1. 3 Indian sites make it to UNESCO's World Heritage List
UNESCO listed Chandigarh's Capitol Complex and Sikkim's Khangchendzonga Park among its World Heritage Sites, approving all three nominations linked to India this session.
Today's approval comes two days after the ruins of Nalanda University in Bihar made to the elite tag at the 40th session of The World Heritage Committee meeting in Istanbul.
This is the first time that any country got three sites inscribed in the Word Heritage List at a single session of the committee meeting, a Culture Ministry official said.
The Capitol Complex is part of the group of 17 sites - across seven countries (France, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, Argentina, Japan and India) - designed by Franco-Swiss architect Le Corbusier which were included in the list by the Paris-based body.
Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris, better known as Le Corbusier, had planned Chandigarh in the 1950s.
2. Dabur, DRDO unit tie up for high altitude medicinal plants
Leading Ayurvedic FMCG firm Dabur tied up with Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) to promote sustainable cultivation of high-altitude medicinal plants in Ladakh.
3. Delhi airport gets portable check-in device
The Delhi airport rolled out portable, common use check-in device for the first time in the country, which is expected to reduce flight check-in time significantly at India's busiest aerodrome.
The hand-held vMUSE portable check-in facility offers a cost effective way to accommodate rapid passenger growth at the airport, Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) said in a release.
The specialised check-in tool helps reduce queues, eases check-in process and enables airlines to offer an added level of service to their passengers, it said.
The mobile device was launched after successful trial at Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport.
The IGI Airport is operated by joint-venture DIAL, in which diversified group GMR, Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Germany's Fraport are stakeholders.
The Delhi airport, which went into private hands in 2006, retained the number one position in 25-40 Million Passengers Per Annum (MPPA) category for the second consecutive time.
The passenger traffic at the Delhi airport spiked 18.1 per cent last fiscal to 48.42 million as compared to 40.98 million passengers who arrived and departed in FY15.
4. Reliance Jio backs largest ever Indian Rio Olympic contingent
Reliance Jio, the digital services arm of Reliance Industries Limited has won the rights to be the ‘Principal Partner’ of Indian Olympic Association, sponsoring the largest ever Indian Olympic contingent bound for Rio Olympic Games 2016.
5. Ghosal, Dipika clinch national titles
Dipika Pallikal Karthik dethroned defending champion Joshna Chinappa to regain the women's title in the 73rd Senior National Squash Championship. The men's crown was captured by title holder and top seed Saurav Ghosal, who created history by winning it for the 11th time, defeating fourth seed Harinderpal Singh Sandhu in five hard-fought games at the Otters Club.
Ghosal beat Sandhu 11-7 7-11 3-11 11-8 14-12 after an 88-minute battle to go past RK Narpat Singh’s feat of 10 titles, won from 1946 to 1955.
6. Pema Khandu Takes Oath as Arunachal Chief Minister
Pema Khandu, who was elected leader of the Congress in the Arunachal Pradesh assembly yesterday, took oath as the Chief Minister of the state.
The 36-year-old is the youngest chief minister of the country. He has replaced Nabam Tuki, who resigned after stepping down as leader of the Congress Legislature Party or CLP yesterday, hours before he was to seek a trust vote.
7. ADB trims developing Asia growth forecast; India on track
Asian Development Bank (ADB) has cut its 2016 growth projection for developing economies in Asia and the Pacific to 5.6 per cent from earlier forecast of 5.7 per cent for 2016, though India is likely to meet 7.4 per cent and 7.8 per cent growth forecast for this and the following year.
UNESCO listed Chandigarh's Capitol Complex and Sikkim's Khangchendzonga Park among its World Heritage Sites, approving all three nominations linked to India this session.
Today's approval comes two days after the ruins of Nalanda University in Bihar made to the elite tag at the 40th session of The World Heritage Committee meeting in Istanbul.
This is the first time that any country got three sites inscribed in the Word Heritage List at a single session of the committee meeting, a Culture Ministry official said.
The Capitol Complex is part of the group of 17 sites - across seven countries (France, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, Argentina, Japan and India) - designed by Franco-Swiss architect Le Corbusier which were included in the list by the Paris-based body.
Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris, better known as Le Corbusier, had planned Chandigarh in the 1950s.
2. Dabur, DRDO unit tie up for high altitude medicinal plants
Leading Ayurvedic FMCG firm Dabur tied up with Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) to promote sustainable cultivation of high-altitude medicinal plants in Ladakh.
3. Delhi airport gets portable check-in device
The Delhi airport rolled out portable, common use check-in device for the first time in the country, which is expected to reduce flight check-in time significantly at India's busiest aerodrome.
The hand-held vMUSE portable check-in facility offers a cost effective way to accommodate rapid passenger growth at the airport, Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) said in a release.
The specialised check-in tool helps reduce queues, eases check-in process and enables airlines to offer an added level of service to their passengers, it said.
The mobile device was launched after successful trial at Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport.
The IGI Airport is operated by joint-venture DIAL, in which diversified group GMR, Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Germany's Fraport are stakeholders.
The Delhi airport, which went into private hands in 2006, retained the number one position in 25-40 Million Passengers Per Annum (MPPA) category for the second consecutive time.
The passenger traffic at the Delhi airport spiked 18.1 per cent last fiscal to 48.42 million as compared to 40.98 million passengers who arrived and departed in FY15.
4. Reliance Jio backs largest ever Indian Rio Olympic contingent
Reliance Jio, the digital services arm of Reliance Industries Limited has won the rights to be the ‘Principal Partner’ of Indian Olympic Association, sponsoring the largest ever Indian Olympic contingent bound for Rio Olympic Games 2016.
5. Ghosal, Dipika clinch national titles
Dipika Pallikal Karthik dethroned defending champion Joshna Chinappa to regain the women's title in the 73rd Senior National Squash Championship. The men's crown was captured by title holder and top seed Saurav Ghosal, who created history by winning it for the 11th time, defeating fourth seed Harinderpal Singh Sandhu in five hard-fought games at the Otters Club.
Ghosal beat Sandhu 11-7 7-11 3-11 11-8 14-12 after an 88-minute battle to go past RK Narpat Singh’s feat of 10 titles, won from 1946 to 1955.
6. Pema Khandu Takes Oath as Arunachal Chief Minister
Pema Khandu, who was elected leader of the Congress in the Arunachal Pradesh assembly yesterday, took oath as the Chief Minister of the state.
The 36-year-old is the youngest chief minister of the country. He has replaced Nabam Tuki, who resigned after stepping down as leader of the Congress Legislature Party or CLP yesterday, hours before he was to seek a trust vote.
7. ADB trims developing Asia growth forecast; India on track
Asian Development Bank (ADB) has cut its 2016 growth projection for developing economies in Asia and the Pacific to 5.6 per cent from earlier forecast of 5.7 per cent for 2016, though India is likely to meet 7.4 per cent and 7.8 per cent growth forecast for this and the following year.
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