- Air Marshal V R Chaudhari will take over as Chief of Air Staff after the retirement of Air Chief Marshal R K S Bhadauria on September 30.
- kharif oilseed production is estimated at 2.33 million, which is lower than its target of 26 million tonnes and last year’s production of 24.03 million tonnes.
- The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended transfer of as many as three judges to the Orissa High Court.
- Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has emphasised on fixing driving hours for the drivers of commercial vehicles, similar to pilots as it will reduce fatigue-induced road accidents.
- Tata Motors to increase prices of its commercial vehicle range by around 2% from 01 Oct.
- The Karnataka govt was considering enacting a law to regulate religious conversion.
- The Kerala govt to hold physical exams for Class 11 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the state govt announced that the examinations will be held from September 24 to Oct 18.
- Maharashtra govt has given permission to the state's ACB to open up a fresh inquiry against ex-Mumbai Police chief Param Bir Singh over corruption charges.
- The Uttar Pradesh Police on Tuesday constituted an 18-member SIT to probe the death of Akhil Bharatiya Akhada Parishad president Mahant Narendra Giri and detained a disciple of the seer in Haridwar
- The Supreme Court collegiums recommended transfer of three judges from Calcutta and Punjab & Haryana High Courts to Orissa High Court.
- India will be within its rights to initiate reciprocal measures if the UK does not address concerns over the new travel rules relating to COVID-19 vaccine certification, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Tuesday describing the policy as "discriminatory"
- The state government has approved developmental projects worth R640.65 crore for seven mining-affected districts under Odisha Mineral Bearing Areas Development Corporation (OMBADC) funds.
- Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the OMBADC, Uma Nanduri, said projects to the tune of R533.40 crore have been approved for 889 secondary schools in Angul, Dhenkanal, Deogarh, Jajpur, Jharsuguda, Mayurbhanj and Sundargarh districts.
- Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik sought support from the UN Women, United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, for improvement of employability of women in the state. The UN Women Representative for India Susan Jane Ferguson, who was on her first visit to Odisha, met Naveen at his residence here and discussed a range of issues concerning women empowerment in the state.
- The R-value, or reproductive number, for Covid19 in India dropped from 1.17 in August end to 0.92 in mid September, indicating that the spread of the infection across the country has slowed down, according to researchers. However, the R-values of some major cities, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, are over 1. The R-value of Delhi and Pune are below 1.
- The first four months of this financial year 2021-22 (April-July of FY 22), witnessed a staggering 177 per cent rise in stainless steel imports into the country as compared to last year’s (FY 21) average, and a 159 per cent increase from the 2016-17 average, the base year prior to imposition of CVD on China.
- Decision to induct women in the armed forces through the National Defence Academy (NDA), the Defence Ministry has told Supreme Court that the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will notify the entrance exam for this in May 2022.
- The US on 20 Sept briefed India on its new trilateral AUKUS military pact with the UK and Australia to take on the challenges posed by China in the Indo-Pacific, stressing it will not detract from either the bilateral cooperation with New Delhi or multilateral ones like the `Quad’.
- The govt of Bangladesh has given permission to 52 trading organisations to export Hilsa fish to India on the occasion of the Durga Puja.
- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has put on hold funds to Afghanistan amid the rising uncertainty in the country. These developments came after IMF recently announced a 650 billion US Dollars Special Drawing Rights (SDR) allocation for member countries, but Afghanistan at the moment will not be allowed to access these funds.
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