Central Excise Day is celebrated in India on February 24 every year. The day aims to encourage the employees of excise department in carrying out the central excise duty in a better way. The day is being celebrated to honour the service of the Central Board of Excise and Custom (CBEC) to the country. The day is […]
The Centre announced that the PM CARES for Children Scheme has been extended till February 28, 2022. The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development said that all eligible children can be registered for the scheme till the extended date to avail its benefits. Earlier the scheme was valid till December 31, 2021. PM Cares
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Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will launch electric vehicle (EV) cell to bring together government officials, e-mobility experts and representatives from the electric vehicle industry. It will assist policy makers in the promotion of electric vehicles, build infrastructure for electric vehicle charging, provide easy credit facilities, implement technology for batteries, and public transport. It will be placed under environment
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Coca-Cola has appointed film actor Shah Rukh Khan as the brand ambassador of its popular product, Thums Up. Giving this information in a statement, the company said that the new advertisement of Thums Up with Shahrukh will be shown across all news channels. Earlier Shahrukh Khan was associated with the cold drink brand Pepsi Co.
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Former Sri Lankan Airlines CEO, Vipula Gunatilleka has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Jet Airways with effect from March 1, 2022 His appointment is made by new promoters of Jet Airways, Jalan Kalrock Consortium. He was the CEO of SriLankan Airlines till January 2022. He was also the CFO and board member of TAAG Angola Airlines from
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Minister of State for Culture & External Affairs Meenakashi Lekhi has released signature tune for ‘Vande Bharatam’ The tune is composed by Grammy Award winner Ricky Kej and Oscar contender Bickram Ghosh. It was produced for Vande Bharatam, Nritya Utsav of Ministry of Culture presented at Rajpath, New Delhi for Republic Day event 2022. It was followed
Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Giriraj Singh has launched Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana – Gramin (PMAYG) Dashboard for stringent monitoring of the implementation of the scheme. It will be used by the Stakeholders of PMAYG for monitoring and managerial purpose. It will provide complete transparency in the implementation of the scheme and should reach from the
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India Ratings & Research (India Ratings) has revised downwards the GDP growth forecast of the country for 2021-22 (FY22) to 8.6 percent. Earlier this was projected at 9.2 percent. The National Statistical Organisation (NSO), which has forecast 9.2 per cent real GDP growth for the year, will release the second advance estimate of national income.
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Executive Director of the Indian Rubber Board, K.N. Raghavan has been elected the new Chairman of the International Rubber Study Group (IRSG). He will officiate as Chairman of the group for the next two years. He will preside over the meeting of the heads of delegation scheduled for March 31 at Singapore. Raghavan is currently the Executive Director of Indian Rubber
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The Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians was awarded to Professor Neena Gupta, a mathematician of the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata, in a virtual ceremony on 22nd February 2022. She received the award for the year 2021 for her outstanding work in affine algebraic geometry and commutative algebra. Prof Gupta is the fourth Indian and second
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