In a significant step towards strengthening bilateral trade ties between India and Saudi Arabia, Ambassador Dr. Suhel Khan officially opened the India Pavilion at the B2B Food Exhibition, held under the banner of InFlavourExpo in Riyadh today. With the event being organized with the facilitation of the Federation of Indian Export Organizations  
The India Pavilion at the InFlavourExpo showcased the participation of more than 20 Indian exhibitors, each keen to explore the vast opportunities presented by the burgeoning Saudi Arabian food market. For many of these exhibitors, this marks their inaugural foray into the Saudi market, highlighting the growing interest in expanding India's footprint in the Kingdom's food industry.

Hangzhou Asian Games silver medallist Jyothi Yarraji and Tejas Shirse smashed the National Games records on way to winning gold medals in 100m and 110m hurdles in athletics competitions here on Monday.

At the 37th National Games here, Jyothi finished the race in 13.22s to improve upon her own mark, while Tejas, who had clocked 13.80s to rewrite the Games record in the morning, improved his timing further by winning the final in 13.71s.

Maharashtra are leading the medals tally with 47 gold, 34 silver and 33 bronze followed by Haryana with 18 gold, 15 silver and 17 bronze.

Last edition's champions Services are third with 17 gold, nine silver and seven bronze.

Actor Angad Bedi recently bagged a gold medal in the 400-metre race at the prestigious Open International Masters 2023 Athletics Championship held in Dubai.

It was not easy for Angad to participate in the event as he is currently struggling with the loss of his father and legendary cricketer Bishan Singh Bedi.

In an Instagram post, Angad dropped a video of himself from the tournament and shared how his late father's never-give-up attitude pushed him to go for it.

In a testament to their ongoing defence cooperation, the Indian and Malaysian armies have initiated "Exercise Harimau Shakti 2023."

This joint bilateral training exercise, held at Umroi Cantonment in India, aims to strengthen military capabilities and enhance the synergy between the two nations.

According to an official release from the Public Relations Officer (PRO) Defence, Guwahati, "Ex HARIMAU SHAKTI-2023, a joint exercise between India and Malaysia, is progressing with full steam, covering the vast canvas of multi-domain OP in sub-conventional environment."

Ministry of Tourism, Government of India along with various stakeholders including tour operators and state tourism departments participated in one of the important international travel exhibitions held at Singapore with an objective to promote inbound tourism to India globally including the Asia Pacific region.  The exhibition – ITB Asia started on  25th October 2023 and is on till 27th October. Ministry of Tourism is leading the participation of the Indian industry at the exhibition, which draws the travel trade business and stakeholders from across the globe and particularly from the Aisa Pacific region, to showcase varied tourism products and series of transformative experiences for travellers to India under the theme ‘Incredible India! Visit India Year 2023’.

Assam all-rounder Riyan Parag has become the first cricketer to smash six back-to-back half-centuries in T20s. Parag has been in sensational form in the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2023.

Parag scored an unbeaten 57 off 33 balls to set a new T20 record. Parag’s innings helped Assam beat Kerala in their Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match at the Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy in Mumbai.

Parag has scored half-centuries against Bihar, Services, Sikkim, Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh before smashing the record-breaking fifty against Kerela in the 2023 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

India is unlikely to sign onto a global pledge to reduce cooling-related emissions at the COP28 climate meeting, citing the need for the world's most populous country to have affordable cooling, two government officials told Reuters.

The pledge to cut cooling-related carbon dioxide emissions by at least 68% by 2050 compared with 2022 levels was developed by the United Nations Environment Programme's Cool Coalition and COP28 host the United Arab Emirates. The pledge would require major investments by countries to shift to sustainable cooling technologies and also raise the cost of such products.

It is expected nations will announce their decision on the cooling pledge at the annual climate conference in Dubai from November 30 to December 12.

Popular Odia music director and lyricist Swarup Nayak died on Friday at his residence in Cuttack after a prolonged illness, family members said.

Nayak, 76, was suffering from throat cancer for the last few months, they said.

He had composed music for 41 Odia films including ‘Hira Nila’, ‘Bagula Baguli’, ‘Lal Paan Bibi’, ‘Jahaku Rakhibe Ananta’ and ‘Ki Heba Sua Posile’, and worked as a lyrist in 30 of those.

Three students of the Lucknow University (LU) have been selected for the NEP SAARTHI (Student Ambassador for Academic Reforms in Transforming Higher Education in India), an initiative of the University Grants Commission under the New Education Policy (NEP).

A total of 31 students were selected from 13 universities/educational institutions of India and of these three students are from Lucknow University. These LU students are Divyanshi Gupta (BSc semester-5), Priyanshi Rai (BTech semester- VII, computer science) and Ashutosh Bajpai (MA political science, semester-III).

The Union Government has come out with a Standards & Labelling Programme for solar panels, which will entail rating of solar panels through star labels to indicate quality and energy efficiency. The star labelling scheme prepared by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) for PV modules will be voluntary for the first two years from January 1, 2024, to December 31, 2025, for which no labelling fee will be charged.

While launching the programme in Delhi, Union Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy, RK Singh, said that the move will make it easier for citizens to make an informed and judicious decision while purchasing and deploying solar photovoltaic modules, known commonly as solar panels.