Union External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar is currently attending the Council of Foreign Ministers meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organization(SCO) in Moscow, Russia.
This is the third Council of Foreign Ministers meeting that India will be attending as a full member of SCO. While the first meeting was in Beijing in April 2018, the second was in Bishkek in May 2019.
On 9th September, the Foreign Secretaries of Australia, India, and France co-chaired a first trilateral dialogue with an aim to synergizing their respective strengths to ensure a secure, peaceful, prosperous, and rules-based Indo-Pacific region.
The Rafale aircraft were formally inducted into the IAF with a Sarva Dharma Puja followed by an air display of the fighter jets and a water cannon salute.
On 12th September Prime Minister Modi will be virtually inaugurating 1.75 lakh houses built under the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana – Gramin (PMAY-G) in Madhya Pradesh. Under PMAY-G, which was launched in November 2016, 1.14 crore houses have been built across the country so far.
Govt increases scholarship amount under ‘Pragati and Saksham’ schemes for J&K students from Rs 5,000 to Rs 50,000.
Pragati scheme provides scholarships to the girls of UT Jammu and Kashmir from those families whose annual income is less than Rs 8 lakh.
The Saksham scheme provides scholarships to all specially-abled students with 40% disability and belonging to families with annual income less than Rs 8 lakh.
Andhra Pradesh State Skill Development Corporation (APSSDC) partnered with UiPath, an enterprise Robotic Process Automation (RPA) software company, as part of its Academic Alliance Programme.
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) aims to disburse a Rs 1.20 lakh crore crop loan to farmers for meeting production expenses this fiscal and support the agriculture sector amid COVID-19 crisis.
Payments giant Mastercard announced the launch of a proprietary virtual testing environment for central banks to evaluate Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) use cases.
National Skill Development Corporation and professional network LinkedIn have joined hands to provide access to free LinkedIn Learning resources for imparting digital skills to youth for enhancing employability by giving 10 free LinkedIn Learning paths, consisting of 140 courses for a range of in-demand tech jobs, will be made available for free on eSkill India digital platform until March 31, 2021.
According to the CARE Ratings report, the employment growth rate declined to 3.5 per cent in FY20 from 3.8 per cent in the previous fiscal year, but the total number of jobs increased to 50.02 lakh from 48.32 lakh.
As per an annual report released on the Global Economic Freedom Index 2020 India has fallen 26 spots to rank at the 105th position. Hong Kong topped the index again, followed by Singapore at the second rank.
The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) independent panel for pandemic preparedness and response appointed former health secretary Preeti Sudan as one of its 11 panellists from across the world.
Indian Wushu stalwart Poonam Khatri has claimed World Championship status after her silver medal at the Wushu World Championship last year has been upgraded to a Gold medal.