The Union Cabinet allotted its approval to confer the status of Institution of National Importance to Indian Institutes of Information Technology, IIITs of Surat, Bhopal, Bhagalpur, Agartala and Raichur.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stated that his government has set a defence export aim of 5 billion dollars in the upcoming five years.
The four-day mega event ‘National Horticultural Fair 2020’ at Indian Institute of Horticultural Research(ICAR) began in Bengaluru.
India is set to organize an East Asia Summit conference in Chennai with a concentration on maritime security cooperation and tackling challenges in the maritime domain.
The prestigious Golden Conch Award for Best Documentary Film at 16th edition of Mumbai International Film Festival 2020 has been given to Babenco: Tell Me When I Die, directed by Barbara Paz.
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das has been selected as the Central Banker of the Year, Asia-Pacific 2020, by the Banker magazine, a unit of Financial Times (FT).
Pramod Kumar Singh has been chosen as wholetime member (law), Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA), the pension regulator of the country, according to a Personnel Ministry order.
The Kosovo Assembly has voted in the new coalition government of the Self-Determination Movement. Albin Kurti, the leader of the Self-determination movement, is appointed as new Prime Minister of Kosovo.
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has accepted Indian Olympic Association’s (IOA) request to become the goodwill ambassador of the Indian contingent at the Tokyo Olympics this year.
Retired India cricketers Madan Lal, Rudra Pratap Singh and Sulakshana Naik were nominated in Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) three-member Cricket Advisory Committee.
National Crime Records Bureau(NCRB) stated that the highest number of women and children who are missing in the India are from Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh
Tech Mahindra and the Telangana government have introduced T-Block Accelerator, the maiden accelerator programme for the newly-made Telangana ‘Blockchain District’.
HCL Technologies stated it has entered into a pact with Sri Lanka’s Board of Investment for setting up a universal delivery Centre in Colombo.
Amazon India has tied up with the Eastern Railway to set up a pick-up kiosk (for packages) at Sealdah Railway Station in Kolkata.
Britain will bring forward a prohibt on sales of new petrol and diesel vehicles to 2035, including hybrids. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will make the announcement at an event launching the 2019 United Nations Climate Change conference, COP26, to be held in Glasgow in November.
To address the need for building shared, professionally managed and strong Science and Technology infrastructure in the country which is readily accessible to academia, start-ups, manufacturing, company and R&D labs, the Department of Science & Technology has started a special scheme called “Sophisticated Analytical & Technical Help Institutes (SATHI)”.
Minister of State for Finance, Anurag Thakur stated that approx 38 crore bank accounts have been opened under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana till January.
Former MP of Nizamabad and one of the protagonists of the Telangana statehood movement M Narayana Reddy passed away.He was 89 year old.
Former President of Kenya Daniel Arap Moi, who ruled the country for 24 years, has passed away. Moi was 95 year old.
Wasim Jaffer, Vidharba batsman became the first batsman to make 12,000 runs in Ranji Trophy at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium.
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