Mizo National Front (MNF) leader Zoramthanga was in as Mizoram’s new chief minister. The 74-year-old rebel-turned-politician was a former underground leader and a close aide of the legendary MNF leader Laldenga. A former Chief Minister, Zoramthanga, 74, was elected for a fifth term from Aizawl East-I seat, defeating Independent candidate K. Sapdanga by a margin […]
Govt appoints Krishnamurthy Subramanian as Chief Economic Adviser for 3 years
The government on December 7 appointed Krishnamurthy Subramanian as the Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) to the finance minister for a period of three years. The main role of a CEA is to advise the government on key economic issues. Besides, the adviser and its team comes out with an annual Economic Survey ahead of Union […]
India’s heaviest communication satellite GSAT-11 launched successfully from French Guiana
Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) heaviest and most-advanced high throughput communication satellite GSAT-11 was successfully launched from the Spaceport in French Guiana. GSAT-11 will boost the broadband connectivity to rural and inaccessible Gram Panchayats in the country coming under the Bharat Net Project, which is part of Digital India Programme.
ভারত ও মরক্কোর মধ্যে অপরাধমূলক কাজকর্মের ক্ষেত্রে পারস্পরিক আইনি সহযোগিতা সংক্রান্ত চুক্তিতে কেন্দ্রীয় মন্ত্রিসভার অনুমোদন
প্রধানমন্ত্রী শ্রী নরেন্দ্র মোদীর পৌরহিত্যে কেন্দ্রীয় মন্ত্রিসভার বৈঠকে ভারত ও মরক্কোর মধ্যে অপরাধমূলক কাজকর্মের ক্ষেত্রে পারস্পরিক আইনি সহযোগিতা গড়ে তুলতে চুক্তি স্বাক্ষরের বিষয়টি অনুমোদিত হয়েছে। এই চুক্তি দুই দেশের মধ্যে অপরাধের তদন্ত ও মামলা দায়ের, অভিযুক্তদের হদিশ, অপরাধ দমন, অপরাধে কাজে লাগানোর হাতিয়ার বাজেয়াপ্ত বা নিজেদের হেফাজতে নেওয়ার মতো ক্ষেত্রে দ্বিপাক্ষিক সহযোগিতার জন্য এক বিস্তৃত […]
N Chandrababu Naidu inaugurate the world’s first-ever thermal battery facility.
The world’s first-ever facility to create thermal batteries will be inaugurated tomorrow in Andhra Pradesh, as reported by ANI. The state’s Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu will be present at the unveiling of the plant, that will see thermal batteries being manufactured by Bharat Energy Storage Technology Private Limited (BEST). These batteries are based on […]
Weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga claims India’s first Youth Olympics gold
Weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga notched up India’s maiden gold medal at the Youth Olympics, claiming the top honours in the men’s 62 kg category here. Earlier this year, Lalrinnunga claimed a silver (youth) and a bronze (junior) in the Asian Championships, smashing two national records in the process.
Gita Gopinath appointed IMF Chief Economist
Indian-origin economist Gita Gopinath was appointed the chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday, becoming only the second Indian after Raghuram Rajan to hold the prestigious post. Rajan held the post from 2003 to 2006 before he joined the finance ministry as chief economic adviser and later the governor of the Reserve […]
Village Rockstars is India’s official entry for Oscars 2019
Rima Das’s Assamese film ‘Village Rockstars’ has been selected as India’s official entry in the Foreign Language Film category for Oscars 2019. ‘Village Rockstars’ had bagged the Best Feature Film trophy at the 65th National Film Awards, besides also winning Best Child Artist, Best Location Sound Recordist and Best Editing. The coming-of-age film is set […]
Kochi-based company develops India’s first underwater robotic drone
India’s first underwater robotic drone developed at Maker Village here, which can send real-time video of ships and other underwater structures to help with their repair and maintenance, was launched on 14th September 2018. The first commercial remotedly operated vehicle (ROV)/ underwater drone, Eyerovtuna, was developed by EyeROV Technologies, a company incubating at Maker Village […]
G. Satheesh Reddy appointed as new DRDO chairman
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Dr G Satheesh Reddy, Scientific Adviser to Raksha Mantri to the post of Secretary, Department of Defence Research & Development (DDR&D) and Chairman, Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) for a period of two years with effect from the date of assumption of charge or […]
