Shane Warne, Australian cricket legend who helped his nation win the World Cup in 1999 and was part of five Ashes-winning teams during his career, died aged 52 on Friday.
“Shane was found unresponsive in his villa and despite the best efforts of medical staff, he could not be revived,” Warne’s management confirmed in a statement to Australian media outlet Fox Sports.
Former Army Chief General SF Rodrigues, who was instrumental in expanding the role of women into the Indian Army, passed away on Friday.
Indian Army in a statement said, “It is informed with profound grief that General SF Rodrigues (retd) passed away at Panjim, Goa today. General Sunith Francis Rodrigues (retd) was the 15th Chief of Army Staff from 01 July 1990 to 30 June 1993.” He was also the 26th Governor of Punjab and the 13th Administrator of Chandigarh.
Competition Commission of India will hold the 7th National Conference on Economics of Competition Law on 4th March in virtual mode.
CCI has been organizing the conference every year since 2016. Neelkanth Mishra, who is a Member of, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister will deliver the keynote address in the inaugural session. The Plenary at this year’s conference is on the topic ‘Reforms and Deepening of Markets’.
The Conference is an endeavour to develop and sustain interest in the Economics of Competition Law and create a critical mass of antitrust economists. It brings together scholars, practitioners, academicians, and experts working in the area of economics of competition law.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that India's vision is clear that sustainable growth is possible from sustainable energy sources only. Addressing a Webinar on Energy for Sustainable Growth today, Mr Modi said, with the coming years, India's energy demands will increase therefore, we must transition to renewable energy. He said, today's theme of Energy for Sustainable Growth is not only inspired by our traditional knowledge but will also lead the future of the country.
The Prime Minister said, he considers the COP26 goals of achieving the NetZero target not as a challenge but as an opportunity. He said, by 2030, India has set the target of extracting 50 percent of its energy from non-fossil fuels and it is an opportunity to shift to more sustainable practices. He said, there is a need to focus on building a hydrogen ecosystem in which the private sector can play a pivotal role.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has announced that ‘Kavach’ System, the anti-collision test conducted by the Indian Railways to check the indigenous developed system to avoid rail accidents is successful. He held an on-site inspection today near Secunderabad.
The indigenously developed Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system, Kavach, was designed to help the Railways achieve - zero accidents.
'Kavach' automatically stopped the train before 380 metres of other Locomotive at the front. He tweeted about the successful test of Kavach.
National Medical Commission has said that foreign medical graduates' application to complete the remaining part of internship in India is considered eligible. The circular has come amid the ongoing evacuation drive of Indian medical students from Ukraine.
In a circular, NMC has said, it has been observed that there are some Foreign Medical Graduates with incomplete internship due to such compelling situation which is beyond their control like Covid pandemic and war.
It said, considering the agony and stress faced by these foreign medical graduates, their application to complete the remaining part of the internship in India is considered eligible.
Ministry of Defence is hosting the 12th edition of prestigious biennial defence exhibition, DefExpo 2022, at Gandhinagar in Gujarat from 10th to 14th March. This mega defence international exhibition will be focused on land, air, naval, internal homeland security and electronic systems. Government believes that India has tremendous potential to emerge as a global defence manufacturing hub. The DefExpo seminars will be held in a hybrid format, enabling the speakers as well as the audience to participate in various seminars virtually.
The seminars will be streamed worldwide. They will be conducted by leading industry fora, international fora, think-tanks, media houses, Indian industry, DRDO, Ministry of Civil Aviation, and state governments. Leading international and national experts from defence and aerospace sectors have been invited as speakers for the seminars. The details of the seminars are available on DefExpo 2022 website and DefExpo 2022 mobile app.
Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh today said that the Ministry of Science and Technology has decided to promote a unique Start-up in latest Daylight Harvesting Technology in order to reduce carbon footprint and improve the building's energy efficiency.
The Ministry of Science and Technology said that the only Start-up company in India for Daylight Harvesting Technologies “Skyshade Daylights Private Limited” Hyderabad signed an MoU with the Department of Science and Technology.
Dr Jitendra Singh said that TDB will give five crore rupees of the ten crore project to Skyshade company for developing new technologies for basement illumination on round the clock basis. He said, the company is engaged in roots starting with design and build operations of large skylight domes for building atriums and solar thermal technologies.
Ms. Madhabi Puri Buch on Wednesday took charge as the first woman Chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Board of India. She succeeds Mr. Ajay Tyagi, whose five year term ended on 28th February 2022.
With over three decades of experience, Ms. Buch has served as SEBI’s Whole Time Member, handling departments related to regulation, surveillance, investment management besides investor assistance and education. The 57 year old has also served as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer at ICICI Securities Limited and has worked with the New Development Bank in Shanghai and as the Head of a Private Equity Firm’s Singapore office.
There has been a sharp increase in the number of Indians who have left Ukraine. Briefing media in New Delhi, MEA Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said, nearly 17,000 Indian nationals have left Ukraine's borders since the advisories were issued. He said, it includes some Indians who have not registered with the Embassy earlier.
Mr Bagchi said, flights under Operation Ganga have also increased sharply. He added, during the last 24 hours six flights have landed in India taking the total number of flights that have landed in India to 15 and the total number of Indians who have returned on these flights to three thousand 352. The Spokesperson said, as many as 15 flights are scheduled over the next 24 hours.