NATIONAL NEWS
India to get it's first Dolphin Research Centre after a delay of 8 years The foundation stone of India's first dolphin research centre will be laid in Patna on the bank of river Ganga on October 5, after a delay of eight years. Rajasthan Govt. announces Janata Clinics, `ease of doing farming` in the state Keeping focus on farmers, cattle, youth and unemployed in the 2019-20 budget, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot announced free of cost 'Janata Clinics' for all, renewable energy projects for clean environment and moves to ensure 'Ease of Doing Farming'.- On the theme of 'Ease of Doing Business', Gehlot announced a farmers welfare fund of Rs 1,000 crore for 'Ease of Doing Farming. This fund will be used for providing fair prices for farmers produce, he said.
- He said that Janata Clinics will be opened in colonies/roads and provide health services and medicines free of cost to people, he said, while announcing 104 new medicines have been added to the list of 608 medicines which were been given free during his earlier tenure.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
19th Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers Meeting in London The 19th Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers Meeting was held in London. External Affairs Minister conveyed India’s stand at the meet. China to host 2020 World Heritage Committee meeting The Unesco has announced that the Chinese city of Fuzhou will host the 44th session of the World Heritage Committee in 2020.- The decision concluded the 43rd session of the World Heritage Committee meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan.
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
India lifted 271 million people out of poverty in 10 years: UN UN Development Programme released the 2019 global Multidimensional Poverty Index recently. India lifted 271 million people out of poverty between 2006 and 2016, recording the fastest reductions in the multidimensional poverty index values during the period with strong improvements in areas such as “assets, cooking fuel, sanitation and nutrition,” the report by the United Nations said.APPOINTMENTS
Vikas Swarup appointed Secretary of Overseas Indian Affairs Diplomat Vikas Swarup was appointed as Secretary, Overseas Indian Affairs, in the Ministry of External Affairs.- Swarup, a 1986-batch Indian Foreign Service officer, who is currently serving as the High Commissioner in Canada, will replace senior diplomat Sanjiv Arora.
AWARDS
Two Indian start-ups bag honours at global manufacturing summit in Russia Two Indian start-ups have won the Mohammed Bin Rashid Initiative for Global Prosperity award at the second edition of Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit (GMIS) being held in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg.- GARV Toilets (providers of smart sanitation services that deploy Internet of Things) won in the ‘Sustainable Cities’ category, while A2P Energy Solutions (which seeks to prevent stubble burning by converting agricultural waste into energy) bagged the honours in the ‘Sustainable Energy’ category.
OBITUARIES
Former Bengal leg-spin great Soumendranath Kundu passes away Former Bengal and Railways leg-spinner Soumendranath Kundu passed away at the age of 77.- He was conferred the Lifetime Achievement award in 2013-14 when late Jagmohan Dalmiya was the CAB president.
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