The 4th Tourism Working Group Meeting under India's G20 presidency and G20 Tourism Ministers meeting will be held in Goa from 19th June to 22nd June.

Briefing media in New Delhi today, Tourism Secretary V Vidyavathi said, both meetings aims to strengthen economic growth, preserve cultural heritage and promote sustainable development in the region.

She said, a side event on making Cruise Tourism a model for sustainable and responsible travel will be orgnised on 19th June. The Secretary said, along the sidelines of the main event on 20th June, an event is will be organised which will focus on making India a hub for cruise tourism. She said, Tourism Ministry will also organize a side event Towards a circular economy of plastics in tourism-the global tourism plastics initiative in collaboration with United Nations Environment Programme UNEP and United Nations World Tourism Organisation UNWTO.

The W20 summit will begin tomorrow at Mahabalipuram near Chennai. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually address the inaugural session and union minister for women and child development Smriti Irani will deliver the keynote address.

The summit with a theme of women-led development to transform, thrive and transcend will be moderated by Dharitri Patnaik, the W 20 chief Coordinator.

Reserve Bank of India governor Shaktikanta Das was honoured with the title of ‘Governor of the Year’ for 2023 by Central Banking in London. The organisers of the awards said that Shaktikanta Das “cemented critical reforms, overseen world-leading payments innovation, and steered India through difficult times with a steady hand and well-crafted turn of phrase”. Wishes poured in from all quarters after news of the award emerged on Wednesday.

The RBI governor is behind critical reforms, and has ensured smooth management of world-leading payments innovation and led India through difficult times, said the organisers.

Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh will attend Kisan Kalyan Mahakumbh organized in Rajgarh district of Madhya Pradesh today.

In this programme, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will deposit an amount of 6 thousand 423 crore rupees in the farmers' accounts along with the Defence Minister at the Kisan-Kalyan Mahakumbh being held at Mohanpura Dam.

Bhoomi-pujan and the inauguration of development works worth over 11 thousand 378 crore rupees will also take place in Mahakumbh. Land rights letters will be distributed to 1 thousand 689 beneficiaries.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal today announced a monthly pension of 10,000 rupees for the Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan awardees of the State besides, free travel facility in Volvo Buses of the State Government. The Chief Minister made this announcement during his visit to Karnal today while interacting with the media persons.

In reply to a query, Chief Minister Manohar Lal said that writer Manoj Muntashir and his team had met him and sought some assistance regarding the film ‘Adipurush’. The film is releasing on the 16th of June, before which a decision will be taken after due consideration, added the Chief Minister.

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd climbed eight spots to the 45th rank, the highest for an Indian company on Forbes’ latest Global 2000 list of public companies worldwide.

The Global 2000 ranks the largest companies in the world using four metrics: sales, profits, assets, and market value, Forbes said while releasing the 2023 ranking of the world’s top 2,000 companies.

Former Chief Justice of India M. N. Venkatachaliah on Saturday launched the multi-lingual India Legal App, legal helpline accessible to the citizens to obtain legal assistance from their homes.

"The app will help in disposing of around 70 percent new cases," he added.

In a remarkable recognition of their exemplary achievements, Vinay Addagiri, Co-Founder and Director & Suresh Nagala, Co-Founder and Vice-President at Aertsen Living were conferred with the Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2023 award by Telangana Government and Vande Bharath Trust. The duo has added yet another noteworthy achievement to their list of successes. This recent milestone follows their prestigious acknowledgement with the "Pride of Hyderabad'' award, showcasing their continued dedication and accomplishments. Vinay Addagiri & Suresh Nagala were presented with the award by the respected Jagan Mohan Rao, chairman of Telangana State Technology Services, Dr. Ramesh Eppallapalli, Chairman of Vandhe Bhrat Trust, and Dr Ramesh Martha, Liason Officer, NIMS at an event held at The Address Convention, Narsingi.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah Tuesday announced three major schemes worth over Rs 8,000 crore that would cover the modernisation of fire brigade services in all states, flood mitigation in seven major cities and prevention of landslides in 17 states.

He was addressing a meeting of the ministers of disaster management of states and Union Territories in New Delhi.

Uruguay beat Italy 1-0 to win its first Under-20 World Cup title. The Celeste’s victory ends a streak of four consecutive wins of European teams in the tournament.

Luciano Rodríguez scored the winning goal in the 86th minute in a header from close range on Sunday, giving Uruguay a much deserved victory after an entire match of dominance against Italy.

More than 40,000 people, mostly cheering for Uruguay, attended the match at the Diego Maradona Stadium. FIFA President Gianni Infantino was also present.