The Government of Jammu and Kashmir has launched a quick response code for its GI-tagged Kashmiri carpet, to preserve the authenticity and genuineness of the hand-knotted carpets. The first-ever consignment of GI-tagged hand-knotted carpets was exported to Germany from New Delhi.
India's third-largest private sector bank, Axis Bank has been awarded IFR Asia's Asian Bank of The Year, for its breadth of coverage and depth of expertise in the Asian investment banking space.
The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has announced the appointment of Indian development economist Jayati Ghosh as a member of the UN's newly established Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism.