- According to a new UNICEF report. Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and India are among four South Asian countries where children are at extremely high risk of the impacts of the climate crisis, with a ranking of 14th, 15th, 25th and 26th respectively.
- Tripura Congress leader Pijush Kanti Biswas has resigned as chief of the party's state unit and "retired from politics", according to a short tweet he posted Saturday
- Around 150 Indian citizens picked up by the Taliban this morning have been released and are now safely inside Kabul airport, sources have told NDTV, adding that they will be airlifted out of war-torn Afghanistan soon.
- The Odisha Renewable Energy Development Agency (OREDA) has made significant strides in generation and use of renewable energy in the State with more than 4,00,000 installations serving around 5.5 million people.
- The State Transport Authority (STA) asked the Regional Transport Offices (RTOs) across the state to resume accepting applications for new Learner’s License (LL) from August 23, 2021. Also, the STA directed the RTOs to strictly adhere to the Covid-19 protocol while resuming accepting the LL applications.
- Delhi received the highest rainfall in a month since 2009, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Saturday, leading to water logging and traffic snarls across the national capital
- 10 priests were barred from performing rituals inside Kashi Vishwanath temple, while their identity cards have also been cancelled by temple administration following charges of corruption
- The apex court said if arrest is made routine, it could cause "incalculable harm" to the reputation and self-esteem of a person.
- Taliban websites that delivered the victorious insurgents' official messages to Afghans and world at large in five languages went offline abruptly Friday, indicating an effort to try to squelch them
- The international community has warned against potential humanitarian challenges and expressed a willingness to help the country establish peace and stability
- The executive chairman of ArcelorMittal also thanked the CM Naveen for all cooperation extended by the state government for the proposed steel complex and jetty project.
- TP Central Odisha Distribution Ltd. (TPCODL), a joint venture of Tata Power and the Government of Odisha, recently has taken significant measures to reduce power tripping in the state. This has resulted in bringing down the interruptions by almost 47%.Since its inception, on June 1, 2020, TPCODL has taken numerous initiatives to provide a safe, reliable, and quality power supply to its 27 lakh consumers under its license area of 30,000 sq. km.
- The beautification work around the iconic war Horse statue at Master Canteen Square in Bhubaneswar began on Saturday. The beautification work will cover the area from Master Canteen Square to Ram Mandir.
- The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)Ltd, has commissioned the largest floating solar PV project of 25MW on the reservoir of its Simhadri thermal station in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. This is also the first solar project to be set up under the Flexibilisation Scheme, notified by the Government of India in 2018.
- The leaders of 19 political parties on Friday said they will organise joint protests and demonstrations across the country from 20 to 30 September even as they urged the people of the country to save India for a better tomorrow.
- Breakthrough infections of coronavirus cases comprise a very high proportion of the Delta variant, the INSACOG, a genome sequencing government consortium of laboratories, has said
- Facebook India today launched "small business loans initiative" to help small and medium businesses (SMBs) that advertise on its platform to get quick access to credit through independent lending partners. India is the first country for Facebook where this programme is getting rolled out. The programme is open to businesses registered across 200 towns and cities of India.
- Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai said a special programme will be taken up to give "qualitative upgrade" to SC, ST, OBC and minority children residential schools in the state, to bring them up to CBSE standards.
- United Nations Secretary General António Guterres has again called for an immediate ceasefire in the Ethiopian region of Tigray, where govt forces and rebel fighters have been locked in conflict since November.
- The athletics stadium on the campus of the Southern Command's Army Sports Institute (ASI) in Pune will be named on the name of star athlete Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra. He had himself trained at the Army Sports Institute.
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