NATIONAL
UPDATES:
1. Govt. accepts National Anomaly Committee recommendation of
disability pension for defence forces: The government has accepted the
recommendations of a panel that parity with civilians for the grant of
disability element to the defence forces under the 6th Central Pay Commission. The armed forces
have been pressing for reverting to the percentage-based regime for the
disability pension and were strongly opposed to the slab-based system conceived
by the 7th CPC.
2. Jharkhand Governor gives assent to
Religious Freedom Bill-2017: Jharkhand Governor Draupadi Murmu has given
assent to the Jharkhand Religious Freedom Bill-2017 along with Land Acquisition
Bill-2017(passed by the State Assembly). Now, the state government will issue a
notification on the Religious Freedom Bill, after which it will become an Act.
3. Assam Govt. sets up DBT cell for implementation of DBT scheme: Assam govt. has set up a Direct Benefit Transfer
(DBT) Cell for the implementation of DBT across schemes in the country. The
purpose of the cell is to coordinate efforts at the state level in taking the
DBT initiative forward with immediate effect.
4. NITI Aayog launches National Nutrition
Strategy: NITI Aayog has launched the National Nutrition Strategy aimed at
Kuposhan Mukt Bharat. It intends at bringing nutrition to the centre-stage of
the National Development Agenda and lays the roadmap for targeted action to
address India's nutritional needs. The Nutrition Strategy framework envisages a
Kuposhan Mukt Bharat - linked to Swachh Bharat and Swasth Bharat.
INTERNATIONAL
UPDATES:
1. Joint India-Nepal army exercise 'Surya
Kiran' begins: India-Nepal joint military exercise ‘Surya Kiran
XII’ was held at Nepal Army Battle School (NABS) in Saljhandi, Nepal. It is the
largest exercise in terms of troop’s participation in series of military
training exercises undertaken by India with various countries.
OTHER UPDATES:
BANKING/FINANCE:
1. Sankara Narayanan takes charge as MD
& CEO of Vijaya Bank: R A Sankara Narayanan has taken charge as Managing
Director (MD)and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Vijaya Bank. He took charge
from Dr Kishore Sansi, who had attained Superannuation on 31st August.
SPORTS:
2. ISSF World Cup: India bags one
Gold, two Silver medals in men's double trap: India has bagged a Gold and
two Silver medals in the Men's Double trap event at the ISSF World Shotgun
Championship in Moscow. India won the Gold in the Junior team section of the
event with a combined score of 401. Silver medals came in the individual
section of both Senior Ankur Mittal and Junior categories Ahvar Rizvi.
BUSINESS/ECONOMY:
3. BharatQR
launched by Visa: Digital payments network Visa has partnered with
payment gateway entity BillDesk, to enable around 59 service providers to start
accepting BharatQR payments. This partnership would enable a major shift
towards pushing of bill payments into digital mode especially through QR codes.
4. BSNL,
Coriant tie up to chart 5G, IoT: BSNL has entered into an agreement with
US-based networking solutions provider Coriant to chart the path to 5G and
Internet of Things in India. MoU was signed for laying foundation for
innovation in network architectures and services leveraging 5G, IoT, and mobile
edge computing technologies.
5. Parineeti
as Ambassador for Tourism
Australia: Australia has roped in Parineeti Chopra to be its first Indian woman
Ambassador to encourage Indians to visit the country. She was presented Friend
of Australia recognition by Australian Consul General Tony Huber for her
contribution to promote Australia.
OBITUARIES:
6. Noted journalist Gauri Lankesh shot dead
in Bengaluru: Noted journalist and activists Gauri Lankesh was
shot dead at her Rajarajeshwari Nagar's residence in Bengaluru. She was the
editor of popular Kannada tabloid Lankesh Patrike.
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