes.
The eligibility of inputs is determined by Sector-specific Norms Committees based on input-output norms.
Every year the Nelson Mandela International Day is celebrated on July 18 to mark the birth anniversary of the legendary South African leader.
The day is celebrated to highlight the legacy of the anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist, whose values continue to inspire generations and shape the world.
This year’s theme is “The Legacy Lives on Through You: : Climate, Food, and Solidarity.”
The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Foreign Ministers' Retreat began in Thailand capital city Bangkok.
BIMSTEC is an economic and technical initiative which brings together the countries of the Bay of Bengal for multifaceted cooperation.
European Investment Bank (EIB), the lending arm of the European Union, plans to invest about €1 billion in India’s renewable energy sector.
The investment will be made in renewable sectors involving green hydrogen and solar panels.
India is the largest investment destination of EIB outside Europe.
In a bid to empower local women of Odisha in the field of STEM (Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), Tata Power Southern Odisha Distribution Limited (TPSODL) has set up a state-of-the-art All-Women Meter Testing Laboratory in Odisha's Berhampur.
The Meter Testing operations at this Laboratory will be managed by Women.
TPSODL is a joint venture of Tata Power and the Government of Odisha.
Chachin Grazing Festival was celebrated with great fervour by the local graziers of Tawang region near Bumla Pass, Arunachal Pradesh.
The two-day event held at Chachin saw enthusiastic participation from Graziers from all over Tawang region.