Diwali State Holiday | Diwali Recognized as an Official State Holiday in New York On May 10, 2023, New York became the first state in the United States to officially recognize Diwali as a state holiday. Governor Kathy Hochul signed the bill that designates Diwali as a public holiday in the state of New York….
RVNL Navratna Status | Rail Vikas Nigam Limited Now a Navratana Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL), a government-owned public sector undertaking under the Ministry of Railways, has been granted the status of ‘Navratana’ by the Department of Public Enterprises. With this status, RVNL will have greater operational and financial autonomy, enabling it to make strategic…
PM to Inaugurate National Games in Goa Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant recently announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the National Games in October 2022. The National Games were scheduled to take place in Goa in 2020 but were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event will now take place from October…
PM Modi Inaugurates 6th Edition of One Earth One Health On May 21, 2021, the 6th edition of One Earth One Health was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually. The theme for this year’s event is “One Health: Global Health”. The event is jointly organized by the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying,…
Quad Summit Australia | Australia to Host Third In-Person Quad Summit Quad Summit Australia | The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, also known as the Quad, is a strategic forum comprising India, Japan, the United States, and Australia. The Quad was established in 2007 but was later disbanded due to concerns about upsetting China. It was revived…
NeoBank Jupiter Secures NBFC Licence Neobank Jupiter has received a non-banking financial company (NBFC) license from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The Mumbai-based company is one of the few Indian fintechs to have acquired an NBFC license. Jupiter was launched in 2019 by Jitendra Gupta, who had previously co-founded Citrus Pay and served as…
World Intellectual Property Day 2023 Observed on 26 April World Intellectual Property Day is observed on 26 April every year to celebrate the importance of intellectual property (IP) rights in encouraging innovation and creativity around the world. The day aims to raise awareness of how IP contributes to the development of society by promoting innovation…
IIT Madras International Campus | IIT Madras to Set Up Its First International Campus in Tanzania Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) has announced that it will be setting up its first-ever international campus in the Republic of Tanzania. The campus is set to be located in the East African country’s commercial capital, Dar…
Belgium Firm to Launch Biodiesel Project in Ayodhya Soon A Belgium firm, Jan De Nul Group, is planning to launch a biodiesel project in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India, in collaboration with the Indian government. This project will help to promote the use of biodiesel, which is an alternative to traditional diesel, and it will also…
Parkash Singh Badal | Former Punjab Chief Minister Passes Away at 94 Former Chief Minister of Punjab, Parkash Singh Badal, passed away on 21st August 2021. He was 94 years old and was undergoing treatment for several age-related ailments at a private hospital in Mohali. Parkash Singh Badal was a prominent leader of the Shiromani…
