News Headlines : 29th September 2021

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairs 38th PRAGATI Meeting; Reviews eight projects worth around 50 thousand crore rupees.
  • PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate CIPET: Institute of Petrochemicals Technology, Jaipur & also lay the foundation stone of four new medical colleges in Banswara, Sirohi, Hanumangarh & Dausa districts of Rajasthan tomorrow via video-conferencing.
  • Cabinet gives nod to continuation of Centrally Sponsored National Scheme for PM POSHAN in Schools or five more years.
  • 11 Naxals surrender in insurgency-hit Sukma district of Chhattisgarh.
  • Cabinet also approves 4,400 crore rupees investment in ECGC Ltd. in five years to provide support to exporters as well as banks.
  • Vice President Venkaiah Naidu says changing geopolitical scenario in India’s neighbourhood poses new challenges to security forces at country’s border.
  • Government approves continuation of National Export Insurance Account scheme and infusion of 1,650 crore rupees Grant-in-Aid over 5 years.
  • Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) today accorded AoN to capital acquisition proposals of Army, Navy and Air Force valuing Rs 13,165 crores, of which 87% will be Made in India.
  • Prime Minister to inaugurate Institute of Petrochemicals Technology, Jaipur via video conferencing tomorrow.
  • RBI removes Indian Overseas Bank from Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) Framework restrictions
  • India achieves another milestone in COVID vaccination drive with total vaccination crossing 88 crore mark; Recovery rate reaches 97.83 per cent.
  • DyCM UP KP Maurya said that two roads have been named after late former PM Chaudhary Charan Singh and late farmer leader Chaudhary Mahendra Singh Tikait (father of BKU leader Rakesh Tikait) in Baghpat district.
  • Former Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh meets Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi.
  • The low-pressure area created due to Cyclone Storm Gulab is now in the Gujarat coast, Northeast Arabian sea and will intensify into a Depression by Sept 30. From Oct 1, it will become a new cyclone named ‘Shaheen’.
  • Amarinder Singh said that we discussed farmers’ agitation against Centre’s agri laws with Union Home Minister Amit Shah.