P.M. Narendra Modi launched the health assurance scheme: Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana(PMJAY)- at Ranchi, Jharkhand. PMJAY envisions health assurance of 5 lakh rupees per family per year, will benefit over 50 crore people.
Contribution to PMJAY would be 60:40 from center to state govt
P.M. Modi inaugurated a new airport in Jharsuguda - also known as the powerhouse of Odisha. Jharsuguda is the second airport of Odisha after Bhubaneswar to become operational. Jharsuguda Airport has been developed by the Airports Authority of India.
Odiya is one of the classical languages of India
Maldives’ Opposition leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih won the presidential election with over 58 % of the popular vote. Incumbent President Abdulla Yameen was defeated by a united opposition.
Male is the capital of Maldives
Nepal is likely to be the first country in the world to double its tiger population.
Nepal announced that there are now an estimated 235 wild tigers in the country, nearly doubling the baseline of around 121 tigers in 2009
'Tiger Protection Program' was started in 1973 in India
Home Minister Rajnath Singh will chair a meeting of the Central Zonal Council in Lucknow. Central Zonal Council comprises states of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Uttarakhand. The meeting will cover important issues state faces.
5 ZCs were set up in Part-III of States Reorganisation Act, 1956
Tourist footfalls from the US to India in 2017 have increased by over six per cent as compared to the previous year. Foreign tourist arrivals (FTAs) from the United States has never declined since 2010.
International Tourism Day- 27 September.
In Badminton, Indonesia's Anthony Sinisuka Ginting beat Japan's Kento Momota to take the Men's singles China Open title in Changzhou. The 2018 China Open was the seventeenth tournament which has been held since 1986.
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore is present Sports Minister of India
State-run telecom firm BSNL has inked a pact with Japan’s Softbank and NTT Communications to roll out 5G and internet of things (IoT) technology in India.
BSNL will look at collaborating with Softbank for its satellite constellation.
In India 22 Telecom circles or service areas are established.
Sports car maker Porsche would become the first German auto giant to abandon the diesel engine, reacting to malpractices in some companies and resulting urban driving bans. Instead, the company would concentrate on powerful petrol, hybrid engines.
Germany recently rolled out the world's first hydrogen train.
International Day of Sign Languages was celebrated by Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre (ISLRTC) under Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. The theme of the day is "With Sign Language, Everyone is Included!"
International Day of sign language – 23rd September