January, 2022 -

Meenakashi Lekhi launches pictorial comic book ‘India’s Women Unsung Heroes’

January 28, 2022

Union Minister of State for Culture, Meenakashi Lekhi has released a pictorial comic book titled ‘India’s Women Unsung Heroes’, as a tribute to the forgotten women freedom fighters of the country. The book has been prepared by the Ministry of Culture in partnership with Amar Chitra Katha, an Indian publisher of Indian comics and graphic …

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India’s first graphene innovation center to be established in Kerala

January 28, 2022

India’s first innovation centre for graphene will be set up in Kerala by the Digital University Kerala (DUK), along with the Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET) in Thrissur, for Rs 86.41 crore. This will be the first graphene Research and Development (R&D) incubation centre in the country. Tata Steel Limited is set to …

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Pencilton Launches Teen-Focused Debit and Travel Card

January 28, 2022

A teen-focused Fintech startup based in India, Pencilton has recently launched PencilCard, a debit card that is compliant with National Common Mobility Card standards. It has been launched in partnership with Transcorp. The National Common Mobility Card was developed by India’s Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in early 2019. It allows the user to …

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Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve bags TX2 award

January 28, 2022

Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (Erode district, Tamil Nadu) has been given the prestigious TX2 award after its tiger numbers doubled to 80 since 2010. Apart from the STR, the Bardia National Park in Nepal has won this year’s TX2 award for doubling the population of wild tigers. Sathyamangalam wildlife sanctuary was declared a tiger reserve in …

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J&K Police Bags Highest 115 Police Medals For Gallantry

January 28, 2022

Jammu and Kashmir Police has bagged 115 Police Medals for Gallantry (PMG), out of a total of 189 awarded this year. They more than doubled their last year’s tally of 52 PMGs. J&K Police won awards for conducting several counter-insurgency operations in 2019-20. Police personnel from Jammu and Kashmir have been awarded 115 Police Medals …

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Former Indian Hockey Team Captain Charanjit Singh Passes Away

January 28, 2022

Former Hockey mid-fielder Charanjit Singh has passed away, after suffering a cardiac arrest and prolonged age-related illnesses. He was 90. He was the Captain of the Indian hockey team which won gold in the Tokyo Olympics of 1964. He was also a member of the Indian team which won silver medals in the 1960 Games …

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Air India formally handed over to Tata Group 2022

January 28, 2022

The government of India officially handed over India’s flag carrier, Air India to the Tata Group on January 27, 2022, almost 69 years after acquiring the conglomerate. The total value of the deal is Rs 18,000 crore (US$2.4 billion). The strategic disinvestment transaction of Air India includes the transfer of a 100 per cent stake …

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Noted Kathakali dancer and Padma Shri Recipient Milena Salvini Passes Away

January 28, 2022

Noted Kathakali dancer Milena Salvini of France has passed away. Italian-born Salvini was a regular visitor to India, especially Kerala where she learnt Kathakali, and ran ‘Centre Mandapa’, a school for Indian dance forms, in Paris. The Government of India conferred the Padma Shri award on Salvini in 2019 for her contribution in the field …

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India pays $29.9 million in UN regular budget assessments for 2022

January 28, 2022

India has paid USD 29.9 million in UN regular budget assessments for the year 2022. As of January 21, 2022, 24 Member States have paid their regular budget assessments in full. India is currently a non-permanent member of the 15-nation Security Council and its two-year term will end on December 31, 2022. Buy Prime Test …

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City Union Bank launches fitness watch debit card in tie-up with GOQii

January 27, 2022

City Union Bank in association with smart-tech-enabled preventive healthcare platform GOQii and powered by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), has launched a wearable payment solution called CUB fitness watch debit card. Customers need to hold this wristwatch in front of the PoS device during payment like tapping the card on PoS. For payments …

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Monthly Archives: January 2022

Meenakashi Lekhi launches pictorial comic book ‘India’s Women Unsung Heroes’

India’s first graphene innovation center to be established in Kerala

Pencilton Launches Teen-Focused Debit and Travel Card

Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve bags TX2 award

J&K Police Bags Highest 115 Police Medals For Gallantry

Former Indian Hockey Team Captain Charanjit Singh Passes Away

Air India formally handed over to Tata Group 2022

Noted Kathakali dancer and Padma Shri Recipient Milena Salvini Passes Away

India pays $29.9 million in UN regular budget assessments for 2022

City Union Bank launches fitness watch debit card in tie-up with GOQii

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