Indian javelin star Neeraj Chopra threw a strong 88.44m to become the first Indian to be the Diamond League Champion.He achieved the feat at the annual league’s grand final in Zurich.
Chopra defeated Czech Republic’s Jakub Vadljech (86.94m) and Julian Weber (83.73m)
He was also the first Indian to qualify for the Diamond Race when he topped the Lausanne Diamond League 2022.
The International Day to Protect Education from Attack is marked to make people aware of how the protracted nature of conflicts today affects generation of children.The day was established by a unanimous decision of the UN General Assembly in 2020 calling on UNESCO and UNICEF to raise awareness of the plight of millions of children living in countries affected by conflict.
Queen Elizabeth II, the UK's longest-serving monarch, has passed away after reigning for 70 years. She was 96. The Queen came to the throne in 1952. Her reign spanned 15 Prime Ministers starting with Winston Churchill and including Ms Truss. The Queen was born Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor, in Mayfair, London, on 21 April 1926.
India ranked 132nd among 191 countries and territories on the 2021 Human Development Index (HDI), showed a report by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). In the 2020 report, India had ranked 131st among 189 countries and territories. India’s latest HDI value of 0.633 places the country in the medium human development category
The Prime Minister added that ‘Kalam no Carnival’ is a huge convention of books in Hindi, English and Gujarati languages. Shri Modi mentioned that when he was the Chief Minister of Gujarat, the state had also started the ‘Vanche Gujarat’ campaign, and today, campaigns like the ‘Kalam no Carnival’ are only taking that resolve of Gujarat forward.
ESAF Small Finance Bank Ltd launched a 'Rainbow Savings Account' exclusively for the transgender community offering a host of features, including high savings rate and advanced debit card facilities.The Reserve Bank of India in 2015 directed banks to include a separate column 'third gender' in all their forms and applications.
K Paul Thomas- MD of ESAF Bank
Union Minister of Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Shri Dharmendra Pradhan participated in the India Ideas Summit organised by the U.S-India Business Council and the US Chamber of Commerce, International Affairs, South Asia. The theme of the event was "Maximising the Next 75 years of U.S. – India Prosperity."
The jet-black granite statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, measures a total of 28 ft. and is placed under the Canopy near India Gate.
The grand statue of Netaji, has been carved from a monolithic block of granite weighing 280 MT. After 26,000 man hours of intense artistic endeavor, the granite monolith was chiseled to produce a statue weighing 65 MT.
Warangal, Nilambur, and Thrissur have joined UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities.An international policy-oriented network, the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities is a network of inspiration, know-how and best practices. It is coordinated by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL).As per UNESCO, 77 cities from 44 countries across the globe have joined.
Union Agriculture Minister, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated the National Conference on Agriculture for Rabi Campaign 2022-23 at NASC, Pusa, New Delhi. Addressing the Conference, he highlighted that as per the 4th Advance Estimates (2021-22), the production of food grains in the country is estimated at 3157 lakh tonnes.
Hon’ble President Smt. Droupadi Murmu will virtually launch the Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan on September 9th to reinvigorate the mission of TB elimination from the country by 2025. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi gave the clarion call to end TB in the country five years ahead of SDG target of 2030 at the Delhi End TB Summit in March 2018.
The National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD) and the Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian School of Business (ISB),to offer world class management education through entrepreneurial programmes targeted towards youth, job seekers and budding entrepreneurs.
The United States has issued a record of 82,000 student visas to Indians in 2022, the US Embassy in India said. As per the embassy, Indian students comprise nearly 20 percent of all international students studying in the United States. Apart from US, Indians has also received the largest share of UK study, work and visit visa in the UK. Nearly 118,000 Indian students.
India’s National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) and the UK Government in collaboration with BAE Systems successfully designed & conducted the Cyber Security Exercise for 26 Countries as part of the International Counter Ransomware Initiative- Resilience Working Group which is being led by India under the leadership of National Cyber Security Coordinator (NCSC).
The theme of the exercise is based on Energy Sector
Bank of India has become the first public sector bank to go live on Income Tax Department’s new Direct Tax Collection System Tin 2.0. With this technological integration of BOI on TIN 2.0 platform, taxpayers will now get a single platform for their tax payment as well as e-filing of tax returns. Tax Information Network, TIN 2.0 is the official portal of Income tax.
The government has set up a panel to review the formula that dictates the pricing of gas produced by companies like ONGC and Reliance as it looks to moderate the steep increase that producers would have otherwise got. The committee under former planning commission member Kirit S Parikh will suggest a "fair price to the end consumer"
World EV Day is marked internationally on September 9 every year in celebration of e-mobility, and a day to shift the transition to sustainable transport with consumer, business and policy outcomes. In the Indian context, the day specifically takes on importance, especially with respect to the country’s 2070 net zero commitment.
Sohinder Gill, Director General, Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles (SMEV).