Hyderabad International Airport has received the highest Platinum Recognition in the Airports Council International (ACI) Asia-Pacific Green Airports Recognition 2020 in the 15-35 Million Passengers Per Annum (MPPA) category for its efficient water management practices. The recognition was the ...

A thirteen-year old Madurai girl from Tamil Nadu, Nethra has been appointed the Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Association for Development and Peace, the UNADAP. It was in recognition of her role in feeding the poor during the COVID-19 lockdown by her father, a hairdresser by ...

The Football Association announced Chelsea as the winner of the 2019-20 Women's Super League and awarded the 2019-20 Women's Championship title to Aston Villa. The Blues were in second place but with one game in hand over Manchester City who were a point ahead when it was decided the league is ...

British lender Standard Chartered Bank's local unit has started operations from the International Financial Services Centre, becoming the first global bank to commence operations from the special economic zone in Gandhinagar. Presence at the newly built IFSC GIFT City can help the lender expand ...

The Andhra Pradesh government launched what it claimed to be the country’s first online Waste Exchange Platform to ensure 100 per cent safe disposal of industrial toxic wastes. Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy launched the programme on the occasion of World Environment Day. The ...

Union Power Minister has launched the #iCommit initiative for building an energy resilient future on 5 June 2020 to encourage all stakeholders and individuals to continue moving towards energy efficiency. The #iCommit initiative will function under the administration of the Ministry of Power. ...

The President of India has promulgated the two Ordinances namely the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce Ordinance 2020 and the Farmers Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Ordinance 2020. The move comes after the announcement of the landmark decisions by the Government of India for ...

Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS) discovered a low cost and efficient way to generate hydrogen from water using Molybdenum dioxide as a catalyst. They have found that Molybdenum dioxide (MoO2) nanomaterials annealed in hydrogen atmosphere can act as efficient catalysts. Using ...

World silver-medallist Amit Panghal and the seasoned Vikas Krishan were nominated for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award by the Boxing Federation of India, which picked only Olympic-bound names as its nominees for the annual honours. BFI has nominated world bronze-winning trio of Lovlina ...

Road Transport & Highways Minister has launched the UNDP national awareness campaign on ‘Prevention of Human and Animal Mortality on Highways’ on 5 June. The campaign aims to generate awareness and education for the masses at large towards reducing or eliminating mortality on the roads of both ...

Indian and Chinese armies held Lieutenant General-level talks in their first major attempt to resolve the month-long border standoff in eastern Ladakh. The Indian delegation was led by Lt. Gen. Harinder Singh, Commander of 14 Corps, and the Chinese side was headed by the Commander of the Tibet ...

Human Resource Development Ministry has launched the Urban Learning Internship Program (TULIP), an Internship Program with Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) across the country. The first of its kind initiative TULIP is a program for providing internship opportunities to fresh graduates in all ULBs and ...