The Economic Times honored the achievements of leaders and change-makers who have made significant contributions in their respective fields. In an event which was held at Hotel The Grand New Delhi on August 21, 2023, Parmeet Singh Sood, Managing Director of Climax Overseas Pvt. Ltd. was awarded the “Excellence in Manufacturing Of Automobile Parts” and felicitated by the well-known Bollywood actress Rakul Preet Singh along with Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva.

Keralalites across the globe is celebrating "Thiruonam" today, the 10th and the most auspicious day of Onam, the biggest cultural festival of the State.

A report:

Onam, the harvest festival of Kerala, symbolises prosperity, secularism,and harmony. Irrespective of religion, Keralites celebrate the festival welcoming the visit of the righteous and mythical king Mahabali,in the memory of good old days.Onam is associated with onasadya,pookkalam, onakodi,ujyallattam , pulikalli, vallamkalli and family together.Kerala is in full Onam festive mode with all streets, and markets being crowded As one more Thiruonam is being celebrated in all its cultural and traditional glory instilling the minds with hope and togetherness, a year long wait also begins for the festival, with lots of good memories. This is Mayusha Akshavani News from Thiruvananthapuram.

Union minister of state for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shobha Karandlaje inaugurated G20 One Health workshop in Bengaluru today. The three-day workshop on One Health-Opportunities and Challenges is attended by delegates from G20 member countries and invited countries. Addressing the delegates, Shobha Karandlaje said that the theme of India's G20 Presidency is One Earth, One Family and One Future and going by the theme a workshop on One Health derives importance.

She noted that during Covid pandemic India helped other countries to mitigate the crisis. This collaboration between countries should trickle down to researchers, academicians and professionals for a sustainable support mechanism in the Health sector. She urged the delegates to work out a common platform for a communication interface to evolve a harmonious system to share knowledge, experience and resources. She said policy initiatives are needed for inclusive economic growth.

In a major move towards reducing carbon dioxide emission and improving fuel efficiency in vehicles, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari today launched the world's first 100 percent Ethanol-fueled car in New Delhi.

Mr. Gadkari termed this day as historic saying that the world's first BS-VI (Stage-II), electrified flex-fuel vehicle has been launched which can function fully on ethanol-based fuel. Raising concern over the pollution emitted by vehicles, the Minister said, the country needs to undertake more sustainable and stringent measures to curb pollution. He stressed that the country has to reduce its dependence on oil imports in order to become self-reliant. Highlighting the importance of ethanol blended fuel, he said, country’s agriculture sector will witness growth with the adoption of this move and it will generate lots of job opportunities.

Cycling in a big city can be a real challenge with the pollution, uncontrollable traffic and the risk of being knocked down by passing cars

Now, Hyderabad is leading the way with a first-of-its-kind sustainable solar roof cycling track near the Outer Ring Road

For the first time since Independence, India’s head of mission in Pakistan will be a woman.

Geetika Srivastava, a 2005 batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, will be the new Charge d’Affaires (CDA) in Islamabad. She will succeed Dr M Suresh Kumar who is likely to return to New Delhi.

While the two countries currently have a downgraded status of diplomatic representation in each other’s Capital — there are no High Commissioners, and the highest ranking diplomat is a CDA who is a Joint Secretary-rank equivalent officer — the government has selected a woman IFS officer to lead its High Commission in Pakistan.

Lt Gen Kanwal Jeet Singh Dhillon (Retd) was appointed as the Chairperson of the Board of Governors (BoG) of Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi, on Friday, for a period of three years. Dhillon will succeed Professor Prem Vrat, the founding director of IIT Roorkee, in the position.

Dhillon retired from the defence services in January, 2023. He served as DG Defence Intelligence Agency and Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff under the Chief of Defence Staff responsible for international military cooperation and strategic intelligence.

IndianOil proudly announced its collaboration with renowned Celebrity Chef Sanjeev Kapoor as the brand ambassador for its innovative Indane XTRATEJ LPG brand, a release said.

The announcement was made at the prestigious Indane XtraTej Hotelier Harmony Meet in Bengaluru, a confluence of culinary excellence and industry insights.

The event witnessed the unveiling of the new XTRATEJ TV commercial featuring Chef Sanjeev Kapoor, who commended IndianOil’s commitment to culinary innovation and efficiency.

Kapoor praised the company’s dedication to creating a cost-efficient solution that conserves LPG while enhancing business operations, thereby meeting evolving customer expectations.

Eminent littérateur and poet Jayanta Mahapatra passed away on Sunday late evening at SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack. He was 95.

Mahapatra was admitted to the said hospital on August 4 due to old-age related complications. He was shifted to the ICU after his condition deteriorated.

Mahapatra was the first Indian poet to win a Sahitya Akademi award for English poetry. He was also conferred with the Padma Shri award in 2009. However, he returned it in 2015 to protest against “rising intolerance in India”.

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has set September 2 as the tentative date for the launch of its new ambitious solar mission, Aditya-L1 which will help in studying the sun and is planned to be placed in a halo orbit around the L1 of the Sun-Earth system, said an ISRO official.

"Most likely the launch will take place on September 2," an ISRO official said.