Year: 2020

Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Ayurved is considering to bid for the title sponsorship of the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL). The slot of the title sponsorship of IPL was vacated after the Chinese handset maker Vivo decided to exit from it. This would help Patanjali to access a global marketing platform, as Patanjali is focusing on exports for its Ayurveda-based FMCG products.This is for Vocal For Local and making one Indian brand as global, this is the right platform. “We have to take a final decision, whether we would take it…

After Home Minister Amit Shah came negative on COVID19, another politician declared himself to be positive on the pandemic.   Former President of India, Pranab Mukherjee, has tested positive for coronavirus. He confirmed the news on Twitter.   Mukherjee urged people who came in contact with him in the last week to get tested and go into self isolation.   “On a visit to the hospital for a separate procedure, I have tested positive for COVID19 today. I request the people who came in contact with me in the last…

Professor Pradeep Kumar Joshi has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). Prof. Joshi will succeed Arvind Saxena who completes his term as UPSC Chairman. Joshi has joined the commission in May 2015 as a member. His tenure as the Chairman of the UPSC will be till May 12, 2021.   Earlier, Joshi was the Chairman of both Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commissions. Prof. Joshi also served as Director, National Institute of Educational Planning & Administration (NIEPA). Prof. Joshi did his Post…

August began with one of  the most disastrous incidents till now. The Air India plane crash that killed at least 18 people after an Air India Express plane with 190 on board from Dubai skidded off the runway and broke in two while landing at Kerala’s Kozhikode on Friday amid heavy rain. Among those killed were the two pilots of Flight IX-1344, while over 140 more are injured, some of them seriously injured.   There were 190 people on board the Air India Express flight AXB1344 including 174 passengers, 10…

GC Murmu, the former Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, has been appointed as the country’s new auditor general. Murmu made way for Manoj Sinha to be appointed as his successor.   The post of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) was expected to fall vacant this week as incumbent Rajiv Mehrishi turns 65. The Comptroller and Auditor General is a constitutional post and cannot be left vacant.   “Rajiv Mehrishi is turning 65 on August 8. That is why the government is in a hurry to look for a…

Former Union Minister and senior BJP leader Manoj Sinha took oath as the second Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir, after predecessor Girish Chandra Murmu stepped down from his post on Wednesday night. The former three-term Lok Sabha MP from Uttar Pradesh Ghazipur, Manoj Sinha was appointed to the position on Thursday. The now-former Lieutenant Governor of J&K Murmu had stepped down to take over as the country’s next Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), succeeding the outgoing Rajiv Mehrishi, whose term ended on Thursday.   The 61-year-old, who is known…

Natonal Highways Authority of India (NHAI), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi to set up a Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Use of Artificial Intelligence in Data Driven decision making and Advance Data Management System for Highways. MoU was signed in presence of Dr. Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, Chairman NHAI and Dr V Ram Gopal Rao Director, IIT Delhi and other senior officials. Under the partnership, IIT Delhi will work with NHAI on developing advance analytics based on AI and ML, prepare simulation models,…

TheMinister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal has said that India and Japan are looking to have trusted partners from authentic investors. Speaking at the third Edition of the Invest India Exclusive Investment Forum – Japan Edition, through video conference. (Digital Roadshow) for Japanese companies, he saidthat it is important that Japan and India expand trade and business relationships.He said “I have the confidence that we can overcome any adversity and undoubtedly we will come out successful in any which way whether in geo-political, strategic maters, whether in trade, economy and industry, and more…

Recently, the Wikimedia Foundation began a fundraising campaign on Wikipedia in India, inviting anyone who relies on Wikipedia to support its future. Banners are appearing on the English Wikipedia in India, asking readers to consider contributing with a donation. The banners have generated a lot of conversation online. Last night, the Foundation published a blog to address some of the comments and questions raised by Indian users about why Wikipedia is running the campaign and how donations are used on the content platform. Some of the key highlights are as…

In a highly-anticipated event watched by millions on television, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday laid the foundation in Ayodhya of a Ram temple, the culmination of a campaign that fuelled the rise of the Bharatiya Janata Party and marked the fulfilment of one of its core poll promises.   Amid the chanting of shlokas, Modi consecrated the very first bricks for the temple at the spot where many devout Hindus believe Lord Ram was born.   The wait of centuries has ended, he said after performing the groundbreaking ceremony, made possible…