Rafael Nadal beat Novak Djokovic to win his 13th French Open and equal Roger Federer's record of 20 Grand Slam titles. In Women's doubles, Timea Babos & Kristina Mladenovic retained their French Open title defeating Alexa Guarachi & Desirae Krawczyk.
Iga Swiatek won the Women's Singles defeating Sofia Kenin.
The talks will take place in Chushul on the Indian side of the LAC. Lt Gen Harinder Singh and his successor in 14 Core Lt Gen PGK Menon are leading the Indian delegation. The talks mainly focus on disengagement of forces from several friction points.
India considers the Line of Actual Control to be 3,488 km long.
India has donated 1.8 million N95 masks to Philadelphia, the largest city in the United States of America’s state of Pennsylvania, to help in its fight against COVID-19, setting another example of a robust Indo-US partnership in the health sector.
India's Ambassador to USA- Taranjit Singh Sandhu.
The beaches that have been awarded are Shivrajpur (Dwarka-Gujarat), Ghoghla (Diu), Kasarkod & Padubidri (Karnataka), Kappad (Kerala), Rushikonda (AP), Golden (Puri-Odisha) & Radhanagar (A&N Islands). India is now in the league of 50 ‘BLUE FLAG’ countries.
UNEP, UNWTO, FEE & IUCN members were present in the jury.
Almost 2 million babies are stillborn every year- or 1 every 16 seconds- according to the first ever joint stillbirth estimates released by UNICEF, WHO, the World Bank Group and the Population Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
Report- A Neglected Tragedy: The Global Burden of Stillbirths.
Emissions from India dropped 6 per cent last year as the country consumed less coal, mirroring a similar decline in global emissions of the toxic gas, according to a new report from Greenpeace India and the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air.
India, Russia, & China are the world’s top three SO2 emitters.
In a study led by Washington State University scientist Dirk Schulze-Makuch, scientists have identified 24 superhabitable planets where life can thrive better than on earth. A planet whose size is 10% more than earth is likely to have more habitable land.
Study has been published in the journal Astrobiology.
Srikant M Datar, an alumnus of Mumbai University & IIM Ahmedabad, has been named the head of Harvard University’s business school. Datar will succeed Nitin Nohria, another Indian American, and will be the 2nd dean of Indian origin in Harvard University.
Datar will be the 11th dean of the prestigious school.
India would be the manufacturing hub for supplying the iodine sanitiser, which will be named as I2Cure, said Anil Kejriwal, Global President of the Singapore-based biotechnology firm I2Pure, which holds the patents for this molecular iodine-based product.
I2 in the name stands for molecular iodine.
One of the founder members of BJP, Vijaya Raje Scindia is popularly known as the Rajmata of Gwalior. The coin is being released in celebration of birth centenary of Vijaya Raje Scindia. Vijaya was elected to Lok Sabha 7 times and twice to the Rajya Sabha.
The commemorative coin was minted by the Finance Ministry.
These bridges are built in border areas of Ladakh, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir. The foundation Stone for Nechiphu Tunnel on the road to Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh will also be laid during this event
Director General of BRO- Lt Gen Sanjeev Kumar Shrivastava.
The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council of India (GJEPC) will conduct 1st ever Virtual India International Jewellery Show on 12th of October. Near about 350+ exhibitors will showcase their exquisite jewellery collections to the registered visitors.
GJEPC Headquarters: Mumbai, formed on: 1966.
In a move that would help consolidate its businesses, ONGC aims to conclude merger of ONGC Mangalore Petrochemicals Limited with Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited by June 2021. Once this is done it will work towards merger of MRPL with HPCL.
ONGC is the largest crude oil and natural gas Company in India.
The Confederation of Indian (CII) Industry's Indian Green Building Council (CII - IGBC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the National Real Estate Development Council (NAREDCO) to accelerate the green buildings movement in India.
CII based in New Delhi was founded in 1895.
1st collaboration involves DST’s Vigyan Jyoti program, which aims to create a level-playing field for meritorious girls from grade 9-12 to pursue STEM in their higher education. 2nd collaboration is with Vigyan Prasar, an autonomous organisation of DST.
2nd collaboration will build ‘Engage with Science’ platform.
Gujarat State Fertilizers and Chemicals India Ltd (GSFC) launched an indigenous variety of calcium nitrate and boronated calcium nitrate. Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers Mansukh Mandaviya launched the products via video conference.
Calcium nitrate is used as a water-soluble fertilizer.
The researchers at the Centre for biosystems Science and Engineering & Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics have developed a bandage with a unique blend of magnetic nanoparticles fabricated using a method called electro spinning.
Skin cancer is the abnormal growth of cells in the epidermis.
Every health insurance product offered by general and health insurance companies will use green, orange, & red colours to indicate the complexity of the products. Green will signify that the product offered is a simple one, easy to understand & comprehend.
Red- Product is complex and needs to be understood properly.
Following the superannuation of Yagnesh Parikh, ICICI Securities has appointed Subhash Kelkar as the Chief Technology & Digital Officer. ICICI Securities Limited (I-Sec) is a subsidiary of ICICI Bank Ltd. The company began its operation in May 1995.
MD & CEO of ICICI Securities- Vijay Chandok.
NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure Ltd., India’s leading technological infrastructure provider, announces that Suresh Sethi has taken charge as its Managing Director & CEO-Designate. He was earlier the Founder, CEO & MD of India Post Payments Bank.
Suresh Sethi will succeed Gagan Rai.
SEBI has inducted R. Balasubramaniam, founder and chairman of GRAAM, Mysuru, as a member of the Technical Group on Social Stock Exchange (SSE). The committee has been formed to develop guidelines for setting up the Social Stock Exchange in India.
The committee is chaired by Harsh Kumar Bhanwala.
A former intelligence officer with the RAW, GBS Sidhu has written how pro-Khalistan sentiments and Sikh extremism ‘were deliberately encouraged and then crushed with a heavy hand to draw political mileage’, in his upcoming book ‘The Khalistan Conspiracy’.
RAW was formed in 1968 to handle external intelligence affairs.
In a move that would help create 7,000 additional direct jobs, Tamil Nadu signed 14 MoUs for investments worth over Rs 10,000 crore, with companies including JSW Renew, Britannia, Apollo Tyres, Li-Energy for EV battery packs, Britannia and Hyundai Wia.
The largest of these investments has been committed by JSW.
In an order, Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla issued a number of amendments within the J&K Municipal Act, 2000 & Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Corporation Act, 2000 carried by the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization (Adaptation of State Laws) Order, 2020.
The MHA has substituted Sections 72 to 80.
Researchers have reported a new species of perennial woody herb of the genus Lepidagathis from the northern laterite plateaus of Kasaragod. Rare plant is found near Ananthapura lake temple hence named as ‘Lepidagathis ananthapuramensis’.
Number of species of genus Lepidagathism plants in India- 34.
Noted music composer Rajan (of the Rajan-Nagendra musical duo fame) passed away after a cardiac arrest in Bengaluru. He was 87. Rajan, along with his brother Nagendra, had created a niche for themselves for decades, and have given innumerable hits.
The duo together composed music for 400 films.
Former India football captain Carlton Chapman, who had formed a deadly trio in club football with Bhaichung Bhutia and IM Vijayan in the 1990s, died in Bengaluru. He was 49. A creative midfielder, Chapman played for India between 1995 and 2001.
India won the 1997 SAFF Cup under his captaincy.
Arthritis is inflammation of the joints which affects movement. The objective of the World Arthritis Day is to create awareness among the people about rheumatic disorders as well as to sensitise government and policy makers about the disease.
World Arthritis Day (WAD) was established in 1996.
