National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) conducting a basic training programme at the Deendayal  Port Trust in Kandla, Gujarat.  It is a five-day training programme. The main aim is to increase awareness and enhancing the preparedness of Seaport Emergency Handlers (SEHs) to ...

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the international governing body for the sport of athletics, changed it name from IAAF to World Athletics. The members of IAAF council have approved the rebranding at an IAAF Council meeting held in Monaco on 8th June. ...

Max Life Insurance company one of the famous insurance companies in India announced the launch of a unique proprietary tool, 'My Protection Quotient' (MyPQ) its commitment to ensuring financial protection in the country. MyPQ a smart tool designed to gauge the level of an ...

IV Subba Rao continues as secretary to Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu as per an order issued by the Ministry of Personnel. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the continuation of Rao He is a retired IAS officer  He serves as secretary to the vice president on a contract ...

International Labour Organization (ILO) started to celebrate World Day Against Child Labour in 2002  Aim: To focus attention on the global extent of child labour and the action and efforts needed to eliminate it.  The 2019 theme is Children shouldn’t work in fields, but on dreams! ...

International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT) released India’s first Type Approval Certificate (TAC) for Bharat Stage - VI (BS – VI) norms for the two-wheeler segment in New Delhi. The certificate released and handed over by Director ICAT, Dinesh Tyagi to top officials of the OEM ...

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has been inaugurated as only the second elected president in Kazakhstan's history, after winning polls marred by a police crackdown and slammed by foreign monitors for "widespread voting irregularities." Mr Tokayev, the hand-picked successor to longtime ruler Nursultan ...

Amazon clinched the world’s most valuable brand in cloud computing, consumer tech and movie production. It is founded by the world’s richest man Jeff Bezos. According to the 2019 BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands rankings, Amazon online retailer set its brand value quintuple in the ...

Virendra Kumar, a seven-time MP from Tikamgarh in Madhya Pradesh chosen as the pro tem speaker of the 17th Lok Sabha. He was MoS in the ministry of women and child development He was also in the minority affairs ministry in the previous government. He is likely to be administered the oath of ...

Sucharitha, A Dalit Women was inducted into the Congress by the late Dr Y S Rajashekara Reddy (YSR) spotted her during his historic ‘padayatra’ in 2003. Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy appointed Mekathoti Sucharita as the state home minister She is one among five ministers ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi accepted an invitation to attend the session of the G7 Summit in Biarritz.  The 45th summit of the G7 group of countries takes place from August 24 to August 26 in Biarritz, France. Lemoyne visited India and he is the first French ministerial trip to the ...

China claimed four gold medals at 2019 ITTF World Tour Hong Kong Open, Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong. The event was held from 6 June to 9 June. Women's singles:Wang Yidi the women’s singles title by defeating second seed Mima Ito of Japan. She secured 4-0 scoreline ...