PM Modi lays foundation stone of Major Dhyan Chand Sports University in UP’s Meerut district Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Major Dhyan Chand Sports University in Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh on January 02, 2022. Read more
France takes over EU Presidency for six months from January 2022 France has assumed the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union with effect from January 01, 2022. The country will continue to hold the EU presidency for Read more
IIT Madras Tops Atal Rankings (ARIIA) 2021 for third straight year The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras has retained the top position in the ‘Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements,’ (ARIIA) 2021 for being the best centrally funded Read more
India chairs UNSCs Counter-Terrorism Committee for one year from January 2022 India has assumed the chairmanship of the United Nations Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee for one year, beginning from January 01, 2022. India is chairing this committee after a gap Read more
Sale of 19th tranche of electoral bonds opens on January 01, 2022 Government of India has approved the issuance of the 19th tranche of electoral bonds for sale from January 1 to 10, 2022 in view of upcoming assembly elections for 5 Read more
Bollywood film producer Vijay Galani passes away in London Bollywood film producer Vijay Galani has passed away due to organ failure. He was in his late 50s. Vijay Galani was suffering from blood cancer and was in London for seeking Read more
List of Winners of Sahitya Academy Awards for 2021 Sahitya Akademi announced its prestigious Sahitya Akademi Awards for 2021, Yuva Puraskar and Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2021 in 20 languages on December 30, 2021. The Sahitya Akademi Award winners of Gujarati, Read more
SEBI reconstitutes advisory committee on market data; Head- S Sahoo The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has restructured its advisory committee on market data. The 20-member committee recommends policy measures pertaining to areas like securities market data access and Read more
Government keeps interest rates on Small Savings Schemes unchanged for Quarter-4 of 2021-22 The interest rates on the small savings schemes will remain the same for the fourth quarter of 2021-2022 (January – February – March 2022) as they were Read more
Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launches 100 days reading campaign ‘Padhe Bharat’ The Union Education Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan has launched ‘Padhe Bharat’, a 100 days (14 weeks) reading campaign. The campaign has been organised from January 01, 2022 to April Read more