Parameswaran Iyer, who had led Prime Minister Narendra Modi's flagship Swachh Bharat Mission, has been appointed Niti Aayog CEO.
5G, the next evolution of wireless networks, has really taken over in the last year, with Apple jumping on the 5G bandwagon in the fall of 2020.
Among sectors, auto, oil & gas, power, bank, metal and FMCG indices rose 1 percent each, while selling was seen in the IT names. The BSE midcap and smallcap indices added over 1 percent each.
India has reported a significant spike in the COVID-19 cases as it reported 17,336 new cases of virus in the last 24 hours as compared to the 13,313 total cases recorded on June 23, the Union Health Ministry informed.
Murmu, former governor of Jharkhand and a prominent politician from Odisha’s tribal community, is up against ex Union minister Yashwant Sinha in the July 18 election. The term of President Ram Nath Kovind ends on July 24.
Firefighters sought to contain a wildfire in southwestern Turkey from land and air on June 24 as the blaze raged on for a third day, with windy conditions fanning the flames and spreading them through a forested area.
The first consignment of India's earthquake relief assistance for the people of Afghanistan has reached Kabul, and further consignment will follow, says Ministry of External Affairs of India. India sent a technical team to Kabul on June 23 to coordinate the delivery of humanitarian assistance after a powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan that claimed about 1,000 lives.
Small and new private banks are offering higher interest rates on savings accounts compared to leading private and public sector banks to acquire new retail customers
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Assam is facing a grim flood situation. Brahmaputra and Barak rivers along with its tributaries are in spate in most of the affected districts and vast tracts of land remained inundated in 32 of the total 36 districts in the state.
Auto Index rose 4 percent, while capital goods, Information Technology, pharma, and realty indices were up 1 percent each. The BSE midcap and smallcap indices, too, added 1 percent each.
A bloodhound named Trumpet won best of show on June 22 in the 146th annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, beating out more than 3,000 dogs from 200 breeds and varieties to claim the most prestigious such prize in the United States.
Russian forces have captured several settlements near the embattled cities of Lysychansk and Sievierodonetsk in the Luhansk region, the regional governor and Ukraine's general staff said.
The United States has delivered about 2.7 million doses of COVID vaccines for children below five years to administration centres while another one million shots will reach the sites soon, the Department of Health and Human Services said on June 22.
Workers at Chilean state-owned mining giant Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, launched a major strike on June 22 to protest the closure of a smelter over environmental issues, though the government downplayed the impact on operations.
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A typewriter is a mechanical machine for typing. The first commercial typewriters were introduced in 1874 and quickly became an indispensable tool for all writing.
All the sectoral indices ended in the red with metal index down 5 percent. The BSE midcap index fell 1.5 percent and smallcap index shed 1 percent.
The newly opened store in Bengaluru is located in Nagasandra and spreads over an area of 12.2 acres with 4,60,000 sq ft of commercial space, making it the biggest IKEA store in India. The store began welcoming customers from June 22. It offers a range of well-designed, affordable home furnishing solutions.
Yoga Day 2022: The International Day of Yoga is celebrated every year on June 21. Here is a round-up of Bollywood celebrities who shared posts on the occasion of Yoga Day.
Draupadi Murmu, a tribal leader from Odisha, was on June 21 named as the candidate for the presidential elections by the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) for the forthcoming Presidential election.
Unlike the flood of electric SUVs in the Indian market, at least one Ola car will be a sedan. Details, at the moment, are scarce, but reports suggest a large 70-80 kWh battery pack to power the new cars, take a look
The Jumbo Floating Restaurant, almost 80 meters (260 feet) in length, had been a landmark in Hong Kong for over four decades, serving Cantonese cuisine to over 3 million guests including Queen Elizabeth II and Tom Cruise.
Early and strong monsoon rains have brought heavy flooding to north eastern India and Bangladesh, killing dozens of people, forcing hundreds of thousands from their homes and cutting millions off from crucial supplies.
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