1) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin launched the ‘Pudhumai Penn’ (modern woman) scheme under which all girl students, who studied from Classes 6 to 12 in government schools, will get Rs 1,000 per month to pursue higher education.
▪️Tamil Nadu :-
➨ CM - M K Stalin
➨Sathyamangalam tiger reserve (STR)
➨Kalakkad Mundanthurai tiger reserve (KMTR)
2) Binesh Kumar Tyagi has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the Shipping Corporation of India (SCI).
3) Vedant Patel who is the Principal Deputy Spokesperson for the US Department of State, has scripted history by becoming the first Indian-American to hold the daily State Department press briefing.
4) Grandmaster Aravindh Chithambaram emerged champion in the 22nd Dubai Open chess tournament with 7.5 points as seven Indians finished in the top 10.
5) Agribazaar, a private sector electronic agri mandi, launched "Agribazaar Kisan Safalta Card".
➨The "Kisan Safalta" card is a quick and hassle-free instrument that helps farmers meet their pre- and post-harvest farm requirements and allied expenses.
6) UK Prime Minister Liz Truss appointed Indian-origin barrister Suella Braverman as UK's new home secretary.
➨ Suella Braverman will succeed Indian-origin Priti Patel in the post.
7) ESAF Small Finance Bank Ltd launched a 'Rainbow Savings Account' exclusively for the transgender community offering a host of features, including high savings rate and advanced debit card facilities.
8) India and Bangladesh inked an interim water sharing agreement for Kushiyara river.
➨ It is first such pact between the two nations since the signing of the Ganga water treaty in 1996.
9) Tripura has become the first state in India to have the first modified bio-village.
➨The Daspara village of Tripura is converted into a naturebased lifestyle and livelihood and reduced the use of chemical fertilizers.
▪️Tripura :-
➨CM - Manik Saha
➨Governor - Satyadev Narayan Arya
➨Bison (Rajbari) National Park
➨Clouded Leopard National Park
10) NITI Aayog, in collaboration with World Resources Institute (WRI), India, launched the country’s first national electric freight platform – e-FAST India (Electric Freight Accelerator for Sustainable Transport – India).
➨It will help strengthen partnerships and identify and support innovative freight solutions.
11) Indian boxer Birju Sah, who won bronze medals at the Commonwealth and Asian Games in 1994, died in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. He was 48.
➨ Birju Sah, born in 1974, was the first Indian boxer to win medals at both Asian Games and the Commonwealth Games.
12)Australia captain Aaron Finch announced retirement from one-day international (ODI) cricket.
13)World Suicide Prevention Day is celebrated every year on 10th September to raise awareness about suicide prevention worldwide.
The theme for the year 2022 is "Creating hope through action".
14) The former President of the United States Barack Obama won Emmy Award for his narration in the Netflix documentary "Our Great National Parks".
15) Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Army have successfully completed six flight tests of Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) system from Integrated Test Range (ITR) Chandipur off the Odisha coast.
▪️Defence Research and Development Organisation( DRDO) :-
➠ Founded - 1958
➠ HeadQuarter - New Delhi
➠ Chairman - Dr. Samir V. Kamat
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