Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 6th edition of Khelo India games at Chennai. The opening ceremony of the national sports event took place in a grand fashion with several cultural programmes exhibiting the traditional and cultural practices of Tamil Nadu.
Ministry of Education has issued 'Regulation of Coaching Centers 2024', saying that no coaching center shall enroll students below 16 years of age. The Guidelines stressed that student enrolment should be done only after secondary school examination. Coaching Centres have been directed not to make misleading promises or guarantee of rank or good marks to parents & students
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new state of the art Boeing India Engineering and Technology Center and launched the Boeing Sukanya programme in Bengaluru. The state-of-the-art BIETC is built with an investment of ₹1,600 crore. It is located in a 43-acre campus, and is the American aerospace major’s largest such investment outside the U.S.
India has been elected as the First Vice Chair of the Food and Agriculture Organization FAO COFI Sub-Committee on Fisheries Management. India will serve as a member of the FAO Fisheries Bureau on Capture Fisheries for the first time in 57 years.
The IISF four-day-long festival kickstarted at the Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI)-Regional Centre for Biotechnology (RCB) joint campus in Faridabad.
The ninth edition of the festival will celebrate the achievements of various Indian scientific institutions around the theme – ‘science and technology public outreach in Amrit Kaal.’
India announced a new alliance for Global Good, Gender Equity and Equality, at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday. The primary and stated objective of this new Alliance is to bring together global best practices, knowledge sharing and investments in the identified areas of women’s health, education, and enterprise.
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi was apprised of a Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Central Drugs standard Control Organization (CDSCO), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, and Social Assistant of Dominican Republic on cooperation in the field of Medical Products Regulation.
PepsiCo India appointed Jagrut Kotecha as its chief executive officer (CEO), saying he will take over from Ahmed El Sheikh, who held the position for seven years. Kotecha is the company’s chief marketing officer in Africa, Middle East, and South Asia (AMESA). He will assume the CEO’s role in March 2024. Sheikh will become the CEO for the Middle East business unit.
Ather Energy, the Bangalore-based electric vehicle manufacturer announced the upcoming launch of its new family-oriented electric scooter, named "Ather Rizta." Rizta embodies a new direction for Ather, catering specifically to families' needs as opposed to the previous focus on sporty and youthful models like the 450 Series.
Rolls-Royce launched its first-ever electric car, the Spectre, in India. This two-door coupe, with a global debut in 2022, now holds the title of the most expensive electric car available in the market at a starting price of Rs 7.5 crore. Powered by a 102 kWh battery pack, it offers a range of 530 km on a single charge.
State-owned Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) on Friday announced the launch of the non-participating product Jeevan Dhara-II.
According to the exchange filing, the product, which will be available from 22 January 2023, is a non-linked, non-participating, individual savings deferred annuity plan.
India has ranked at 127 out of 146 countries in terms of gender parity -- an improvement of eight places from last year -- according to the World Economic Forum's annual Gender Gap Report, 2023.
The World Economic Forum (WEF) ranked India at 135 out of 146 countries in the Global Gender Gap Index in the report's 2022 edition.
In a significant move to deepen cultural ties, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar announced that the Government of India has decided to include Farsi (Persian) as one of the nine classical languages in India under the New Education Policy. This recognition reflects a commitment to fostering greater understanding and appreciation of Farsi's rich heritage within the India