a global agricultural company, announced on Thursday that it has inked a three-year project with the World Bank Group's 2030 Water Resources Group (2030 WRG) to promote sustainable rice farming on 40,000 acres in Uttar Pradesh.

The Essential Defense Services Bill has been introduced recently in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament. The purpose of which is to prevent the employees of all state-owned ordnance factories from going on strike across the country. In this bill, the government will be able to declare the services mentioned as essential defence services.

In 2019, over 144 000 people drowned in the Asia Pacific region, accounting for 61% of global drowning deaths, according to the first World Health Organization (WHO) regional assessments on drowning prevention released today ahead of World Drowning Prevention Day.

Odisha's National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) has recently completed the testing of the second unit of 800 MW capacity at Darlipali. With this, the total installed capacity of NTPC has now reached 66875 MW. At present, NTPC Group has 71 power stations including 29 renewable projects.

Renowned Marathi poet Satish Kalsekar passed away following a heart attack. He was 78.

Sunseap Group's floating solar farm will be located on the Duriangkang Reservoir in Batam Island, Indonesia spanning around 1,600 hectares. It will be the largest solar floating farm in the world.

Niti Aayog and IEA jointly launched the report titled Renewables integration in India 2021.

The Dhanlaxmi bank announced a strategic alliance with SMC Global Securities Limited for offering online trading services to customers.

The government of Arunachal Pradesh signed an MoU with Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Centre for Policy Research and Analysis-IIM Shillong for collaborating as a knowledge partner for capacity building of State Government officers.

The government of Taiwan has announced to set up its first office named "Taiwan" in Lithuania soon. Taiwan's government has made this announcement as it seeks to strengthen its diplomatic presence around the world with increasing pressure from Beijing.