07 Indian companies included in Fortune Global 2021 list
07 Indian companies have been included in the list of Fortune Global 500.
Reliance Industries Limited is the highest ranked Indian company in this list with a revenue of $63 billion.
07 Indian companies included in the list:
| Company name | Global Rank |
| Reliance Industries | 155 |
| state Bank of India | 205 |
| Indian Oil | 212 |
| oil and natural gas | 243 |
| Rajesh Exports | 348 |
| Tata Motors | 357 |
| Bharat Petroleum | 394 |
Top 03 Global Companies:
Walmart (USA) – 1
State Grid (China) – 2
Amazon.com (USA) – 3
Mini Ipay appointed as the new Managing Director of LIC
Mini Ipay has been appointed as the new Managing Director (MD) of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC).
She will replace Vipin Anand.
Establishment of LIC: 1st September 1956
Headquarters: Mumbai
Chairman: M R Kumar
IndusInd Bank listed as ‘Agency Bank’ by RBI
IndusInd Bank has been listed as an ‘Agency Bank’ by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to facilitate transactions related to businesses.
IndusInd Bank Established: April 1994
Headquarters: Pune
Founder: S. P. Hinduja
CEO: Sumant Kathpalia
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Uttarakhand launches ‘Earthquake Alert App’
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami launched the mobile application “Earthquake Alert” app for early warning of earthquake.
This app is developed by IIT Roorkee in collaboration with Uttarakhand State Disaster Management Authority (USDMA).
QS Best Student Cities Ranking
Recently the latest ranking of QS Best Student Cities was released by Quaquarelli Symonds (QS).
Indian cities Mumbai are ranked 106th and Bengaluru 110th in the rankings.
Top 03 Best Student Cities:
London – 01
Munich – 02
Seoul and Tokyo – 03
‘Leopard Diaries – The Rosette in India’, a book by Sanjay Gubbi
Karnataka biologist Sanjay Gubbi has authored a book titled “Leopard Diaries – The Rosette in India”.
This book is about leopard.
Scientific name of leopard: Panthera pardus
Highest number of leopards: Madhya Pradesh
“My Own Mazagon” Book Written by Capt. Ramesh Babu
Captain Ramesh Babu has written a new book titled “My Own Mazagon: The History of a Little Island in the Bombay Archipelago”.
Jagdish Bhagwati and C Rangarajan conferred with “Prof. CR Rao Centenary Gold Medal” award
Noted economist Jagdish Bhagwati and former RBI governor C Rangarajan have been conferred with the “Prof. CR Rao Centenary Gold Medal” award.
Indian Econometric Society (TIES) Trust established by Prof. CR The Rao Centenary Gold Medal Award is presented once in two years.
Ravi Kumar Dahiya won silver medal in Tokyo Olympics
Indian wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya won silver medal in men’s 57kg freestyle category at Tokyo Olympics 2021
This is India’s second silver medal in Tokyo Olympics 2021.
Earlier Meera Bai Chanu has won silver medal in weightlifting.
First wrestler to win a medal in wrestling for India: KD Jadhav (Helsinki Olympics 1952)
Indian men’s hockey team won bronze medal in Tokyo Olympics
Indian men’s hockey team beat Germany 5-4 to win bronze medal after 41 years at Tokyo Olympics 2021.
The Indian men’s hockey team last won a gold medal in the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
Captain of the Indian men’s hockey team: Manpreet Singh (Flag-bearer of the opening ceremony with MC Mary Kom at Tokyo Olympics)
Indian men’s hockey team coach: Graham Reid (Australia)
Hockey India Established: 20 May 2009
President: Gyanendro Nigombam (Manipur)
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Germany became the 5th country to sign the International Solar Alliance Framework (ISA FA) agreement
Germany has signed and ratified the International Solar Alliance Framework Agreement (ISA FA) with India.
With this, Germany has become the 5th country to ratify the International Solar Alliance Framework Agreement (ISA FA).
The first country to ratify the International Solar Alliance Framework Agreement (ISA FA): Denmark
The new ISA Framework Agreement came into force on January 8, 2021.
Establishment of International Solar Alliance: 30 November 2015
Headquarters: Gurugram, Haryana
Director General: Dr. Ajay Mathur
Germany Capital: Berlin
Currency: Euro
Chancellor: Angela Merkel
Padma Sachdev, a modern woman poet of Dogri language, passed away
Padma Sachdev, the first modern woman poet of Dogri language, passed away at the age of 81.
He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1971 for his poetry collection ‘Meri Kavita Mere Geet’.
In the year 2007-08, he was awarded the Kabir Samman for poetry by the Government of Madhya Pradesh.
Padma Shri in 2001 and Padma Sachdev for his book ‘Chit Chete‘ in 2016 received the 25th Saraswati Award.
Autobiography of Padma Sachdev: ‘Boond Bawdi’
Dogri is a language spoken in the Indian state of Jammu, Kangra in Himachal Pradesh and some provinces of northern Punjab.
In the year 2003, it was included in the 08th Schedule of the Indian Constitution.
