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States News
Business News
Sports News
Important Days
Obituaries News
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International News

S. Jaishankar Unveils Bust of Mahatma Gandhi in Paraguay

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar unveiled a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Paraguay and visited the historic Casa de la Independencia, from where the South American country’s independence movement began more than two centuries ago.
Jaishankar arrived in Brazil on the first leg of his six-day visit to South America aimed at boosting overall bilateral ties with the region. Jaishankar, who is on his first official visit to South America, is also visiting Paraguay and Argentina.

National News

Rashtriya Puruskar Portal Launched by Union Government

Union Government has launched Rashtriya Puruskar Portal to bring together all the awards of the various Ministries, Departments, and Agencies of the Government of India.
The Rashtriya Puruskar Portal will make sure that all the awards are under one platform to ensure transparency and public partnership or Jan Bhagidari.
The portal allows every citizen and organization to nominate individuals and organizations for various categories of Awards instituted by the Government of India.
Rashtriya Puruskar Portal is the first of its kind in the history of India to provide information about all awards to the public on a single digital platform. The information includes criteria, selection procedure, and details of past awardees

States News

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma launched the ‘Vidya Rath – School on Wheels’ project

The Chief Minister of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma has launched the project ‘Vidya Rath-School on Wheels’.
The objective of this project is to provide access to elementary education for a period of 10 months to economically challenged underprivileged children.
The project was launched at a function held on the premises of the Gauhati High Court in Assam.
Vidya Rath-School on Wheels will reportedly provide access to elementary education to underprivileged children for 10 months. After 10 months the children will be connected to the traditional education system.

Business News

“All things EV”: HDFC Launches India’s First EV Ecosystem

HDFC has launched “All Things EV”, India’s first one-stop solution portal for the electric vehicle ecosystem. HDFC EGRO, General Insurance Company, a leading private sector general insurance company, has claimed that “All Things EV”, caters to the needs of existing and potential electric vehicle or EV users.
The company has also launched a dedicated platform for existing and potential EV ecosystem users as a part of the initiative which also hosts end-to-end information related to the EV sector. This platform welcomes all Indians who have bought EVs or are planning to buy EVs in the future or earn from growing EV sectors.

Sports News

FTX Crypto Cup: R Praggnanandhaa defeated world chess champion, Magnus Carlsen

Indian chess master Rameshbabu Pragyanand has defeated world champion, Magnus Carlsen, at the FTX Crypto Cup in Miami, an international chess championship.
Pragyananand’s winning run ended in the fifth round at the hands of China’s Kwang Lim Le. They suffered their second loss after losing to Jan-Krzysztof Duda of Poland via a tie-break in the sixth round.

Important Days

International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition

The International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition is an international day observed every year on 23 August. The day was chosen by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to commemorate the transatlantic slave trade.
This year’s theme is ‘Decolonization’. The fundamental right to self-determination has been identified by the United Nations as the core of decolonization, which allows not only freedom but also other methods of decolonization.

World Water Week 2022: 23 August to 1 September

World Water Week 2022 takes place from 23 August to 1 September. World Water Week is an annual event organized by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) since 1991 to address global water issues and concerns related to international development.
The theme of 2022 World Water Week is: “Seeing the Unseen: The Value of Water”, which helps us look at water in new and engaging ways.

Obituaries News

Former Jharkhand Governor Syed Sibtey Razi passes away

Former Jharkhand Governor Syed Sibte Razi has passed away. He served as the Governor of Jharkhand from the year 2004-2009. He was associated with Congress. He was a member of the Rajya Sabha thrice.
Later he was made the governor of Jharkhand and Assam. Razi, who was associated with the Congress, was born in Rae Bareli, a Congress stronghold in Uttar Pradesh. Born on 7 March 1939, he joined Shia College after completing 10th from Hussainabad Higher Secondary School, Rae Bareli.

Former Olympic football captain Samar ‘Badru’ Banerjee passes away

Former Indian football team captain Samar ‘Badru’ Banerjee, who led the country to a historic fourth place in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, has passed away recently. He was 92 years old. He was awarded the Mohun Bagan Ratna in 2009.
Banerjee also won the Santosh Trophy twice as a player in 1953 and 1955 and once as a coach in 1962. The Government of West Bengal honored Badru Banerjee with the Lifetime Achievement Award in Sports in 2017.

Miscellaneous News

UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List: India nominated Garba

India has nominated the Indian dance form Garba to be inscribed on UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage list. Last year, Durga Puja was included in UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage list and for 2022, India has nominated ‘Garba’. The next UNESCO meeting will be held in November.
In July, India was elected by UNESCO to serve on the distinguished intergovernmental Committee of the 2003 Convention for the safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. A total of 14 elements from India are inscribed on UNESCO’S list of Intangible Cultural Heritage and Humanity. These elements include music, dance, theatre, festivals, rituals, and storytelling.

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