January 2023

Madras High Court: Mobile Phones Banned in Tamil Nadu’s Temples

Madras High Court: Mobile Phones Banned in Tamil Nadu’s Temples

Madras High Court: Mobile Phones Banned in Tamil Nadu’s Temples- The Madras High Court’s Madurai Bench has ruled that visitors to Tamil Nadu temples are not allowed to bring cell phones inside. The Division Bench of Justice R. Mahadevan and J Sathya Narayana Prasad held that the gadgets divert the attention of the devotees from […]

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Food Processing Industry Invests Nearly Rs 4,900 Crore Under PLI Scheme

Food Processing Industry Invests Nearly Rs 4,900 Crore Under PLI Scheme

Food Processing Industry Invests Nearly Rs 4,900 Crore Under PLI Scheme: According to the government, the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme has so far attracted investments of Rs 4,900 crore from the food processing sector. The PLI scheme for the food processing industry was approved in March 2021, with a budget outlay of Rs 10,900 crore.

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IPS officer Laxmi Singh named UP’s first woman Police Commissioner at Noida

IPS officer Laxmi Singh named UP’s first woman Police Commissioner at Noida

IPS officer Laxmi Singh: Laxmi Singh, an IPS officer, has been named the new head of the Noida Police Department by the Uttar Pradesh government, making her the first woman to lead a Police Commissionerate in the state. The 2000-batch officer, who replaced Alok Singh in Gautam Buddh Nagar. Alok Singh, a 1995-batch IPS officer,

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Pritzker-winning architect Arata Isozaki passes away at 91

Pritzker-winning architect Arata Isozaki passes away at 91

Pritzker-winning architect Arata Isozaki passes away at 91: Arata Isozaki, a Japanese architect who won the Pritzker Prize and was hailed as a post-modern giant for fusing Eastern and Western cultures and histories in his works, has passed away. He was 91. Isozaki won the Pritzker Architecture Prize, internationally the highest honor in the field,

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Tamil Nadu Information Commission Lowest Performing in RTI Responsiveness

Tamil Nadu Information Commission Lowest Performing in RTI Responsiveness

Tamil Nadu Information Commission Lowest Performing in RTI Responsiveness: With just up to 14% of the information requested, the State Information Commission of Tamil Nadu has the worst performance of responsiveness under the RTI Act. Maharashtra was second lowest with sharing only 23% of the information asked for. The report was issued on the Performance

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India’s second longest cable-stayed eight-lane Zuari Bridge opens in Goa

India’s second longest cable-stayed eight-lane Zuari Bridge opens in Goa

Zuari Bridge: India’s second longest cable-stayed eight-lane Zuari Bridge opens in Goa: Nitin Gadkari, the Union Minister for Roads, Transport, and Highways, opened the second-longest cable-stayed, eight-lane Zuari Bridge in the nation in Goa. Right-hand side (4-lane corridor) across the Zuari River and approaches from Bambolim to Verna were thrown open for vehicular traffic. Gadkari

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Tata Motors to complete acquisition of Ford India’s manufacturing Plant in January

Tata Motors to complete acquisition of Ford India’s manufacturing Plant in January

Tata Motors to complete acquisition of Ford India’s manufacturing Plant in January: On January 10th 2023, Tata Motors will complete the acquisition of Ford India’s Sanand manufacturing facility through a subsidiary. Ford India Pvt Ltd (FIPLSanand )’s Plant in Gujarat will be purchased by the company’s unit Tata Passenger Electric Mobility Ltd (TPEML) for Rs

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SpaceX Launched First 54 Starlink v2.0 satellites Into Low Earth orbit

SpaceX Launched First 54 Starlink v2.0 satellites Into Low Earth orbit

SpaceX Launched First 54 Starlink v2.0 satellites Into Low Earth orbit: The first 54 v2.0 or Gen2 Starlink Satellites were launched into low Earth orbit by the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The SpaceX Falcon 9 was launched on 28th December 2022, and it took place from the SLC-40 launch pad of the US Air Force

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NDTV Founders to Get Rs 602 Crore from Sale of 27.26% to Adani Enterprises

NDTV Founders to Get Rs 602 Crore from Sale of 27.26% to Adani Enterprises

NDTV Founders to Get Rs 602 Crore from Sale of 27.26% to Adani Enterprises: Prannoy Roy and his wife Radhika Roy, the founders of NDTV, sold an additional 27.26% ownership share to The Adani Group, which announced the deal to stock exchanges. The billionaire Gautam Adani-backed Adani Group acquired shares from Roys at Rs 342.65

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Indigenous Payment Application BHIM Celebrates Sixth Anniversary

Indigenous Payment Application BHIM Celebrates Sixth Anniversary

BHIM Celebrates its Sixth Anniversary: BHIM (Bharat Interface for Money), a locally created payment application, recently celebrated its sixth birthday. On December 30, 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the BHIM App. Bharat Interface for Money is referred to as BHIM. It is a biometric payment system app based on the Unified Payment Interface (UPI)

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