Kumar Mangalam Birla Received AIMA’s Business Leader of the Decade Award Kumar Mangalam Birla, the chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, was awarded the prestigious ‘Business Leader of the Decade’ award by the All India Management Association (AIMA) on May 3, 2023. The award was presented to him during a virtual ceremony that was attended…
World Tuberculosis Day 2023: Fighting Against Tuberculosis World Tuberculosis Day is celebrated every year on March 24th to raise awareness about tuberculosis (TB) and its devastating impact on public health. The day is an opportunity to educate people about the causes, symptoms, and treatment of TB, as well as to advocate for greater government action…
INS Dronacharya receives prestigious President Droupadi Murmu’s Colour Award The Indian Navy’s training establishment, INS Dronacharya, has been awarded the President Droupadi Murmu’s Colour Award, recognizing its outstanding contribution towards training personnel in the field of underwater warfare. The award was presented during a ceremonial parade held on the INS Dronacharya campus in Kochi. This…
Research Education and Training Outreach (REACHOUT) Scheme: An Initiative to Enhance Healthcare Services in Rural Areas The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has launched a new scheme called the Research Education and Training Outreach (REACHOUT) Scheme. The aim of this scheme is to provide high-quality healthcare services to people living in rural and remote…
SpaceX Launches 40 OneWeb Internet Satellites, Lands Rocket SpaceX launched 40 OneWeb internet satellites into orbit on Wednesday, March 15, 2023, aboard a Falcon 9 rocket that also made a successful landing back on Earth. The launch took place at 2:45 pm Eastern Time from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station…
Siddhartha Mohanty LIC : GOI Appoints Siddhartha Mohanty as Interim Chairman of LIC The Government of India (GOI) has appointed Siddhartha Mohanty as the interim chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC). This appointment comes after the retirement of MR Kumar, the previous chairman of LIC. Mohanty will hold this position until the government…
Lionel Messi : Lionel Messi Wins Best FIFA Player of 2022 On May 9th, 2022, the FIFA Awards ceremony was held in Zurich, Switzerland. Lionel Messi, the Argentine superstar, won the Best FIFA Men’s Player award for the second time in a row, beating out his competitors Mohamed Salah and Robert Lewandowski. Messi had an…
Aurangabad Osmanabad renaming : Union Government Approved Renaming of Aurangabad, Osmanabad in Maharashtra The Union Cabinet has recently approved the renaming of two cities in Maharashtra. The city of Aurangabad will now be known as Sambhaji Nagar, and Osmanabad will be known as Dharashiv. The proposal to rename these cities was initiated by the Maharashtra…
O.P. Kohli : Former Gujarat Governor O.P. Kohli Passes Away at 87 Former Governor of Gujarat, Om Prakash Kohli, passed away at the age of 87 on Thursday, 21st April 2023. He served as the Governor of Gujarat from July 2014 to July 2019. He was also the Governor of Madhya Pradesh from September 2016…
Forex Reserves : Forex Reserves Decline by $8.31 bn to $566.94 bn India’s foreign exchange reserves declined by $8.31 billion to $566.94 billion in the week ended April 9, 2021, mainly due to a fall in foreign currency assets (FCA), as per the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) weekly statistical supplement data. The FCA, which…
