rawan239 The film The Kashmir Files directed by Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri has been shortlisted at the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival 2023.
There were several big personalities who attended the event such as Rekha, Alia Bhatt, Vidya Balan, Varun Dhawan and media staff, ministers, etc.
The Film of the Year 2023 award was honoured for the RRR movie, directed by S. S. Rajamouli.
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) recently shared a list of sites which include the Gulf of Kutch, Gujarat and the Gomti River in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh.
Excavations are to be performed in 31 sites in total. Several sites are 16 in number and universities are also mentioned on the list. It comprises excavation projects in Pratima Garh and surrounding areas and Vembakottai in Tamil Nadu.
This is going to be undertaken by the respective state governments. One of the regions selected for the mission is Harwan in Srinagar, J&K. This area is an important part of Buddhist HISTORY as it is believed that the 4th Buddhist council was held here in the 1st or 2nd century CE.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Singapore PM Lee Hsien have launched the linkage of UPI and PayNow, their fast payment methods
In a virtual meeting, the Prime Ministers of both countries agree upon a joint venture to provide cross-border transactions.
As per a survey conducted by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), a record of 7.82 billion transactions is evident in UPI payments in 2022.
The Swiss-based company IQAir has released World Air Quality Index for the year 2022 where it has ranked India in the 8th position, earlier it was fifth.
African country Chad acquires the first position as it is the world’s most polluted country in the world.
India and Pakistan are on alert as they have the most polluted cities in the world amid depleting environmental conditions across the globe.
Startup-focused lender Silicon Valley Bank Financial Group became the largest bank to fail since the 2008 financial crisis, in a sudden collapse that roiled global markets, left billions of dollars belonging to companies and investors stranded
Silicon Valley Bank, the nations 16th largest bank, collapsed on Friday, forcing a government takeover and calling into question the fate of almost $175 billion in customer deposits.
Signature Bank, the 29th-largest bank in the U.S., also closed its doors, suggesting the financial panic had spread.
Many bank stocks plummeted in early trading. First Republic Bank dropped 65% before trading was halted; Western Alliance Bancorp fell almost 60%. Charles Schwab, the eight-largest U.S. bank, dropped nearly 10%.
The Institute of Occupational Training Services (IOTS) has announced its plans to open 53 centres across India to provide vocational and Skill development training.
The centres would provide skill based training in accordance with international standards, preparing Indian applicants for global markets.The centres will be equipped with state-of-the-art facilities and Resources to provide candidates with a high-quality up-skilling training experience. Headquartered in Delhi, the organisation is all set to expand in the north-eastern regions of India, including Pune, Nagpur, Chandigarh, Jharkhand, Jamshedpur, Guwahati, Arunachal Pradesh, Indore, and neighbouring countries like Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.
As per the groundwater assessment report, Punjab has annual extractable groundwater Resources of 17.07 billion cubic metres (BCM). The recharge is 18.94BCM, while the extraction turned out to be 28.02 BCM. This is 165.99% of extractable resources. Also, 117 of the 153 (including three urban blocks) groundwater blocks were overexploited. This is 76.47% of total blocks.
Of 28.02 BCM, 26.69 BCM is extracted for Irrigation purpose. Domestic extraction was recorded at 1.17 BCM (4.18%) and extraction for Industrial Sector was recorded at 0.16 BCM, which turns out to be a meagre 0.57% of the total extraction.
In the entire country, extractable resources, as per 2022 report, have been assessed at 398.08 BCM and the extraction has been recorded at 239.16 BCM, while the recharge is 437.60 BCM. The extraction rate is 60.08%.
HostsJammu and Kashmirhave maintained their supremacy in winter Sports by bagging the first position with a tally of 26 gold medals at the third Khelo IndiaWinter Gamesat Gulmarg.
Besides 26 golds, Jammu and Kashmir bagged 25 silver and 25 bronze medals in the five-day event, which concluded on Tuesday.
Maharashtrabagged the second position with 14 gold, eight silver and six bronze medals followed byHimachal Pradeshin third place with 10 golds.
A Saudi Arabian woman will become the first woman astronaut from the country to go on a space mission later this year.
Barnawi and Al-Qarni will fly to the ISS aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft as part of a mission this spring by the private space company Axiom Space, according to Saudi Press Agency and Axiom.
The crew will be launched into space by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Neighbouring United Arab Emirates had become the first Arab country to send woman astronautNoura Al-Matrooshiinto space in 2021.
Spanish lawmakers gave final approval to a law granting paid medical leave to Women suffering severeperiod pain, becoming the first European country to advance such legislation.
The law, which passed by 185 votes in favour to 154 against, is aimed at breaking a taboo on the subject, the government has said.
Menstrual leave is currently offered only in a small number of countries across the globe, among them Japan, Indonesia and Zambia.
The legislation entitles workers experiencing period pain to as much time off as they need, with the state social security system — not employers — picking up the tab for the sick leave.