Geetika Srivastava, currently serving in the Indo-Pacific division of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), will be the new chargé d'affaires at its High Commission in Islamabad, becoming the first woman to hold that post. She will succeed Dr M Suresh Kumar.
The Indian & Pakistani missions in Islamabad and New Delhi have been without High Commissioners since August 2019.
The Government of India and the Government of New Zealand have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation in the air transport services.
This significant development builds upon the foundation established when India and New Zealand inked the Air Services Agreement on May 1, 2016.
NITI Aayog & UNDP India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to formalise a framework of cooperation on a range of areas, including SDG localisation, data-driven monitoring, Aspirational Districts and Blocks,among others.
UNDP will also provide support for NITI Aayog’s work on women’s livelihoods, innovation, & Mission LiFE.
The MoU was signed for a period of 5 yrs.
Shri B. V. R. Subrahmanyam: CEO, NITI Aayog.
Bandhan Bank has been appointed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as an authorised pension disbursement bank on behalf of the Central Pension Accounting Office (CPAO), Ministry of Finance, for civil pensioners.
The Bank will soon be integrating with the office of the CPAO to operationalise the disbursement process
Renewable energy company ACME Group has partnered with Tata Steel Special Economic Zone Ltd. (TSSEZL) to establish a green hydrogen and green ammonia project at the Gopalpur Industrial Park (GIP) in Odisha.
This project will be India's largest manufacturing facility for green hydrogen and its derivatives in the country, according to TSSEZ
Manikanta Naik, Managing Director of Tata Steel Special Economic Zone Ltd.
The government has decided to extend the Rs 25,938-crore production-linked incentive scheme for the automotive sector by one year, Union Heavy Industries Minister Mahendra Nath Pandey said.
Post extension, the five-year scheme, originally in place from 2022-23 to 2026-27, will be active until 2027-28.
Led by former Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government, Prof K VijayRaghavan, the 9-member committee has been tasked with the mission to comprehensively overhaul the DRDO.
The committee's primary objective is to compile a comprehensive report, outlining recommendations aimed at enhancing the adaptability of the DRDO amidst the rapidly evolving technological terrain.
Moving towards subscription-based accounts, Axis Bank launched a paid savings account where the customer will not be charged for many services and will not be required to maintain a minimum balance.
Customers will be charged Rs 150 per month or the discounted Rs 1,650 per year for what has been christened as 'Infinity Savings Account'
Former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana has been appointed as a member of the International Mediation Panel of the Singapore International Mediation Centre (SIMC).
The announcement was made by SIMC chairperson George Lim, who presented Justice Ramana with the letter of appointment in Singapore.
Priyan Sain clinched the title of Miss Earth India 2023 during the Miss Divine Beauty 2023 national final held in New Delhi.
The 20-year-old student, dancer, and taekwondo player from Jaipur, Rajasthan succeeds last year's winner Vanshika Parmar, and will now prepare to represent India at the Miss Earth 2023 pageant in Vietnam this December.
Maharashtra secured the top rank in attracting Foreign Direct Investment worth Rs 36,634 crore which is more than the sum of investment received by Delhi, Karnataka and Telangana in the first quarter of FY 2023-24.
Maharashtra's FDI is more than the cumulative sum of FDI in Delhi, Karnataka and Telangana which rank second, third and fourth, respectively.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to provide a loan of Rs1.2bn ($14.7m) to the Indian renewable energy solutions platform Fourth Partner Energy for the construction of a solar power facility in India.
The 25MW facility will be built in the Tirunelveli district in the state of Tamil Nadu and will generate 50.7 gigawatt-hours of clean energy per year.
In Jammu and Kashmir, two world-famous local specialty products namely Bhaderwah Rajma and Ramban Sulai Honey have earned coveted Geographical Indication (GI) Tag.
Now, only an authorized user has the exclusive rights to use the Geographical Indication in relation to these products. It will also boost exports and promote their brands at the international level.
The Securities and Exchange Board India (SEBI) has proposed to reduce the minimum issue size for non-profit organisations (NPOs) on social stock exchanges (SSEs) by 50%, and application size by 95% to facilitate more fundraising.
At present, the minimum issue size for NPOs issuing Zero Coupon Zero Principle (ZCZP) instruments is Rs 1 crore, which is deemed to be high.