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Centre Gives In-Principle Nod To Shimla Urban Ropeway Project

Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) under the Ministry of Finance has given in-principle approval for an innovative urban transport ropeway project worth Rs 1,546.4 crore for Shimla city.

The ropeway network will have a length of 14.9 km, with several boarding and disembarking points.

Eco-friendly mode of transportation as the project will be carbon neutral.

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Rajendra Kumar appointed ESIC Director General

Senior bureaucrat Rajendra Kumar has been appointed the director general of the Employees' State Insurance Corporation.

He is currently an additional secretary in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

ESIC, Chairman: Minister of State for Labour & Employment (Independent Charge).

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Shri Rameswar Teli : Minister of State for Labour &
Employment (Independent Charge).

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Reliance Acquires 20% Stake In Solar Tech Firm Caelux For $12 million

Reliance New Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of India's biggest firm by market cap, has signed definitive agreements to invest in Caelux Corp., a Pasadena, California-based company engaged in the development of perovskite-based solar technology.

Caelux is an industry leader in R&D of perovskite-based solar technology.

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Air India Signs Agreement With Willis Lease For Aircraft Engines

Air India has signed a definitive sale and lease back agreement with Nasdaq-listed Willis Lease Finance Corporation for 34 CFM56-5B engines installed on its Airbus A320 family fleet.

Under the sale side of the transaction, Willis Lease will purchase 34 engines from Air India, powering 13 Airbus A321 aircraft and four Airbus A320 aircraft.

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The Nasdaq Stock Market is an American stock exchange based in New York City.

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Piramal Financial, Zurich Insurance to form partnership for Reliance General Insurance Company

Piramal Financial and Zurich Insurance, who have submitted separate bids for the general insurance business of Reliance Capital, have decided to form an equal partnership to bid for the Reliance General Insurance.

According to sources, both Piramal and Zurich will hold 50 per cent each in the proposed joint venture company.

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Jairam Sridharan is the MD of Piramal Capital & Housing Finance

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AAI to deploy private security personnel at 60 airports for non-core duties

Airports Authority of India (AAI) will deploy 1,924 private security agency (PSA) security personnel across 60 airports in place of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).

AAI also said it has appointed 581 security personnel from Directorate General Resettlement (DGR)-sponsored security agencies for non-core posts at 45 airports.

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Shri Sanjeev Kumar, Chairman, Airports Authority of India (AAI).

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Eliud Kipchoge breaks the world record at the 2022 Berlin marathon

Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge shattered his own world record on Sunday (25 September), with a time of 2:01:09 to win the Berlin marathon.

Kipchoge's previous best in an official 42.2km race was 2:01:39 set on the same course in 2018.

Ethiopia's Tigist Assefa won the women's race in a course record of 2:15:37, the third fastest time in history.

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International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons | 26 September

To raise public awareness about nuclear weapons, the UNGA, in 2009, declared August 29 as the International Day against Nuclear Tests. Then, in December 2013, the UNGA declared September 26 as the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons to mark the high-level UNGA meeting on nuclear disarmament on September 26 that year.

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Health minister inaugurates Arogya Manthan 2022 to mark 4th anniversary of AB PM-JAY

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated "Arogya Manthan 2022" to celebrate four years of the implementation of Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) and one year of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) on September 25. AB-PMJAY completed four years of its implementation on Sept 23, 2022, and Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission on 27 Sept

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MoHUAM to launch Swachh Toycathon, a unique competition to make toys from waste

Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry launched Swachh Toycathon, a unique competition to make toys from waste.The competition will be open to individuals and groups to bring forth innovation in toy designs using dry waste. It will focus on efficient designs that can be replicated at a larger scale, and toys that comply with minimum safety standards.

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The competition will be hosted on MyGov’s innovate India portal.

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Telangana’s state festival Bathukamma off to a colourful start

Bathukamma, that means ‘Mother Goddess come Alive’ is celebrated towards the end of monsoon and heralds the abundance that nature has to offer. The festival begins on the day of Mahalaya Amavasya, and is celebrated with much fanfare for nine days.Bathukamma is a vibrant, colourful floral festival celebrated with great gusto by the women in Telegana.

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Ageas becomes first foreign company with 74% stake in Indian life insurer

Ageas Federal Life Insurance has become the first Indian life insurer to have 74% foreign shareholding following the exit of IDBI Bank which sold its entire 25% stake to Ageas Insurance International NV. Belgium-based Ageas Insurance International’s stake in the life insurance company is now 74% from the earlier 49%.Federal Bank continues to hold the remaining 26% stake

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Adani & family top IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List

Gautam Adani and family, with an estimated wealth of ₹10,94,400 crore, has topped the IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2022, which was released on Wednesday. With 116% growth as compared with the 2021 list, his daily wealth creation velocity is estimated at ₹1,612 crore.

Mukesh Ambani and family has been named as the second richest in India with wealth of ₹7,94,700 crore

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India to get first car that can run on 100% ethanol and electric

India will get its first flex-fuel vehicle, which can run on ethanol blended petrol and battery next month. The Flex Fuel Strong Hybrid Electric Vehicles (FFV-SHEV) imported from Brazil will be used as a pilot to assess its performance in terms of reduced carbon emissions.

The vehicle will be flagged off by Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari.

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Ministry of Defence signs MoU with Bank of Baroda and HDFC Bank to expand the reach of SPARSH initiative

The Defence Accounts Department signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bank of Baroda and HDFC Bank, to onboard them as Service Centres under the System for Pension Administration (Raksha) (SPARSH) initiative, across more than 14,000 branches throughout India. SPARSH is a web-based system for processing the pension claims and crediting the pension directly.

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President Draupadi Murmu confers NSS Awards 2020-21 at Rashtrapati Bhawan

President Droupadi Murmu conferred the National Service Scheme NSS Awards for the year 2020-21 today, September 24 at Rashtrapati Bhavan. A total of forty-two Awards were given. Two Universities, ten NSS Units, their Programme Officers, and 30 NSS Volunteers received the awards.NSS is a Centrally Sector Scheme that was launched in the year 1969

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Motto of NSS is “NOT ME, BUT YOU ‘स्वयं से पहले आप’.

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Op 'Megha Chakra': CBI conducts searches in 21 states/UT against child abuse material

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) carried out searches in 21 states/Union Territory in relation to the circulation and sharing of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM).

CBI launched the operation - code-named 'Megha Chakra' - following inputs from Interpol headquarters, Crime against Children unit in Singapore.

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Subodh Kumar Jaiswal current CBI director.

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World Environmental Health Day | 26 September

The International Federation of Environmental Health founded the World Environmental Health Day at a meeting in Indonesia on 26 September, 2011. IFEH came into existence in 1986, and its headquarters is in London. It has 44 member states, and it was formed with an intention to raise awareness about the environment’s health.

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Theme-“Strengthening Environmental Health Systems for the implementation of the SDG's"