News Headlines : 21st September 2022

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairs meeting of Board of Trustees of PM CARES Fund; Newly nominated trustees including Ratan Tata and Sudha Murthy attend the meeting.
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the National Conference of Environment Ministers held in Gujarat on Friday through video conferencing. He will also address the gathering on the occasion.
  • Cabinet approves production linked incentive scheme on National programme on High Efficiency Solar PV Modules.
  • The Cabinet has approved the modifications in programme for development of semiconductors and display manufacturing ecosystem in the country. The modified programme will expedite investments in semiconductor and display manufacturing sector in the country.
  • Defence Ministry signs an MoU with Bank of Baroda and HDFC Bank to provide last mile connectivity to pensioners through more than 14,000 branches across India.
  • External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar discusses several issues, including Ukraine conflict, with his Turkish counterpart on the sidelines of UN General Assembly in New York.
  • Centre has asked the governments of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi to strive for achieving zero stubble burning in the coming months. Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar reviewed preparedness of states for management of paddy stubble burning.
  • Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seizes foreign origin gold bars of over 33 crore rupees from Delhi, Mumbai and Patna.
  • Gujarati film Chhello Show is India’s official entry for Oscars-2023. Film Federation of India announces India’s official entry to 95th Academy Awards. It has been selected in Best International Feature Film category. Film is set to release in theatres on 14 October in India.
  • In J&K, TADA Court issues Production warrant against JKLF chief Yasin Malik.
  • Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Thakur launched a capacity building training programme for 14,000 youth volunteers of Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan.
  • International Cricket Council released rankings for batters in men’s T20 International.
  • India’s Suryakumar Yadav continued to rise in the ICC rankings as the India batter surpassed Pakistan captain Babar Azam.
  • Suryakumar is now No. 3 on the batting charts with 780 points, 9 more than Babar, who had led the rankings until earlier this year.