News Headlines : 3rd September 2021

  • President appoints Justice Kausik Chanda, additional judge of Calcutta High Court, as a Judge of the High Court.
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the plenary session of Eastern Economic Forum in Russia; Says, India-Russia energy partnership can help bring stability to global energy market.
  • Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, while chairing a meeting of VCs of central universities today, encouraged the universities to work on a mission mode to fill up the 6,000 vacant posts by October 2021.
  • Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chairs 24th meeting of Financial Stability and Development Council in New Delhi; Goverment to keep vigil on financial conditions.
  • Army, Navy, Air Force sign deal for inducting DRDO-developed anti-drone system.
  • In Afghanistan, new Taliban led government likely to be announced tomorrow.
  • NIA files chargesheet against an ISIS terrorist in Al-Hind Bengaluru Module Case. Further investigation is underway.
  • Supreme Court stays Kerala government’s decision to hold Offline Class XI Examintions amid rising COVID cases.
  • COVID-19 indigenous vaccine candidate CORBEVAX receives DCGI approval for two clinical trials.
  • Over 67 crore nine lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country so far; Recovery rate stands at 97.45 per cent.
  • External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar addresses the Gymnich meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Bled, Slovenia.
  • External Affairs Minister Dr. Jaishankar to be on a two-day visit to Denmark from tomorrow.
  • Doctors at Balrampur Hospital, Lucknow extracted hairball weighing about 1.75kg from the stomach of a 17-yr-old girl. Ravindra Kumar (Director, Balrampur Hospital) said that the girl had a habit of eating hair that is usually seen in patients suffering from depression.
  • In Tokyo Paralympic Games, Harvinder Singh wins bronze medal; India’s medal tally touches 13 including two gold, six silver and five bronze, so far; Prime Minister congratulates Praveen Kumar, Avani Lekhara and Harvinder Singh.