BRO India celebrates as the Sela Tunnel is officially recognised as the highest tunnel in the country by the International Book of Honour, England.

The 2.598 Km long tunnel is situated at an altitude of 13000 ft on the Tezpur-Tawang Road and has been constructed by BRO India to guarantee year-round connectivity to the strategic Tawang Region.

Taking to his X handle, Arunachal CM wrote, "I'm so happy to learn that the International Book of Honour, England, has recognized Sela Tunnel as the highest one in the country. This 2.598-km long engineering marvel by @BROindia at an altitude of 13000 ft on Tezpur-Tawang road has given a big boost to the ease of connectivity in the strategic region of Arunachal Pradesh."

3AI Holding Limited and SML India have announced the launch of 'Hanooman', a multilingual GenAI platform in 98 global languages, including 12 Indian languages. The new AI is available to all users and you can register for the same using your phone number. The new AI tool is currently limited to creating text responses.

According to Hanooman AI, the knowledge cut-off for the data it is trained on is April 10, 2022. The AI model will also be introducing a Pro version which is currently shows 'coming soon' status.

The platform aims to reach 200 million users within its first year. SML India has partnered with HP, NASSCOM, and Yotta for this initiative. Yotta will provide GPU cloud infrastructure, while the partnership with NASSCOM is aimed at supporting AI startups and engaging with 3000 colleges.

Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO) conducted its 15th RGB elections for its Board of Directors, covering members from more than 36,000 cooperative societies at IFFCO Sadan, New Delhi.

A massive exercise that was started in the month of March saw Dileep Sanghani emerge as the Chairman of IFFCO and Balvir Singh as the Vice Chairman.

The elections for the post of 21 Directors were held on May 9, 2024, at the corporate office of IFFCO, New Delhi.

These elections saw Jagdeep Singh Nakai, Umesh Tripathi, Prahlad Singh, Balvir Singh, Ramniwas Garwal, Jayeshbhai V Radadiya, Rishiraj Singh Sisodia, Vivek Bipindada Kolhe, Simachal Padhy, K Srinivasa Gowda, S Shaktikvel, Prem Chandra Munshi, Dr. Varsha L Kasturkar, Dileep Sanghani, Sudhansh Pant, Alok Kumar Singh, J Ganesan, M N Rajendra Kumar, PP Nagi Reddy, Balmiki Tripathi, and Mara Ganga Reddy emerge victorious as Board of Directors in their respective constituencies.

The State Bank of India (SBI) on Tuesday announced that it has secured the distinction of being the first bank to become a trading-cum-clearing (TCM) Member of India International Bullion Exchange at the GIFT City in Gujarat.

This milestone enables SBI IBU Gift City to conduct trades on the IIBX platform and settle them on behalf of its clients, per an official release.

RBI guidelines permitted branches of an Indian Bank in GIFT IFSC to act as a trading member (TM)/trading and clearing member (TCM) of IIBX. The central bank also allowed special category clients (SCC) which are nominated banks in India to import gold through IIBX.

The entry of India’s largest bank into the field as a TCM is poised to boost trading volumes at IIBX, the release added.

In a sport often featuring teenage prodigies, Shyam Nikhil is the poster boy for patience. The Tamil Nadu chess player became an International Master (IM) at the age of 18 way back in 2010, before collecting two out of the three norms needed to become a GM within a year. By 2012, he had also crossed the threshold of 2500 rating
points necessary to become a grandmaster. He seemed destined to become India’s 28th grandmaster very soon, but fate had other plans.

It took Shyam 12 more years to attain the elite status he was seeking. This week, the now 31-year-old from Tamil Nadu earned that third norm which will make him India’s 85th grandmaster. His elevation is in stark contrast to that of Gukesh, who will challenge for the world chess championship crown later this year, was India’s youngest-ever grandmaster at the age of 12.

Eight years after concluding the general framework of cooperation on the Chabahar port in Iran, India and Iran on Monday signed a 10-year contract for its operation.

The long-term agreement was signed between Indian Ports Global Ltd. (IPGL) and Port and Maritime Organisation (PMO) of Iran, enabling operation of the Shahid-Behesti terminal. Subsequently, IPGL will invest approximately $120 million in equipping the port. India has also offered a credit window equivalent to $250 million for mutually identified projects aimed at improving Chabahar-related infrastructure, officials said.

The agreement was signed in the presence of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Mehrdad Bazrpash, Minister of Roads and Urban Development of Iran.

As the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) readies to return astronauts to the moon, it has announced its plans to build a levitating robot train on the lunar surface. In a blog post, the American space agency provided details about the project called "Flexible Levitation on a Track (FLOAT)", which aims to provide a "robotic transport system" to support future lunar activities of astroinauts visiting the moon. The transport system will be critical to the daily operation of a sustainable lunar base in the 2030s, NASA said in a statement.

"We want to build the first lunar railway system, which will provide reliable, autonomous, and efficient payload transport on the Moon," robotics expert Ethan Schaler of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said. "A durable, long-life robotic transport system will be critical to the daily operations of a sustainable lunar base in the 2030s," he added.

Every year on May 15, we celebrate International Day of Families. It's a day to recognise how important families are in our society. The United Nations decided on this day in 1994 to help people understand why families matter, what struggles they might have, and to encourage people to come together. This year, 2024, marks the 30th anniversary of this special day. Let's learn more about its origin and why it's important.

The UN created the International Day of Families to highlight the importance of families in our societies. Families come in all shapes and sizes, and this day celebrates the diversity of family life around the world. It's also a time to raise awareness of the challenges families face and promote policies that support strong family units.

India and Moldova have signed an agreement on visa waiver, allowing holders of diplomatic and official passports from either country to travel without a visa.

The agreement was signed in New Delhi on Friday by Pavan Kapoor, secretary (West) of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and Ana Taban, ambassador of Moldova.

The MEA stated that the agreement will further strengthen ties between India and Moldova, which have had warm and friendly relations since establishing diplomatic ties in 1992.

In its statement the MEA said, "This Agreement, after coming into force, will allow holders of diplomatic and official passports of either country to travel to the other, without a visa.”

Indian squash players Urwashi Joshi and Suraj Kumar Chand secured the men's and women's titles at the Poona Club Open tournament held in Pune, Maharashtra on Sunday.

The 28-year-old Urwashi was the top-seed at the Professional Squash Association (PSA) Challengers Tour event, defeated USA's young sensation Diya Yadav by 3-1 (11-9, 9-11, 11-8, 11-5). This is the first-ever edition of the Poona Club Open squash tournament, as per Olympics.com.