In Badminton, India will play against Malaysia in Sudirman Cup in Suzhou, China, today. Yesterday, India made a dismal start to their Sudirman Cup campaign, going down to the formidable Chinese Taipei 1-4 in their group-C opening round tie.

In the opening mixed double contest, the Indian pair of Tanisha Crasto and K Sai Prateek lost 21-18, 24-26, and 6-21 to world no. 30 Yang Po-Hsuan and Hu Ling Fang.

Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Minister Bhupender Yadav today launched a mobile application, called Meri LiFE (My life) in New Delhi.

This app is inspired by the concept of LiFE, envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at COP 26, which emphasizes mindful and deliberate utilization instead of mindless and wasteful consumption.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr Yadav said that this app will showcase the power of citizens, especially young people in saving the environment.

Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep S Puri launched his Ministry's mega campaign ‘Meri LiFE, Mera Swachh Shehar’, in New Delhi today. This campaign aims to champion, Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle (RRR) concept of waste management.  Under this nationwide campaign, RRR Centres or one-stop collection centres will be set up where citizens can give their used clothes, shoes, old books, toys and plastic to be reused or recycled.

AIR Correspondent reports that this three-week campaign will strengthen citizens' resolve under SBM-U 2.0 - to reduce, reuse and recycle - and will also champion Mission LiFE’s objective of taking collective action for the protection and conservation of the environment by adopting sustainable daily habits.

IndiGo, one of India's leading airlines, has launched direct flight service between Bhubaneswar and Dubai today, marking a significant milestone in enhancing connectivity and promoting tourism.

The inaugural flight, fully sponsored by the Government of Odisha, took off earlier today, bringing excitement and opportunities for the people of the state. This marks a significant milestone as Bhubaneswar's first international flight.

Indian shooters Hriday Hazarika and Nancy Mandhotra have bagged silver medals in the men’s and women’s 10 meter air rifle events, at the ongoing ISSF World Cup 2023 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
It was the first-ever ISSF World Cup medal for 21-year-old Hriday Hazarika as well as 19-year-old Nancy Mandhotra. Hazarika made it to the men’s 10m air rifle final.

The Baku meet is the penultimate stage of the ISSF World Cup for rifle and pistol shooters.

The final stage will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil before the ISSF World Championships in November at Doha.

Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar will be on a two-day visit to Brussels from Monday. He will participate in the 1st Ministerial Meeting of the Indo-EU Trade and Technology Council (Indo-EU TTC), which will take place on 16th May. Mr. Chandrasekhar is part of a Ministerial delegation comprising India’s External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar and Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal that will also attend the same council.

IPS officer Praveen Sood has been appointed as the next Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for a period of two years. Mr. Sood is currently serving as the Director General of Police of Karnataka. He will succeed incumbent CBI Director Subodh Kumar Jaiswal.

The results of ICSE Class 10th and ISC Class 12th examinations of this year were declared on Sunday. Pass percentage of Class 10th is 98.94 per cent, whereas that of 12th is 96.93 per cent. Girls have once again done better than boys in both the examinations. In Class 10th, girls' pass percentage is 99.21 per cent, and boys' is 98.71 per cent. 98.01 per cent girls have passed Class 12th examinations and boys achieved a pass percentage of 95.96 per cent in the same examination.
 
The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), in a statement, said that candidates and other stakeholders can access the results on the website- cisce.org and results.cisce.org. It said for any queries pertaining to the results, schools can contact the helpdesk at helpdesk@cisce.org or can call on 1800-203-2414. Individual candidates can apply for a re-check of their results using the Apply for Recheck button on the CISCE website. The re-check module will be available till the 21st of May.

Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar today launched the third Semicon India future design roadshow at IIT Delhi. During the roadshow, global semiconductor leaders will exchange their visions to catalyse the semiconductor ecosystem in India.

Speaking on this occasion, Mr. Chandrasekhar said, the country's semiconductor sector offers wide-ranging opportunities as it is expected to grow to 110 billion US dollars by the year 2030. Highlighting the role of Startups in the nation's progress, he said, there has been a quantum jump in the number of startups operating in India. He said, in 2013-14 only 500 startups were operating in India which has now increased to over 91 thousand. The Minister said, the government is committed to building a strong ecosystem for the semiconductor and electronics industry. He added that the government has announced incentives worth Rupees 76 thousand crores for semiconductor manufacturing in the country to fulfil the vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat.

The first Ministerial meeting of the India-EU Trade and Technology Council will be held in Brussels on 16th May. The meeting will be co-chaired on the Indian side by the Ministers for External Affairs, Commerce and Industry, and Communications, Electronics, and Information Technology.
 
Trade and Technology Council was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President of European Commission Ursula von der Leyen during Ms Leyen's visit to India in April last year. Both sides established three Working Groups under the Council. These are Working Group on Strategic Technologies, Digital Governance, and Digital Connectivity, Working Group on Green and Clean Energy Technologies, and Working Group on Trade, Investment and Resilient Value Chains.