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)”.