The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), India's largest insurer, has launched "Bima Ratna" - a non-linked, non-participating, individual, savings life insurance plan.
Doordarshan and Doordarshan News Director-General Mayank Kumar Agrawal has been given the additional charge of Prasar Bharati Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
The QS World University Rankings 2023 was released by QS Quacquarelli Symonds, a global higher education think-tank and compilers of the world's most-consulted university rankings portfolio. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) of the US is the top university for the 11th consecutive year. The second place went to the University of Cambridge, followed by Stanford University.
Justice Pradip Kumar Mohanty has been appointed as the acting Chairperson of Lokpal by President Ram Nath Kovind after Pinaki Chandra Ghose completed his tenure as the Lokpal Chief.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister S. M. Krishna, Infosys founder and IT industry veteran N. R. Narayana Murthy, and former badminton player Prakash Padukone have been selected for the 'Kempegowda International Award', instituted earlier this year.