National

Aadhaar-linked birth registration          

• Nagaland has become the first among the eight States in the northeast to start Aadhaar-lined birth registration.

 Amrit Kalash Yatra

• Union Home Minister Amit Shah will start the Amrit Kalash Yatra from New Delhi under the Meri Mati-Mera Desh campaign. 
• The campaign aims to honour country's martyred braveheart men and women.

 'Adopt a Heritage 2.0' programme

• Archaeological Survey of India will launch the 'Adopt a Heritage 2.0' programme to invite corporate stakeholders to enhance amenities at monuments by utilising their CSR funds.
• A user-friendly mobile app, named ‘Indian Heritage’ will also be launched.

 6th Rashtriya Poshan Maah

• 6th Rashtriya Poshan Maah begins today. 
• Government is celebrating it throughout the month of September this year.
• ThemeSuposhit Bharat, Sakshar Bharat, Sashakt Bharat 

Chemotherapy Services Launch

• Union Minister Bhupender Yadav launched Chemotherapy Services in 30 ESIC Hospitals across the country.

“Year of Positive Change”

• President Draupadi Murmu launched the state level program of “Year of Positive Change” at Prajapita Brahmakumari Ishwariya Vishwavidyalaya in Raipur.

Shivamogga Airport

• Shivamogga airport inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi has begun air operations.

Utkela Airport

• Minister of Civil Aviation, Jyotiraditya M Scindia inaugurated Utkela Airport and a direct flight between Utkela and Bhubaneshwar. 
• Utkela airport is owned by the Government of Odisha.

Solar Demonstration Projects

• Union Power and NRE Minister and International Solar Alliance President inaugurated nine Solar Demonstration Projects in Uganda, Comoros and Mali.

International

Gabon

• Army officers of Gabon named Gen Brice Oligui Nguema as the new leader.

Jais

• Inception has released 'Jais', the world's most advanced Arabic large language model. 
• Jais is a bilingual Arabic-English model that has been trained on a massive dataset of text and code.

Economy

Economy grows 7.8%

• Growth in India’s GDP and GVA in the economy sped to a four-quarter high of 7.8% in the first quarter of this financial year.

Defence

Warship ‘Mahendragiri’

• The warship ‘Mahendragiri’ built at Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited will be launched in Mumbai.

Sports

Zurich Diamond League

• World champion Neeraj Chopra finished second with a final round throw of 85.71m in the men's javelin event of the Diamond League Meeting at Zurich.

 Person in News

Justice Jayant Nath

• Justice Jayant Nath took charge as the pro tem chairperson of the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission.

Jaya Verma Sinha

• Jaya Verma Sinha has become the first woman to head Railway Board.

Manish Desai

• Manish V Desai has been appointed the new Principal D-G of the Press Information Bureau.

Dr. Vasudha Gupta

• Dr. Vasudha Gupta has assumed charge as the Principal Director General of Akashvani and News Services Division.

Claire Coutinho

• Claire Coutinho has been promoted as new Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary of British Cabinet.

Grant Shapps

• UK PM Rishi Sunak appointed Grant Shapps as the new Defence Minister.

 Awards & Honors

Ramon Magsaysay Award

• Assam-based oncologist Ravi Kannan won the 2023 Ramon Magsaysay award.

Science & Tech

Kakrapar Nuclear Power Plant

• The largest indigenous 700 MWe Kakrapar Nuclear Power Plant Unit-3 in Gujarat has started operations at full capacity.

Govt Scheme

Invoice Incentive Scheme

• The invoice incentive scheme - Mera Bill Mera Adhikaar begins today. 
• The scheme will give an attractive reward of one crore rupees to the consumers.

 Miscellaneous

World Sanskrit Day

• World Sanskrit Day, also known as Vishva-Samskrita-Dinam is observed on Shravan Poornima to raise awareness about the language used by scholars and saints in ancient India.