U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Pfizer's respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine for use in women during the middle of the third trimester of pregnancy to protect their babies.
The approval allows the vaccine to be given to women 32 to 36 weeks into a pregnancy to prevent lower respiratory tract infection & severe disease in infants until they are 6 months old.
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar would begin a new innings - as the 'National Icon' for voter awareness and education for the Election Commission of India. An MoU was signed for the period of 3 years at an event organized at Rang Bhavan, Akashvani, New Delhi in the presence of Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar & Election Commissioners Anup Chandra Pandey and Arun Goel.
Kerala got it's first AI school at Santhigiri Vidyabhavan in Thiruvananthapuram. The inauguration was done by Former President Ram Nath Kovind.
The Al School is designed and moulded by one of the world's most advanced educational platforms iLearning Engines (ILE) USA in collaboration with Vedhik eSchool.
Spain won the Women’s World Cup for the first time with Olga Carmona’s first-half strike giving La Roja a 1-0 victory over England in final.
The win gave the Spanish women their first major international trophy and avenged a quarterfinal loss to eventual champion England in the European championship last year.
Sweden picked up their fourth Women's World Cup bronze medal.
The 4th G20 Culture Working Group (CWG) Meeting will begin today in Varanasi. It will culminate in the Culture Ministers’ Meeting (CMM) on 26th of this month (August).
The 4th CWG meeting in Varanasi aims to arrive at actionable outcomes while positioning culture at the heart of policy-making.
The previous three CWG meetings were held in Khajuraho, Bhubaneswar, and Hampi.
Indian Coast Guard has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Philippine Coast Guard to enhance maritime cooperation.
The MoU seeks to enhance the professional linkage between the two Coast Guards in the domain of Maritime Law Enforcement, Maritime Search and Rescue, and Marine Pollution Response.
Adobe’s co-founder John Warnock passed away at the age of 82.
In 1982, Warnock co-founded Adobe alongside Charles Geschke, their partnership rooted in their earlier collaboration at Xerox. His leadership role within the company evolved over the years, transitioning from CEO to chairman of the board in 2000.
Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), a public sector insurance firm, has announced the appointment of Doraiswamy Ramachandran as the Managing Director, effective from September 1, 2023.
Currently, Doraiswamy is serving LIC as the Executive Director at the head office in Mumbai. He will be taking over from Mini Ipe, who is retiring as CEO and MD this month.
Siddhartha Mohanty- Chairperson of LIC.
Addressing the BRICS Business Forum Leaders' Dialogue in Johannesburg, South Africa, the Indian Prime Minister says India will soon be a 5 trillion dollar economy. India today remains the world's fastest-growing major economy.
The theme of BRICS Summit is BRICS and Africa: Partnership for Mutually Accelerated Growth, Sustainable Development, and Inclusive Multilateralism.
The BRICS grouping comprises Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.
After seeing a persistent recovery for almost two years, consumer confidence has dipped in July with improvement in respondents’ sentiment on income and spending being off-set by higher pessimism on general economic and employment situation.
The Current Situations Index (CSI) dipped to 88.1 from 88.5 in May 2023, as per the July 2023 round of RBI’s Forward Looking Surveys.
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has imposed penalties on Platinum Trust and TPG Upswing for their stake acquisition in UPL Sustainable Agri Solutions Ltd (UPL SAS), marking the first-ever case of gun jumping in the green channel route. A penalty of ₹5 lakh has been imposed for gun jumping, while a penalty of ₹50 lakh was given for making false declarations.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) approved the amalgamation of Twin Cities Co-operative Urban Bank Ltd with Kranti Co-operative Urban Bank Ltd.
The RBI further said the branch of Twin Cities Co-operative Urban Bank will function as a branch of Kranti Co-operative Urban Bank with effect from August 23, 2023.
YES BANK introduced its state-of-the-art mobile banking app, iris by YES BANK that aims to redefine the country’s digital banking landscape.
iris by YES BANK is a comprehensive financial proposition that has been co-created based on the valued feedback received from YES BANK customers.
Prashant Kumar, Managing Director & CEO, YES BANK.
The CVC has reconstituted the advisory board on Banking and Financial Frauds (ABBFF) that conducts the first level examination of bank frauds before recommendations or references are made to investigative by agencies such as Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
The reconstituted APBFF will be chaired by Suresh N Patel, former Central Vigilance Commissioner.
Praveen Kumar Srivastava is the current Central Vigilance Commissioner.