Published on: October 19, 2023
Snippets:18 OCTOBER 2023
Snippets:18 OCTOBER 2023
- Union Minister for Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan launched the IndiaSkills 2023-24 and felicitated the World Skills 2022 at Kaushal Bhawan, New Delhi. India has secured 11th position in the global competition, the best-ever ranking so far.
- Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) inaugurated Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Lab in NIELIT Gorakhpur
- The Department of Land Resources (DOLR) organized an event for signing of MOU with (National Remote Sensing Center) NRSC to monitor Watershed Development Component of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana
- PM inaugurated Global Maritime India Summit 2023 in Mumbai and also unveiled ‘Amrit Kaal Vision 2047’, a blueprint for the Indian maritime blue economy.
- Christopher Luxon is elected as Prime Minister of New Zealand
- Former chief election commissioner MS Gill passed away
- Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi launched of ferry services between Nagapattinam, India and Kankesanthurai, Sri Lanka
- Grandmaster Raunak Sadhwani crowned U-20 world junior rapid chess champion
- India’s NTPC Limited, has been recognized as one of the “World’s Best Employers 2023” in the Forbes World’s Best Employers list 2023. It ranked 261st out of top 700 companies in the World ranking and is the only Indian PSU to figure in the list.
- Indian Railways’ PSUs, RITES Ltd and IRCON granted Navratna status.
- Arunachal Yak churpi, Khamti rice & Tangsa textile get GI tag
- Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has introduced Green Credit Program (GCP) and the Ecomark Scheme
- Uttar Pradesh has declared the Gangetic Dolphin as the state aquatic animal.
