Published on: March 18, 2023
Snippets:18 MARCH 2023
Snippets:18 MARCH 2023
- Truecaller, a caller ID platform, opened its first office outside of Sweden, in The launch of the office marked a significant milestone in Truecaller’s journey in India.
- Russell Market, one of the oldest markets in the city, sports a new look as the beautification project which had been taken up under the Smart City project
- World-renowned biographer and historian Patrick French, who was the inaugural Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Ahmedabad University, passed away in London
- Chennai-based National Institute of Ocean Technology (INIOT) to set up green, self-powered desalination plant in Lakshadweep. The NIOT, an institute under the aegis of the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), has worked for years on harnessing energy from the ocean.
- Poland to be first NATO member to give MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine
- British authorities said that they are banning the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok from government mobile phones on security grounds, following similar moves by the S. and EU. The ban applies with immediate effect to work phones and other devices used by government Ministers and civil servants.
- Japan and South Korea agreed to resume regular visits between their leaders and take steps to resolve a trade dispute during a highly anticipated summit in Tokyo, in what Japan’s Prime Minister called a “big step” to rebuild the two nations’ security and economic ties as they try to overcome a century of difficult history.
- Gianni Infantino has been re-elected president of FIFA until 2027 after standing unopposed at the congress of world football’s governing body.
- The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the Global Millets (Shree Anna) Conference at Subramaniam Hall, NASC Complex, IARI Campus, PUSA New Delhi
