National

Electric Mobility Promotion Scheme 2024

• Heavy Industries Ministry announced the Electric Mobility Promotion Scheme 2024 to accelerate the adoption of Electronic Vehicles (EVs) in India.
• Under this four-month Special scheme, the Government has allocated 500 crore rupees to support the two and three-wheeler segment of vehicle purchases.

Hyderabad Liberation Day

• Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that the Government has decided to celebrate the 17th of September every year as Hyderabad Liberation Day in honour of the martyrs of the Hyderabad Liberation Movement.

PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan

• Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi released PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan for the coal sector in New Delhi.
• The information on coal mining projects can be used for planning and executing projects in the sector for timely completion, according to the ministry.

International

India-Italy

• 10th India-Italy Joint Defence Committee meeting was held in New Delhi.
• Both sides discussed a wide range of defence industrial and military cooperation issues.

India - Dominican Republic

• India and the Dominican Republic have signed a protocol for setting up a Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO) between both the nations.
• The protocol aims to establish a bilateral institutional mechanism with Dominican Republic on trade and commerce to develop cooperation on trade, services and industrial technologies.

US Ban TikTok

• The US House of Representatives has passed a landmark bill that could ban TikTok in the US unless the app parts ways with its Chinese parent company, ByteDance.

Economy

RBI to import gold without import levies

• Government has allowed RBI to import gold without paying import levies.
• Gold importers need to pay basic customs duty and Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess (AIDC).

Defence

Advanced Light Helicopters

• Ministry of Defence has signed two contracts worth 8,073 crore rupees with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the acquisition of 34 Advanced Light Helicopters.

Sports

Sir Richard Hadlee medal

• New Zealand's Rachin Ravindra has become the youngest cricketer to win Sir Richard Hadlee medal.

Books & Authors

Israel War Diary

• Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Singh Thakur has released a book titled Israel War Diary written by Vishal Pandey in New Delhi.

Person in News

Tshering Tobgay

• Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay will pay a five-day visit to India.

Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’

• Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ received 157 votes in his favour in the floor test in Nepal Parliament.

Satish Bhatia

• Wing Commander Satish Bhatia, a former junior World badminton champion, National champion and Olympian, passed away.

Miscellaneous

PB-SHABD

• Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati launched a news-sharing service to provide daily news feeds in audio, video, text, photographs and other formats to media organisations.
• Revamped websites of DD News and Akashvani News, and a new-look NewsonAIR mobile app was also launched.