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Academic Ranking of World University (ARWU) Ranking 2021: IISc Bengaluru, Calcutta University Ranked India's Top Institutes

Shanghai Ranking Consultancy has released the Academic Ranking of World University 2021. IISc Bangalore has been ranked as the best university in the country while Calcutta University has been ranked second in the 2021 ARWU ranking. The 2021 ARWU released by Shanghai Ranking Consultancy is one of the premier & globally recognized rankings of higher educational institutions.

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Banaras Hindu University has been ranked third this time.

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US-based Ohmium launches India’s first green hydrogen electrolyzer gigafactory

Ohmium International, a US-based renewable energy start-up has launched India’s first green hydrogen electrolyzer gigafactory at Bengaluru through its Indian subsidiary. The gigafactory will manufacture India-made Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) hydrogen electrolyzers with an initial manufacturing capacity of about 500 MW per year & will scale it up to 2GW per year.

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It uses power generated from renewable resources to break water into hydrogen and oxygen.

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RBI extends PIDF scheme to street vendors covered under PM SVANidhi(PM Street Vendor's AatmaNirbhar Nidhi) in tier 1, 2 centres

Reserve Bank extended the scheme for encouraging deployment of Point of Sale (PoS) infrastructure to street vendors covered under the PM SVANidhi programme in tier 1 and 2 centres.The Payments Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF) scheme, with a corpus of Rs 345 crore, envisages creating 30 lakh new touch points every year for digital payments in tier-3 to tier-6 centres.

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PM SVANidhi:-Launched in June 2020.

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South Africa's Dale Steyn announces retirement from all forms of cricket

South African pacer Dale Steyn has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.Since making his international debut in 2004, he played 93 Tests, 125 ODIs and 47 T20Is.

The right-arm pacer, who holds the record for the fastest bowler to 400 Test wickets (80 matches), bagged 439 wickets in the longest format, 196 wickets in the ODIs and 64 wickets in T20 international.

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Union Ministry of Information (MIB) and Broadcasting provides official recognition to the self-regulatory body of NBF

Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has officially recognised the News Broadcasters Federation (NBF)’s self-regulatory body. Getting an official status from the MIB, make NBF the only institution of its sort in the country to get accreditation from the Government of India. NBF’s Professional News Broadcasters Standards Authority (PNBSA) is recognized by GOI.

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Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting: Anurag Thakur.

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Zamboanga Sibugay-based fisherman and community environmentalist Roberto Ballon among 2021 Ramon Magsaysay awardees

The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation announced this year's five awardees in a virtual event.

The other 2021 Ramon Magsaysay awardees are Pakistani social entrepreneur Muhammad Amjad Saqib, Bangladeshi scientist Firdausi Qadri, Steven Muncy who helps displaced refugees of Southeast Asia, and Indonesian production house Watchdoc.

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Ramon Magsaysay Award --- regarded as the Asian version of the Nobel Prize.

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Dubai is now home to the largest and tallest observation wheel in the world

The tallest observation wheel is going to be inaugurated on October 21 in the city of Dubai in UAE. The latest attraction is twice the height of the London Eye. Called Ain Dubai, it will take visitors up to 250 m to see the incredible skyline of Dubai.

Ain Dubai is located at Bluewaters Island.

One rotation of the wheel is about 38 minutes, & two rotations take 76 minutes.

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Tokyo Paralympics 2020:-India wins two medals in high jump, Singhraj Adana wins bronze in 10m air pistol final

# Thangavelu Mariyappan and Sharad Kumar won silver and bronze medals,respectively in the men's high jump - T63 final.

# Shooting: Singhraj Adana won bronze in 10m air pistol final and Rubina Francis came seventh in the women's 10m air pistol SH1 final.

# Bhagyashri Jadhav finished seventh with a personal best throw of 7m in the Women's Shot Put F34 final.

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# Archery: Rakesh Kumar lost 143-145 to Ai Xinliang of China

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Rajnath Singh commissions offshore patrol vessel (OPV) ICGS Vigraha

Indian defence minister Rajnath Singh commissioned the L&T built Offshore Patrol Vessel ICGS Vigraha into the Indian coast guard. OPVs are long-range surface ships, capable of operation in the maritime zones of India, including island territories with helicopter operation capabilities.

The commissioning ceremony took place in Chennai.

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Event was witnessed by Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin & Army chief Manoj.M.Naravane.

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INS Trikand undertakes maritime partnership exercise with German frigate Bayern in Gulf of Aden

INS Trikand undertakes maritime partnership exercise with German frigate Bayern in Gulf of Aden.

Indian Naval Ship Trikand, currently on deployment in Gulf of Aden for Anti-Piracy operations.Several evolutions like Cross deck landings by helicopters, Manoeuvres at sea, Boarding operations by German Navy Helo(Lynx) onboard INS Trikand, approaches were undertaken.

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BNP Paribas names Sanjay Singh as CEO of India operations

BNP Paribas is set to appoint Sanjay Singh as the new chief executive officer of its Indian operations. Singh, who is the deputy chief executive, will take over as the head of the French bank’s domestic unit on September1.This is the first time an Indian has been appointed as BNP’s country chief since it set up shop here in 1860.

BNP-world’s 7th largest lender by assets.

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BNP Paribas: French international banking group

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Mansukh Mandaviya takes charge as Stop TB Partnership Board chairman

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya took charge as the Chairman of Stop TB Partnership Board. India's leadership in the global fight against TB continues with this appointment.

StopTB Board which supports global efforts in achieving UN goal to end TB by 2030. Stop TB Partnership is a UN-hosted partnership program that aims to fight against tuberculosis collectively.

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Vision of ending TB in India by 2025.

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ACMA appoints SONA Comstar chairman Sunjay J Kapur as president

Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India (ACMA), the apex body representing India’s auto component manufacturing industry, appointed Sunjay J Kapur, chairman, SONA Comstar Ltd. as president, and Shradha Suri Marwah, chairperson and managing director, Subros Ltd. as vice president, ACMA for the 2021-22 session.

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RBI imposes fine on five payment system operators for violation of norms

A monetary penalty has been imposed on 5 payment system operators for violation of norms.

-The maximum fine, Rs 3 crore, has been slapped on Transaction Analysts (India) Pvt Ltd.The 4 other entities that have been fine White Label operators

-BTI Payments Pvt Ltd &Hitachi Payment Services Pvt Ltd (Rs.2Cr).

-Tata Communications Payment Solutions Ltd & Vakrangee Ltd (Rs.1Cr).

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Preview Facebook unveils Horizon Workrooms for remote coworking in VR

Facebook is launching its open beta for Horizon Workrooms, a way for people to work together remotely in groups with Oculus Quest 2 virtual reality headsets or other ways of connecting.

Workers can use the avatar creation system (built for the Facebook Horizon virtual play platform) to create cartoon-like characters in 3D-animated work spaces.

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