film ‘Pather Panchali’ has been declared the best Indian film of all time

October 2 is celebrated as Swachh Bharat Diwas across India. Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS), which organises Swachh Bharat Diwas-2022, implements two programmes -Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen (SBM-G) and Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM).

Vedanta founder Anil Agarwal was honoured with the Global Indian Award worth USD 50,000 by the Canada-India Foundation.

Union Tourism Ministry has recently released a report which revealed that Maharashtra registered the most number of foreign tourist visits with 1.26 million in 2021. It is followed by Tamil Nadu with 1.23 million foreign tourist visits respectively.

Ace tennis player Novak Djokovic won the Tel Aviv Open title in 2022 held in Israel. It is regarded as the biggest prize in tennis.

In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the Bird Festival 2022 was inaugurated at Pahalgam in south Kashmir.The Bird Festival is being organised by the J & K Tourism Department in collaboration with Sanctuary Nature Foundation, for promoting tourism in Kashmir.

Madhya Pradesh Wildlife Board approved a new reserve for tigers of Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR), which is to be called Durgavati Tiger Reserve

Sankarasubramanian K has been designated Principal Scientist of the Aditya-L1 mission, as per the Indian Space Research Organisation.

India and United States conducted ‘Tiger Triumph’ humanitarian assistance exercise at India’s Eastern Naval Command in Visakhapatnam.

Legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray’s film ‘Pather Panchali’ has been declared the best Indian film of all time by the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI).The classic film which was released in 1955 has topped the list of top ten films in the history of Indian cinema list.