The General Body of the International Esports Federation (IESF) has elected Lokesh Suji, director, the Esports Federation of India (ESFI) and vice-president, the Asian Esports Federation, to its membership committee on a three-year term.
The election marks the first time that an Indian has become a part of the membership committee of the International Esports Federation.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been invited by President Joko Widodo of Indonesia to visit Jakarta on September 6th and 7th.
During this visit, he will participate in the 20th ASEAN-India Summit and the 18th East Asia Summit, which Indonesia is hosting as the current Chair of ASEAN.
E-commerce company Amazon is planning to invest $3 million in nature-based projects in India.
The investment is part of the company's $15 million fund it has allocated for nature-based projects in Asia Pacific (APAC).
Amazon will provide $1 million to help CWS establish the “Wild Carbon" program, which will support 10,000 farmers in planting timber and medicinal trees.
The broking arm of State Bank of India, SBICAP Securities Ltd. appointed Suresh Shukla as its chief business officer.
This comes at a time when stock broking, deal-making activities and secondary market transactions are making a comeback.
Shukla, who was the joint president of Kotak Securities, is a veteran in the securities market with at least 25 years of experience.
State Bank of India (SBI) has introduced UPI interoperability in its Digital Rupee (e rupee), also known as the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).
This feature is accessible through the ‘e rupee by SBI’ application and allows SBI CBDC users to scan merchant UPI QR codes for transactions.
SBI Card, India's largest credit card issuer, launched new features of its super-premium card 'AURUM', targeted at the premium section of society, such as high-net-worth individuals.
With the enhancements, AURUM cardholders will be able to avail benefits worth up to Rs 2 lakh annually, based on their spending.
On the side-lines of G20 Summit, NTPC shall host a day-long conference on Green Hydrogen Pilots in India at India Habitat Centre in Delhi
This event shall showcase various Green Hydrogen Pilots being implemented by both public and private sector companies
It will also serve as a platform to showcase the pioneering innovative pilots and progress in green hydrogen technology
Indian American Arjun Gupta, founder and Chief Believer at TeleSoft Partners, a special situations venture capital firm, has been named chairman of the newly established federal Investment Capital Advisory Committee (ICAC), Small Business Administration head Casillas Guzman announced.
He is among 14 members who will advise the Small Business Administration.
The National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) has announced the appointment of Rajesh Nambiar, Chairman and Managing Director, Cognizant India as its Chairperson.
Nambiar takes on the new role from his previous role as Vice Chairperson succeeding Anant Maheshwari, Former President, of Microsoft India.
Debjani Ghosh, President, Nasscom.
The renewable energy PSU, Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited declared its partnership with Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL) for co-financing of renewable energy projects.
According to IREDA, the MoU will empower IREDA and IIFCL for co-lending/co-origination and loan syndication for all renewable energy projects, including Small Hydro projects.
Shri Pradip Kumar Das, Chairman & Managing Director, IREDA.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on the UPI System will also include pre-sanctioned credit lines issued by banks for transactions.
Earlier, only the deposited amount could be transacted through the UPI System.
In April, the RBI proposed to expand the scope of the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) by enabling transfer to/from pre-sanctioned credit lines at banks.
RBI Governor :Shaktikanta Das
World Health Organization (WHO) has released the outcome document of first WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit 2023 in form of “Gujarat Declaration”.
The declaration reaffirmed global commitments towards indigenous knowledges, biodiversity and traditional, complementary and integrative medicine.
A team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jodhpur has developed a novel device for good indoor air quality.
The new device based on Cold-plasma Detergent in Environment (CODE) technology is capable of deactivating more than 99.99 per cent of harmful pathogens and provides quality indoor air.
Teacher's Day is celebrated every year on September 5 to honour and celebrate our teachers.
This day is also celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of former President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan who was a scholar and a teacher.
The first Teachers' Day was celebrated in 1962 when Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was appointed as the second President of India.