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India to host G20 Summit in Sept 2023, hold over 200 meetings during its Presidency

India will host the G-20 leaders’ summit in New Delhi on September 9 and 10 in 2023 under its Presidency.

India will assume the Presidency of the G20 for one year from December 1, 2022, to November 30, 2023, and is expected to host over 200 meetings across the country, beginning in December this year.

Collectively, the G20 accounts for 85 per cent of global GDP.

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Hindi Diwas 2022, celebrated on September 14

In 1949, the constituent Assembly of India recognized Hindi as the official language of the country and adopted an Indo-Aryan language written in the Devanagari script as the Hindi language was mostly spoken in most areas in India. To promote the Hindi language in every region of the country, from 1953 on September 14, Hindi Diwas is celebrated every year.

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World Hindi Day is celebrated on January 10.

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Election Commission Declares 253 RUPPs As Inactive, Bars Them From Availing Benefits Of The Symbol Order, 1968

The Election Commission of India led by Chief Election Commissioner, Shri Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Shri Anup Chandra Pandey further delisted 86 non-existent RUPPs and declared an additional 253 as ‘Inactive RUPPs’. This action against 339 non-compliant RUPPs takes the tally to 537 defaulting RUPPs since May 25, 2022.

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Prakash Chand appointed as Indian Ambassador to Eritrea

Prakash Chand was appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the State of Eritrea.

Chand is Consul General, Consulate General of India, in Indonesia.

Shri Sibi George, presently Ambassador of India to the State of Kuwait, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Japan.

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Emmy Awards 2022: Zendaya Bags The Best Actress Honour, Squid Game’s Lee Jung-Jae Takes Home The Best Actor Trophy

The Television Academy announced the winners for the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards.

The White Lotus took the most awards for this year’s Emmys with 10 total between Monday’s telecast and the series’ Creative Arts wins, Euphoria and Squid Game tied for the second-highest number of awards with six each.

HBO’s Succession had led the nominations with 25.

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Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for American television industry.

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Norwegian central bank uses Ethereum to build national digital currency

Norway's Norges Bank has hit a major milestone in digital currency efforts, releasing the open source code for the country’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) sandbox.

Available on GitHub, the sandbox is designed to offer an interface for interacting with the test network, enabling functions like minting, burning, and transferring ERC-20 tokens.

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The current version of the open source code does not support the Ethereum wallet Metamask

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Vedanta picks Gujarat for $20 bn India semiconductor project with Taiwan's Foxconn

The project will include display and semiconductor facilities near the largest city of Ahmedabad in the western state.

While lobbying for incentives, Vedanta had sought 1,000 acres (405 hectares) of land free of cost on a 99-year lease, and water and power at concessionary and fixed prices for 20 years.

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BharatPe appoints former RBI deputy governor BP Kanungo and Zomato chairman Kaushik Dutta to board

Fintech payments platform, BharatPe has roped in former RBI deputy governor B P Kanungo and TARI co-founder Kaushik Dutta as independent directors.

Kanungo recently worked as the deputy governor of RBI from 2017-2021. He joined the central bank in 1982.

BharatPe CEO: Suhail Sameer.

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Cyber Crime Investigation and Intelligence Summit-2022 being organised by Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh Police through State Cyber Police and Parimal Labs in partnership with Softclicks Foundation, Cleartel Technology and UNICEF organized India's largest Knowledge Sharing, Thought Leadership, Cyber Crime Investigation and Intelligence Summit (CIIS 2022) September 12 to 22, 2022. The event is being organized in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.

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All India Institute of Ayurveda launches 6-week programme for Ayurveda Day

All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), under the Ministry of Ayush, launched the Ayurveda Day 2022 programme. AIIA has been chosen as the nodal agency for driving the Ministry of Ayush’s mandate for Ayurveda Day this year. The theme for the celebration is ‘Har Din Har Ghar Ayurveda’.

Director AIIA : Prof. Tanuja Nesari.

Minister of Ayush: Shri Sarabananda Sonawal.

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The Ministry of Ayush was formed on the 9th of November 2014.

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Lieutenant Governor RK Mathur inaugurates Ladakh Screenwriters Fair in Leh

Ladakh Lieutenant Governor RK Mathur virtually inaugurated a 5-day Ladakh Screenwriters Fair in Leh.

Fundamentals of screenwriting, sketching the Character’s arc, Writing for Documentary, Episode Writing, OTT and Marketing will be explained during the Fair.

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Early Intervention Centre "Prayas" inaugurated at Army Hospital(R&R)

To alleviate the suffering and instil confidence in parents in dealing with differently abled children a model "Early Intervention Centre- Prayas" has been established at Army Hospital (Research & Referral). The "Early Intervention Centre" is a comprehensive state-of-the-art facility which is dedicated to the children with special needs.

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The Centre was inaugurated by Archana Pande, President, Army Wives Welfare Association.

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Koo partners with India Post Payments Bank to drive financial inclusion in remote cities

Koo said the memorandum of understanding aims to bring together the synergies of both Koo and IPPB to drive 'financial inclusion' and 'literacy' amongst the users in tier 2, tier 3, & remote cities and hinterlands.

It will help in reaching out to a 'large' customer base and communicate via Koo’s language communities across the country using Multi-Lingual Koo (MLK) features.

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J Venkatramu, managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO), IPPB.

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Axis Bank, Square Yards launch Open Doors for hassle-free home buying

Axis Bank and Square Yards have announced the launch of 'Open Doors', a co-branded Home Buyer Ecosystem. This platform will ensure that the complete journey from searching to buying one’s dream home becomes a hassle-free, efficient, and delightful experience for customers.

Tanuj Shori, Founder and CEO, Square Yards.

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