Home-grown mapping company Genesys International Ltd. has signed a pact with Survey of India to leverage its resources for building digital twins of major towns and cities in the country. With this, Genesys International will get access to technological and data resources that Survey of India has developed since its establishment in 1767.
Surveyor General of India: Hitesh Kumar Makwana.
Kerala's widely-recognised Responsible Tourism (RT) Mission has achieved global recognition by earning a coveted spot on the United Nations World Tourism Organisation's (UNWTO) prestigious list of case studies.
This accolade further highlights the state's innovative approach towards grassroots development while championing tourism aligned with the UN's SDGs goals.
The Uttar Pradesh government has introduced a Safe City Project, enhancing surveillance through CCTV at the entry and exit points of 17 municipal corporations, as well as at government and non-government schools, colleges, madrassas, and universities in Gautam Buddha Nagar.
The United Arab Emirates has inaugurated the world's largest single-site solar power plant ahead of the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28).
The 2-gigawatt Al Dhafra Solar Photovoltaic Independent Power Project (IPP) is located 35 kilometers from Abu Dhabi city and will generate enough electricity to power almost 200,000 homes.
The plant is expected to displace 2.4 million tonnes of carbon emissions annually.
Shri Nitin Gadkari, the Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways of India, inaugurated the 8th Edition of the India Water Impact Summit (IWIS) at the Dr Ambedkar International Centre in New Delhi.
The summit, organized by the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) and the Center for Ganga River Basin Management and Studies (cGanga), spans three days.
Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal said more than Rs 1100 crore was granted for the development of 25 inland waterways projects in the Northeast region.
Sonowal, the Union Minister for Ports, Shipping, Waterways and Ayush directed officials to accord top priority to critical projects of his ministries in the Northeast and ensure their completion by January 2024.
14th Edition of the Indo-US Joint Special Forces exercise “VAJRA PRAHAR 2023” commenced at the Joint Training Node, Umroi in Meghalaya.
Exercise VAJRA PRAHAR is a joint exercise conducted between Indian Army and US Army Special Forces. It aims at sharing best practices and experiences in areas such as joint mission planning and operational tactics.
The expensive marine ‘Ghol’ fish was declared the state fish of Gujarat at the first Global Fisheries Conference India 2023 held in Ahmedabad.
Also known as Black Spotted Croaker fish (Protonibea diacanthus) in many parts of the world, Ghol fish is not only considered a delicacy but is valued for its medicinal properties in many countries.
The All India Football Federation (AIFF) and the Government of Odisha joined hands to finalize a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at establishing the AIFF-FIFA Talent Academy within the premises of the Odisha Football Academy in Bhubaneswar.
The momentous agreement was signed in the presence of Arsène Wenger, FIFA’s Chief of Global Football Development.
Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) Girish Chandra Murmu has been elected as the Vice-Chair of the UN Panel of Auditors for the next year.
This recognition underscores India's commitment to the highest standards of external audit and its active participation in shaping the global audit landscape.
India's iconic cueist Pankaj Advani won his record 26th IBSF World Billiards Championship crown in Doha, Qatar, to bring laurels to the country.
Pankaj was as clinical as he could have possibly been in the summit clash and outclassed his compatriot Sourav Kothari by a staggering margin of 1000-416.
The ICAR-Indian Institute of Spices Research , Kozhikode, has developed a high-yielding variety of black pepper named ‘IISR Chandra’. The institute has also completed the genome sequencing of the variety.
The ‘IISR Chandra’ variety has a long spike, compact setting, and bold berries. It also showed optimal spike intensity greater than than of other existing varieties.
Justice M. Fathima Beevi, the first woman judge to be appointed to the Supreme Court of India, died. She was also the first Muslim woman judge to be appointed to any higher judiciary.
In 1989, she scripted history by becoming the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court, a position she held till her retirement on April 29, 1992.
Award-winning writer P. Valsala, 85, passed away at a private hospital in Kozhikode.
Ms. Valasala was one of the few women writers in Malayalam who achieved literary renown. In her decades-long writing career, Ms Valsala bagged the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award, Ezhuthachan Puraskaram and Muttathu Varkey Award.