National News

National Convention of District Youth Officers

• Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated a two-day National Convention of District Youth Officers at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi.

 International Conference on Green Hydrogen

• India will hold the second edition of the International Conference on Green Hydrogen from 11th to 13th September in New Delhi.

Green Hydrogen

Global Artificial Intelligence Summit-2024

• Global Artificial Intelligence Summit-2024 was inaugurated by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre.
• Theme: “Making AI Work for Everyone”

Initiatives related to AI

IGEIC

• The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has announced the launch of the India Graphene Engineering and Innovation Centre (IGEIC), a key initiative under the vision of Viksit Bharat@2047.

4 pillars of Viksit Bharat

Economy

MoUs between India and Singapore

• India and Singapore signed 4 MoUs to enhance cooperation in semiconductor development and talent cultivation.

About Semiconductor

Centralised Pension Payment System

• The Government has approved the Centralised Pension Payment System for pensioners of the Employees’ Pension Scheme, to receive their pension from any bank across the country starting from January 1, 2025.

About EPFO

Defence

HIM-DRONE-A-THON 2 and HIMTECH-2024

• The Indian Army unveiled ‘HIM-DRONE-A-THON 2’ and ‘HIMTECH-2024’ events designed to harness military technologies for operations in high altitude areas.
• HIM-DRONE-A-THON 2 will take place at Wari La, near Leh on 17-18 September 2024. It will be followed by HIMTECH-2024 on 20-21 September 2024.

About Indian Army

Submarine Rescue Support Cooperation

• The Indian Navy and the South African Navy signed an Implementing Agreement to enhance their submarine rescue support cooperation.

About Indian Navy

Sports

Paralympics 2024

• Sachin Khilari: Silver medal in Men’s Shot Put F46 event.
• Sharad Kumar and Mariyappan Thangavelu: Silver and Bronze medals in the  Men's High Jump T63 respectively.
• Ajeet Singh and Sundar Singh Gurjar: Silver and Bronze medals in the Men's Javelin Throw F46 event respectively.
• Harvinder Singh: Gold medal in the men’s archery individual recurve open final. He became the first and only Indian archer to clinch a gold medal at the Paralympics or Olympics.
• Dharambir and Pranav Soorma: Gold and Silver medal respectively in Men’s Club Throw F51 event.

Awards and Honours

National Award for e-Governance (NAeG) 2024

• An initiative called ‘Lab Mitra’ was awarded the National e-Governance Gold Award for Administrative Reforms and district-level initiatives in e-governance.
• The Ministry of Women and Child Development received the National Award for e-Governance 2024 (Gold) for the Poshan Tracker initiative.

NAeG

Governor’s Gold and Silver medals to Assam Rifles

• Arunachal Pradesh Governor Lt. Gen. KT Parnaik (Retd) presented the Governor’s Gold and Silver medals to officers and personnel of Assam Rifles Units of Arunachal Pradesh.

About Assam Rifles

National Teachers Award 2024

• President Droupadi Murmu conferred the National Teachers Award 2024 to 82 teachers in New Delhi.

National Teachers Award

Important Days

Teachers’ Day

• Teachers’ Day is celebrated on 5 September throughout the country, to commemorate the birth anniversary of educationist and former President Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.

About Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan