NATIONAL
UPDATES:
1.Health Ministry Partners With Dell And Tata Trusts
: The main aim is to provide a technological
platform for nationwide prevention, control, screening and management program
of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). Anupriya Patel, Minister of State for
Health and Family Welfare released the user manual for NCD application under
Comprehensive Primary Health Care (CPHC) IT Solutions.
2. Goa holds inaugural Naval Flight Test Seminar
:There
were also a series of papers which were presented on weapon integration on
service aircraft and towards building and sustaining the training for Naval
Experimental Test Pilots and Flight Test Engineers. The industry participation
was from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Boeing Defence and Dassault Aviation,
in addition to the retired and serving experimental test crew from Indian Navy.
3. Gujarat clears
desk for RoRo ferry services expansion : Around 54,639 passengers have already traveled through RoRo ferry
services. Last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the highly
prestigious Ghogha-Dahej ferry service.
INTERNATIONAL
UPDATES:
1.
India and Morocco signed the revised Air Services
Agreement : The agreement will
enable the airlines of each side to enter into code share with airlines of
other party. It will also provide greater freedom in mounting direct flights.
The revised Agreement is the outcome of three meetings of delegation from two
countries who had worked towards liberalization of markets between the two
countries and updating of the existing Air Services Agreement.
2. India and Pakistan foreign ministers to meet in New
York : On Pakistan's request, India
agreed to a meeting between Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj and her Pakistani
counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi in New York on the sidelines of the UN
General Assembly next week. India's Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj will be in
New York from September 24 to 30. Swaraj’s last significant meeting with a
Pakistan leader was in December 2015
.
3.Trump suggested to build wall between Africa and Spain
: Spain’s Foreign Minister said that the U.S.
President Donald Trump suggested building a wall along the Sahara desert,
Africa as on the Mexican border. This is to restrict the arrival of
migrants. The wall spans from the Red Sea in the east to the Atlantic Ocean in
the west, or close to 5,000 km. Spain has become the number one point of
entry for migrants coming to Europe by sea or by land from Africa. Many of
these migrants cross the Sahara to Morocco and on to Spain across the
Mediterranean, or over two high fences into the Spanish overseas territories of
Ceuta and Melilla in northern Morocco.
OTHER UPDATES:
BANKING/FINANCE:
1. Madhya Pradesh gets $525 Million Loan for Infra
Projects from BRICS Bank :Madhya Pradesh approved a $350-million loan for the Major
District Roads Project II of Madhya Pradesh and $175 million for building and
upgrading 350 bridges. The loan will be used by the Indian government for
on-lending to the Madhya Pradesh government for rehabilitating major district
roads with a total length of about 2,000 km to improve the connectivity of the
rural interior with the national and state highway networks. The positive
impacts of the project also include promoting an inclusive development of the
rural communities in Madhya Pradesh and stimulating regional economic
development through improved connectivity,
DEFENCE:
1. DRDO Successfully Flight Tested Tactical Missile
Prahar : It is a contemporary
weapon system capable of carrying multiple types of warheads and neutralizing a
wide variety of targets. About DRDO Headquarters: New Delhi,
Founded:1958. Chairman:Dr G Satheesh Reddy.
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