Santosh Kumar Jha is set to be next Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL), a PSU under the Ministry of Railways. The Konkan Railway, a subsidiary of Indian Railways, is responsible for overseeing the development and maintenance of 741 kilometers of rail network along the Konkan coast.
India has emerged among top countries with high income and wealth inequality but the share of the population living in multidimensional poverty fell from 25 to 15 per cent between 2015-16 and 2019-21, the UNDP said in a new report.
In India, between 2000 and 2022, per capita income soared from $442 to $2,389.
Women are only 23 percent of the labour force.
NTPC and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) announced their joint collaboration to incorporate Ash from thermal power plants in road construction. It was revealed that around 70 per cent of the road construction Ash used by NHAI would be sourced from NTPC, emphasising their shared vision of sustainable development.
Tata Power has announced the appointment of Deepesh Nanda as president of renewables and CEO & MD of Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited (TPREL), a subsidiary of Tata Power, effective November 1. He has succeeded Ashish Khanna who has moved as President, of Generation business.
Axis Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA), to establish the Axis Bank Chair for Financial Inclusion at IRMA. Constituted for a period of 5 years, the Chair will primarily focus on research, deepening industry-academia collaboration, driving thought leadership and policy advocacy.
Axis Bank is the third largest private sector bank in India.
The ministry of rural development (MoRD) had set up a committee last year under its former secretary, Amarjeet Sinha, to study the reasons for the low demand for MGNREGA work in northern states like Bihar and Uttar Pradesh and suggest measures on how these states can better utilise the scheme to provide employment and stop migration.
British film 'Catching Dust' will be opening at 54th International Film Festival of India, to be held in Goa from November 20 to 28.
American film 'The Featherweight' will be the closing movie, whereas Turkish film About Dry Grasses will be the midfest movie.
Hollywood star Michael Douglas will be honoured with the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award at IFFI this year
In a boost for the dairy sector of Uttar Pradesh, the state's Ananda Dairy entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Brazilian companies.
According to the MoU, the two major Brazilian companies will work together with Ananda Dairy for the production of nutritious animal feed and cattle breed improvement
At a time when air quality challenges have hit alarming levels, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur has set up a new centre of excellence — ATMAN (Advanced Technologies for Monitoring Air-quality iNdicators) that aims to focus on indigenous low-cost sensor manufacturing and AI/ML to enhance air quality.
World Radiography Day is observed every year on November 8.
The crucial day commemorates the historic discovery that changed the field of healthcare and medicine.
It celebrates the pioneering work of a German engineer and physicist who found X-rays, subsequently, opening a window into the human body and transforming the way of diagnosing and treating medical conditions.
Cotton production during 2023-2024 cotton season is expected to be 6% lesser than the season that ended on September 30.
The Committee on Cotton Production and Consumption estimated cotton production in the current season (October 2023 to September 2024) to be 316.57 lakh bales (170 kg each) as against 336.60 lakh bales in 2022-2023.
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA), a Mini Ratna (Category – I) Government of India enterprise under the administrative control of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, has launched a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) portal for enhancing transparency in its CSR initiatives.
Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of IREDA Shri Pradip Kumar Das
The Ministry of Coal has completed the Special Campaign with remarkable success. The achievements of the Ministry during the Special Campaign 3.0.
100% target achieved in disposal of Public Grievances, PMO References, CMO References and IMC.
Space Freed - 65,88,878 sq.ft. Ministry of Coal is in the top position under the 'Space Freed' Category amongst all Ministries.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and his Australian counterpart Jason Clare have announced the opening of two campuses of two Australian universities at GIFT City in Gujarat's Gandhinagar.
This move aligns with the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020, which places a strong emphasis on internationalizing education.