Oscar Final Nomination (from India)
The Song ‘Naatu Naatu’ from India’s
blockbuster film RRR and two documentaries from the country ‘All That
Breathes’ and ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ have made it to the final nominations
list at the 95th edition of the Academy Awards.
However, India’s official entry Chhello
Show (Last Film Show), Gujarati language coming-of-age drama did not score a
nomination in the Best International Feature category at the 95th Academy
Awards.
'Chhello Show' was selected as India's
official entry in the Best International Feature Film category at the 95th Academy
Awards, but in the final nomination list, it lost
India among top 3 nations in expanding
organic farming in 2020
India has emerged as one of the top three
countries in the world where the area under organic agriculture expanded the
maximum in 2020.
Australia is thus larger than the acreage
of all the other leading countries combined. Australia is followed by Argentina
and Uruguay.
During financial year 2022, Chhattisgarh
had the highest organic agriculture area with over three million hectares
across India. Followed by Madhya Pradesh with over 2.3 million hectares of
organic farming land.
Sikkim became the first State in the
world to become fully organic.
NASA to Test Nuclear-Powered Rocket by
2027 that will Make Space Travel Faster.
The United States space agency NASA has
said the country plans to test a spacecraft engine powered with nuclear fission
by 2027.
Northern India’s largest floating
solar power project
Union Territory Administrator, Banwari
Lal Purohit has inaugurated northern India’s largest floating solar power
project of 2000kWp worth Rs 11.70 crore at waterworks, Sector 39, Chandigarh.
The country's services exports going
by the current trend, will cross the USD 300 billion target despite global
economic uncertainties.
The Ministry of Commerce and
Industry announced that it is working on a plan to reach a services
export target of USD 1 trillion by 2030
India is the world’s seventh-largest
services exporter.
Balkrishna
Doshi, pioneer of modernist architecture in India, passes away.
Balkrishna Doshi has been awarded Padma Vibhushan posthumously, a day after he passed away on Tuesday.
He was conferred with Pritzker Prize in
2018. The Pritzker Architecture Prize is an international architecture award
Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia Lifetime
Achievement Award
Hindustani vocalist Padma Vibhushan, Dr.
Prabha Atre was conferred with the the Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia Lifetime
Achievement Award at the hands of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
Union Budget 2023: Halwa ceremony to
be held on January 26
Halwa Ceremony: On January 26, a traditional “Halwa” ritual will be held to commemorate the completion of the Budget planning process.
The Halwa ceremony occurs five days before Nirmala
Sitharaman, the finance minister, delivers the Union Budget for the fiscal year
2023–2024 on February 1.
Tata Trusts names Siddharth Sharma CEO
Adani Won Women IPL team auction
Women’s IPL teams auction: Adani wins
Ahmedabad team with top bid of Rs 1,289 cr-team-with-top-bid-of-rs-1289-cr.
Air Force to conduct Poorvi Akash exercise in Northeast.
After Co-Win, Govt Launches U-WIN To
Digitise Universal Immunisation Programme
International Cricket Council’s most
followed international sports federation on social media
2nd place - FIFA
3rd place - International
Basketball Federation (Fiba)
Low Carbon Cruise Flagged off by Union Petroleum Minister on Mahabahu Brahmaputra
The boat ride was done on a 50-seater
motor launch marine vessel named ‘SB Gangadhar’
India Energy Week 2023 is going to be
hosted in Bengaluru from 6th to 8th February 2023. The Union Minister of
Petroleum and Natural Gas, Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India
Hardeep S. Puri inaugurated the demo run of an Inland Water Vessel powered by
Methanol blended Diesel (MD15)
India Energy Week 2023 is the first major
event under India’s G20 Presidency.
OPPO India and Common Services Centres
to Train 10000 Women as ‘Cyber Sanginis’.
Oppo India and the Government's Common
Service Centre (CSC) Academy have announced to train 10,000 women in
cybersecurity and cyber wellness in the country
Uttar Pradesh celebrated the foundation day of Uttar Pradesh on 24th January.
The Uttar Pradesh Diwas is celebrated
since 2018 for three days
Uttar Pradesh is the fourth largest state
of India
