Home Minister Amit Shah launches ‘Laddoo Distribution Scheme’ for pregnant women
Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched ‘Laddoo Distribution Scheme’ for pregnant women from Gujarat, Gandhinagar.
Under the scheme, 15 nutritious laddus will be distributed every month to about 7,000 pregnant women till the birth of the child.
Lok Sabha constituency of Home Minister Amit Shah: Gandhinagar
Avni Lakhera became the first Indian woman player to win two medals in the same Paralympics
Avni Lakhera of Jaipur won the bronze medal in the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions SH1 event at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020.
Earlier, she won the gold medal in Class SH1 of the women’s R-2 10m Air Rifle.
This was India’s first gold medal in shooting at the Paralympics.
With this, Avani Lakhera has become the first Indian woman player to win two medals in the same Paralympics.
First Indian player to win multiple medals in a single stage: Joginder Singh Sodhi
Joginder Singh Sodhi won silver in the shot put, while the discus throw and javelin bronze medals at the 1984 Paralympics.
Indian athlete Praveen Kumar won silver medal in Tokyo Paralympics
Indian athlete Praveen Kumar won a silver medal in the men’s high jump T-64 event at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020.
Other winners of men’s high jump at the Tokyo Paralympics: Mariyappan Thangavelu (Silver), Sharad Kumar (Bronze) and Nishad Kumar (Silver).
Times World University Ranking 2022
The Times Higher Education has released the annual ranking of World University Rankings 2022.
Oxford University has been placed at the first place in the ranking.
Top 05 Universities:
Oxford University (UK)
California Institute of Technology (USA)
Harvard University (USA)
Stanford University (USA)
University of Cambridge (USA)
Three Indian educational institutions in the top 400 list:
Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru – 301-350 Band
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar – 351-400 Band
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore – 401-500 Band
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UAE, Bangladesh and Uruguay join as new members of New Development Bank (NDB)
The New Development Bank (NDB) has joined the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Uruguay and Bangladesh as new member countries on September 2, 2021.
New Development Bank (NDB) was established by BRICS member countries
BRICS member countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
Establishment of NDB: 15 July 2014
Headquarters: Shanghai, China
President: Marcos Prado Troyjo
BRICS grouping chairman country for the year 2021: India
PM Modi released a commemorative coin of Rs 125 on the 125th birth anniversary of Swami Prabhupada
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha launches ‘Saath’ initiative
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has launched ‘Saath’ initiative to promote Self Help Group (SHG) women
Vartika Shukla appointed as the first woman chairman of Engineers India Limited
Recently Vartika Shukla has been appointed as the first woman Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Engineers India Limited.
Where his term will be till February 2026.
Engineers India Limited Established: 1965
Alejandro Prieto wins ‘Bird Photographer of the Year 2021’ award
Mexican photographer Alejandro Prieto has been honored with the ‘Bird Photographer of the Year 2021’ award.
He has been given the award for taking a picture of a large roadrunner staring at the barbed wire-clad border wall between the USA and Mexico.
The title of this picture is ‘Blocked’.
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2021: Robert Irwin
Ladakh declares snow leopard as state animal and black-necked crane as state bird
Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player in the world to score the most international goals
Portugal’s star footballer, Cristiano Ronaldo has become the first player in the world to score the most goals (111 goals) at the international level.
Ronaldo made this record by scoring two goals against Ireland in a World Cup qualifying match.
Earlier, the title of highest goalscorer was held by Ali Dei (109 goals) of Iran.
Cristiano Ronaldo plays for the Italian club Juventus.
‘Golden Boot’ award for 2020: Cristiano Ronaldo
Former Rajya Sabha MP and senior journalist Chandan Mitra passed away
Former Rajya Sabha MP and senior journalist Chandan Mitra passed away at the age of 62.
Chandan Mitra was an MP from the Bharatiya Janata Party.
But he joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) headed by Mamata Banerjee in the year 2018.
Chandan Mitra was the editor and managing director of The Pioneer newspaper, New Delhi.
Government of India started ‘Operation Devi Shakti’ to rescue Indians trapped in Afghanistan
Veteran fundamentalist leader of Jammu and Kashmir Syed Ali Geelani passed away
Veteran fundamentalist leader of Jammu and Kashmir Syed Ali Geelani passed away at the age of 92.
He was an MLA from Sopore Assembly Constituency of Jammu and Kashmir.
He had also formed his own party called Tehreek-e-Hurriyat.
Geelani was also a former president of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC).
In the year 2020, Pakistan honored Syed Ali Geelani with its highest civilian award, the Nishan-e-Pakistan.
IIT Ropar develops world’s first plant based smart air-purifier “Ubreath Life”
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Ropar and Kanpur has developed a living-plant based air purifier named “Ubreath Life”.
It is the world’s first state-of-the-art ‘smart bio-filter’ to freshen breath.
Manish Narwal won gold and Singhraj Adhana won silver in shooting at Tokyo Paralympics 2020
Faridabad shooter Manish Narwal won the gold medal in the mixed 50m SH1 category at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020.
This is India’s third gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympics.
Sinharaj of Faridabad also won silver medal in the same category.
This is Singhraj’s second medal after he won a bronze medal in the 10m Air Pistol SH1.
Archer Harvinder Singh won bronze medal in Tokyo Paralympics
In Tokyo Paralympics 2020 Indian archer Harvinder Singh won the bronze medal.
Harvinder won this medal by defeating Soo Min Kim of Korea.
India has won a medal in archery at the Paralympics for the first time.
PPK Ramacharyulu appointed as Secretary General of Rajya Sabha
Vice President of India and Chairman of Rajya Sabha M Venkaiah Naidu has appointed Dr. Parasram Pattabhi Keshav Ramacharyulu as the Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha Secretariat.
Ramacharyulu will replace Desh Deepak Verma in this post.
Dr. PPK Ramacharyulu was working as Secretary in the Rajya Sabha Secretariat since the year 2018.
Formation of Rajya Sabha: 3 April 1952
Number of members in Rajya Sabha: 245 (12 members nominated by the President of India)
Rajya Sabha Time Limit: 6 Years
Chairman: M Venkaiah Naidu (The Vice President of India is the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.)
Deputy Chairman: Harivansh Narayan Singh
First Chairman of Rajya Sabha: S V Krishnamurthy Rao
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