The beautiful Indian state of Goa has been chosen to host the world’s biggest and most prestigious national pageant for men, the Rubaru Mr. India competition. This renowned event will take place this August with the national finals taking place at the Bogmallo Beach Resort on August 5. In the month of August, Goa will welcome 32 of the most handsome, charismatic and talented men from different parts of India for the 19th season of the Rubaru Mr. India competition. Alongside the handsome candidates, several notable and prominent personalities from the fashion world and the beauty pageant industry will also travel to Goa for this prestigious event. At the culmination of the competition on August 5, 2023, the entire India will learn the name of the most handsome man in the nation.

In the ongoing Safe City project of the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government, the Urban Development Department has decided to include the Safe City app in the Smart City app in order to assign responsibilities to every department to carry out the work within the stipulated time, the government said in a press release.

This information was given in a presentation on the Safe City project before Chief Secretary Durga Shankar Mishra.

Under the project, data collection of CCTVs in 17 Municipal Corporations and Gautam Budh Nagar was expected from the Urban Development Department in the first phase, to which information was given about the progress. It was said that the committee has to be constituted as soon as possible.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) in its meeting held on Tuesday passed the draft guidelines for Institutional Development Plan for Higher Education Institutions (HEIs).

Globally, there is an increasing interest in quality and standards, reflecting both the rapid growth of higher education and its cost to the public and the private finances.

According to UGC, higher educational institutes in India too will need to demonstrate that it takes quality to a significantly more advanced level and puts into place the means of attaining, demonstrating and assuring that sustainable quality.

Deepak Miglani, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, the Ministry of External Affairs said in on Tuesday.

Miglani is presently serving as Director in the Ministry of External Affairs.

India and Sao Tome and Principe (STP) have enjoyed warm and friendly relations since its independence in 1975. Leaders of the both countries have been meeting on the side lines of some of the international fora, such as the United Natins and NAM among others.

African nations have dominated the ICC Development Awards 2022 with four nations from the continent winning the top six global prizes.

Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda and Uganda have walked away with the top honours after their initiatives played a vital role in the development of the game of cricket in the region, according to ICC.

India and the United Kingdom concluded the eleventh round of talks for the UK-India Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on July 18, where progressing on the FTA negotiations and enhancing the trade and investment opportunities between the two countries was discussed, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said on Monday.

As with previous rounds, this was conducted in a hybrid fashion - a number of Indian officials travelled to London for negotiations and others attended virtually.

A radio station is set to start operating soon in Kanpur Prison with inmates doubling up as jockeys, according to a senior official.

The radio station will be launched on August 15 on the occasion of Independence Day.

Along with his self-composed poems and songs, the day-long activities in the jail will be broadcast through the news.

India and Argentina have agreed to a bilateral exchange of young researchers and Startups, particularly in the field of Biotechnology and Agriculture. Union Minister for Science and Technology  Dr Jitendra Singh said this in New Delhi after meeting a high-level delegation led by the Governor of Santa Fe province of Argentina, Omar Angel Perotti. Dr Singh said that the two countries also decided to hold comprehensive talks between delegations comprising academia, Research, and Development  Institutes, and Industry in the field of Science and  Technology and Biotechnology.

More than 123 lakh domestic passengers have travelled on Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN) flights since the inception of the scheme, the Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation Gen V K Singh (Retd) said in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha on Monday.

The UDAN scheme has recently completed five years.

The scheme was initiated in October 2016 with the objective of fulfilling the aspirations of the common citizen, with an enhanced aviation infrastructure and air connectivity in tier II and tier III cities.

The government of India granted 'in-principle' approval for the establishment of 21 new Greenfield Airports on Monday. These airports will be set up in different regions of the country to enhance connectivity and boost air travel accessibility.

The approved locations for the new airports are as follows:

1. Mopa in Goa
2. Navi Mumbai, Shirdi, and Sindhudurg in Maharashtra
3. Kalaburagi, Vijayapura, Hassan, and Shivamogga in Karnataka
4. Dabra (Gwalior) in Madhya Pradesh
5. Kushinagar and Noida (Jewar) in Uttar Pradesh
6. Dholera and Hirasar in Gujarat
7. Karaikal in Puducherry
8. Dagadarthi, Bhogapuram, and Orvakal (Kurnool) in Andhra Pradesh
9. Durgapur in West Bengal
10. Pakyong in Sikkim
11. Kannur in Kerala
12. Hollongi (Itanagar) in Arunachal Pradesh