Key points The highest temperature in Nagpur has also surpassed 40 degrees. On Wednesday, the city’s maximum temperature was 41.6 degrees Celsius, about three degrees above usual. According to the projection from the Met Department, the city’s highest temperature will reach 42 degrees Celsius this week. There is currently no heatwave warning in effect for … Read more
The Jammu and Kashmir government has launched quick response (QR) code for its GI-tagged Kashmiri carpet that details the artisans and materials used, to preserve the authenticity and genuineness of the hand-knotted carpets. The first consignment of GI tagged carpets was exported from New Delhi to Germany on Friday (11 march). The main objective of this QR Code … Read more
The tech giant Microsoft announced that the company will be setting up the country’s largest data center in Hyderabad, Telangana and will be operational by 2025 and its fourth microsoft data centre located in India in Hyderabad. The hyderabad data center will be an addition to the existing network of three regions in India – Pune, Mumbai, and … Read more
Debashis Mitra is a chartered accountant who is serving his third term in the council of ICAI. He has been elected as the President of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) for the year 2022-23. He is also a cost accountant, company secretary, and holds a master’s degree in commerce and a PhD. He is also … Read more
IndiGo has appointed its co-founder and promoter Rahul Bhatia as the Managing Director (MD). IndiGo’s board of directors on Friday unanimously approved, with immediate effect, the appointment of Bhatia, subject to necessary regulatory approvals, the company said in an exchange filing. Prior to being named the company’s managing director, Bhatia was its non-executive director. Bhatia’s … Read more
Israel has completed successful flight test of the Arrow-3 which is designed to intercept ballistic missiles outside of the earth’s atmosphere. The test was performed at a test site in central Israel, and led by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) in cooperation with the Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO) of the Directorate of Defense Research and … Read more
The Haryana government Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala announced that Gurugram will get India’s first heli-hub with all aviation facilities. The heli-hub will be the first of its kind in India to have all facilities at one place for helicopters. The place where the Heli-Hub is proposed to be built in Gurugram would be near the metro facility along with easy … Read more
Hollywood’s Golden Globe Awards 2022 have been announced on 9 January. The 79th edition Golden Globe Awards Ceremony has been organized at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, USA. The ceremony was a private event this year though it was not telecast live. The names of the winners were announced on the website of … Read more
Losoong festival is annually celebrated across the Indian State of Sikkim on the 18th day of the 10th month of the Tibetan Lunar Calendar. It is celebrated on the occasion of the end of the harvest season and the end of the tenth month of the Tibetan Year in the rural Sikkim. This festival begins on the 1st … Read more
India and its partners in the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue or Quad along with Canada and South Korea are participating in the multinational anti-submarine warfare (ASW) exercise Sea Dragon 2022 began on January 5 along with the navies at Guam in the Western Pacific. The exercise will involve more than 270 hours of in-flight training and activities ranging from tracking simulated targets to tracking a US … Read more