Bangladesh's Cabinet has approved a draft agreement with India to use the Chittagong and Mongla ports for the movement of goods to and from northeast India. A major objective of this is to strengthen the existing cordial bilateral ties.
The currency of Bangladesh is Taka.
Germany rolled out the world’s first hydrogen-powered train. It uses fuel cells that produce electricity through a combination of hydrogen and oxygen, leaving behind water and steam. It is built by French TGV-maker Alstom.
Lord Dalhousie is considered as Father of Indian Railways
India became the first country in the world to develop a document on Cooling Action Plan to address the issue of climate change on occasion of World Ozone day. “Keep Cool and Carry on”: is the theme of 24th World Ozone Day.
World Ozone day is observed on 16th September
The Pension Adalat, being organised by the Department of Pension & Pensioners Welfare (DoP&PW) will be one of the largest exercises for Pensioners’ welfare ever undertaken by the Government as part of Good Governance in New Delhi.
International Day of Older Persons is 1st October
Rio Olympics Bronze medallist Sakshi Malik settled for a Silver medal at the Medved International Wrestling tournament at Minsk, Belarus. In the final of the 62 kg category, Sakshi lost to Hungary's Marianna Sastin.
She is first Indian female meddler in wrestling at Olympics
The Hubble Space Telescope has started a new mission to study six massive galaxy clusters that may help shed light on how the earliest galaxies evolved in the universe which is crucial for our understanding of the cosmos.
India’s first Robotic Telescope is located at Hanle, Ladakh.
Food-delivery firm UberEats has partnered with general insurance provider Tata AIG to offer comprehensive insurance covers for its delivery executives in India. The programme ensures for up to Rs 5 lakh against accident.
IRDAI chairman is Subhash Chandra Khuntia
Indian voice Ustad Iqbal Ahmed Khan won top honour at Uzbek Maqom Festival, in the ancient Uzbek city of Shakhrisabz. Maqom is an oriental system of music that is enhanced by string and percussion instruments across Asia.
The first woman Sarod player of India is Sharan Rani.
The India Tourism Mart is being organized by the Ministry of Tourism to showcase the potential of Tourism in India. ITM will be an annual event hereafter in line with other International Tourism Marts and it will be held in the month of September.
World Tourism Day is on 27th September
The government has proposed amalgamation of Bank of Baroda, Vijaya Bank, and Dena Bank to create India’s 3rd largest globally competitive Bank. Amalgamation will increase the banking operations.
Banks Board Bureau (BBB) chairman is Bhanu Pratap Sharma.