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WASH Conference

• The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS) organised the International WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) Conference during the 8th India Water Week from September 17-19, 2024, in New Delhi.

SDGs Linked to WASH

Centenary Celebrations of the ICAR-NISA

• President Droupadi Murmu addressed the centenary celebrations of the ICAR – National Institute of Secondary Agriculture (NISA) at Namkum in Ranchi, Jharkhand.

Major Related Institutes

Nadi Utsav 2024

• The 5th edition of Nadi Utsav 2024, celebrating India's rivers, was inaugurated at IGNCA, New Delhi, themed "Rivers in Reverse: Making of a Lifeline," highlighting the components of rivers and their surrounding culture.

Major River Systems in India

AI India Conclave 2024

• Government’s Principal Scientific Adviser, Ajay Kumar Sood, called Artificial Intelligence a transformative force for India's progress while speaking at the AI India Conclave 2024 in New Delhi.
• The theme of the Conclave is ‘Embracing AI Revolution for Viksit Bharat’.

About AI

State Special

Uttar Pradesh’s first floating restaurant

• CM Yogi Adityanath inaugurated the state’s first floating restaurant at the Ramgarh lake in Gorakhpur.

About Uttar Pradesh

 Economy

SIF 2024

• The 7th edition of the Sharjah Investment Forum (SIF 2024) concluded, following intense discussions on “A Futuristic Vision for Smart Economies.”

About UAE

Global Capital Flows Report

• In the first half of 2024, India ranked third globally as a destination for cross-border capital in land/development sites, per Colliers' Global Capital Flows Report.

India's most valuable brand: TCS

• According to Kantar BrandZ study, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has retained its status as India's most valuable brand for the third year, with a brand value of $49.7 billion.

About TCS

India's Mutual Evaluation Report

• The FATF report stated that the primary sources of money laundering in India come from within the country, which faces a "disparate range" of terrorism threats from regional insurgencies in the Northeast and North, as well as Left-Wing Extremist groups.

About FATF

India Forward Emerging Perspectives

• According to S&P Global's report "India Forward Emerging Perspectives," India is on track to become the third-largest economy by fiscal 2030-31, driven by a strong projected annual growth rate of 6.7%.

Science and Tech

Jordan: First country in the World to Eliminate Leprosy

• The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Jordan as the first country in the world to eliminate leprosy.

About Leprosy

Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Quantum Technology

• A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Telecom Centre of Excellence (TCOE) India and Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) – Visvesvaraya Research & Innovation Foundation (VRIF) to establish a Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Quantum Technology and related 5G/6G technologies.

Quantum Technology

Nanomaterial Solution to reduce heavy metals in Groundwater

• Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science have created a nanomaterial solution to reduce heavy metals like chromium in groundwater by injecting iron nanoparticles that react with and immobilise the chromium, providing a more efficient on-site remediation method.

What is Remediation?

Defence

MoU Between Habitats Trust, HCL Foundation and ICG

• The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) signed an MoU with The Habitats Trust and HCL Foundation for marine conservation in New Delhi.

About ICG

Sports

IWF Junior World Weightlifting Championships 2024

• India's Dhanush Loganathan won the bronze medal in the men's 55kg event at the IWF Junior World Weightlifting Championships 2024 in Leon, Spain.

14th Hockey India Junior Men’s National Championship 2024

• Punjab defeated Uttar Pradesh to win the 14th Hockey India Junior Men’s National Championship 2024 at the Olympian Surjit Singh Hockey Stadium in Jalandhar.

About Hockey India

Miscellaneous

Legend of Maula Jatt

• The Legend of Maula Jatt is set to be the first Pakistani film in over a decade to premiere in Indian cinemas.

Presence of Animal fat in laddus at Tirumala Tirupati

• Reports from the Centre of Analysis and Learning in Livestock and Food (CALF) of the NDDB confirm the presence of animal fat in the ghee used for laddus offered as prasadam by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) at the Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple.

Awards and Honours

Blue Ocean Corporation

• Blue Ocean Corporation, leader in consulting and training, received the prestigious 2024 Award of Excellence in Learning and Development from the Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM).