Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) approved the project to develop LCA Mark 2 multirole fighter jet, a more capable and powerful version of the indigenous aircraft.
The fighter jet will be developed at a cost of over Rs 6,500 crore, in addition to the Rs 2,500 crore previously sanctioned for it.
Aeronautical Development Agency chief :Girish Deodhare.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for Phase-II stretch of the Kochi Metro rail project and the redevelopment of three railway stations in Kerala -- Ernakulam Junction, Ernakulam Town and Kollam.
The phase-II stretch of the Kochi Metro will be from JLN stadium to Infopark, having a length of 11.2 kilometres and covering 11 stations.
The Department of Pharmaceuticals has given ‘in-principle’ approval to the proposals of the three states --Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh---under the Scheme for ‘Promotion of Bulk Drug Parks’, an initiative to support drugs manufacturing in the country.
The scheme, notified in 2020 has a financial outlay of Rs 3,000 crores.
The Indian pharmaceutical industry is the third largest in the world by volume.
The value of UPI-based digital payments in August 2022 crossed Rs 10.73 lakh crore, which is marginally higher than Rs 10.63 lakh crore clocked in July month of the same year, according to the latest data from the National Payments Corporation of India (NCPI).
The number of Aadhaar-based ‘AePS’ transactions declined to 10.56 crore in August from 11 crores in July.
The term AePS stands for Aadhaar Enabled Payments Systems.
Reckitt Benckiser Group plc ("Reckitt") announced that its CEO, Laxman Narasimhan will step down as Chief Executive Officer on September 30, 2022.
Laxman will be replaced by Nicandro Durante, current Senior Independent Director, who will step into the role of CEO.
Chris Sinclair: CHAIRMAN OF RECKITT.
Bernadette J. Madrid, a children’s rights advocate from the Philippines, Sotheara Chhim, a mental health advocate from Cambodia; Gary Bencheghib, an anti-plastic pollution warrior from Indonesia; and Tadashi Hattori, a sight-saving humanitarian from Japan.
Incepted in 1958, the Ramon Magsaysay Award is named after the late Philippine president.
Ministry of Women and Child Development will observe 5th Rashtriya Poshan Maah 2022 across the nation from 1st till 30th Sept. This year, the objective of the Poshan Maah is to trigger Poshan Maah through Gram Panchayats as Poshan Panchayats with key focus on “Mahila aur Swasthya” and “Bacha aur Shiksha”. This serves as a platform to bring focus of nutrition and good health
An Indian Army contingent of troops from 7/8 Gorkha Rifles is in Russia to participate in the multilateral strategic and command Exercise Vostok – 2022. for the next seven days (Sept 1-7, 2022) at the training grounds of the Eastern Military District of Russia they will be undertaking joint manoeuvres.
Union Minister Shri Hardeep Singh Puri presented Smart Solutions Challenge & Inclusive Cities Awards 2022. These awards are an initiative of the National Institute of Urban Affairs and the United Nations in India to address city-level accessibility and inclusion challenges faced by persons with disability women and girls, and the elderly.
State-owned hydro power giant NHPC said that its Director (Technical) Yamuna Kumar Chaubey has been given the charge of Chairman and Managing Director for three months beginning September 1. Abhay Kumar Singh ceased to be the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the company with effect from August 31, 2022, upon attaining the age of superannuation
The gross GST revenue collected in the month of August 2022 stood at Rs 1,43,612 crore, up 28% on a year-on-year basis, the Finance Ministry said in a statement With this, the monthly GST revenues have exceeded Rs 1.4 lakh crore for six months in a row.In July, the GST collection was Rs 1.49 lakh crore, the second-highest level since its introduction in July 2017.
The University Grants Commission(UGC) is all set to launch its new centralised portal called 'e-Samadhan' to monitor and resolve all grievances of students and staff members in varsities. The portal will be the one-stop solution for all grievances; and all other existing portals and helplines will be merged with it except for the anti-ragging helpline.
UGC has a wide range of stakeholders which includes 1043 Universities, 42343 Colleges etc
INS Vikrant, India's first home-built aircraft carrier, was formally commissioned after completing almost a year of sea trials. The 45,000-tonne warship has been built at a cost of ₹ 20,000 crore. PM Modi also unveiled the new Naval Ensign. The Navy had earlier said the new insignia will be befitting the rich Indian maritime heritage.
Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani, in the 45th AGM on Monday, announced to build India's first and one of the world’s largest Carbon Fibre plants at Hazira, Gujarat. The plants will have a capacity of 20,000 MTPA based on Acrylonitrile feedstock. Overall, in the Oil to Chemical segment (O2C), Ambani Ambani announced an investment of ₹75,000 crore
In this festival, celebrated particularly in western odisha, the new rice of the season is offered to the deities even before the crop is harvested. People take the 'new rice' so offered to the goddess as 'Prasad', thereby symbolising their gratitude to the divine for blessing them with 'Anna' or food.The festival is being celebrated on 1 September, 2022.