Bangladesh's Saima Wazed won the election to become South East Asia regional director at the World Health Organisation in New Delhi.
She has extensively worked on autism, updating the country's public health rules, as well as enacting the Mental Heath Act of 2018 and National Mental Health Strategic Plan for 2020-25.
She will take over the charge from 1st February 2024.
India and Sri Lanka have concluded the 12th round of talks on the Economic and Technology Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) in Colombo, Sri Lanka spanning from the 30th of October till 1st November 2023.
The delegations from both sides delved into a spectrum of critical areas, including Trade in Goods, Technical Barriers to Trade, and Trade in Services.
National Skill Development Corporation of India and EFS Facilities Services Group (EFS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote Skilled International Workforce Mobility (IWM) for Indian nationals, with a specific focus on the GCC countries.
EFS Facilities Services Group (EFS) is a Facilities Management Firm based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
GCC countries include UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Oman.
India and France has signed the Letter of Intent for Cooperation in the field of Public Administration and Administrative Reforms for three years.
It seeks to strengthen the bilateral partnership between the two countries through exchange visits focused on administrative reforms, good governance webinars, capacity-building programs, institutional exchanges, etc.
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), under the aegis of India's G20 presidency, is hosting the G20 Standards Dialogue 2023. The 2-day event commenced on 2nd November at the iconic Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi.
It is being organized in collaboration with the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, and the Ministry of Commerce & Industry.
The theme of this G20 Standards Dialogue is ‘Zero Defect Zero Effect’
HCL Technologies' Shiv Nadar retained the title of ‘India’s most generous' for the 3rd straight year as he donated ₹2,042 crore during the fiscal year 2022-23, as per EdelGive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2023.
The list mentions Wipro's Azim Premji on the 2nd rank as he donated ₹1,774 crore during the year while Nikhil Kamath donated ₹110 crore during FY22-23.
Rohini Nilekani is the most generous woman philanthropist as she donated ₹170 crore.
The Election Commission (EC) signed an MoU with the Union education ministry to take electoral literacy to classrooms across the country. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) seeks to integrate voter education and electoral literacy into the curricular framework, starting from classes 6 to 12 in all schools.
Chief Election Commissioner of India: Rajiv Kumar.
Auto components maker Minda Corporation inked a pact to form a joint venture with Taiwan-based HSIN Chong Machinery Works to produce sunroofs for passenger vehicles. The joint venture will offer a full system solution ranging from design, and development to manufacturing of sunroof for passenger vehicles.
Ashok Minda - Chairman & Group CEO, Minda Corporation Ltd.
The market for sunroof in India is expected to reach $500-600 million by 2030.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the second edition of the 'World Food India 2023' in New Delhi. According to an official release by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), the mega event was inaugurated in Bharat Mandapam at Pragati Maidan.
The event is poised to host participants from over 80 countries, including CEOs of prominent food processing companies.
It has been scheduled to be organised from November 3 to 5, 2023.
Mobility and Migration Partnership Agreement signed between India and Italy to facilitate movement of workers, students and professionals.
They also conversed about deepening the India-Italy strategic partnership. They agreed that potential in agro-tech, innovation, space, defence, and the digital domain should be explored.
Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal will launch the domestic sailing of the first International Cruise Liner ‘COSTA SERENA’ in India at Mumbai
Such cruise initiatives are part of ‘Dekho Apna Desh’, launched on Prime Minister's appeal to the middle class to prefer domestic tourism over international.
The United Arab Emirates is exploring investments of up to $50 billion in India, its second-largest trading partner.
The potential pledges, which could be announced in early 2023, aim to strengthen bilateral ties and increase non-oil trade to $100 billion.
The investments include investments in Indian infrastructure projects and state-owned assets.
UAE Currency: United Arab Emirates Dirham (AED)
NBA has partnered with Bhaane Private Limited, an Indian clothing brand, to operate NBAStore.in, offering a wide selection of official NBA merchandise in India.
The online store includes player jerseys, apparel, footwear, accessories, and more from major brands. Fans can also enter contests to win prizes, including tickets to NBA games in the U.S.