National News

Kashi Sansad Sanskritik Mahotsav 2023

• Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi addressed the closing ceremony of Kashi Sansad Sanskritik Mahotsav 2023 at Rudraksh International Cooperation and Convention Centre in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
• He also inaugurated 16 Atal Awasiya Vidyalayas built across Uttar Pradesh and laid foundation stone of the International Cricket Stadium in Varanasi.

Vande Bharat Exapansion

• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi flagged off 9 Vande Bharat trains boosting connectivity across eleven states namely Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Bihar, West Bengal, Kerala, Odisha, Jharkhand and Gujarat.

Swachh Bharat Mission – Grameen

• India achieves major Sanitation Milestone as 75% Villages Are Now Open Defecation Free (ODF) Plus under Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) Phase II.

Swachh Bharat Mission

4th Gender Samvaad

• The 4th Gender Samvaad was co-organized by Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), Ministry of Rural Developmen and Institute for What Works to Advance Gender Equality (IWWAGE) in New Delhi.

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS

I2U2 space venture

• India, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States, or I2U2 have announced a new joint space venture on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Economy & Banking News

 Tata’s semiconductor facility

• Tata Projects announced its collaboration with Micron Technology to construct an advanced semiconductor assembly and test plant in Sanand, Gujarat.

TATA Group

Indus Appstore

• PhonePe has announced the launch of Indus Appstore developer platform, with the promise of zero platform fee or commission for in-app payments.

 PhonePe

SIDBI signs pact with DLAI

• The Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Digital Lenders Association of India (DLAI) to support the country's fintech sector.

SIDBI

Defence NEWS

MCA BARGE: LSAM 9

• Third Missile Cum Ammunition (MCA) Barge, Yard 77 (LSAM 9) was launched by Cmde G Ravi, Warship Production Superintendent at Guttenadeevi, East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh.

Andhra Pradesh

FTX 2023

• Indian Army Contingent from RAJPUTANA RIFLES departed for ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting (ADMM) Plus Expert Working Group (EWG) on Counter Terrorism Field Training Exercise (FTX) 2023 scheduled in Russia.

Indian Army

 AWARD & HONOUR

 Norman Borlaug award

• Fondly called Bihana Didi (Seed Lady) by local communities in Odisha, agriculture scientist Swati Nayak is hounered with the prestigious Norman E. Borlaug Award for 2023 by World Food Prize (WFP).
• Ms. Nayak and her team formulated a strategy for introducing the drought-tolerant Shahabhagi Dhan rice variety in Odisha.

 Environment + Science & Technology

Facets of Biochemistry

• National Symposium on Facets of Biochemistry organized at M. S. University of Baroda, Gujarat.

Kaobal Gali-Mushkoh Valley

• The high-altitude passes of the Gurez valley in north Kashmir will be connected with the Mushkoh valley, in Kargil’s Drass Sector, Ladakh and it will be opened for tourists. Kaobal Gali, the highest pass at a height of 4,166.9 metres in Gurez, connects the two valleys. The valley is also home to the endangered Himalayan yew.

Endangered Nilgiri tahr

• After launching Project Nilgiri Tahr last year, Tamil Nadu is now working on a standardised protocol to count the endangered population of southern India’s only mountain ungulate.
• Nilgiri tahr prefers montane grasslands and majorly found in highly fragmented habitats in the Western Ghats in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, ranging between the Nilgiris in the north and the Kanniyakumari hills in the south.

CO2 on Europa

• A pair of independent studies, using recent James Webb Space Telescope observations of carbon dioxide ice on Jupiter’s moon Europa, indicate the carbon dioxide originates from a source within the icy body’s subsurface ocean.

Jupiter

IMPORTANT DAY

National Daughter Day

• India observes National Daughters Day on the fourth Sunday of September each year. This day was first observed in 2007 and has since been observed annually to encourage parents to give their daughters additional attention.

 World Deaf Day

• International Week of the Deaf is celebrated by the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) and its national associations and their affiliates globally during the last full week of September (Monday through Sunday), culminating with World Deaf day on the last Sunday of the week.

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