India, Japan and Australia agreed to launch a trilateral Supply Chain Resilience Initiative (SCRI) in the Indo-Pacific region which will help in building a resilient supply chain with focus on free, transparent trade & investment environment in the region.
An Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered voice chatbot named “LiGo” launched by ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited to provide an easy to use and convenient service touch-point for customers.
The State Bank of India’s (SBI) Ecowrap report estimated that the real Gross domestic Product(GDP) for FY21 is expected to shrink by around 10.9%(-10.9%), a decline of full year growth, against its earlier estimate of 6.8%.
Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) appointed Hemant Khatri as its new CMD. He will replace Rear Admiral L V Sarat Babu (Retd). Previously, Hemant Khatri was serving as the Director of Strategic Projects HSL.
Bollywood Filmmaker, Karan Johar authored a children’s picture book titled “The Big Thoughts of Little Luv” inspired by his Twins Yash and Roohi. The book will be published by Juggernaut Books.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed contracts with Bharat Earth Movers Ltd. (BEML), Tata Power Company Ltd. (TPCL) and Larsen & Toubro (L&T) for supply of Six Pinaka Regiments to the Regiment of Artillery of the Indian Army at an approximate cost of Rs. 2580 Crores.
A group life insurance scheme through the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) named “Chhavni COVID: Yodha Sanrakshan Yojana” launched by the Defence Minister Rajnath Singh for more than 10000 employees working in the 62 military cantonment areas across India.
The scheme will provide a cover of Rs.5 lakhs each in the event of any fatal misfortune.
Indian astronomers have discovered one of the farthest star galaxies in the universe. The galaxy is called AUDFs01. The galaxy is estimated to be located 9.3 billion light-years away from the Earth.
The Jal Shakti ministry has launched a” Water Heroes – Share Your Stories” contest with an aim to reach out to people with the important message of water conservation and management.
The primary objectives of the Ministry of Jal Shakti are to make water conservation a people’s movement and strengthen the water consciousness in the country.
A maximum of 10 entries can be considered for the awards every month.
All selected entries will be awarded a cash prize of Rs 10,000 and a certificate.
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India has decided to block 118 mobile apps in view of the emergent nature of threats.
The step is expected to safeguard the interests of crores of Indian mobile and internet users and will also ensure safety, security and sovereignty of Indian cyberspace.
The Union Cabinet approved Mission Karmayogi for Civil Services Capacity Building.
Mission Karmayogi is a national programme for civil services capacity building to lay the foundation for the capacity building for civil servants.
Mission Karmayogi will make civil servants more efficient, responsive and accountable to the needs of the citizens by ensuring that the right person with right competencies is at the right position.
Madhya Pradesh government has launched a 15-day campaign named ‘Gandagi Bharat Chhodo’ under which awareness programmes were organized in seven thousand 178 settlements.
J&K official languages Bill 2020 approved by the Union Cabinet.
According to the J&K official languages Bill 2020, the official languages in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir will be Kashmiri, Dogri and Hindi along with Urdu and English.
Two more Union Territories(UTs) named Ladakh & Lakshadweep have been included in the ‘One Nation-One Ration Card’ scheme on ‘Integrated Management of Public Distribution System’(IM-PDS).
After the integration of these two UTs, a total of 26 States /UTs Connected with the Scheme and will benefit about 65 crore people.
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Japan on Cooperation in Textile.