Dr Mohan Yadav has been announced as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. Narendra Singh Tomar was appointed as assembly speaker.
Malhargarh MLA Jagdish Devda and Rewa MLA Rajendra Shukla have been appointed as two deputy CMs of the state. The 58-year-old CM-designate replaces CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
In Nagaland, after a ten-day long fanfare with a cultural extravaganza with performances of 18 Cultural Troupes from various tribes and communities, the curtain has fallen on the 24th edition of the Hornbill Festival 2023.
The closing ceremony was held at Naga Heritage Village.
Azentio has announced that it won two awards at the 5th edition of the prestigious IBS Intelligence Global FinTech Innovation Awards 2023. The awards were formally presented at the Cedar-IBSi Summit on Digital & Core Banking, recently held in Mumbai.
Azentio Software provides critical, vertical-specific software products for customers in banking, financial, and insurance.
Nikhil Dey, an Indian social activist, has been named as the International Anti-Corruption Champion by the US State Department.
He has been acknowledged for his noteworthy support of social movements that oppose corruption in government welfare programs in India by encouraging transparency and accountability, public audits, and participatory democracy.
Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL) has been declared the second-largest global solar PV developer in the global solar energy sector, according to Mercom Capital Group's Annual Global Report.
Mercom Capital Group is a clean energy communications and research firm.
Veteran lyricist-screenwriter Javed Akhtar will be felicitated with the Padmapani Lifetime Achievement Award at the Ajanta-Ellora Film Festival.
Akhtar, the co-writer of Hindi cinema classics such as “Zanjeer”, “Deewaar”, “Sholay”, “Don”, “Kaala Patthar” and “Mr India“, will be honoured for his contribution to the Indian film.
International Day of Neutrality is commemorated on December 12 every year to raise awareness regarding the importance of neutrality in intergovernmental relations and to strengthen peace and security at the global level.
The day is marked globally by holding various types of events aimed at raising public awareness of the value of neutrality in international relations.
The exercise, which is conducted every six months, was held on the R12A (Ratna) Platform of Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) around 83 km away from Mumbai harbour.
The 'Prasthan' is conducted to validate measures and procedures to address various contingencies that may arise in the oil production platforms and was held in two phases.
Bank of India (BoI) has launched an exclusive savings bank product for women (Nari Shakti Savings Account) with an independent source of income.
The savings account, has features such as personal accident insurance cover of up to ₹1 crore, discounted health insurance and wellness products, rebates on locker facilities for gold and diamond SB AC holders.
RailTel Corporation of India Ltd (RailTel) has signed two MoUs with IIT Roorkee and with University of Birmingham to establish a collaborative partnership in the fields skill development for Railway signalling, Telecommunication, ICT and development of digital twin for railway operation & maintenance respectively.
The MoUs signed at the inaugural ceremony of IRSE International Railway Convention 2023.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) Summit, at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi this evening.
GPAI is a multi-stakeholder initiative, which aims to bridge the gap between theory and practice on Artificial Intelligence by supporting cutting-edge research and applied activities on AI-related priorities.
Digital payments have significantly increased in recent years, as a result of coordinated efforts of the Government with all stakeholder.
The total digital payment transactions volume increased from 2,071 crore in FY 2017-18 to 13,462 crore in FY 2022-23 at a CAGR of 45% and crossed 10,998 crore during current financial year till 27.11.2023.
The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has launched the Indian Forest & Wood Certification Scheme.
This national forest certification scheme offers voluntary third-party certification designed to promote sustainable forest management and agroforestry in the country.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced India’s hosting of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) Summit from December 12-14, 2023.
Comprised of 28 nations and the European Union, GPAI collaborates to address the challenges and opportunities presented by Artificial Intelligence (AI) while advocating for its responsible development.
The Indian Armed Forces contingent comprising 45 personnel reached Hanoi, Vietnam to take part in the fourth edition of Joint Military Exercise VINBAX-2023.
The exercise will be conducted at Hanoi, Vietnam from 11th to 21st December 2023.
Exercise VINBAX was instituted in 2018 and the first edition was conducted at Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.
Australian batter Travis Head, who smashed an explosive century to help Australia win their sixth ICC Cricket World Cup title, has been named as the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for November 2023.
Head beat tough competition from teammate Glenn Maxwell and India seamer Mohammed Shami to claim the honour.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has given a nod for regulated entities such as banks and non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) to adopt an offline digital payments product made by HDFC Bank in collaboration with Sweden's Crunchfish AB.
HDFC Bank had stated that it would roll out this service as part of a limited pilot for four months in over 16 cities and towns.
The product ‘Offline Retail Payments' lets customers and merchants transact offline.
Tiriyani Block has emerged triumphant, securing the foremost position in the inaugural Delta Rankings instituted by Niti Aayog.
This accolade for Tiriyani Block, nestled in the state of Telangana, is indicative of its remarkable strides in crucial domains encompassing healthcare, education, infrastructure, agriculture, and socio-economic welfare.