Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal Appointed India’s Sherpa for G-20 2023 Summit
Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has been appointed as India’s Sherpa for the G20, a grouping that brings together the world’s major economies. Announcing this on 07 September 2021, the Ministry of External Affairs said that India will chair the G20 grouping from December 1, 2022 and will host its summit for the first time in the year 2023. The next meeting of the G20 countries will be held on 30-31 October under the chairmanship of Italy. The Ministry of External Affairs said that Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles
Noida DM Suhas LY becomes first IAS officer to win Paralympic Medal
Noida District Magistrate Suhas LY has become the first IAS officer to win a badminton medal at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. 38-year-old Suhas LY has created history by winning a silver medal for India in the men’s singles SL4 category on September 05, 2021. Yathiraj finished second behind top seed and world champion Lucas Mazur of France. Suhas has a defect in one ankle. Suhas finished second in the final against Lukas Mazur 21-15, 17-21, 15-21. Suhas, who is currently ranked world number 03 in the SL4 category, won his first set before losing to Mazur in the next
Tokyo Paralympics 2020 : India Finishes at 24th Position With Record 19 Medals
China topped the medal tally with a total of 207 medals, including 96 gold.
PM Modi Forms High Level Group Amidst Taliban Crisis
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar and National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval have set up a high-level group. This high level group has been meeting regularly for the past few days to discuss issues related to the safe return of stranded Indians as well as travel of Afghans (especially minorities) to India, and this group It has assured that Afghan territory will not be used in any way for terrorism against India. College of Defense Management Recommends Arthashashtra and Bhagavad Gita In Military Curriculum On August 30, 2021, Taliban spokesman Zehebollah Mujahid
Know Everything About Bharat Series (BH-Series)
Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways, in a notification dated August 26, 2021, has introduced a new registration mark for new vehicles under ‘Bharat Series (BH-Series)’ to facilitate seamless transfer of vehicles. Keeping in view the cumbersome process of re-registration of vehicles when they are transferred to or from any other state in India, the Central Government has introduced a new Bharat Series Registration Mark Scheme, under which if the person is a resident of India If they move to another state, they will not need to get a new registration number for their vehicle in that state. The Ministry
Covid-19 Third Wave Likely To Peak In Oct-Nov
Covid-19 Third Wave : A scientist involved in mathematical modeling of the COVID-19 pandemic has said on August 30, 2021 that the third wave of the pandemic may reach its peak in India between October and November. If more virulent mutants emerge than existing ones by September 2021, there will be an increase in COVID-19 cases. However, its intensity is expected to be much less than that of the second wave. Mahindra Agarwal, an IIT-Kanpur scientist who is a part of a three-member-team of experts and has been asked to predict any increase in COVID-19 infections, has pointed out that,
Tokyo Paralympics : Avani Lekhara Wins First Gold Medal In Shooting
Indian shooter Avani Lekhara has won India’s first gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympics. On 30 August 2021, Avani has won the gold medal in the women’s 10m air rifle class SH1 in the shooting competition. Avani Lekhara has given India its first gold medal by performing brilliantly. She set a Paralympic record with a score of 249.6 and equaled the world record. With this victory, Avni has also equaled the world record of Iriana Shetnik of Ukraine. This is India’s first gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympics. She won this gold medal in the women’s 10m air event SH-1.
India Govt’s Afghanistan Evacuation Mission Named “Operation Devi Shakti”
“Operation Devi Shakti : After the Taliban occupation of Afghanistan, India’s complex mission to rescue Indian citizens and Afghan allies from Kabul has been named ‘Operation Devi Shakti’. Since the Taliban occupation of Afghanistan, the Indian government has been working to bring out the Indians trapped in Afghanistan. The government has so far evacuated 800 people from Afghanistan since the Taliban took over the country recently. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has confirmed this name. He wrote in a tweet that Operation Devi Shakti is going on. It is being told in media reports that the name of this operation
Former UP CM Kalyan Singh passes away
Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and veteran BJP leader Kalyan Singh passed away on 21 August 2021. He was 89 years old. He was ill for a long time and was admitted to a hospital in Lucknow. Many leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party and other parties, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, have expressed grief over his death. Yogi Adityanath has announced three days of state mourning in Uttar Pradesh and a public holiday on 23 August. Former Chief Minister Kalyan Singh’s condition had remained critical for a long time and he was
Ismail Sabri Yaakoob Becomes Malaysia PM
Former Deputy Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yakoob has been appointed as the new Prime Minister by Malaysia’s King Al-Sultan Abdullah on August 21, 2021. Ismail was sworn in as the third Prime Minister of Malaysia in three years on August 21, 2021. The Palace said it had the support of 114 of the 222 members of parliament, which is more than the 111 votes required for a simple majority. Ismail will take over as prime minister at a time when the number of daily new cases of COVID-19 infection is doubling in Malaysia, despite a lockdown and a seven-month state



