Shri Ravi Mital takes charge as Chairperson of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India
Shri Ravi Mital took charge as Chairperson of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India in New Delhi. A 1986 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Bihar cadre, Shri Mital holds degrees of B.E. in Mechanical Engineering and M.Phil. in Environmental Science. Prior to joining the IBBI as Chairperson, he superannuated from the position of Secretary, Department of Sports, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Shri Mital has also served as Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting and Special Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance. Shri Mital has also served on Boards of various organisations including State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, GIC Re, etc. During his service, Shri Mital has served in varied capacities in various Ministries and Departments of the Government.
JNU Appoints Pune University Professor Santishree Pandit as its First Woman Vice-Chancellor
Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit has been appointed as the first woman Vice-Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). Pandit who is currently a political science professor at Savitribai Phule University in Maharashtra was appointed the top post. The 59-year-old Pandit is also an alumna of JNU where she pursued her MPhil as well as Ph.D. in International Relations. Pandit began her teaching career at Goa University in 1988 and moved to Pune University in 1993. She has held an administrative position in various academic bodies. She has also been a member of the University Grants Commission (UGC), the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), and the Visitor's nominee to central universities. In her career, she has guided 29 PhDs.
Construct Bridge Over Mahakali River
India and Nepal, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the cons¬truction of a motorable bridge over the Mahakali River connecting Dharchula (India) with Dharchula (Nepal), under Indian grant assistance. India will bear all the costs of constructing the bridge and the preparation of a detailed project report for the bridge has already been completed and the construction work of the bridge will start soon and will be completed within three years. The project will improve cross-border connectivity between Nepal's Sudur Paschim province and India's Uttarakhand across the Mahakali river where close people-to-people links exist between communities on both sides of the border.
ISRO Demonstrates Hack-Proof Quantum Communication
Scientists from Ahmedabad-based Space Applications Centre (SAC) and Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) successfully demonstrated quantum communication entanglement based on real-time Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), a major step toward satellite-based quantum communication.
India Emerges Champion of ICC Under-19 Men's World Cup for record-extending fifth time
India clinched its record-extending fifth ICC Under-19 Men's Cricket World Cup, beating England by four wickets in the final at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua. Yash Dhull was the captain of the Indian team. India had won the coveted title in 2000, 2008, 2012, and 2018 before this one in 2022.
PM dedicates to the nation 216-feet tall ‘Statue of Equality’ commemorating Sri Ramanujacharya
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation the Statue of Equality in Hyderabad. The 216-feet tall Statue of Equality commemorates the 11th century Bhakti Saint Sri Ramanujacharya, who promoted the idea of equality in all aspects of living including faith, caste, and creed. Governor Telangana Smt Tamilisai Soundararajan, Union Minister Shri G. Kishan Reddy were among those present on the occasion.
Prof Dinesh Prasad Saklani is the new NCERT director
The Central government has appointed Dinesh Prasad Saklani as director of NCERT for a period of five years or till he attains the age of 65 years, whichever is the earliest. Saklani is a professor with the department of history, ancient Indian history, culture and archaeology at HNB Garhwal University, Uttarakhand. He is also the director of the Chauras Campus of the university.
M Jagadesh Kumar appointed UGC Chairman
M Jagadesh Kumar, the Vice Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), appointed as the Chairman of University of Grants Commission (UGC). Kumar will head the education sector's regulatory body for a period of five years or till he attains the age of 65.
Dr. Madan Mohan Tripathi joins as Director General, NIELIT
Dr. Madan Mohan Tripathi has joined as Director-General of the National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology (NIELIT) on Monday. National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology (NIELIT) is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India. Before joining NIELIT, Dr. Madan Mohan Tripathi was working as Professor at Delhi Technological University (DTU), New Delhi. In DTU he also worked as Director Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) and Coordinator of Intellectual Property Rights Cell. He started his carrier as a Research Scientist with the Institute for Plasma Research (IPR), Gandhinagar (Department of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India) in 1994 and worked for 5 years on many R&D projects. In the year 1999, he joined the Centre for Electronics Design & Technology of India, Gorakhpur as Senior Design Engineer and worked for 10 years on various design and development projects in the areas of Information, Electronics and Communication Technology (IECT).
Lt Gen Manoj Pande, PVSM, AVSM, VSM took over as the Vice Chief of the Army Staff
Lt Gen Manoj Pande, PVSM, AVSM, VSM took over as the Vice Chief of the Army Staff. An alumnus of National Defence Academy, Lt Gen Manoj Pande was commissioned in December 1982 to the Corps of Engineers (The Bombay Sappers). The General Officer commanded an Engineer Regiment during Operation Parakram in the sensitive Pallanwala Sector along the Line of Control of Jammu and Kashmir. He is a graduate of Staff College, Camberley (United Kingdom) and attended the Higher Command (HC) and National Defence College (NDC) Courses.
Zee News Editor-in-Chief Sudhir Chaudhary bags 'Most Popular Face' prize at Visionary Awards 2021
Zee News Editor-in-Chief Sudhir Chaudhary on Saturday (January 29) was awarded the 'Visionary Awards 2021' for the 'most popular face' of the Hindi news industry. The award was presented by the Union Minister of Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju to seven dignitaries in a virtual ceremony. 'Visionary Awards of 2021' was presented by Governance Now - a platform for analysis of public policy and governance from the house of Sri Adhikari Brothers.
Ash Barty beats Danielle Collins to win Australian Open 2022 title
Ash Barty beats Danielle Collins to win Australian Open 2022 title. Ash Barty has won the Australian Open final to end a 44-year drought for Australian women at their home Grand Slam tournament. Barty is the first Australian women’s singles champion since Chris O’Neil in 1978. She was the first homegrown player to reach the final since Wendy Turnbull in 1980. The pressure is off the 25-year-old Aussie, who has made a remarkable career comeback after taking time off _ missing every Grand Slam tournament in 2015 and ’16 _ and briefly flirting with taking up a professional cricket career after three first-round exits at the majors in 2014.
Appointment of Dr V Anantha Nageswaran as the Chief Economic Advisor
The Government has appointed Dr V. Anantha Nageswaran as the Chief Economic Advisor and today, he has assumed charge. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Nageswaran has worked as a writer, author, teacher and consultant. He has taught at several business schools and institutes of management in India and in Singapore and has published extensively.He was the Dean of the IFMR Graduate School of Business and a distinguished Visiting Professor of Economics at Krea University. He has also been a part-time member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India from 2019 to 2021. He holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and a doctoral degree from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.
Cochin Shipyard delivers three Floating Border Out-Post vessels to BSF
Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL), under the Ministry of Ports, Ships and Waterways, has successfully delivered the second lot of three Floating Border Out-Post (FBOPs) vessels to the Border Security Force. CSL has got orders for building nine such FBOPs to protect Nation’s water borders. Three more vessels are likely to be delivered in the coming months.
South Maubuang becomes Mizoram's first ODF plus village
Given that all households and institutions have functional toilets and measures in place for effective management of solid and liquid waste, the village of South Maubuang in Aibawk block of Aizawl district in Mizoram has been declared a model ODF Plus village, having fulfilled all the criteria as per SBM-G Phase II guidelines.
Indonesia names new capital that will replace Jakarta
Indonesia has announced that its new capital will be called Nusantara, meaning "archipelago" in Javanese. It came as parliament approved a bill to relocate the capital from Jakarta, which is rapidly sinking. The idea of building a new capital 1,300km (800 miles) away on the island of Borneo was first proposed in 2019. Jakarta has become crowded, polluted and is sinking at an alarming rate due to the over-extraction of groundwater. Home to more than 10 million people, it sits on swampy land on the large island of Java.
Govt appoints Vikram Dev Dutt as Chairman, MD of Air India Limited
The Ministry of Civil Aviation appointed Vikram Dev Dutt as Chairman and Managing Director of Air India Limited. He will get the rank and pay of Additional Secretary. Prior to this, Dutt was appointed as Principal Secretary for the Health and Family Welfare Department of the Delhi government in June 2020.
Shri Narendra Goenka takes over as new Chairman of AEPC
Shri Narendra Kumar Goenka, took charge of the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) as its new Chairman. Padma Shri Dr. A Sakthivel handed over the charge to him.
Ratan Tata-backed fuel-at-doorstep venture wins National Startup Award 2021
Pune-based Repos Energy run by Aditi Bhosale Walunj and Chetan Walunj won National Startup Award 2021 in the Energy distribution category. Repos was one among the 150 startups that presented their recommendations at the virtual gathering that had Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal in attendance. Repos, backed by former chairman of Tata Sons Ratan Tata, was recognized by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas for its initiation of door-to-door delivery of fuel. The startup is establishing a one-stop destination to stimulate the creation and growth of energy on a doorstep-delivery business model. “By bringing the entire petrol pump on wheels, they have achieved unparalleled speed in creating new infrastructure for energy distribution,” the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade under Ministry of Commerce and Industry said in a statement.
IIIT-A director awarded Educator of the Year Award, 2021
Making the city and the institution proud, the director of the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad (IIIT-A), Prof P Nagabhushan, has been conferred with the prestigious award of the IEEE Uttar Pradesh Section, a constituent organizational unit of IEEE, United States of America. IEEE has recognised Prof Nagabhushan with the Educator of the Year Award-2021, for his outstanding contributions and exemplary services in the fields of technical education and to promote IEEE at various levels. Sri Nivas Singh, the fellow IEEE, and the chairman award and recognition committee informed that the names of many reputed persons from IIT, NIT, IIIT, and other universities and institutes from Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand were considered for the award, and among them, Prof Nagabhushan was found the most appropriate on the basis of the academic, technical, and societal services offered by him to the nation.
Shri. S Somanath assumes charge as Secretary, Department of Space
Shri. S. Somanath assumed charge as Secretary, Department of Space and Chairman, Space Commission. Shri. Somanath assumed charge after a stint of four years as the Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananathapuram. He also served as the Director of Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC), Valiamala, for two and half years. Shri. Somanath obtained B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering from TKM College of Engineering, Kollam, and Masters in Aerospace Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, specializing in Structures, Dynamics, and Control with a Gold Medal. He joined VSSC in 1985 and was a team leader for the Integration of PSLV during the early phases.
Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, the IMF's new chief economist
The IMF has announced that French economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas will be succeeding Gita Gopinath as the fund’s chief economist. In December 2021, Gopinath, who has served the IMF for three years, was promoted to IMF’s First Deputy Managing Director. Gourinchas will begin his part-time charge from January 24 before assuming a full role from April 1.
Union Jal Shakti Minister Announces 3rd National Water Awards
Union Minister of Jal Shakti Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat announced 3rd National Water Awards-2020, here. In the Best State category, Uttar Pradesh has been awarded first prize, followed by Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu. The first National Water Award was launched by the Jal Shakti Ministry in 2018. National Water Awards have provided a good opportunity to start-ups as well as leading organizations to engage and deliberate with senior policymakers on how to adopt the best water resources management practices in India.
Cabinet approves MoU between India and Nepal for construction of bridge over Mahakali River at Dharchula (India) – Dharchula (Nepal)
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, today has approved the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Nepal for the construction of a bridge over Mahakali River at Dharchula (India)- Dharchula (Nepal). With the signing of the MoU, diplomatic relations between the two countries will further improve. As close neighbours, India and Nepal share unique ties of friendship and cooperation characterized by an open border and deep-rooted people-to-people contacts of kinship and culture. Both India and Nepal have been working together on different regional forums i.e. SAARC, BIMSTEC as well as global fora.
Shravanabelagola Railway Station to become Karnataka's first Carbon-Neutral Station
Shravanabelagola Railway Station of South Western Railway is likely to become Karnataka's first carbon-neutral station by meeting its 100 percent energy requirements through solar power.
Elon Musk Named Time Magazine's 'Person of the Year' 2021
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Tesla & SpaceX, Elon Musk has been named the 'Person of the Year 2021' by Time magazine. He took over the title from US president Joe Biden & Vice-President Kamala Harris, who received the title in 2020.
Shri G Asok Kumar takes over as the new Director General for the National Mission for Clean Ganga
Shri G Asok Kumar, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Jal Shakti took over as the new Director-General for the National Mission for Clean Ganga, Ministry of Jal Shakti. He belongs to the Indian Administrative Services Telangana Cadre 1991 batch. In the past, he has held several important positions such as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India, and Director in the Ministry of Power. In the past, he has also served as the Executive Director of Projects in National Mission for Clean Ganga.
RedInk Awards: Danish Siddiqui named ‘Journalist of the Year’
Senior journalist Prem Shankar Jha and Reuters’ photojournalist Danish Siddiqui, who died while reporting in Afghanistan in July, were awarded the top two RedInk Awards by the Mumbai Press Club Wednesday. While Jha will get the lifetime achievement award, Siddiqui will be bestowed upon the journalist of the year, posthumously. The RedInk Awards for Excellence in Indian Journalism will be presented by Chief Justice of India N V Ramana virtually who will also deliver the keynote address.
Indian StartUp "Botlabs" fly 1,000 Drones during 'Beating Retreat' ceremony
The Indian StartUp "Botlabs", funded by the Technology Development Board (TDB) under Union Ministry of Science & Technology and led by IIT Delhi alumni, fly 1,000 Drones in "Beating Retreat" ceremony tomorrow evening, as a part of the Light Show marking the conclusion of nearly week-long programs related to Republic Day. This makes India the fourth country, after China, Russia, and the UK, to carry out such a large-scale show with 1,000 drones.
Ramnath Goenka Award
Sumant Banerji of Business Today is the print media winner in the Business and Economic Journalism category while Ayushi Jindal of India Today TV is the winner in broadcast media.
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