Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated on February 1 a three-day virtual global conclave that seeks to lay down the roadmap for Keralas long-term development amid a changed world order due to COVID-19. Industry stalwarts Ratan Tata, Kumar Mangalam Birla, Azim Premji and Anand Mahindra and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen are among the speakers to address various sessions of the meet titled ''Kerala Looks Ahead''(KLA). Nobel laureate-economist Professor Joseph Stiglitz and Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist with World Health Organisation (WHO), will address the inaugural session on February 1, an officialstatement said here

The Indian Coast Guard is celebrating its 45th Raising Day today. The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) through its tireless pursuits of excellence has established itself as a reliable force that responds with alacrity to situations impinging on the Security of the Coastline, Safety of the Seafaring Community and Coastal Populace

President Ram Nath Kovind launched the pulse polio programme for 2021 by administering polio drops to children below five years of age at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. Polio National Immunization Day will be observed on January 31, also popularly known as Polio Ravivar. Polio drops are administered to children in the age group of 0 to 5 years.

New Delhi: State-owned SJVN Ltd has bagged a 679 MW hydro electric project in Nepal, the power ministry said in a statement on Saturday. The Nepalese government has allotted 679 MW Lower Arun Hydro Electric Project in Nepal to SJVN through international competitive bidding, SJVN Chairman and Managing Director Nand Lal Sharma said.

SBI Cards and Payment Services Ltd (SBI Card) on Saturday appointed Rama Mohan Rao Amara as its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer for a period of two years.

Rao took charge as the MD and CEO of the company on Saturday. Earlier this week, Ashwini Kumar Tewari had resigned from the post of MD and CEO of SBI Card owing to his appointment as the Managing Director of State Bank of India (SBI).