NATIONAL
UPDATES:
1. ‘Digital Village’ inaugurated in Amethi : Union textiles minister Smriti Irani on September
1, 2018 inaugurated a ‘digital village‘ in Amethi, Uttar Pradesh.Under the digital village project, there would be 206 programmes available for
the people.This includes a Wi-Fi Chaupal, LED bulb manufacturing, a unit to
make sanitary pads and PM digital literacy initiative.
2. ISRO to make history by launching 19 missions : Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all
set to carry out 19 missions in a span of just seven months.The 19 missions include 10 satellite and nine launch vehicles scheduled to
take off between September 2018 and March 2019.ISRO will begin its series of
launches from September 15 with the PSLV C42 mission which will have
the Novasar and S1-4- UK satellites as the main payload.
3. ‘Delhi Movelo Cyclothon’ inaugurated : The ‘Delhi Movelo Cyclothon‘ organised by NITI
Aayog was flagged off by Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju
on September 2, 2018.The nine-km Cyclothon aims to create awareness about
future of transportation and evolving technologies in the sector.The initiative
mainly focuses on urban areas to curb congestion and vehicular pollution.
4. Government drafts rules for e-pharmacies : The Union Health Ministry has released the draft
rules on sale of drugs by e-pharmacies with an aim to regulate online
sale of medicines across the country.It aims at providing patients access to
genuine drugs from authentic online portals.The draft rules state that no
person will distribute or sell, stock, exhibit or offer for sale of drugs
through e-pharmacy portal unless registered.
1. Bi-Annual talks between Indian and
Bangladeshi Border forces begin in New Delhi : The bi-annual talks between Indian and Bangladeshi
border forces have begun in New Delhi.KK Sharma (Director General of BSF)
represented the Indian side while Major General Md Shafeenul Islam (Director
General of Border Guard Bangladesh) led the Bangladeshi side in the talks.The
objective of the meeting, to increase bilateral cooperation in checking
trans-border crimes such as smuggling of drugs and narcotics, cattle lifting
and gun running across the international border between the two countries.
2. International tourist arrivals
hit a record high in 2017: UN Report : According to the UN's tourism organisation data,
International tourist arrivals hit a record high in 2017 with India leading the
growth in the South Asian region.Total of 1,323 million international tourist arrivals
recorded in destinations around the world.The figure represents an 84 million
increase over 2016.In India, International tourist arrivals grew from 14.57
million (in 2016) to 15.54 million (in 2017).
3. India & Nepal sign MoU on the
preliminary survey of Railway line : India and Nepal have signed a MoU on Preliminary
Engineering-cum-Traffic Survey on Broad Gauge Rail Line between Raxaul (Bihar)
and Kathmandu (the capital of Nepal). Manjeev Singh Puri (Indian Ambassador to Nepal) and Nepal’s Secretary of
Ministry of Physical Planning and Works, Madhusudan Adhikari signed the MoU in
Kathmandu. Konkan Railway Corporation
Ltd. has been entrusted to conduct a preliminary engineering-cum-traffic survey
of the new rail line in consultation with the Government of Nepal.
OTHER
UPDATES:
BUSINESS/ECONOMY:
1. HAL gets a new chairman
: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) appointed R Madhavan
as its Chairman and Managing Director for five years.Madhavan was heading the
Accessories Division of HAL at Lucknow as an Executive Director. Hindustan
Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is an Indian state-owned aerospace and defence
company headquartered in Bangalore, India.
2. USIBC to hold its first
Summit in Mumbai : For the first time, US India Business Council
(USIBC) is holding its annual general body meeting in India.The two-day
conference will begin on September 5, 2018 in Mumbai, Maharashtra.The
theme of the conference is ‘US and India connecting our future’.The summit is
being held on the eve of the maiden 2+2 India-US dialogue in New Delhi on
September 6, 2018.
SPORTS:
1. Anjum Moudgil won silver medal in shooting : India’s Anjum
Moudgil won silver medal in the women’s 10m air rifle event at the ongoing
ISSF Shooting World Championships in Changwon, South Korea on September 3,
2018.Apurvi Chandela finished fourth in the women’s 10m Air Rifle
event of the ISSF World Championship.Anjum and Apurvi became the
first Indian shooters to win a quota for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
2. Indian men’s hockey
team won bronze : The Indian men’s hockey team
beat Pakistan by 2-1 to clinch a bronze medal on the 14th day
of Asian Games 2018.Akashdeep Singh (3rd minute)
and Harmanpreet Singh (50th minute) scored two goals for India
in the match.It was India’s 69th medal at the Asian Games 2018.
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