The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has given approval for the setting up of an air quality monitoring network of 90 stations in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
The UK-based OneWeb company has launched 34 satellites into orbit on a single Soyuz rocket, from Baikonur port, Kazakhstan. The targets are to have the full network in operation by the end of 2021.
The Mobile World Congress, the annual telecoms industry gathering that draws more than one lakh visitors to Barcelona, was dismssed over coronavirus fears.
BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise 2020 has been launched in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is managing the BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise 2020 on behalf of the Government of India.
National Workshop on e-office was launched in New Delhi by Union Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Dr Jitendra Singh.
India to add the Asian Elephant and the Great Indian Bustard in the list of species that merit heightened conservation measures. The list will be debated at the 13th Conference of Parties (COP) of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS).
The Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) has launched the workshop on “Van Dhan and Entrepreneurship Development” under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs in New Delhi.
The first ‘Jerusalem-Mumbai Festival’ will be organized in the Mumbai, Maharashtra. This festival is organized to showcase the special connection between the two cities and to promote ties between India and Israel.
The International Cricket Council has penalized three Bangladesh as well as two Indian U-19 cricketers because of violating the Code of Conduct as they were involved in an exchange of words with some pushing and shoving on the field after the final match.
The International Hockey Federation has titled Indian striker Lalremsiami as 2019 FIH Women’s Rising Star of Year. Lalremsiami beat Argentina’s Julieta Jankunas and Frederique Matla of the Netherlands in the contest as she received 40 per cent of total votes cast.