NATIONAL NEWS

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today

shared a letter written by a student
Sakshi Pradyuman who secured more
than 99 per cent marks in 12th exam.
She got benefitted from the book EXAM
Exam Warriors-Written by PM Narendra
Modi

The Supreme Court asked Parliament to

consider enacting a new law to effectively

deal with incidents of mob lynching.

Uttar Pradesh government has doubled

House Rent Allowances (HRA) and City
Compensatory Allowances (CCA) for state
government employees.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Amazon's founder Jeff Bezos becomes the

richest person in modern history. The net
worth of founder and chief executive of
Amazon, Bezos's net worth topped 150
billion US Dollars, making him the
world's richest person in decades.
Iran has lodged a complaint with the
International Court of Justice against the
United States' re-imposition of sanctions
by United States.

FINANCE AND ECONOMY

The finance ministry approved an

infusion on 11336 crore in five state-
owned banks, including PNB,
corporation Bank, Andhra Bank, to
help them meet regulatory capital
requirements.

Life Insurance Corporation (LIC)’s proposal

to increase its stake in state run lender
IDBI Bank to 51% could come at an
investment of more than 20,000 crore as
the insurer has to buy an additional 367
crore shares.

The government has doubled import duty on more

than 50 textile products such as jackets, suits and
carpets — to 20%, a move that is aimed at
promoting domestic manufacturing.
The first India Tourism Mart
organized in New Delhi from 16th
of September to create a global
tourism mart for India on lines of
major international travel marts.

SCIENCE AND TECH

IIT Madras has launched ‘world’s first’

remotely operatable microscope that
would enable a precise atom-by-atom
view of a material.

Aviation security watchdog BCAS has

finalized a strategy to neutralize drones
near airports, with the government set to
unveil a framework to regulate unmanned
aircraft systems in the country.

SPORTS

Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra bags

Gold at Sotteville Athletics meet in

France
Indian Junior Women's Hockey team
registered its 3rd consecutive win at
Under-23 six-nation tournament in
Belgium

Ramesh Powar appointed as interim

coach of Indian women's cricket team

Boxing: India bag seven Gold medals to

finish at the top of Vojvodina youth
tournament in Serbia